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ADA Voting Records
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Since ADA’s founding in 1947, the Annual Voting Records have served as the standard measure of political liberalism.Combining 20 key votes on a wide range of social and economic issues, both domestic and international, the Liberal Quotient (LQ) provides a basic overall picture of an elected official’s political position.
Each year, ADA's Legislative Committee selects 20 votes it considers the most important during that session. Each Member receives 5 points if he/she voted with ADA, and does not receive 5 points if he/she voted against us or was absent. The total possible is 100.
Annual and cumulative ratings for Washington-area Representatives and Maryland and Virginia Senators are below. Since the District of Columbia is denied representation in the Senate and its House Representative cannot vote, the are no ratings for the District.
Lifetime ratings extend to the year the member entered Congress and therefore will not necessarily match the average of the ratings for 1998-2002.
Ratings for all members of Congress and descriptions of the votes used to assemble ADA ratings may be found Here.
Senate Voting Records
State Senator Lifetime 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Maryland Mikulski (D) 94% 90% 100% 95% 95% 100% 95%
Sarbanes (D) 92% 100% 100% 95% 95% 100% 95%
Virginia
Warner (R) 13% 10% 15% 20% 0% 10% 20%
Allen (R)* 10% 5% 10% 15%
*elected 2000
House of Representatives Voting Records
State District Congressperson Lifetime 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Virginia 8 Moran, James (D) 74% 95% 70% 85% 70% 90% 75%
10 Wolf (R) 11% 15% 5% 15% 10% 20% 10%
11 Davis, T. (R) 20% 5% 10% 5% 5% 35% 15%
Maryland
2 Ehrlich (R)* 11% N/A 10% 15% 20% 20% 5%
4 Wynn (D) 93% 90% 85% 90% 85% 100% 100%
5 Hoyer (D) 80% 90% 95% 95% 80% 90% 95%
8 Van Hollen (D)** 95% 95%
* became Governor of Maryland 2002
** elected 2002
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