2010 Legislative

Liberty Scorecard©
For the Maryland General Assembly

“Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.”

– Florence Ellinwood Allen
 How the Scores Were Calculated: Why the Liberty Scorecard was created:
The Speaker of the House and President of the Senate choose
The Liberty Scorecard has been compiled to inform
the committee chairpersons in their respective chambers. the public as well as the legislator of the impact their
Therefore, the Speaker and President are ultimately votes have on the liberty of our citizens.
responsible when those chairpersons block the progress of
bills by not allowing them to come up for a vote. Liberty Votes are chosen based on whether they either
If a bill is identified as a Liberty Vote but is not brought up for promote or infringe upon those liberties inherent
a vote in committee, the Committee Chairperson will receive a within our Bill of Rights.
negative twenty (-20) Liberty Vote points off their final score.
The Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate, It is hoped that this Liberty Scorecard will remind our
depending on where the committee is located, will also receive state legislators that freedom and liberty are seldom
a negative twenty (-20) Liberty Vote points off their final lost in one fell swoop; they are lost one bill or
score.
amendment at a time.
Legislators are sent to Annapolis to vote, not to sit in their
seats afraid to take a position. Any legislator present for a
Liberty Vote who does not vote or has not received an
excused absence for the vote will receive a negative twenty
(-20) points for not voting off their final score.
Lifetime Scores:
The Lifetime score is the average of the 2009 and
Excused absences result in each remaining vote being worth a 2010 totals for each individual Delegate and Senator.
larger percentage depending on the actual number of votes
taken. Examples, 4 votes= 25% each, 3 votes= 33% each,
2 votes= 50% each, 1 vote= 100%. Any unexcused vote
remains negative twenty (-20) points off of their final score no
matter what percent (%) the other votes are worth Liberty Legislators:
Some Liberty Votes may be identified during session so that Senators and Delegates scoring 80% or above on their
the legislators will know in advance that their vote for or Liberty Scorecards will be recognized as Liberty
against liberty is being counted. Legislators for that year.
 Liberty Votes – Maryland State Senate
1) HB 1564: Maryland Health Insurance Plan- Administration of National
high Risk Pool Program (Floor Amendment Pipkin 863126/1)
This amendment would have prohibited forcing the citizens of Maryland to
purchase medical insurance. This amendment would have effectively stopped one
of the most constitutionally objectionable parts of the Obama Health Care Plan.
Voting YES was a vote for liberty.

2) SB 789: Labor and Employment - The Healthy Retail Employee Act - (Floor
Amendment Mooney 513826/1) Legend
This amendment would have required that the State government be bound by the
same mandatory employment and break laws as it was about to burden Private +…………Correct Vote
Sector businesses with. Voting YES was a vote for liberty
. -…………Incorrect Vote
3) HB 465: Collective Negotiations by Family Child Care Providers
This bill was the legislative authorization of Governor O'Malley's executive order E….…..Excused Absence
requiring private sector day care providers who accept purchase of care orders
(P.O.C) for providing Daycare services to participate in a vote for unionization. U……..Unexcused Absence
Voting NO was a vote for liberty.

4) HB 905: Criminal Law- Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or

Transporting Firearms - Exceptions
This bill was an effort to correct the overly restrictive legislation passed last
session. This bill would allow those who had protective orders entered against them
to transport their firearms to the police without fear of being arrested while doing
so. Voting YES was a vote for liberty.

5) HB 1299: Labor and Employment- Healthy Retail Employee Act

This bill would mandate that private sector businesses provide specified work
breaks and working conditions to their employees, while also assigning the
possibility of fines, costs and attorney fees against those employers who fail to
comply. Voting NO was a vote for liberty.
 How did they vote? – Maryland State Senate
District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Senator Score Score
John Astle 30 + - - + + 3/5 60% 70%
David Brinkley 4 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Jim Brochin 42 + - - + - 2/5 40% 60%
Richard Colburn 37 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Joan Carter Conway 43 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Ulysses Currie 25 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
James DeGrange, Sr. 32 - + + + + 4/5 80% 70%
George Della, Jr. 46 + - - + - 2/5 40% 40%
Roy Dyson 29 - + U + U 2/5 + UU 0% 30%
George Edwards 1 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Nathaniel Exum 24 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jennie Forehand 17 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Brian Frosh 16 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Rob Garagiola 15 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Lisa Gladden 41 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Barry Glassman 35 + + + E E 3/3 100% 100%
Larry Haines 5 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
David Harrington 47 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Andrew Harris 7 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Nancy Jacobs 34 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Verna Jones 44 - - - + - 1/5 20% 0%
Edward Kasemeyer 12 - - + + - 2/5 40% 40%
Delores Kelley 10 - - + + U 2/5 + U 20% 30%
Nancy King 39 - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Allan Kittleman 9 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Kathy Klausmeier 8 + - - + - 2/5 40% 50%
Rona Kramer 14 - + + + + 4/5 80% 50%
Mike Lenett 19 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Richard Madaleno, Jr. 18 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Nathaniel McFadden 45 - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Thomas Middleton 28 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. 27 - - U + - 1/5 + U 0% 10%
 How did they Vote? – Maryland State Senate (continued)
Senator District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score
Alex Mooney 3 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Donald Munson 2 + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
C. Anthony Muse 26 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Douglas J. J. Peters 23 - - U + - 1/5 + U 0% 20%
Paul Pinsky 22 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
E.J. Pipkin 36 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Catherine Pugh 40 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jamie Raskin 20 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Edward Reilly 33 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
James Robey 13 - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Jim Rosapepe 21 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Byran Simonaire 31 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
J. Lowell Stoltzfus 38 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Norman Stone, Jr. 6 + - - + - 2/5 40% 50%
Bobby Zirkin 11 + - - + - 2/5 40% 40%
 Liberty Votes - Maryland House of Delegates
1) HB 1564: Maryland Health Insurance Plan- Administration of National high
Risk Pool Program (Floor Amendment O'Donnell 453622/1)
This amendment would have prohibited forcing the citizens of Maryland to purchase
medical insurance. This amendment would have effectively stopped one of the most
constitutionally objectionable parts of the Obama Health Care Plan.
Voting YES was a vote for liberty.
2) SB 141: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 (Committee
Amendment #28)
This bill would have allowed the senate to take money from a dedicated fund which was Legend
voluntarily given by taxpayers who checked off donations on their Maryland income tax
forms. Said funds would then be spent on purposes other than what they were donated +…………Correct Vote
towards. Voting NO was a vote for liberty.
-…………Incorrect Vote
3) HB 465: Collective Negotiations by Family Child Care Providers
This bill was the legislative authorization of Governor O'Malley's executive order
E….…..Excused Absence
requiring private sector day care providers who accept purchase of care orders (P.O.C)
for providing Daycare services to participate in a vote for unionization.
U……..Unexcused Absence
Voting NO was a vote for liberty.

4) HB 905: Criminal Law- Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting

Firearms - Exceptions
This bill was an effort to correct the overly restrictive legislation passed last session. This
bill would allow those who had protective orders entered against them to transport their
firearms to the police without fear of being arrested while doing so. Voting YES was a vote
for liberty.

5) HB 1299 - Labor and Employment- Healthy Retail Employee Act

This bill would mandate that private sector businesses provide specified work breaks and
working conditions to their employees, while also assigning the possibility of fines, costs and
attorney fees against those employers who fail to comply. Voting NO was a vote for liberty.
 How did they Vote? - Maryland House of Delegates
Delegate District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score
Saqib Ali 39 - + - + - 2/5 40% 30%
Curt Anderson 43 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Susan Aumann 42 + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
Charles Barkley 39 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Ben Barnes 21 - U - + - 1/5 + U 0% 10%
Joseph Bartlett 4A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Kumar Barve 17 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Gail Bates 9A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Pamela Beidle 32 - - - + + 2/5 40% 30%
Wendell Beitzel 1A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Joanne Benson 24 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Elizabeth Bobo 12B - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
John Bohanan, Jr. 29B - - - + + 2/5 40% 30%
Joseph Boteler, III 8 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Talmadge Branch 16 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Aisha Braveboy 25 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Eric Bromwell 8 - E - E - 0/3 0% 40%
William Bronrott 16 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Emmett Burns, Jr. 10 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Michael Busch 30 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Rudolph Cane 37A - - - + - 1/5 20% 27%
Jon Cardin 11 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Alfred Carr 18 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jill Carter 41 U - - + - 1/5 + U 0% 10%
Galen Clagett 3A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Virginia Clagett 30 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Frank Conaway, Jr. 40 - U - + - 1/5 + U 0% 0%
Norman Conway 38B - - U + - 1/5 + U 0% 10%
Robert Costa 33B + + - + + 4/5 80% 80%
Dereck Davis 25 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Steven DeBoy, Sr. 12A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
John Donoghue 2C - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
 How did they vote? – Maryland House of Delegates
Delegate District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score
Ann Marie Doory 43 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Kathleen Dumais 15 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Don Dwyer, Jr. 31 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Adelaide Eckardt 37B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Donald Elliot 4B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Page Elmore 38A + + + + + 5/5 100% 70%
Brian Feldman 15 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
William Frank 42 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Bill Frick 16 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Barbara Frush 21 - - - - - 0/5 0% 10%
Tawanna Gaines 22 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Ron George 30 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
James Gilchrist 17 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Cheryl Glenn 45 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Melony Griffith 25 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Ana Sol Gutierrez 18 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Guy Guzzone 13 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio 37B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Peter Hammen 46 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Hattie Harrison 45 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Keith Haynes 44 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Anne Healey 22 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Sue Hecht 3A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Henry "Hank" Heller 19 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Sheila Hixson 20 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Marvin Holmes, Jr. 23B - E - + - 1/4 25% 23%
Carolyn Howard 24 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
 How did they vote? – Maryland House of Delegates
Delegate District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score

James W. Hubbard 23A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%

Tom Hucker 20 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Rick Impallaria 7 + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
Jolene Ivey 47 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Mary-Dulany James 34A U - - + + 2/5 + U 20% 35%
Sally Jameson 2B - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Charles Jenkins 3B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
J. B. Jennings 7 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Adrienne Jones 10 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Wade Kach 5B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Anne Kaiser 14 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Kevin Kelly 1B + + + + - 4/5 80% 50%
James King 33A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Nicholaus Kipke 31 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Ruth Kirk 44 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Benjamin F. Kramer 19 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Susan Krebs 9B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Carolyn Krysiak 46 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Sue Kullen 27B - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Stephan Lafferty 42 - - U - - 0/5 + U -20% 0%
Susan Lee 16 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Gerron Levi 23A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Murray Levy 28 - - - + - 1/5 20% 30%
Mary Ann Love 32 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
James Malone, Jr. 12A - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
 How did they vote? – Maryland House of Delegates
Delegate District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score
Roger Manno 19 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jim Mathias, Jr. 38B - E - + + 2/4 50% 25%
Susan McComas 35B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Tony McConkey 33A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Pat McDonough 7 + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
Brian McHale 46 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Maggie McIntosh 43 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Warren Miller 9A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Joseph "Sonny" Minnick 6 + - + + + 4/5 80% 60%
Heather Mizeur 20 - E - + - 1/4 25% 23%
Karen Montgomery 14 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Dan Morhaim 11 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Peter Murphy 28 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
LeRoy Myers, Jr. 1C + + + + E 4/4 100% 100%
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam 10 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Doyle Niemann 47 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
H. Wayne Norman, Jr. 35A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Nathaniel T. Oaks 41 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Anthony O'Donnell 29C + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
John Olszewski, Jr. 6 - - - + - 1/5 20% 40%
Joseline Pena-Melnyk 21 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Shane Pendergrass 13 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
James Proctor, Jr. 27A - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Victor Ramirez 47 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Kirill Reznik 39 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Craig Rice 15 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
B. Daniel Riley 34A + - - + - 2/5 40% 50%
Barbara Robinson 40 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Sandy Rosenberg 41 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Justin Ross 22 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
David Rudolph 34B + - - + + 3/5 60% 40%
 How did they vote? – Maryland House of Delegates
Delegate District 1 2 3 4 5 Totals 2010 Lifetime
Score Score
Steve Schuh 31 + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
Todd Schuler 8 - + - + - 2/5 40% 50%
Andrew Serafini 2A + + + + + 5/5 100% 65%
Christopher Shank 2B + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Tonya Thornton Shewell 5A + + + + + 5/5 100% 90%
Luiz Simmons 17 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Michael Smigiel, Sr. 36 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Theodore Sophocleus 32 - - - + + 2/5 40% 20%
Richard Sossi 36 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Dana Stein 11 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Donna Stifler 35A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Nancy Stocksdale 5A + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Melvin Stukes 44 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Paul Stull 4A + + + + + 5/5 100% 80%
Shawn Tarrent 40 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Herman Taylor, Jr. 14 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Frank Turner 13 - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Veronica Turner 26 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Kris Valderrama 26 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Joseph Vallario 27A - - - + - 1/5 20% 10%
Michael Vaughn 24 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jeff Waldstreicher 18 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Jay Walker 26 - - - + - 1/5 20% 20%
Mary Roe Walkup 36 + + + + + 5/5 100% 100%
Mike Weir, Jr. 6 + - - + - 2/5 40% 50%
John Wood, Jr. 29A + U + + + 4/5 + U 60% 70%
 2010 Liberty Legislators – Maryland Senate
Senators scoring over 80% on the Liberty Scorecard are:
Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Edwards, Glassman, Haines, Harris,
Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Reilly,
Simonaire, and Stoltzfus

CONGRATULATIONS!
2010 Liberty Legislators- Maryland House of Delegates
Delegates scoring over 80% on the Liberty Scorecard are:
Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt,
Elliot, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria,
Jenkins, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas,
McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Minnick, Myers, Norman,
O’Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler,
Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup