06 Post-Leg. Update

The Idaho State Independent Living Council (SILC)

Issue 3, Legislative Update, May 2006

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Dismantling barriers affecting people with disabilities.

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Address:

350 N. 9th St., Ste. 102

PO Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-9601

Phone:

208-334-3800

800-487-4866 (In Idaho)

Fax:

208-334-3803

Website:

www2.idaho.gov/silc

E-mail:

silc@silc.idaho.gov

Roger Howard, SILC Chair

Kelly Buckland, Exec. Director

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Dear Friends of Independent Living

We are pleased to declare the 2006 Legislative Session closed! We are even more pleased to share that this session brought many important victories, as you will read in the review section of this Update.

On behalf of the staff and members of the State Independent Living Council, thank you for doing your part to engage in the legislative process. We deeply appreciate the emails, phone calls, and testimonies that streamed in to the legislators. Your voice made a difference.

Thank you to Governor Kempthorne, and Idaho’s Senators and Representatives who supported SILC priorities. Their support makes Idaho a great place for all Idahoans to live and work!

Roger Howard Kelly Buckland

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LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDS

How did your Senators and Representatives vote in terms of SILC legislative priorities contained in this Legislative Update? The percentage equals the total number of times the Legislator voted in-line with SILC priorities, as reflected in this update, divided by the total number of pieces of legislation contained in this update, that the Legislator voted on. PLEASE NOTE that this scorecard provides one tool for measuring a Legislators support. Other factors, including technical help in developing legislation and floor sponsorship of bills, must also be considered to gain the whole picture of an individual legislator’s degree of support for the disability rights movement.

LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD—SENATORS

Senator	First Name	City	District	Party	% Votes	Grade
Andreason	John C	Boise	15	R	100	A+
Brandt	R. Skipper	Kooskia	8	R	100	A+
Broadsword	Joyce M.	Cocolalla	2	R	100	A+
Bunderson	Hal	Meridian	14	R	96	A
Burkett	Mike	Boise	19	D	100	A+
Burtenshaw	Don M.	Terreton	35	R	96	A
Cameron	Dean L.	Rupert	26	R	96	A
Coiner	Charles H.	Twin Falls	24	R	100	A+
Compton	Richard L.	Coeur d'Alene	5	R	100	A+
Corder	Tim	Mountain Home	22	R	96	A
Darrinton	Denton	Declo	27	R	100	A+
Davis	Bart M.	Idaho Falls	33	R	96	A
Fulcher	Russell M.	Meridian	21	R	96	A
Gannon	Tom	Buhl	23	R	100	A+
Geddes	Robert L.	Soda Springs	31	R	100	A+
Goedde	John W.	Coeur d'Alene	4	R	100	A+
Hill	Brent	Rexburg	34	R	96	A
Jorgenson	Michael	Hayden Lake	3	R	92	A-
Kelly	Kate	Boise	18	D	96	A
Keough	Shawn	Sandpoint	1	R	96	A
Langhorst	David	Boise	16	D	96	A
Little	Brad	Emmett	11	R	100	A+
Lodge	Patti Anne	Huston	13	R	100	A+
Malepeai	Edgar J.	Pocatello	30	D	96	A
Marley	Bert C.	McCammon	29	D	96	A
McGee	John	Caldwell	10	R	100	A+
McKenzie	Curt	Nampa	12	R	100	A+
Pearce	Monty J.	New Plymouth	9	R	96	A
Richardson	Melvin M.	Idaho Falls	32	R	96	A
Schroeder	Gary J.	Moscow	6	R	100	A+
Stegner	Joe	Lewiston	7	R	96	A
Stennett	Clint	Ketchum	25	D	96	A
Sweet	Gerry	Meridian	20	R	95	A
Werk	Elliot	Boise	17	D	96	A
Williams	J. Stanley	Pingree	28	R	92	A-

LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD—REPRESENTATIVES

Representative

First Name

City

District

Party

% Votes

Grade

Anderson

Eric

Priest Lake

100

A+

Andrus

Ken

Lava Hot Springs

A-

Barraclough

Jack T.

Idaho Falls

Barrett

Lenore Hardy

Challis

Bastian

Stan

Eagle

Bayer

Clifford R.

Boise

C+

Bedke

Scott

Oakley

B+

Bell

Maxine T.

Jerome

100

A+

Bilbao

Carlos

Emmett

100

A+

Black

Max C.

Boise

100

A+

Block

Sharon L.

Twin Falls

100

A+

Boe

Donna H.

Pocatello

100

A+

Bolz

Darrell

Caldwell