AIM’s 2007-2008 Legislative Scorecard Underscores Need for Improvement

Boston, Mass. - Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), the state's largest business advocacy organization with more than 7,000 Bay State businesses and institutions who collectively employ more than 675,000 employees, released the third edition of its biennial Legislative Scorecard.  The Scorecard is designed to evaluate the pro-business voting record of each of the members of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives.

For this Legislative session, the average Scorecard rating for members of the Senate was 49 percent, compared to 66 percent in 2005-2006.  Ten members of the Senate scored above the average with five Republican Senators scoring a high of 67 percent.  In the House, the average rating was 47 percent down from 78 percent in 2005-2006.  Fifty members of the House scored above the average with 19 Republican members scoring the highest at 88 percent on the 100-point scale.

The complete AIM 2007-2008 Legislative Scorecard, with roll call records for each member of the House and the Senate can be found on AIM's website www.aimnet.org.