VA-ALERT: 2020 General Assembly voting record has been released!

View this email in your browser The VDCL 2020 General Assembly voting record document has been released.  Some key points:   Senate The voting records in the Senate were stark, with the worst Republican voting record (Senator Siobhan Dunnavant at a poor 67%) being far better than the best Democrat (Senator Chap Petersen at a miserable 8%). 5 Senators voted 100% pro-gun (all Republican) and 11 Senators voted 0% pro-gun (all Democrats). Best pro-gun voting record in the Senate:  Senator Mark Obenshain. Senators voting 100% pro-gun: Mark D. Obenshain, William M. Stanley, Jr., Amanda Chase, David Sutterlein, and Todd E. Pillion Worst voting record in the Senate: Senator Louis Lucas, who was recently in the news after being charged with TWO FELONIES dealing with the destruction of public property. Senators voting 0% pro-gun: David W. Marsden, Jeremy McPike, George L. Barker, Ghazala Hashmi, T. Montgomery Mason, Adam P. Ebbin, Janet D. Howell, Mamie E. Locke, Barbara A. Favola, Jennifer B. Boysco, Richard L. Saslaw, Jennifer L. McClellan, Joseph Morrissey, and L. Louise Lucas   House While not as stark as the Senate, the House had only one Democrat (Delegate Roslyn Tyler with an 87% voting record) who beat some Republicans (Delegates Glenn Davis with 83% and Carrie Coyner with a poor 67%). 25 Delegates voted 100% pro-gun (all Republicans) and 42 Delegates voted 0% pro-gun (all Democrats). Best pro-gun voting record in the House: Delegate Ronnie Campbell. Delegates voting 100% pro-gun:  Ronnie Campbell, John McGuire, James W. Morefield, Dave A. LaRock, Les R. Adams, Robert B. Bell III., Jeffrey L. Campbell, Emily Brewer, M. Kirkland Cox, Mark L. Cole, Chris Collins, Nicholas Frietas, Christopher T. Head, Terry G. Kilgore, Margaret B. Ransone, Wendell Walker, Kathy J. Byron, C. Todd Gilbert, M. Keith Hodges, Joseph P. McNamara, Israel D. O'Quinn, Charles D. Poindexter, Michael J. Webert, Scott Wyatt, and R. Lee Ware. Worst pro-gun voting record in the House: Delegate Marcia Price. Delegates voting 0% pro-gun: Kelly Convirs-Fowler, Elizabeth R. Guzman, Nancy Guy, Betsy B. Carr, Alex Akdew, Suhas Subramanyam, Jeion A. Ward, Hala Ayala, Wendy Gooditis, Sally Hudson, Mark L. Keam, Martha Mugler, Danica Roem, Ibraheem Samirah, Kathy Tran, Rodney Willett, Charniele L. Herring, Delores L. McQuinn, Don Scott, Jr., Schuyler Vanvalkenburg,  Vivian E. Watts, Karrie Delaney, Chris Hurst, David Reid, Luke E. Torian, Kathleen Murphy, Marcus B. Simon, C. E. Hayes, Jay Jones, Laschrecse Aird, Paul Krizek, Michael P. Mullen, Mark D. Sickles, Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr., Joshua Cole, Kaye Kory, Shelly Simonds, Alfonso H. Lopez, Sam Rasoul, Jennifer Carroll Foy, Mark Levine, and Marcia Price.   Voting Record Document Here is a link to the full 2020 General Assembly Voting Record document, which includes each vote that every legislator made on gun bills. - A note on the voting records in the House for Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Delegate Patrick Hope.  You might be surprised to see that Filler-Corn had a 20% pro-gun voting record and Hope had a 17% voting record, much higher than most of their follow Democrats.  That's because Filler-Corn put in a bill that VCDL supported, which was signed into law (no sales tax on gun safes that cost less that $1,500).  As Speaker, she also gets points or loses points if gun bills are "pocket vetoed" (never get a vote and are not even assigned to a committee).  Hope is in a similar situation as the chairman of the committee that heard most of the gun bills.  If a bill was assigned to his committee and didn't get a vote, like the Speaker, he received points or lost points based on whether the bill was anti-gun or pro-gun, respectively.  Because many gun-control bills were pocket vetoed, Filler-Corn and Hope got positive credit, depending on which one of them pocket-vetoed the bill.   To join VCDL, click here.  To contribute to VCDL, click here. To view the archives, click here. Copyright © 2020 Virginia Citizens Defense League, All rights reserved. Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: https://vcdl.org/join VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or you signed up at a gun show or other event. Our mailing address is: Virginia Citizens Defense League PO Box 513 Newington, VA 22122-0513 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.