The United Republican Fund has issued a legislative report card and State Rep. Mike Tryon is the only one of McHenry County five legislators to gain the conservative organization’s praise.
Roll calls selected concentrate on
- Limited Government
- Individual Liberty
- Free Enterprise and
- Traditional Values
Bills whose roll calls are included in the report card can be found here.
Tryon scored 85% in the ranking, voting contrary to the position of the URF on the budget, Senate Bill 479 and Senate Bill 715.
SB 479 requires that service contracts include a clause that a responsible bidder or offeror must certify (i) that it shall offer to assume the collective bargaining obligations of the prior employer and (ii) that it shall offer employment to any employees currently in any existing bargaining unit who perform substantially similar work.
SB 715 requires the Department of Human Services to initiate 20 new school health centers over a 5-year period beginning July 1, 2007, and build capacity with existing school health centers.
Franks scored 30%, Beaubien 45%, Althoff 65% and Peterson 55%.
The statewide list of House members praised follows:
- Patricia Bellock
- Bob Biggins
- Rich Brauer
- Shane Cultra
- Mike Fortner
- Renee Kosel
- Bill Mitchell
- Raymond Poe
- Harry Ramey
- David Reis
- Chapin Rose
- Jil Tracy
- Mike Tryon
- Jim Sacia
- Ronald Wait
- Jim Watson
In the Illinois State Senate, the following were cited with approval:
- Bill Brady
- Brad Burzynski
- Gary Dahl
- John Jones
- Chris Lauzen
- Matt Murphy
- Dale Righter
- Dan Rutherford
- Frank Watson