NGLTF Grades Vermont’s
Congressional Delegation

Paul Olsen

Armually, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) issues
“report cards” to members of the United States Senate and House of
representatives to grade their performance on national issues of hu-
portance to the lesbian and gay community. Issues considered when
determining grades include votes on AIDS/HIV legislation, domestic
parmer legislation for the District of Columbia, funding for sexual be-
havior research by the national Institute of Health (NIH), funding for
the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), co—sponsorship of the
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1991 (the national gay and lesbian
civil rights bill), and position on the military ban. Among those grad-
ed during the 102nd Congress were Vermont's Senators, James Jef-
fords and Patrick Leahy, and Representative Bernard Sanders.

Republican Senator James Jeffords received a “C” while Democratic
Senator Patrick Leahy earned an “A”. In the NGLTFS report, 66% of
senators received the grade of “F”, 9% received an “A”, 8% received
a “B”, 8% received a “C”, and 9% received a “D”. Sixteen senators,
including Patrick Leahy, co-sponsored the Civil Rights Amendments
Act of 1991. Senator Jeffords still refuses to co—sponsor the bill.

Voting for the NGLTF position 100% of the time, Representative
Bemard Sanders received an “A”. The majority of his colleagues in
the House (57%) received an “F”, 21% an “A”, 8% received a “B”,
5% a “C”, and 9% received a “D”. Sanders joined 110 representatives
as a co—sponsor of the House version of the Civil Rights Amendment
Act of 1991.

Compared to their colleagues in the Senate and House, Senators
Jeffords and Leahy and Representative Sanders all received
passing grades from the NGLTF. Based on the outstanding
grades received by Leahy (91%) and Sanders (100%) it is clear
that while they studied hard last term, Senator Jeffords (70%)
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