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== Voting records ==
ADA ranks legislators, identifies key policy issues, and tracks how members of [[United States Congress|Congress]] vote on these issues. The annual ADA Voting Record gives each member a Liberal Quotient (LQ) rating from&nbsp;0, meaning complete disagreement with ADA policies, to&nbsp;100, meaning complete agreement with ADA policies. A score of 0 is considered [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] and a score 100 is considered [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]].  The LQ is obtained by evaluating an elected official's votes on 20 key foreign and domestic social and economic issues chosen by the ADA's Legislative Committee.  Each vote given a score of either 5 or 0 points, depending on whether the individual voted with or against the ADA's position, respectively.  Absent voters are also given a score of 0 for the vote.<ref name="ADAVotingRecords">{{cite web |title=Voting Records |publisher=Americans for Democratic Action |url=http://www.adaction.org/pages/publications/voting-records.php|access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>