Neither U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-16th Dist.) nor U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-15th Dist.) voted in line with legislative recommendations advocated by a major seniors group, which monitored and scored Congress in its special report about the 119th Congress first session, in calendar 2025.

The nonpartisan, nonprofit Alliance for Retired Americans gave both LaHood and Miller Congressional a zero in the report, released this spring.

Illinois’ other Republican member of Congress, Mike Bost, was slightly better, scoring a 13 on the scale of 100.

The rest of the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, all Democrats, scored no lower than 96 (Bill Foster of the 11th Dist.). Eight had perfect 100 scores.

On the Senate side, both Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth had perfect 100 scores.

The ARA recorded votes for 10 House measures, such as five bills cutting senior programs or relevant budgets, plus a repeal of health and safety regulations, and health-care cuts, all of which passed despite opposition by ARA and allies on Capitol Hill.

One “pro-senior” proposal, the Protect America’s Workforce Act, was passed, as ARA recommended.

In the GOP-majority Senate, 10 other issues were tracked including two measures to cut Medicaid, bills increasing Medicare, expanding senior programs, lowering health-care coverage, and four controversial nominations, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. (Mehmet) Oz.