 The Ratepayers Against Lilco ballot line was created by Hockbrueckner in opposition of the Long Island Lighting Company's construction of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, which Carney supported.In 1979, Carney had the lowest income out of all of the members of the House of Representatives and had a 100% voting attendance rate.In 1980, the American Civil Liberties Union gave him a zero percent rating; Carney and Earl Hutto, the Democratic representative from Florida's 1st congressional district, were the only members of the House of Representatives to receive a zero percent rating.