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George II

(67,782 posts)
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 01:37 PM Nov 2021

Every few weeks projects.fivethirtyeight updates their ranking of how Members of Congress...

...vote with Biden's agenda.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/

Here are their latest rankings of Democrats as of Monday, November 8:

(Rank, District, Representative)

1 NC-12 Adams
1 CA-31 Aguilar
1 TX-32 Allred
1 MA-04 Auchincloss
1 IA-03 Axne
1 CA-37 Bass
1 OH-03 Beatty
1 CA-07 Bera
1 TX-30 Bernice Johnson
1 VA-08 Beyer
1 GA-02 Bishop Jr.
1 OR-03 Blumenauer
1 DE-At L Blunt Rochester
1 OR-01 Bonamici
1 GA-07 Bourdeaux
1 PA-02 Boyle
1 MD-04 Brown
1 OH-11 Brown
1 CA-26 Brownley
1 IL-17 Bustos
1 NC-01 Butterfield
1 CA-24 Carbajal
1 CA-29 Cárdenas
1 IN-07 Carson
1 LA-02 Carter
1 PA-08 Cartwright
1 HI-01 Case
1 FL-14 Castor
1 TX-20 Castro
1 CA-27 Chu
1 RI-01 Cicilline
1 MA-05 Clark
1 NY-09 Clarke
1 MO-05 Cleaver
1 SC-06 Clyburn
1 TN-09 Cohen
1 NJ-12 Coleman
1 VA-11 Connolly
1 TN-05 Cooper
1 CA-46 Correa
1 CA-16 Costa
1 CT-02 Courtney
1 MN-02 Craig
1 FL-13 Crist
1 CO-06 Crow
1 KS-03 Davids
1 IL-07 Davis
1 PA-04 Dean
1 OR-04 DeFazio
1 CO-01 DeGette
1 CT-03 DeLauro
1 WA-01 DelBene
1 NY-19 Delgado
1 FL-10 Demings
1 CA-11 DeSaulnier
1 FL-22 Deutch
1 CA-44 Diaz Barragan
1 MI-12 Dingell
1 TX-35 Doggett
1 PA-18 Doyle
1 TX-16 Escobar
1 CA-18 Eshoo
1 NY-13 Espaillat
1 PA-03 Evans
1 TX-07 Fletcher
1 IL-11 Foster
1 FL-21 Frankel
1 OH-11 Fudge
1 AZ-07 Gallego
1 CA-03 Garamendi
1 IL-04 Garcia, Chuy
1 TX-29 Garcia, Sylvia
1 CA-34 Gomez
1 NJ-05 Gottheimer
1 TX-09 Green
1 AZ-03 Grijalva
1 NM-01 Haaland
1 CA-10 Harder
1 FL-20 Hastings
1 NY-26 Higgins
1 CT-04 Himes
1 NV-04 Horsford
1 PA-06 Houlahan
1 MD-05 Hoyer
1 CA-02 Huffman
1 TX-18 Jackson Lee
1 CA-53 Jacobs
1 NY-08 Jeffries
1 GA-04 Johnson
1 NY-17 Jones
1 HI-02 Kahele
1 OH-09 Kaptur
1 MA-09 Keating
1 IL-02 Kelly
1 CA-17 Khanna
1 MI-05 Kildee
1 WA-06 Kilmer
1 NJ-03 Kim
1 AZ-02 Kirkpatrick
1 IL-08 Krishnamoorthi
1 NH-02 Kuster
1 PA-17 Lamb
1 RI-02 Langevin
1 WA-02 Larsen
1 CT-01 Larson
1 MI-14 Lawrence
1 FL-05 Lawson
1 NV-03 Lee
1 CA-13 Lee
1 NM-03 Leger Fernandez
1 MI-09 Levin
1 CA-49 Levin
1 CA-33 Lieu
1 CA-19 Lofgren
1 CA-47 Lowenthal
1 MA-08 Lynch
1 NY-07 M.
1 NY-12 Maloney
1 NY-18 Maloney
1 NC-06 Manning
1 CA-06 Matsui
1 GA-06 McBath
1 MN-04 McCollum
1 VA-04 McEachin
1 MA-02 McGovern
1 CA-09 McNerney
1 NY-05 Meeks
1 NY-06 Meng
1 MD-07 Mfume
1 NY-25 Morelle
1 IN-01 Mrvan
1 FL-07 Murphy
1 NY-10 Nadler
1 CA-32 Napolitano
1 MA-01 Neal
1 CO-02 Neguse
1 IL-03 Newman
1 NJ-01 Norcross
1 AZ-01 O'Halleran
1 NJ-06 Pallone
1 CA-20 Panetta
1 NH-01 Pappas
1 NJ-09 Pascrell
1 NJ-10 Payne
1 CA-12 Pelosi
1 CO-07 Perlmutter
1 CA-52 Peters
1 MN-03 Phillips
1 ME-01 Pingree
1 WI-02 Pocan
1 NC-04 Price
1 IL-05 Quigley
1 MD-08 Raskin
1 NY-04 Rice
1 NC-02 Ross
1 CA-40 Roybal-Allard
1 CA-36 Ruiz
1 MD-02 Ruppersberger
1 IL-01 Rush
1 OH-13 Ryan
1 CA-38 Sánchez
1 MD-03 Sarbanes
1 PA-05 Scanlon
1 IL-09 Schakowsky
1 CA-28 Schiff
1 IL-10 Schneider
1 WA-08 Schrier
1 VA-03 Scott
1 GA-13 Scott
1 AL-07 Sewell
1 CA-30 Sherman
1 NJ-11 Sherrill
1 NJ-08 Sires
1 MI-08 Slotkin
1 WA-09 Smith
1 FL-09 Soto
1 VA-07 Spanberger
1 CA-14 Speier
1 NM-01 Stansbury
1 AZ-09 Stanton
1 MI-11 Stevens
1 WA-10 Strickland
1 NY-03 Suozzi
1 CA-15 Swalwell
1 CA-41 Takano
1 CA-05 Thompson
1 NV-01 Titus
1 NY-20 Tonko
1 NY-15 Torres
1 CA-35 Torres
1 MA-03 Trahan
1 MD-06 Trone
1 IL-14 Underwood
1 CA-51 Vargas
1 TX-33 Veasey
1 TX-34 Vela
1 FL-23 Wasserman Schulz
1 CA-43 Waters
1 VT-At L Welch
1 VA-10 Wexton
1 PA-07 Wild
1 GA-05 Williams
1 FL-24 Wilson
1 KY-03 Yarmuth
205 IL-06 Casten
205 TX-15 Gonzalez
205 CT-05 Hayes
205 WA-07 Jayapal
205 VA-02 Luria
205 NJ-07 Malinowski
205 WI-04 Moore
205 MA-06 Moulton
205 CA-45 Porter
205 MS-02 Thompson
215 TX-28 Cuellar
215 OR-05 Schrader
217 WI-03 Kind
218 NY-16 Bowman
219 MN-05 Omar
219 MA-07 Pressley
221 NY-14 Ocasio-Cortez
221 MI-13 Tlaib
223 MO-01 Bush
224 ME-02 Golden

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Every few weeks projects.fivethirtyeight updates their ranking of how Members of Congress... (Original Post) George II Nov 2021 OP
K&R murielm99 Nov 2021 #1
K & R this is a good updated look at how Reps/Sens are really working for those who sent them. Budi Nov 2021 #2
Follow-up, here are projects.fivethirtyeight ranking for senators in the Democratic caucus: George II Nov 2021 #3
This one might be misleading. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #8
Interesting and not surprising mcar Nov 2021 #4
Thank you for posting this! betsuni Nov 2021 #5
Agree. NurseJackie Nov 2021 #13
Who's attacking the Biden agenda agian? BGBD Nov 2021 #6
Wow That's Some List Me. Nov 2021 #7
+1 betsuni Nov 2021 #12
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #9
This doesn't include committee votes which makes it very misleading dsc Nov 2021 #10
Accurate simple final summary, but not the complete picture. Hortensis Nov 2021 #14
K&R brer cat Nov 2021 #11
K & R Cary Nov 2021 #15
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. K & R this is a good updated look at how Reps/Sens are really working for those who sent them.
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 01:56 PM
Nov 2021

I still say pay them minimum wage with some big motivating performance bonuses.

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. Follow-up, here are projects.fivethirtyeight ranking for senators in the Democratic caucus:
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 02:00 PM
Nov 2021

(Rank, State, Senator)

1 OH Sherrod Brown
1 CO Michael F. Bennet
1 WA Maria Cantwell
1 MD Benjamin L. Cardin
1 DE Thomas R. Carper
1 PA Robert P. Casey Jr.
1 DE Christopher A. Coons
1 IL Richard J. Durbin
1 CA Dianne Feinstein
1 CO John W. Hickenlooper
1 HI Mazie K. Hirono
1 NM Martin Heinrich
1 NH Margaret Wood Hassan
1 MN Amy Klobuchar
1 AZ Mark Kelly
1 ME Angus S. King Jr.
1 VA Tim Kaine
1 VT Patrick J. Leahy
1 NM Ben R. Luján
1 NJ Robert Menendez
1 CT Christopher Murphy
1 WV Joe Manchin
1 GA Jon Ossoff
1 CA Alex Padilla
1 MI Gary C. Peters
1 RI Jack Reed
1 NY Charles E. Schumer
1 MI Debbie Stabenow
1 NH Jeanne Shaheen
1 AZ Kyrsten Sinema
1 HI Brian Schatz
1 MN Tina Smith
1 GA Raphael G. Warnock
1 RI Sheldon Whitehouse
1 VA Mark R. Warner
35 WI Tammy Baldwin
35 CT Richard Blumenthal
35 NJ Cory A. Booker
35 NV Catherine Cortez Masto
35 IL Tammy Duckworth
35 MA Edward J. Markey
35 OR Jeff Merkley
35 NV Jacky Rosen
35 MT Jon Tester
35 OR Ron Wyden
35 MA Elizabeth Warren
35 NY Kirsten E. Gillibrand
35 WA Patty Murray
35 MD Chris Van Hollen
50 VT Bernard Sanders

LiberalFighter

(50,947 posts)
8. This one might be misleading.
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 05:38 PM
Nov 2021

It might help to know what legislation they have voted on for this list. Especially when it would require all 50 Democratic Senators to vote the same if there no Republicans. Considering where Manchin, Sinema, and Sanders are shown too.

dsc

(52,162 posts)
10. This doesn't include committee votes which makes it very misleading
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 12:42 AM
Nov 2021

to take one example. Medicare negotiation was killed in committee by Reps Rice, Schrader, and Peters along with all the GOP committee members. Rice and Peters are tied for 1st but they, along with Schrader killed a massive popular part of Biden's agenda.

https://retiredamericans.org/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-proposal-blocked-in-committee/

That ought to be counted when ranking people.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Accurate simple final summary, but not the complete picture.
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 03:18 PM
Nov 2021

For sure votes in committee can add signficant additional information, like that example. But there are so many committee votes, even on one bill, and they can be completely misleading without intensive explanation. Which is to say, votes in committee often mislead about the member's intent.

Seems like most of the time when committee votes are mentioned, in fact, it's to lie about what a candidate supported or didn't. I've gone back and tried to find the truth more than once, and it can be prohibitively complex. Starting with finding the version of a bill in question (!); and if you could, then reading it and comparing it to other versions.... Never got that far, don't ever expect to.

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