How Did Your Senators and Representative Vote on Key Issues? Check Their Scorecard:

[nicknameless]

Example:
CA. Pelosi (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 89%
TX. Smith (R) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0% 0%

A "+" means that the Congresscritter voted in the public's interest.
A "-" means they voted against the public's interest.

The first percentage represents their score on the 22 issues.
The second percentage represents their lifetime score.

Pelosi voted in the public's interest on all 22 issues.
Smith voted in the public's interest on zero of the issues.

http://www.uspirg.org/us-law-policy/congressional-scorecard

2006 Congressional Scorecard

5/16/2006
Executive Summary

The state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest advocacy organizations. U.S. PIRG is the national advocacy office for state PIRGs across the country. With a combination of professional expertise, citizen power, and dogged persistence, the state PIRGs and U.S. PIRG work to protect consumers and promote good government.

Now in its twelfth year, the annual Congressional Scorecard has been one of the many citizenship tools used by U.S. PIRG and the state PIRGs to preserve the environment, advocate in the public interest, and revitalize participation in our democratic process. Going door-todoor in cities and towns across the country, U.S. PIRG and state PIRG staff are distributing this year’s Scorecard to more than one million households.

The 2006 Scorecard looks at the most important public interest votes taken between February 9, 2005 and February 1, 2006 in the U.S. Congress. These votes determined the direction of federal policy on critical issues ranging from environmental preservation to health care to consumer protections.

Here’s the pdf file that shows key issues and how Congressional members voted:
http://www.uspirg.org/uploads/ao/jc/aojcYUOQ6oVXDh40b1h78A/congscorecard06.pdf

Senate Vote Issues:

1. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #364).
2. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #52).
3. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #303).
4. Energy/Reject Anti-Consumer, Anti-Environment Bill. (Roll Call #213).
5. Energy/Increase Clean Renewable Energy Production. (Roll Call #141).
6. Energy/Protect States' Rights in Siting of Energy Facilities. (Roll Call #146).
7. Energy/Increasing Funding for Energy Assistance. (Roll Call #270).
8. Energy/Cut Tax Breaks for Big Oil Companies. (Roll Call #332).
9. Energy/Cut Subsidies for Nuclear Power and Coal. (Roll Call #155).
10. Global Warming/Resolution to Curb Global Warming. (Roll Call #149).
11. Global Warming and Energy/Increase Auto Gas Mileage Standards. (Roll Call #157).
12. Clean Air/Reduce Mercury Pollution. (Roll Call #225).
13. Preservation/Cut Subsidies for Road Building in Tongass National Forest. (Roll Call #164).
14. Toxics/Stop Testing Pesticides on People. (Roll Call #162).
15. Oceans/Protect America's Coasts from Drilling. (Roll Call #143).
16. Student Aid/Stop the $12 Billion Cut to Student Loans. (Roll Call #363).
17. Student Aid/Increase Funding of Pell Grants by $5.4 Billion. (Roll Call #68).
18. Consumer/Oppose Weakening Consumer Bankruptcy Rights. (Roll Call #29).
19. Consumer/Improve Credit Disclosures. (Roll Call #15).
20. Consumer/Oppose Passage of Class Action Bill. (Roll Call #9).
21. Consumer/Protect Class Action Rights. (Roll Call #7).
22. Trade/Reject Anti-Consumer, Anti- Environment Central American Free Trade Agreement. (Roll Call #170).


House Vote Issues:

1. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #666).
2. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #122).
3. Arctic Refuge/Stop Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Roll Call #149).
4. Energy/Reject Dirty, Dangerous Energy Bill. (Roll Call #445).
5. Energy/Reject Dirty, Dangerous Energy Bill. (Roll Call #132).
6. Energy/Reject Big Oil Giveaway Bill. (Roll Call #519).
7. Global Warming/Increase Auto Gas Mileage Standards. (Roll Call #121).
8. Clean Water/Make Polluters Pay for Contaminating Groundwater. (Roll Call #129).
9. Energy/Environmental Regulation of Oil Refineries. (Roll Call #115).
10. Energy/End Giveaways to Big Oil. (Roll Call #128).
11. Consumer/Protect Consumers from Price Gouging. (Roll Call #123).
12. Energy/Protect States’ Rights on Siting of Energy Facilities. (Roll Call #131).
13. Energy/Cut Nuclear Subsidies and Increase Energy Efficiency Funding. (Roll Call #207).
14. Endangered Species/Protect the Endangered Species Act. (Roll Call #506).
15. Oceans/Protect Coasts from Oil and Gas Drilling. (Roll Call #192).
16. Student Aid/Stop the $12 Billion Cut to Student Loans. (Roll Call #4).
17. Student Aid/Stop the $14.3 Billion Cut to Student Loans. (Roll Call #601).
18. Consumer/Protect Consumer Bankruptcy Rights. (Roll Call #108).
19. Consumer/Protect Class Action. (Roll Call #38).
20. Health Care/Protect Victims of Medical Malpractice. (Roll Call #449).
21. Democracy/Protect Online Freedom of Speech. (Roll Call #559).
22. Trade/Reject Anti-Consumer, Anti-Environment Central American Free Trade Agreement. (Roll Call #443).

[Imalittleteapot]

1. No surprises here. TX

Hutchison, Cornyn, Granger.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Liars and Crooks all 3 nm

[Zodiak]

3. These are somewhat similar to my numbers

and they scored the same amount of issues I did, as well.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zodiak%20Ironfist/4

[Supersedeas]

4. Dole and Burr scored particularly poorly

[nicknameless]

6. 5% and 9%

x(

I was shocked to see how many "zeros" they had listed (Page 7).

[nicknameless]

5. Kick

[rep the dems]

7. Oh dear. My Senator only got a 10% and my Congressman a 50.

Oh wait a minute! Come January they're both gone! :woohoo: :party:

(Santorum and Fitzpatrick)

[nicknameless]

8. Woo-hoo!

:)

[Hippo_Tron]

9. Here's a better idea

Go here and see how your reperesentative voted with no bias

http://votesmart.org/index.htm

Scorecards are wonderful if you're lazy and want someone else to determine what issues are important for you.

[nicknameless]

10. You can look at the pdf file and see the descriptions of the 22 issues.

There were obviously more than 22 issues that got voted on in that year, but many people consider these to be important.