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Senate, House Members Rated

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Anonymous

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Senate, House Members Rated

Progressive Punch has produced a sorted list of Senate members on how progressive their voting records are.
http://progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?member=HI1&search=selectScore&chamber=Senate&zip=&x=38&y=3#tilt
They also have a similar list for House members.
http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?member=HI1&search=selectScore&chamber=House&zip=&x=27&y=6#tilt
If you are a liberal, people at the top of the list are good and people at the bottom are bad. If you are a conservative, people at the top are bad and people at the bottom are good. Excluding new members of Congress who haven't voted many times yet, the three most progressive members of the Senate are Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). The three least progressive (i.e., most conservative) senators are Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID), and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). The three most progressive House members who have served a full term or more are Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). The three least progressive members of the House are Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

The list shows the complete polarization of the Senate. Even the least progressive Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), is more progressive than the most progressive Republican, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). The same is true of the House, where the least progressive Democrat, Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), is more progressive than the most progressive Republican, Alexander Rodney (R-LA) by a substantial margin
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Texan

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Sandhusker said:
Who defines "progressive"?
I guess "progressive" is the new name for liberals that are ashamed to admit it?

Wonder what happened to those Blue Dog Democrats that we used to hear so much about on here. The ones that are supposed to be conservative. I didn't notice any of them standing out in the Senate vote on the spendulus bill. Guess they weren't as conservative as we were led to believe.
 

Sandhusker

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"Progressive" is a derivative of "progress" and I don't view most liberal policies as progress, this latest porkulus bill a shining example. If they were honest, they would call themselves "Regressives". Progressives my .........
 

Triangle Bar

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What do you call the ones in the middle, fenceriders? or are they the true bi-partisans...the ones that won't stand on principle for anything? :?
 
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Triangle Bar said:
What do you call the ones in the middle, fenceriders? or are they the true bi-partisans...the ones that won't stand on principle for anything? :?

Non KoolAid drinkers...Anybody that always follows and always agrees with either cult is just a follower- and can't think for themselves...
 

Triangle Bar

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I'm not sure about you folks but, I want my representatives to be Partisan. That is to say, when they were campaigning they said this is what I believe and this is how I'm going to represent you. Now, granted there is some room for negotiation but not 180 degrees from their stated positions.
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
Triangle Bar said:
What do you call the ones in the middle, fenceriders? or are they the true bi-partisans...the ones that won't stand on principle for anything? :?

Non KoolAid drinkers...Anybody that always follows and always agrees with either cult is just a follower- and can't think for themselves...

Good description of your self there oldtimer, right down to the can't think for themselves. :wink: :wink: :wink:
 
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