rate your congressional representative from 0-10

[ButterflyBlood]

I can't think of a single time mine has done anything I agree with, so he gets a 0.

[HootieMcBoob]

1. Nydia Valezquez

I hope I spelled her last name right. I'm giving her a very good 8!

[TSIAS]

2. Mine is Mark Foley (R)

I'd probably give him a 1 or 2, only because he is pro-choice and pro-gay rights.

[scarletlib]

57. Mine is also Foley

I give him a 0-- he's a coward and votes with the current regime even when he knows it is wrong. He is also a hypocrit--he's gay but hides it.

[bocadem]

72. I also know Foley

...and he is a real let-down in the gay community.

He votes GOP all the time, is most definitely gay (we know his boyfriend), and has a disappointing voting record.

On the plus side, he drives a pretty car.


0



bocadem

[clar]

3. Bernie Sanders

I'll give him a 9.

[TheBigGuy]

4. Mike Turner

Freshman GOP homophobic scumbag. How about a negative 10?

[InkAddict]

21. If I Second that...

does his score go to negative 20

[sandnsea]

5. Pete DeFazio

9, because he hasn't come out against Bush very loudly on these lies, otherwise I love the guy.

[wryter2000]

6. Barbara Lee

10!!!!!!!!!!

[trof]

zip-zero-zed-nada

Jo Bonner
dweeb
Not even a solid "JOE".

[FrankBooth]

7. Jim McDermott

He gets a 10.

[Andy_Stephenson]

41. Hi neighbor

:hi:

[jono]

8. 10!

My representative is Jim McDermott, whom I happily give a perfect 10.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Mike Capuano (D)

voted against Iraq war, generally an 8 or 9, needs to get vocal about Bush's lies.

[Pepperbelly]

10. Vic Snyder ... D-Arkansas ... a strong 8.0

He's one of the good guys.

[revcarol]

11. Steve Pearce R-NM

Dead zero.

[punpirate]

23. Second that...

... has done zip. Right-wing wacko. A goose-egg for Stevie. Hope he'll follow the Bushes into one-termhood.

[Andy_Stephenson]

12. Jim McDermott

10

[CWebster]

77. Lucky you...

Greenwood--the only reason he isn't negative zero is because he supports choice.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) gets a big fat 9.9!

No one's perfect, but Lloyd is damned close! :-)

[VelmaD]

32. I concur...

wholeheartedly. Lloyd rocks.

Darth Velma

[The Blue Flower]

14. Mine gets 1000

Jim McDermott (Baghdad Jim) (D-WA). A man with a colossal heart, soul, and spine.

[ButterflyBlood]

17. 3 McDermott people so far...

*sigh* if only I could have someone like him or Sabo from Minneapolis, instead of that neocon fascist puppet Gutknect

[Orangepeel]

15. -10!

My congressional rep is a horror show! I have the misfortune of being "represented" by Tom Feeney. It's his first term in congress (having won a seat drawn especially for him) after being speaker of the Florida house of representatives.

As speaker of the house, he wanted to seceed from the Union if the budget deficit hit a certain point (we don't hear anything about that anymore), wanted to build a statewide database of every woman who had had an abortion, and threatened to have the state legislature declare bush the winner of the 2000 election if the Supreme Court hadn't intervened.

He was blatant about cutting Democratic donors out of state business, had several unethical lobbying deals as a state rep, and is widely considered to be a new Tom DeLay in training.

:puke:

[Catt03]

102. I absolutley agree

He is the the worst. A sickening, disgusting example of neo conservative extremism.

[chemp]

16. Patrick Kennedy- no chip off the ol block. 4

All he cars about is raising cash. Shouta like a squealing pig. entittled rich brat. I'd even vote for a non-insane Republican to get rid of him.
Most recent quote, at a fund raiser:
" I haven't worked a day in my fucking life."

Jim Langevin: Too new to rate. Voted for the Golf War, but liberal on many other accounts. Guess I'll give him an 8.

[ButterflyBlood]

19. no, Langevin voted against the war

Kennedy voted for it. The main gripe with Langevin is that he's pro-life.

[JCMach1]

18. Corinne Brown (D, FL) 8.5

Can you find a more consistent Liberal???

AND, she's still pissed about 2000!!!

[Sinistrous]

20. Bill "Bud-Lite" Shuster: ZERO

A total waste of oxygen. Hasn't had an original thought since he was annointed.

[LynneSin]

48. Oh my - isn't that the son of Bud Shuster

He was the representative in my neighboring district where I grew up. Was the Pork champion abusing his Transportation Chair title. I still remember when 60 minutes did an expose on Bud showing the kickbacks and how he insisted tax dollars be used to build a private airport in Tyrone PA. (middle of nowhere)

You think something like that would keep the son out of office

(I didn't fair much better - I had that doddering old fool George Gekas - who was doddering even when I was a young kid living in Perry County almost 20 years ago. Thank god his fool ass is out of congress)

[lcordero]

22. Mine is Rep.Serrano

He voted against the Patriot Act, the Homeland Security bill, the veteran-unfriendly Congressional budget for FY 2004, The Resolution to use the Military against Iraq.
On a scale of 1 to 10, he has earn a billion.
HE ROCKS!!!
:toast:

[Cocoa]

24. Danny Davis: 10

Is one of the congressmen working with John Conyers on a possible Bush impeachment. :-)

[Clete]

25. Bill Thomas gets a zero.

This Republican fat cat does nothing positive for the district like our former rep. Lois Capp did.

[PurityOfEssence]

26. Xavier Becerra a big ol' 10

Voted against Iraqiattaqi among many other things. Here's a guy with some serious future, and since he's unassailable in this district, he can vote his conscience. This could be the first Hispanic President someday, but we'll see about that.

I live in East Hollywood, part of Los Angeles.

[Pastiche423]

27. Pete DeFazio

10 because he has come out against* loud and clear in his newsletters, snail mail letters and emails to me.

Also,I agree w/the way he votes 100% of the time.

:loveya: Pete :loveya:

[sandnsea]

30. Got FOUR in one week!!!

3 letters and an email. I love Pete. He didn't sign on to Kucinich's request for an inquiry and I don't know why and am a little upset about that. Do you happen to know why?

[sybylla]

28. Ron Kind (D, WI) - 8 for moving more to the center.

Before his vote for the invasion resolution last fall, I would have given him a 10. Afterwards, I would have given him a 9. Now he gets an 8 for moving too much to the center since. The bitch-slapping he got from his constituents seems to have awakened him a bit or it would be lower.

[LawDem]

29. Minus infinity and beyond

Todd Tiahrt, Republican 4th Dist. Kansas
rating -- minus infinity and beyond -- no concrete negative number could do the bum credit.

[hedda_foil]

31. Jan Schakowsky ... 10, 10, 10, 10, 10!

I swear, she could be a DUer. She's always on the right side of the issues. And she really listens to her constituents, too!

Can you tell that I'm a huge Jan Fan? :loveya:

hedda

[PurityOfEssence]

56. I love her.

I even have a crush on her, but don't tell the wife...

Oh, all right, tell the wife, but she'll probably want a turn with her too...

Along with Pete Stark, Dennis Kucinich, Barney Frank, Bernie Sanders, Henry Waxman (Iraqiattaqi excepted, she's the heart and soul of this country.

She's the person I want to see as the first woman President.

Her performance from the audience at the Nightline Town Hall meeting before the war was breathtaking, just as Pete Stark's vote speech on the bill.

[PghTiny]

33. 0 for Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)

She is a cosponsor of the constitutional ammendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

[proud patriot]

34. Ellen Tauscher.... gets a 6

I used to have George Miller he is a 10 , but redistricting
gave me Tauscher :-(

[BrotherBuzz]

78. I raised her from a four to a five

after her talk at UCD where she said Bush* 'cooked the books'(lied on WMD). I felt betrayed by her on the Iraq war vote but realized that she voted with information provided by the Bush* adminstration. She was the one betrayed and I can only hope see continues her attacks on Bush*. I would raise her to a 'ten' if she mentioned the word 'impeachment' on the house floor...

DEMS, GROW A SPINE!

[Coventina]

35. J.D. Hayworth(less) gets a 0!!!

:puke:

I hate the fact he's my rep.

[TahitiNut]

108. Joe Knollenburg, a ZERO

I didn't think anyone could be as low as Hayworth (my aunt and uncle live in his district), until I moved back to Michigan, lost Mike Honda (a TEN!), and got saddled with Joe Knollenburg. The man's as much a reichbot as DeLay and Hayworth.

[hobbes159]

36. Jim McGovern, D-MA gets a 10

I feel very fortunate to have him as my rep. One of only 65 members of the house that voted against the fascist Patriot Act, and is not afraid to speak out against the Bush regime. On his 4th term now -- hopefully he'll be around a while! Has a great voting record too. I had the chance to spend about ten minutes chatting privately with him about Bush when he held office hours in my town and was very impressed.

http://www.house.gov/mcgovern/

[Ilsa]

37. Ron Paul

gets a 0.5, and only because he doesn't always vote with the Rethugs. Other than that, he is extremely ineffective.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

38. John T. Doolittle (R-Fascist-CA): 0.0 n/t

[Sandstorm]

39. Rep. Pete Sessions (R) ZERO

n/t

[DEMActivist]

40. Nathan Deal -10

yeah, a big fat NEGATIVE 10.

[Gopens]

44. Martin Frost (D-Texas)

A fairly decent 7 out of 10. Pretty conservative economically but pretty liberal socially, and living in Texas, I'll take what I can get!

Of course, he might get redistricted out of his job, but that's another thread.

[Jackpine Radical]

42. Dave Obey---10.

THAT was easy.

[stevebreeze]

43. mine is Denny Hastert..does that mean that Delay gets the zero?

:kick:

[LynneSin]

45. I'll actually give repuke Mike Castle a +3

But only because he's pro-choice, voted against ANWR and the Bush tax cuts.

If he was a democrat it would be much higher, but anyone who stays republican and votes for leadership like Hasert and DeLay can't get much higher than a +3

[Spirochete]

46. Brian Baird..

I'll give him a 9

[ewagner]

47. Dave Obey

9.5

[Bandit]

49. Yours gets a higher rating than mine does.

Mine is in the minus column.

[bicentennial_baby]

50. John Olver 10

Always votes with his conscience, a true liberal to the end. He sends out good form letters too!

[KamaAina]

52. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI 1st): solid 9

He's been around long enough to be higher up in the Dem leadership than he actually is, so no 10. On the tough issues, though, especially Iraq, Neil's one we can count on.

Edit: Oh yes, along with Zoe Lofgren from CA, Neil is among the first elected Dems to endorse Howard Dean for President.

[lastliberalintexas]

86. I met him in DC!

He was a very nice man, too. Loved his ponytail- he was verrrry casual for DC at the time!

[thebeaglehaslanded]

51. Lois Capps (D-CA)

She gets an 8. Other than a couple of misguided votes (Big Dog inquiry, flag burning amendment), she's generally right on, but it would be nice to hear her speak out more against the mis-administration of Chimpy.

[Clete]

89. I'm so jealous.

She used to be my rep until we got redistricted. I want her back, warts and all.

[LewisJackson]

53. Betty McCollum

I haven't read a ton on Ms. McCollum, although she was the first to come out and call for an apology from Coleman for the Wellstone incident among the MN delegation. Reading through her stuff, I'd say she gets about a 9.

Does anyone on here have Ramstad? A while back he was mine, and in truth, I really didn't mind the guy and probably would've given him a 4. Pretty moderate guy, but that R next to his name bothers me.

[ButterflyBlood]

103. Ramstad's a relic of the IR

back when MN Republicans were moderate, like Durenberger. Now they're just cookie cutter neocons.

[Kellanved]

54. Not congressional, but my MP (MdB) gets a 10 from me.

Wolfgang Thierse.

Just to throw politics from abroad in.

[LiberalLibra]

55. Mine is a DEM and she is good - it will be one of the few......

.....things I will miss when I move. Oh, and just let me get moved and find out out I'm stuck with a rethug rep. I will verbally rip him/her a new one every damn day.

[AnnabelLee]

58. A measly 2 for mine

Sensenbrenner is almost a total dick; the only thing that keeps him from that designation is the fact that he refused to let the sunset provisions in the Patriot Act come before his committee.

[jab105]

59. Cliff Stearns

Republican, Florida...I give him a 1, I dont agree with anything he does or says, in fact, I'm going to be working for his opponent during the next election cycle, Dave Bruderly.......

I give him 1 point because when I called his congressional office, the guy who answered was very nice to my rant..and took down my address to write me a letter...I've yet to get that letter, so it may go back to a 0 or up to a 2....

[rene moon]

60. Rep. Raul Grijalva of AZ gets a 10!

And I am not just saying that because he's my boss! He is progressive and you guys should get to know him.

[Chovexani]

61. Rep. Major Owens (D - NY) - 100!

Mine is Major Owens and I'd give him a 100 out of 10. He is a solid progressive Dem that's been the rep for this district practically since I was born. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that he's done and I didn't approve of. He has been fighting for a 9/11 investigation since day one. Pro-choice, fantastic on civil rights, pro-environment, and on and on...

This is hardcore Dem territory, though, FWIW.

[Norbert]

62. Steve Chabot gets a three from me.

The Ohio first district congressman and I rarely agree on anything. I will say one thing on his behalf. He does reply to my E-mails and letters, and fairly quickly too.

[bobd]

63. Marcie Kaptur (Ohio District 9) gets a 10+!!!!

n/t

[SteveG]

64. Mike Castle ----

a 3 on economic issues and a 6 or 7 on social issues. Classic Northeast Republican - a nearly extinct breed.

[Jawja]

65. John Lewis gets a

9 from me. Very happy with my rep.

:bounce: :bounce:

[goobergunch]

66. Jim Gerlach (R-PA06) gets a 1...

only for voting against ANWR drilling.

[cmd]

67. Freedom Fry Ney - negative 10

What an embarrassment he is.

[Liberalboy]

68. Diana DeGette (D) Denver

10! She's awesome.....I miss Pat Schroder, but Diana has definately created her own following!

[Bryan]

109. Meanwhile, a mere sixty miles to the north...

Marilyn Musgrave, freshman rep of CO-4. Complete Bushbot. Voted for the bans on flag "desecration" and "partial-birth" abortion. 0 (with regret that there is no lower grade).

[FightinNewDem]

69. Jeb Bradley

Jeb gets a 3, if only because his record on environmental issues is pretty good. Overall, he's wallpaper, taking his orders from leadership as needed.

[northofdenali]

70. Don "the mouth" Young?

minus 483.

[GOPBasher]

71. 1

James Walsh of NY-25.

[marigold20]

73. For mine, the dial goes to 11. He's great.

nt

[mcar]

74. Ginnie Brown-Waite, R, FL

a -10, she's that much worse than 0.

[UrbScotty]

75. 2 for Vern Ehlers (R-MI)

He's relatively pro-environment, with a higher LCV rating than any other Michigan Republican member of Congress. However, on most other issues, he's a pure Republican.

[birdman]

76. Curt Weldon (R-PA)

Trust me. He's a 0.

[SEAburb]

79. Jenn Dunn - R , 2

There are many worse than her. At least she is pro-abortion. So she deserves a two.

[polmaven]

80. I'm sorry you are stuck with him!

I know there was one vote whith which I disagreed with Congressman Tierney, but right now, I can't even remember what it was. Since he is now in his 4th term in office, I think he has earned a 10.

'Course, I knew he was a 10 before he was first elected.

[lastliberalintexas]

81. Currently have Jim Turner

He's a moderate to conservative Dem and I would rate him as a 5. He's still very good on labor and most economic issues and pretty good on choice.

But he's a heck of a lot better than what I will be stuck with if this re-re-districting plan passes. :(

[West Coast Democrat]

82. Earl Blumenauer-Portland, OR - 10

Great guy!

[veganwitch]

83. 0--i dont have one

or atleast one that can really do anything.


voting rights for DC NOW!!!!

[WhataBildeberger]

84. Perfect 10 for David Price (D-NC)

edited to be blank.

[Catt03]

85. Robert Wexler (D), FL is a 10

spunky and always, always answers my letters in depth.

[Terwilliger]

87. Barbara Lee -- 10

[Imalittleteapot]

88. Kay Granger always votes for

DeLay's wishes and against mine. She gets a big fat 0.
By the way, she started her political career as a Democrat, but knew she couldn't and wouldn't get the big corporate FW bucks behind her unless she became a republican. As Mayor of Fort Worth she was okay. Now she is a witch.:puke:

[mvd]

90. Mine is Jim Gerlach

Republican from the 6th district in PA. He's a 1. I gave him a point for voting against drilling in ANWAR. Otherwise, he almost always votes Repuke party line. I used to have Joe Hoeffel, and he is an 8. Joe wasn't hurt by redistricting, but I was.

[tnlefty]

91. lower than 0 - Zach Wamp - Bushbot

and prior to that pretty much one of Gingrich's "Contract on America" boys.

[Cheesehead]

92. Tom Petri (R-WI)

Gets a 4. He's a nice enough guy personally, but toes the Repug party line with a vengance.

[curse10]

93. Diana DeGette 10!

10! 10! 10! 10!

[Syn_Dem]

94. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D) Missouri 3rd District

Solid 10. Voted against War on Iraq, great man. Wrote many letters to him, really cares about his district.

[Jane Eyre]

95. Rep. Mel Watt - A Perfect 10

I adore my congressman, Rep. Mel Watt. Not only does he always vote the way that I would, he is also easy to spot out and about town when Congress is not in session. I've run into him at farmers' markets and music festivals - not campaigning, just hanging out like any other person would. He once stated recently that this country is closer to a dictatorship than it has ever been. The comment was made during the time that Trent Lott was getting the boot from the Bush administration over his Strom Thurmond remarks. Rep. Watt, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, was disturbed by the Bush White House's use of Lott's racist remark to grab more power in an effort to control every single branch of government.

[BurtWorm]

96. Charlie Rangel--9.5

Cause no one's perfect, but Rangel is close.

[dusty64]

97. A 1, he

sometimes bucks the regime on environmental issues. Only cause he knows his constituents demand it. Votes as he pleases on extremist social issues with immunity although the majority doesn't agree with it. :shrug:

[Zero Gravitas]

98. Dennis Moore

I give him 7.5 just for holding the seat. This is Republican Central, but Mr. Moore was elected and has been re-elected once despite re-districting.

Luckily the state GOP is constantly being fought over by "Moderate Republicans (formerly known as Conservative Republicans) and "Conservative Republicans" (otherwise known as really-far right ultra-conservative religous fundamentalists) and although the "moderates" generally have the upper hand the in-fighting has certainly helped.

[Native]

99. Ginnie Brown-Waite

A Big Fat Zero! She's the cleavage baring moron who came up with the bill to move the bones of our dead soldiers from Europe back to "patriotic" soil. She is completely self serving, and her response letters (when she deigns to bother with them) are complete jokes. Regardless of the issue, her letters are identical.

[AnAmerican]

100. Mine gets a 10

My congressman is my candidate :) Dennis Kucinich

[Torgo]

101. Melissa Hart (R) PA = 0.00001!

Short-pants nazi, but tells a good story on senior prescription drug assistance.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

104. Mine is Lorettta Sanchez and I give her a whopping 10!

She votes my way on nearly every issue! I hope she has senate aspirations some day. If she can get elected as a Dem in Orange County she can get elected statewide!

[Jaybird]

105. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)...10

love her

[Hailtothechimp]

106. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) 9+

Only because I wouldn't give anyone a 10.

[Lady President]

107. Patrick Tiberi

Without question a 0! He's goose-stepping right behind John Kasich who had our district before him.