Who are the most liberal senators and representatives in congress?

[ringmastery]

Barbara Boxer and Bernie Sanders?

[KuroKensaki]

1. My picks

Don't forget Kucinich. And another personal favorite of mine is Inoue.

[aldian159]

2. Dick Durbin?

but, as a IL resident, I'm a little biased

[JohnKleeb]

5. Wouldnt it be neat, Kerry-Durbin

[MurikanDemocrat]

3. Senator Kerry is one

[AntiCoup2K4]

19. Not since the Coup he isn't.

And that's far more relevant than what he did in the 70's.

[BruinAlum]

28. I don't agree.

I think his life's work is far more relevant than a couple votes that wouldn't have changed the outcome if he had taken the opposite position anyway.

[rucky]

4. Ron Wyden is pretty darn liberal

[goobergunch]

16. He voted for Bush*'s Medicare bill.... (n/t)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. More liberal than Ron Wyden:

Peter DeFazio, from Eugene, Oregon, and Earl Blumenauer, who replaced Ron Wyden in representing east Portland and the Columbia Gorge after Wyden replaced Bob Packwood.

In Minnesota, James Oberstar on every issue except abortion.

[Hippo_Tron]

6. A lot of the dems are pretty liberal...

I'd say Kucinich and Sanders are a bit to the left of most. In the Senate I wouldn't declare any one senator the most liberal.

[fujiyama]

7. I'd go...

with Fiengold in the senate, and either Barney Franks or Bernie Sanders in the House...

[AP]

8. Feingold, Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters.

[revcarol]

9. Would love Maxine for VP

one tough bright lady

[NewJerseyDem]

13. I don't like Maxine Waters

She seems really mean and I don't think she has ever smiled in her entire life. Also, when I was watching Ben Chandler being sworn in, everyone clapped for him, except Maxine Waters. I believe, if I saw correctly, that Waters was just standing there. I don't know why, but I assume that she dislikes that he is too conservative or something. If this is true, then she really has no class at all.

[hobbes159]

10. James McGovern (D-MA)

From my district, for which I am very thankful!

[NoPasaran]

11. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) is in the running

One reason Bug Boy was so anxious to gerrymander him into oblivion.

[LDS Jock]

27. I'll vote for Doggett

I'm proud to live in his district. I approved of him anyway, but the whole redistricting thing has turned his supporters militant.

[NewJerseyDem]

12. Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer

According to the ACU, the two of them have the lowest lifetime ratings. They both have 2% ratings while no other member has lower than a 3%. Still, that isn't the definite answere, but it is one way to look at it.

Also, the 2003 ratings are very high for all democrats because the ACU agree with democrats on two votes so new members have their ratings higher while the high 2003 rating doesn't affect longer serving members like Pelosi that much.

[OhioStateProgressive]

14. obviously Dennis Kucinich in the House

and a bunch about the same in the Senate

[OhioStateProgressive]

22. How come I'm the only one who gave the correct answer???(nt)

[Nicholas_J]

15. Kerry and Kennedy are rated

By the Americans for Democratic Action as the two most liberal senators in Congress, followed closely by Joe Lieberman. John Edwards was rather low on the liberal scale accoring to ADA which is tcomsidered the most reliable scorekeeper on these issues.

Gephardt is considered one of the most liberal Congressmen, Kucinich is rated as about the fifth or sixth most liberal people in the House.

[NewJerseyDem]

18. Do you have a link for that?

The ADA ratings that I have found are lifetime ratings from 2000 and before which show that Barbara Boxer is more liberal than Kerry and Kennedy. And the 2002 ratings show that Kerry isn't as liberal as many others. I couldn't find any ratings for 2003 and they probably wouldn't be very helpful because Kerry, Lieberman, and Edwards missed so many votes.

[BruinAlum]

29. I get Kerry, Edwards, and Kucinich, but hard to believe Edwards and

Lieberman.

[lams712]

17. All of the Members of the Progressive Caucus are liberal.....

....too numerous to list all here(54 members-the largest caucus in the House). There are currently no senators in Progressive Caucus. (Paul Wellstone was in it when he was alive). As for some liberal Senators Feingold, Boxer, Harkin, Durbin all come immediately to mind.

[AntiCoup2K4]

20. Jim McDermott (D - WA - 7)

Proud he's from my state. Wish he was from my district.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. Kennedy. Kerry. Barney Frank. Mike Capuano. James McGovern.

Ed Markey. Most of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation.

Proud Massachusetts Liberal here!

[PurityOfEssence]

23. Also: Jan Schakowsky and Pete Stark

For sheer political theatre in the last few years, Pete Stark delivering a speech against the IWR has to rank; at the end, he turned to Hastert and pronounced: "The bottom line, Mr. Speaker, is that I do not trust this President and I do not trust his advisors".

Another wonderful instance was Jan Schakowsky's crashing of Ted Koppel's pre-war Town Hall to ask questions from the audience. I love that woman; she's got guts, heart, and she simply looks and acts like a decent human being.

The others have already been mentioned, although someone probably should have mentioned Henry Waxman, even if he did vote for IWR.

My own Rep is someone to keep an eye on, although not the most left of the bunch. He DID vote against the IWR, unlike so many other of the L.A. area Congresspeople; Xavier Becerra could be a force in national politics.

[mobuto]

24. Meaningless question

It isn't enough to be liberal in Congress. You have to be liberal and able to get things done. Paul Wellstone, for instance, was a great liberal. But he was not very effective. Jon Corzine is also a liberal, but he's extremely effective.

[cyclezealot]

25. Stop the labeling

Again Studs Terkel says talk issues. Stoping the repugs from labeling us in favor of child molestation and free porn begins with us....Reagan did all in his power to get the American people to believe that liberals are anti american. Our fault for letting his henchmen getting away with it, to start with.
But, I fear it has taken root none the less. Yes, we should fight it. I am proudly a liberal.
But do not believe in endlessly fighting cultural war for the hell of it.
Studs says..Talk issues the American people want to hear. Secure jobs and health care. Thats the ticket.
With all their money they will win in the smear campaigns.
THose with the strongest pro worker,pro people labor records. So many great Democrats. Reason, I do not give up on Democrats being pro people...Dennis Kucinich,Lloyd Doggett, Bernie Sanders, Tammy Baldwin, Marcy Kaptur, Maurice Hinchey, Martin Sabo, Barney Frank,Neil Abercrombie, (a saint up in the great beyond-Patsy Mink, ),Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Henry Waxman, Hilda Solis, Maxine Waters, Bob Filner...That is the honor roll of House members.
Senate. Saints in the great beyond,....Paul Wellstone, Paul Simon.
Current Senators..Too few...Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer.Edward Kennedy,Jon S. Corzine.
Basis of views...Near perfect Labor record on recorded votes..
It is too difficult to pin runners up when so many have near perfect votes.