Who Represents YOU in Congress

[Parche]

For Me it is the Honorable awesome David WU!!! Oregon 1st Dist




Congressman David Wu (D-OR) was sworn in to a fourth term as a Member of the 109th Congress on January 3, 2005. Congressman Wu represents Oregon's First Congressional District, which stretches from Portland to the Oregon Coast, encompassing all of Washington, Yamhill, Columbia, and Clatsop counties, and part of Multnomah County.

Congressman Wu's priorities include: improving our nation's public education system and making college more affordable; growing Oregon's economy by encouraging new business investment and supporting high tech research; improving our nation's healthcare system by fighting for patients' rights and a Medicare prescription drug benefit; and meeting our obligation to future generations by preserving Social Security and protecting our natural environment.

In the House of Representatives, Congressman Wu serves on the Education and the Workforce Committee, which has sole jurisdiction over education policy. Congressman Wu also serves on the Science Committee, which has jurisdiction over research and technology policy and NASA. He is the Ranking Member on the Environment, Technology and Standards Subcommittee.

Congressman David Wu has lived the American dream. In October of 1961, at six years of age, he moved with his family to the United States after President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order updating unfair immigration quotas. He was educated in public schools, earned a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University in 1977, attended Harvard Medical School, and received a law degree from Yale University in 1982.

Congressman Wu's distinguished legal career included a clerkship with a Federal judge in Portland. In 1988, he co-founded the law firm of Cohen & Wu. For a decade, the firm successfully served the high technology industry and numerous small businesses across Northwest Oregon.

Congressman Wu counts among his proudest accomplishments his work to help build scores of new businesses that have thrived and provided well-paying jobs for Oregonians. His fifteen years of experience in the Portland business and high technology communities make him uniquely qualified to represent the "Silicon Forest" district in Congress.

Congressman Wu is the first and only Chinese-American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently is a member of the Executive Board for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as Chair from January 2001 to January 2004. Congressman Wu is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a group of moderate Democrats in the House.

Congressman Wu and his wife Michelle have two children: a eight-year-old son named Matthew and a six-year-old daughter named Sarah.

[Horse with no Name]

1. A bunch of idiots.

Let's see...I would try to rank them from worse to worst...but each in their own special way is absolutely deplorable.

Kay Baily Hutchison
John Cornyn
Ralph Hall

:puke:

[dkofos]

5. That is how I would have ranked them

[Parche]

18. I FEEL YOUR PAIN

OUCH, Kay Bitch Hutchison, and John Cornball??
Havnt seen Ralph Hall yet......you have my sympathies!!!!

[Subdivisions]

43. Hi there my fellow representativeless Texas citizen! And you're right...

they are a bunch of idiots. Got to puke at the sight of Cornyn bloviating on CNN recently. KBH is a trophy-winning idiot.

I have a love-hate relationship with the State of Texas.

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. Nobody

I live in red state armpit of the Bible belt hell. All my Congressional reps are pukes.

[JDPriestly]

3. Congressman Xavier Becerra -- And he is great.

[trackfan]

73. Also Becerra

[dkofos]

4. No one

sam (the corporatist) johnson is supposed to represent me,
but I am not a corporation and I am not

FILTHY RICH

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Dennis Kucinich. Unfortunately he's not the representative from my

district or state.

[magellan]

12. Heh. I was going to say that.

:toast:

[Wwagsthedog]

7. Certainly not those who claim to be my representatives. nt

[rebel with a cause]

8. Jerry Costello is my representative.

He voted against the war reslution as did my Senator Durbin. Do not know everything about him, but he votes pretty much the way that I agree with so I guess he is okay. What he said the other day when the anti-surge resolution was up was right on. He is a Democrat and according to all the news letters and corresponces that I get from him, I have only disagreed with him one time in the last five years, so I guess I should be pretty happy with him. :shrug:

Numb from pain pill, hard to feel anything right now. That s a good thing though, I think, although I hate the feeling. :crazy:

[karlrschneider]

9. NOBODY!

Oh, there are 2 senators and 1 in the house but they are all asshole repukes.
:puke:

[rep the dems]

10. Patrick Murphy. Have to wait and see how he does, but it's good

to have him after spending most of my life with a Republican congressman. Bob Casey and Arlen Specter in the Senate.

[mvd]

45. Lucky!

If I lived just a couple miles away, I'd be in Sestak's district.

[rep the dems]

48. Yeah, I think I'm gonna like Murphy. I got to meet him at my school

once and again at a rally, and both times I was impressed with him. I'm not good with all the districts though; who is your representative?

[mvd]

50. PA 6 - Jim Gerlach

With all the Democrats in the Philly area, I'm stuck with a Repuke.

[rep the dems]

53. Ahh. He's the one who ran against "Liberal Lois" right?

What a moron.

[mvd]

54. Yes, he is

Lois skillfully tried to tie Gerlach to Bush, but unfortunately that "Liberal Lois" crap must have resonated in the conservative parts of the district, of which there are many.

[formerrepuke]

11. Dennis Kucinich.. his local office is walking distance from my house....n/t

[Seen the light]

13. Sue Myrick

:puke:

[Bukowski Fan]

14. I move around a lot

but currently, I've got a pretty good crop.

Patrick Kennedy
Jack Reed
Sheldon Whitehouse

Not too shabby...

[cali]

15. In the House, it's this guy:

Peter Welch, Vermont's At-Large member to the U.S. House of Representatives, has had a distinguished career as a legislative leader, lawyer, and advocate for the underrepresented. His record of accomplishment reflects his commitment to bringing people together to find real solutions to the difficult challenges we face and making government work for all citizens.

Peter was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1947 into a family of six children. He attended Holy Name Grammar School and Cathedral High School, where he played on the city championship basketball team and received the Scholar Athlete award upon graduation. After high school, Peter attended Holy Cross College. He graduated magna cum laude in 1969, after taking time off in his junior year to work with a Jesuit-led community organization in Chicago fighting racial discrimination in housing. He was then selected by the RFK Foundation and the Kennedy family to be in the first class of Robert F. Kennedy Fellows. That award enabled Peter to continue working in Chicago to help families overcome discriminatory housing policies and buy their own homes.

Many of Peter's political ideals were shaped by his work in Chicago, where he witnessed firsthand the effects of racial prejudice and learned that people working together can bring about needed changes. He had the opportunity to hear the preachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as the civil rights leader's initial announcement of his opposition to the Vietnam War. Dr. King's political courage and resolute commitment to nonviolence have had long-lasting effects on Peter's beliefs and work.

After his year as a Kennedy Fellow in Chicago, Peter enrolled in law school at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked in public interest law. After graduation he embarked on a six-month journey through Latin America, during which he gained an understanding of the effects of U.S. foreign policy on underdeveloped countries. He backpacked the length of the Pan American Highway to Santiago, Chile, arriving just as President Salvador Allende was being overthrown. He then traveled to Salvador, Brazil, where he took a job on a freighter bound for Portugal. Upon his return to the United States, Peter settled in Vermont to practice law with the firm of Black and Plante in White River Junction.

Peter served as partner of Windsor County's longest continuously run legal practice, Welch, Graham & Manby. During his career in law, Peter has performed a substantial amount of pro bono work, representing such clients as women denied insurance coverage for cancer treatment and employees whose health-care benefits were taken away. For his efforts in public service, Peter received the President's Award from the Vermont Trial Lawyers' Association.

In 1980 Peter turned to electoral politics, becoming only the second Democrat ever elected to represent Windsor County in the Vermont State Senate. When he was reelected in 1982, Democrats chose Peter to be their Minority Leader. He undertook the task of recruiting Democratic candidates for the Senate from around the state, and in 1984 Vermonters elected a Democratic majority for the first time in history. In 1985 Peter was unanimously elected by his colleagues to serve as President Pro Tem of the Vermont Senate, becoming the first Democrat to hold this leadership position. He was reelected President Pro Tem in 1987.

During Peter's tenure in the Senate from 1981 to 1988, he spearheaded legislative reforms in environment, tax, and education policy. Among his top accomplishments was his major role in the establishment of the Housing and Land Conservation Trust Fund, which has financed the construction of hundreds of units of affordable housing and the conservation of thousands of acres of Vermont farm and forest land.

In 1988 Peter finished a close second in a four-way Democratic primary for Vermont's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Two years later he was the state's Democratic candidate for governor, losing a close race against the popular Richard Snelling. During the 1990s Peter left electoral politics but remained influential behind the scenes. He was a key supporter of Howard Dean during his final gubernatorial election and an early adviser to his presidential campaign.

Peter returned to the Vermont Senate in 2001, when he was appointed by Governor Dean to fill an open seat in Windsor County. In 2003, Peter’s colleagues again unanimously elected him President Pro Tem, a position he held through 2006.
As Senate leader, Peter has worked with colleagues from all political parties and is known for listening to diverse points of view. Peter has worked to balance budgets, to resolve an $80 million Medicaid deficit largely caused by the federal government, and to alleviate the property tax burden on working Vermonters. He has backed proposals to make prescription drugs more affordable, to make health care more accessible, and to control the explosive growth in health-care costs. Peter has also been a persistent advocate for protecting Vermont's environment, which he considers not only a moral imperative, but a practical necessity in a state with an economy tied so closely to our mountains, farm fields, forests, waterways and wildlife.

In 1976 Peter married Joan Smith, then a professor at Dartmouth College. Joan later moved to the University of Vermont, where she served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1995 until her death from cancer in 2004. Joan was closely involved in Peter's political life, managing all of his previous campaigns. Three of their five children, Beth, Mary, and Bill, live in Burlington, while John and Michael live in New York City and Washington, D.C., respectively. Peter and his dog, Pepper, are often seen running on the back roads and Green Mountains of Vermont, in and around the State House in Montpelier.


In the Senate, it's Leahy and Sanders. Need I say more?

[Parche]

21. WELCH

I love Peter Welch, even tho I am on the other side of the US from you, he has been fantastic
in the committee's that I have seen on C-span, he is on Waxman's committee!!

[cali]

22. Peter is a great guy.

I can't speak to highly of him. I used to work with his daughter Beth. He's not only on Waxman's Committee but on Rules and the Environment and Public Works, I believe. He's a knowledgable and committed environmentalist. In fact he's just committed to a 0 carbon office.

[mvd]

16. Gerlach. I worked for Lois Murphy, and her defeat stil..

hurts. Gerlach is pretty much a hawk on Iraq, but can come through occasionally on things.

[ruiner4u]

17. Mean Jean Schmidt

im so proud...

:eyes:







edited for really horrible picture..

[Parche]

19. JEAN SCHMIDT

Here is Jean in the morning when she wakes up

[Eurobabe]

77. BE-Yotch! I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!

This witch is my Rep at the moment too, but not for long. After I switch my registration to VA it will be Virgil GOODE, now which is worse? A bigoted party-switching white male or the harpy from OH-2?

Both are evil and must be cast from the fold!!!

[LSK]

20. Peter Roskam unfortunately, even thou I did plenty to prevent it

Dick Durbin and Barack Obama are my Senators thou!!!

[dysfunctional press]

23. nobody, actually. but we just moved from rahm emmanuel's district into dennis hastert's

so- they're my elected reps, but neither one represents me.

[devilgrrl]

24. Representing California's 30th Congressional District, the honorable Henry Waxman

http://www.house.gov/waxman/

[Parche]

27. LUCKY DEVILGRRL

Henry Waxman is one of the most admirable people in the Congress
He IS fantastic, no nonsense, a terrific personality, and gets to the point

He will find out about a lot of things done wrong in the Bush administration, it wont be long now!!



You are lucky Devilgrrl!!!!!

[jaysunb]

29. Wonder if he likes "deviled eggs ? " LOL !

I know where he could get the best ! :hi:

[mitchtv]

25. Mary Bono

Useless, chickenhawk Puke , hack. dumb as a doorpost, even less effective mow than she was when she was in the majority. Her callous remarks about staying the course whould carry more weight if her son Caesare' would join up, instead of getting a new car to go to USC.

[Jaybird]

26. feingold, kohl, and tammy baldwin........

.....boo ya

[bigwillq]

28. Rosa DeLauro

And I am so proud to have her as my Congress Woman.

:bounce:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. Brian Baird. Not great but pretty consistantly "liberal" on his votes.

He's no Kucinich but better than most.

[Spirochete]

31. Baird's not too bad

He opposes * most of the time. I'm sure glad Linda Smith isn't the rep anymore. I think she might have been one of the Repigs' first stolen elections.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. I just wish he'd be more vocal.

But, overall, he's pretty good.

Hell, a par-boiled turnip would be better than Linda Smith. But, I don't miss Jolene either.

[SaveElmer]

32. Frank Wolf...unfortunately...nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. John Hall. it's about time that I have a Congressman that represents me and

here is his floor speech against the escalation last week!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EPuVj93mCts

[WI_DEM]

34. Tammy Baldwin--second congressional district of WI

and my Senators are Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold.

[Arugula Latte]

35. Wu as well.

Hi, Parche :hi:

[redwitch]

37. Kirsten Gillibrand NY 20th

:-)

[Marrah_G]

38. Kennedy, Kerry and McGovern

I feel lucky to have them all!

[Katherine Brengle]

47. You must live quite close to me --

:hi:

[Marrah_G]

57. Attleboro here :)

Our District is very odd shaped so we could be very close or a good ways away....

[Sydnie]

78. I think I'm even closer

Acushnet. We really should meet up sometime!

[redwitch]

39. Kirsten Gillibrand NY 20th

:-)


So proud I posted twice!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. In the House it's Tom Allen, D-ME-1. In the Senate it's Snowe and Collins.

:crazy:

[Subdivisions]

41. No one represents me. I live in Texas. But hey, at least I live in

Chet Edwards district.


















*Burp*

[Clark2008]

42. John J. Duncan, Jr. - a Republican with some sense

More than four years ago, U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. shocked many in his majority-Republican district with his stay-out-of-Iraq vote, but lately he has found more like-minded East Tennesseans and less anger.

"I still have people mad at me over it, but percentage-wise it's very, very small," Duncan, a Republican, said Thursday in an interview. "The comment that I get the most now is that people ... understand why I did what I did."

In October 2002, he was the only Tennessee member voting against giving President Bush the authority to send troops into Iraq.

Now that the House is nearing the end of a week of debate about whether it's a mistake for Bush to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq, East Tennessee's four House members are evenly divided about it.

The full House is expected late tonight to approve a nonbinding resolution that "disapproves" of Bush's decision.

Duncan and Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Pall Mall, said they will vote for the resolution; Reps. David Davis, R-Johnson City, and Zach Wamp, R-Chattanooga, said they will vote against it.

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_5355471,00.html (registration required)

My biggest beef with Duncan is his anti-choice stance, but, for the most part, he's a conservative of the old-school days: he disbelieves in governmental intrusions on our lives and likes a balanced budget.

P.S. I don't claim Lamar Alexander or Bob Corker since neither on represents me on about 99 percent of the issues. At least Duncan knows a swindle when he sees one and refuses to accept the party line when he knows his constituents wouldn't like it.

[dragonlady]

44. Sensenbrenner (ack!) but also Russ Feingold

The difference between them couldn't be more stark. Fortunately, the first is falling in influence, and the other rising.

[Katherine Brengle]

46. Barney Frank in the House and Kerry/Kennedy in the Senate

[Individualist]

49. I have no representation

The congressman for my district is a fundie nutcase.

[annabanana]

51. Peter f*ckin' King. (R) - NY

(I think that is his real name - at least that's how he's always referred to around my house.)

[AnOhioan]

52. Dennis Kucinich...my ideal Rep and my Rep in reality

[treestar]

55. Michael Castle

A Repuke on the revolving Delaware Governor/U.S. Rep./Senator circuit.

[Bronyraurus]

56. Gus Bilirakis, GOPer

and son of our last dingbat congressman.

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. Don't get me started.....My Congressman is a USELESS piece of crap, Jerry Weller...married to the

daughter of Guatemala's most brutal dictator, General Efrain Rios Montt. I just can't believe people keep reelecting him.:(

However, I do have 2 WONDERFUL Senators! Durbin and Obama.:loveya:

[DesertRat]

59. Right wing surge loving John Shadegg from AZ District 3

and McCain and Kyl in the Senate. I'm from Freeperville. I see at least 2 pro"W" stickers on cars everyday.
:puke:

[Blue Belle]

60. Probably one of the best... Peter DeFazio

U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio
Oregon's 4th District

Congressman Peter DeFazio was first elected to the U.S. Congress in 1986. He is dean of the Oregon House delegation, and represents southwest Oregon from Corvallis in the north, down to the California border-from the west coast to the Cascade Mountains.

The ten-term member sits on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he serves as Chair of the House Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. He also serves on the Aviation and Railroad Subcommittees.

DeFazio also serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security, where he sits on the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.

Finally, DeFazio serves on the House Resources Committee, where he sits on the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

DeFazio and his wife, Myrnie Daut, live in Springfield, OR. He has logged over three million miles traveling between Oregon and Washington, DC, about three times each month, to serve the people of Oregon's Fourth Congressional District in the United States Congress.

One of DeFazio' s proudest accomplishments is the more than $260,000 in after-tax salary he has contributed to education scholarships and to reduce the national debt. Those contributions have funded 157 scholarships for displaced Oregon workers at the five southwestern Oregon community colleges, and the University of Oregon. Since he took office, DeFazio has refused to accept congressional pay raises while the government is deficit spending, and has linked his pay to Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.

[salin]

61. Julia Carson

a stalwart for voting for progressive legislation. A little flakey at times (seems to be attributable to health problems) but very reliable per representing a liberal view. I would say that she and Pete Visclosky (Gary area) are anomolies per the rep of Indiana as red states (per both are liberal legislators.) The others in the new dem majority of the Indian dem. congressional delegation trend more centrisst and cautious.

[goodhue]

62. Keith Ellison

[PhilipShore]

63. The Three Stooges

[Contrary1]

64. "I'm trying to think, but nothing happens."

Seriously, tho,...please do not denigrate my idols in this matter. Soitenly, you are
entitled to your opinion, but I take offense on behalf of Moe, Larry, and Curly, aka:
Dewey, Screwum, and Howe.

[Penndems]

65. This fool:

Representative Tom Davis, Eleventh Congressional District of Virginia.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

66. Keith Ellison!

:woohoo:

[tritsofme]

67. Melissa Bean

Lots of folks on here dislike her and call her a "DINO" but three years into her tenure she is still a breath of fresh air to me after some 35 years of absolute shithead Phil Crane.

[last_texas_dem]

68. Kevin Brady (R-Corporate Whore)

Though to say he "represents" me would be stretching it.

[w8liftinglady]

69. This Prick-Joe Barton

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2007/02/19/dailylight/opinion/editorials/column1.txt

Recently, the House spent several days debating a Democrat-introduced, non-binding resolution about the future course in Iraq. The two-sentence text of the resolution is simple, professing support for the troops serving in Iraq while disapproving the President’s decision to send additional troops to the region. Some have said this non-binding resolution is a pointless political ploy that serves no real, tangible purpose. The truth is, it does serve a purpose, and it’s of the most deconstructive kind. Not only does it degrade and demoralize our troops currently serving and preparing to serve, it also emboldens our enemies who desire nothing more than U.S. failure and destruction. On Jan. 23, General David Petraeus, the commanding officer in Iraq, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a resolution disapproving of the new strategy in Iraq, including troop reinforcement, would “give the enemy some encouragement.”


More at link

[SeattleGirl]

70. Jim McDermott (D-hooray!!) in the house.

Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell (both D's) in the Senate.

[LostInAnomie]

71. Brad Ellsoworth (D-IN)

Newly elected after destroying that oafish ass Hostettler.

[Az]

72. We have a couple of champions here in Michigan

Carl Levin the senior senator is a work horse at investigating the Bush cartel. Trust my words. Carl's signature will be on the document that brings George Bush down.

Sander Levin his older brother is one of our house reps. I make it a point to shake both of their hands at least once every year. They are true men of the people. At the last delegate convention I witnessed Sander cleaning up the hall with the janitors after most of the delegates had dashed for their cars.

[Catchawave]

74. Thelma "Lips firmly planted on Bush's ass" Drake, R-VA02

:banghead:

[Daylin Byak]

75. Unforteunetly I live in PA-18

Which is rwpresented by asshat Republican Tim Murphy, a man who has been President Bush's biggest supporters on the war in Iraq ever since him and now armed services chairman Ike Skelton(D-MO) went touring a desert in Iraq and the truck they were in hit a IED and injuring Murphy, the rest is self explantory.

But I have to say that Jason Altmire of the 4th District is my adopted Congressman.

[njdemocrat106]

76. I have 2 good Senators, and one useless Congressman

I've got Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez in the Senate, but I'm stuck with devout anti-choicer Chris Smith (R-NJ4) in the House. The population of my hemorrhoid-red county (Ocean) has been sending this guy to congress for more than 25 years, and there's probably no end in sight :(.

[Blue_In_AK]

79. I and 665,000 other Alaskans have no representation

in Congress. I'm not sure how Don Young keeps getting elected. I don't know anybody who can stand the bastard.

[RobbinsdaleDem]

80. Keith Ellison - 5th District Minnesota

[rainbow4321]

81. Ugh...Sam Johnson and KBH.

I try not to think about it...it's depressing.