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Auggie

(33,150 posts)
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:07 PM Mar 2021

University study deems Jim Jordan ineffective at passing legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Is Rep. Jim Jordan among the least effective members of Congress? Researchers at the Center for Effective Lawmaking - a joint project between academics at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University - seem to think so.

The organization last week released a report evaluating how successful individual Congress members were at moving their legislative agenda items through Congress over the past two years. It examined the bills each member sponsored, whether they advanced through the legislative process and were signed into law, and the significance of that legislation. It ranked members within their own parties to avoid penalizing those in the legislative minority.

The study rated Jordan as the 202nd most effective Republican in the House of Representatives out of 205 it examined.

SNIP

A statement from a Democratic candidate who has filed to run for office against Jordan, Jeff Sites, declared the study shows “how little Jordan is doing for his constituents.”

MORE: https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/03/university-study-deems-jim-jordan-ineffective-at-passing-legislation-says-other-ohioans-get-better-results.html

From the link: “In warehousing, if you won’t do the work, you get fired,” said Sites. “It should be the same for career politicians.”

Jeff Sites' website: https://sitesforcongress.com

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Thomas Hurt

(13,982 posts)
1. but to be fair christofascists are only in Congress for the power and to grift...
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:11 PM
Mar 2021

everything else, like passing legislation, is just big government...

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. If you wonder why such an ineffective official keeps getting elected
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:15 PM
Mar 2021

A quick look at his district map should explain it (his voters appear to be almost hand-selected):

Bev54

(13,431 posts)
5. Now that this is out in the open what are the chances this imbecile will
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:28 PM
Mar 2021

try sponsoring some ridiculous bills over the next 2 years, just to say he is working.

Midnight Writer

(25,410 posts)
8. Jordan isn't there to pass legislation, nor are the rest of his caucus.
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:37 PM
Mar 2021

The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

Blue Owl

(59,106 posts)
11. He is effective at removing his jacket and looking the other way
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:47 PM
Mar 2021

But that's about it...

Auggie

(33,150 posts)
14. DU knows, but not his constituents. Any news helps.
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 01:05 PM
Mar 2021

Might be asking a lot that they read, though.

Grins

(9,459 posts)
17. He wasn't elected to propose and move legislation..
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 01:28 PM
Mar 2021

He was elected to STOP DEMOCRATS from moving legislation forward. He’s a REPUBLICAN!

dsc

(53,397 posts)
18. Let me guess
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 02:17 PM
Mar 2021

published in the journal of obviousness published by Captain Obvious and his assistant No Duh

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