congress scores based, not just on climate issues, but on all environment-related legislation, species protection, water, ag, energy, nuclear waste, forestry, etc, starting in 1971. President Johnson sent his climate warning to congress in 1965.
The more recent a career -- for Democrats -- the higher the score is going to average. The numbers were actually higher back in the early 1970s for Republicans but have been increasingly in the toilet for decades as Big Energy and the rest packed congress with obedient agents.
Biden's record in congress goes back to 1973, long before most people began to believe this problem was real. For climate change, which is only counted on specific bills starting in 1990, and for him stopping with 2007 when he was elected VP, Biden's score is 100%. Current score for all issues is 100%, lifetime 83%. That last is far, far above congress's average for that period. Scanning all years on all issues shows a very strong domination of green checks.
Mitch McConnell's record only goes back to 1985, by which time science had proven and measured conclusively that climate change was real and man-made. His score is 7%. Dairyman Devin Nunez's is 3%, but at that they're higher than many Republicans who are at 0%.
Bernie Sanders' record only goes back to 1991, and his lifetime score is 92%, 2018 100%. Nancy Pelosi's 2018 is 100% along with many in her caucus and the senate; her lifetime is 94%.
Overview of the 2018 scorecard: Overall, the 2018 scores reveal fairly stark polarization between the parties. Seven Republican senators received a score of zero percent in 2018, meaning they voted against the environment and public health at every opportunity. In sharp contrast, 35 Democratic senators and one independent senator earned a perfect score of 100 percent. In the Senate, Democrats, and the independents who caucus with them, averaged 95 percent, while Republicans averaged eight percent. On the House side, 77 Republicans earned a zero percent and 29 Democrats earned a perfect score of 100 percent. The House Democratic caucus averaged 90 percent, whereas the House Republican caucus averaged eight percent.
As we begin 2019, we couldn’t be more excited to work with the new, pro-environment House majority to hold the Trump administration accountable and make real progress in the 116th Congress. Under the strong, proven leadership of Speaker Pelosi, this exciting new majority looks more like the country as a whole, campaigned on a message of action on climate, healthy communities and protection of public lands, and now clearly has a mandate to stop the corporate polluters’ agenda in its tracks.
http://scorecard.lcv.org/
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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