It's official: our reps suck

[NoPasaran]

The Texas Public Interest Research Group has issued its latest report card on how the Texas congressional delegation voted on major "public interest issues" (environmental, consumer protection, and the like), and reports that our reps "voted for the public interest 10% or less of the time." Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison scored 0% and 5%, respectively. In the House, Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett scored 100%, while San Antonio's Lamar Smith (whose CD 21 now includes much of Austin) got a zero. Round Rock's John Carter (District 31) also got a zero, and Surfside's Ron Paul – who represents Bastrop and Caldwell counties – scored 19%. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, whose new district includes Bastrop, scored a 57%, and maybe-outgoing Rep. Ciro Rodriguez of San Antonio, whose district now includes much of Hays Co., earned a 71% score. Doggett was the only Texan to get a perfect score; Dallas' Eddie Bernice Johnson and Houston's Sheila Jackson Lee both earned 90%. – L.N.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-06-04/pols_naked.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. Wow...Kay Bailey actually scored 5%?

Someone's going to have to talk to her about that. The GOP wil expect her to be at 0% next year.

[JayS]

4. It could be a typo. :) n/t

n/t

[johncoby2]

2. Tom DeLay's score?

Tom DeLay is a zero.

Literally.

[JayS]

3. For anyone wanting more information on the report card...

...the links are below.

WARNING: It is all about really stupid stuff like clean air and water. :)


Direct link to survey:
http://www.texpirg.org/scorecard/congressional2004.pdf

Interesting TexPIRG stuff:
http://www.texpirg.org/TX.asp?id2=9236&id3=TX&

[NoPasaran]

5. If you give people things like clean air and clean water

The next thing they'll want is decent schools and health care.

[sonias]

6. Hey I would vote for that over

a huge war budget. I'd rather pay for nation building up front, rather than bombing a country and having to rebuild it. Somehow that seems more humane. Way too radical for the neo-cons running the country though.

Way to go Lloyd Doggett our 100% man! I still consider him my Congressman even though he's in exile.

May the other poor stewards of the earth like Hutchinson and Lamar choke on their foul air they subsidize. If there really is justice in the world they will suffer from the environmental evil they helped create.

Sonia