Congressional voting records from a Progressive perspective - Check how your Rep voted!

[Breeze54]

ProgressivePunch is a non-partisan searchable database of Congressional voting records
from a Progressive perspective. But we're convinced it's extremely useful irrespective
of anyone's political positions.

We show the performance of members within 160 different issue categories, and detailed
vote descriptions, thereby empowering you to zero in on what matters to you.

To see how progressively your member has voted or explore a policy issue that interests you,
select from a search option below. http://www.progressivepunch.org/

[tazkcmo]

1. Hmmm

One of my Senators, McCaskill, voted for the FISA bill but still scored over 80 in Civil Liberties? Makes me question the whole rating system of this.

[jtrockville]

2. Check the sub-category "Government Surveillance of Citizens"

Progressives won only 1 of 11 votes in that sub-category.

[Breeze54]

9. Ugh...WAR & PEACE CATEGORIES - Progressives wins = 29.34 %

:puke:

That's pathetic!!!! :grr:

[Breeze54]

3. I just found this site, so still exploring... here's how they rate them-->

http://www.progressivepunch.org/whatIsProgScore.html

[jtrockville]

4. Very good site! Thanks. But I wish we could weigh the issues.

[Breeze54]

5. What do you mean?

:shrug:

[jtrockville]

12. Well...

I find all the issues important. But some issues, like "Government Surveillance of Citizens" might be MORE important to me than, say, "Corporate Subsidies - General".

So I'd like to be able to rank the issues by importance (to me), then see how my reps score.

[Breeze54]

13. But wouldn't that require a membership, to keep it constant?

They way they have it set up, you can chose your favorite from the drop down list.

:D

:shrug:

[jtrockville]

14. I'd be happy to rank them upon each visit...

or become a member if that's what it took to store my selections...

btw - I don't see a drop-down list of favs.

[Breeze54]

15. I meant you can choose your favorite issue... war, civil rights, taxes, etc.

Sorry. :D

Maybe you could suggest that to them? :shrug:

[jtrockville]

16. Yes, I will. But surely the site is plenty good without my suggestion.

I like it :)

[Breeze54]

17. I like it too but it needs updating...

seems to be missing a lot of the 110th Congressional votes on different issues.

Maybe they need $$ ? I wish I had some. :(

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

6. You can. Make your own site. Weigh them however the hell you want.

[cali]

7. 91.92, 96.40 and 97.25.

[Breeze54]

8. What are you trying to say? Those scores mean nothing ...

Can you elaborate?

[Breeze54]

10. Here are my MA Senators & Reps scores....

Kennedy, Edward M. (Sen - D) - 95.96

Kerry, John F. (Sen - D) - 88.18

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1.) Tsongas, Niki (House - D) - 98.79

2.) Olver, John W. (House - D) - 96.18

3.) McGovern, James P. (House - D) - 95.32

4.) Markey, Edward J.(House - D) - 95.31

5.) Tierney, John F. (House - D) - 95.29

6.) Capuano, Michael E.(House - D) - 94.96

7.) Frank, Barney (House - D) - 93.87

8.) Delahunt, William D. (House - D) - 93.18

9.) Lynch, Stephen F. (House - D) - 88.94

10.) Neal, Richard E. (House - D) - 89.86

[Phred42]

11. K & R - We need to KNOW who the friends of Democracy are

[Time for change]

18. Very nice resource