Middle Class Voting Grades on All of Congress

[Amy6627]

This is from the Drum Major Institute - a Progressive Think Tank
http://www.drummajorinstitute.com/

I took this spreadsheet and summarized the results:
http://www.drummajorinstitute.com/congress/outerenvelope_senate.htm

House:
Dem A 88
Dem B 37
Dem C 55
Dem F 22
I A 1
Rep C 1
Rep F 229
Rep INC. 2

Senate:
Dem A 9
Dem B 14
Dem C 20
Dem F 1
I C 1
Rep C 3
Rep F 52

[mr715]

1. WHAT

Clinton got an A. Its clearly a website devoted to promoting her candidacy because shes the only one the Republicans can beat!


I hate that DINO Clinton! Why cant she be more like good Democrats like Kucinich that support flag burning ammendments and outlawing abortion!

[DYouth]

2. Go back to Clintonville

The best Republican presidency and Senate ever!

[liberal N proud]

3. Not one republican A

:rofl:

I am sure this is a librul site

[Amy6627]

5. Yes it is a progessive site, but the votes are public record. They are

just grading on bills that would help or hurt the middle class. And that is certainly up to debate on what would hurt the middle class. Because things that would in-directly, like say the war, I'm sure was not counted otherwise Hil would have not gotten an A.

[LincolnMcGrath]

4. Some less-than-stellar findings

• Republicans showed the most support for the middle class on the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (HR 3045), also known as CAFTA, where party leadership had to work intensively to ensure the legislation’s narrow passage. Even on this bill, though, overall GOP support was not sufficient to rise above an F grade.

• Out of the 16 votes considered, the middle-class position was never successful at any point: each bill opposed by the middle class passed and each bill supported by the middle class failed. Nevertheless, there were a number of very close votes, where just a few legislators changing their minds would have altered the results on momentous legislation like CAFTA, the minimum wage and budget cuts.

Both Republicans and Democrats must do a better job of representing their middle-class and aspiring middle-class constituents. In the midst of stagnant wages and increasing economic insecurity, Congress consistently voted to undercut the middle class and those who strive to join its ranks.

[Rebellious Republican]

6. Fresh off the press, here is some salt for that gaping wound....

>And there's more pessimism: Among those who believe that the nation is headed on the wrong track, a whopping 81 percent say it's part of a longer-term decline and that things won't get better for a while. Just 12 percent think the problems are short-term blips.<
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14044391/from/RS.1/

The rest of the numbers in the article are just as telling. This is an NBC/WSJ poll.:wow: