OT - Voting record .. a question for you well informed politicsarguers

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:18:57 -0800 (PST), Frank Reid © 2008
wrote:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/c...mbers/r000004/

Seems he's voted within party lines 100% of the time this year.
Previous years may differ.
Frank Reid

According to the site you cited, he has voted with the GOP 93.4% this Congress -
I didn't see anything about "this year." Also, according to the site, the only
"100%" voters are 4 Dems. And if you consider the percentage of voting with the
party to be a (the?) sign of "party hack-ism," the upper tiers are literally all
Dem - you've got to scroll down a fair bit to find GOP members, and even then,
it's sparse until you get into the mid-to-low 90s (where you start finding
moderate and conservative Dems as well, as well as those in "at risk"
districts).

I'd offer that given the bloated size of many bills, relying on party info is to
a large extent a necessity. Not exactly picking on Pelosi with this as the GOP
pulls similar (although she did pointedly NOT allow public posting, etc.), but
the "health care" bill is a perfect example - 2000 pages, a rushed late-night
weekend vote on a controversial, complex issue that damned few in or out of
Congress really understand, etc., all add up to folks more-or-less "toeing the
party line." And if you're serious about wanting REAL health-care reform, you
need to be bitching more at Dems than the GOP as long as they are in control
(and whenever it shifts again, and it will, that is when you need to bitch at
the GOP) - this thing in the House was little more than a political stunt in
which both parties participated - they knew damned well that the Senate wasn't
gonna let this mess through, so everyone got 'em a little something to talk
about back at home, and as per usual, nothing too hard or controversial actually
has to be done.

HTH,
R

On 2009-11-10 22:27:44 -0500, Giles said:

On Nov 10, 8:41*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-11-10 17:00:48 -0500, Larry L said:

Cao's brave move,

Horse kaka. *Nothing brave about it. *His vote was #219, one over the
number needed to pass. *No bravery here, Larry. *He did it because he
represents a Democrap district in NO. *He did it for his people. *Pur
e
and simple, and I am sure the gop can shiv a git about it.

Idiot.

Pig.

g.

One trick pony.

Poopy breath.

Davey

On Nov 11, 6:54*am, wrote:


(and whenever it shifts again, and it will, that is when you need to bitch at
the GOP)

We'll follow your lead.

Cracker moron.

g.

On Nov 11, 7:29*am, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-11-10 22:27:44 -0500, Giles said:





On Nov 10, 8:41*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-11-10 17:00:48 -0500, Larry L said:

Cao's brave move,

Horse kaka. *Nothing brave about it. *His vote was #219, one over the
number needed to pass. *No bravery here, Larry. *He did it because he
represents a Democrap district in NO. *He did it for his people. *Pur
e
and simple, and I am sure the gop can shiv a git about it.

Idiot.

Pig.

g.

One trick pony.

Poopy breath.

Davey-

Moron.

g.