Your horoscope for the day is accountablity
Want to know how your legislator voted on a particular bill? There’s a resource from the Washington Post to give you the information. By state, select the senator or representative of your choice to see a complete listing of her/his votes bill by bill, as well as the official position of each party.
You can also scroll through complete lists to see who has missed the most votes. Of particular interest in John McCain, who has missed 89 roll calls, 49% of the total for the session. For comparison, Sen. Hillary Clinton has missed 3 votes (1.7%), and Sen. Barack Obama has missed 11 votes (6.4%).
There is a serious weirdness factor, though. You can track votes on specific bills by party, state, region, Boomer status, gender, and astrological sign. Do Geminis tend to be more liberal than Leos? Check and find out.
Weirdness aside, this is a great resource, well worth putting up with the mandatory site registration to access. Check it out.
May 21st, 2007 at 10:47 am
I get emails saying how IL senators and congresspeople vote but this service seems more inclusive. I’ll have to check it out.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Natalie, since I wrote a post saying I wanted my senator Patty Murray to run for president, her weekly newsletter has been showing up in my inbox. The weird part is, it goes to my private account, not the one from this domain. Spooky.