VA NEWS FLASH from Larry Scott at VA Watchdog dot Org -- 05-14-2006 #1       

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HOW DID YOUR CONGRESSPERSON VOTE ON VETERANS' ISSUES?

RATED FROM "0" TO "100" -- FROM BAD TO GOOD -- AND, YES,

REP. STEVE BUYER, HOUSE VETS' CHAIR, GOT A ZERO!

 

 

Project Vote Smart puts together some interesting statistics for voters.

Their site is here... http://www.vote-smart.org

This set of statistics was put together for issues of importance to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

This information easily carries over to veterans' issues as a whole.

So, take a peek...see how your "folks" in Washington are treating veterans these days.

Ratings here... http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004044M

Ratings below:

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Disabled American Veterans
 



Year: 2005
Issue: Veterans Issues
Website: http://www.dav.org
Email:
Disabled American Veterans
807 Maine Avenue, Southwest
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-554-3501

"Formed in 1920 and chartered by Congress in 1932, the million-member DAV is the official voice of America's service-connected disabled veterans -- a strong, insistent voice that represents all of America's 2.1 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors."

The following ratings indicate the degree that each elected official supported the interests of the organization in that year.
 


 

Disabled American Veterans Ratings:

AK U.S. Senate Sr Ted Stevens Republican 33
AK U.S. Senate Jr Lisa A. Murkowski Republican 42
AK U.S. House At-Large Donald E. 'Don' Young Republican 0
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard C. Shelby Republican 33
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jefferson B. 'Jeff' Sessions Republican 33
AL U.S. House 1 Josiah R. 'Jo' Bonner Republican 0
AL U.S. House 2 Terry Everett Republican 0
AL U.S. House 3 Michael 'Mike' Rogers Republican 0
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0
AL U.S. House 5 Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer Democrat 40
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer T. Bachus Republican 0
AL U.S. House 7 Artur Davis Democrat 100
AR U.S. Senate Sr Blanche L. Lincoln Democrat 92
AR U.S. Senate Jr Mark Pryor Democrat 92
AR U.S. House 1 Robert Marion Berry Democrat 80
AR U.S. House 2 Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder Democrat 100
AR U.S. House 3 John N. Boozman Republican 0
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democrat 80
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John S. McCain Republican 25
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 42
AZ U.S. House 1 Rick Renzi Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 3 John B. Shadegg Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward 'Ed' Pastor Democrat 100
AZ U.S. House 5 John D. 'J.D.' Hayworth Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl M. Grijalva Democrat 100
AZ U.S. House 8 James T. 'Jim' Kolbe Republican 0
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democrat 92
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democrat 92
CA U.S. House 1 C. Michael 'Mike' Thompson Democrat 60
CA U.S. House 2 Walter 'Wally' Herger Republican 0
CA U.S. House 3 Dan Lungren Republican 0
CA U.S. House 4 John T. Doolittle Republican 0
CA U.S. House 5 Doris O. Matsui Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn C. Woolsey Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 10 Ellen O. Tauscher Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 11 Richard W. Pombo Republican 0
CA U.S. House 12 Tom Lantos Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 13 Fortney H. 'Pete' Stark Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 14 Anna G. Eshoo Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 15 Michael M. 'Mike' Honda Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis A. Cardoza Democrat 60
CA U.S. House 19 George P. Radanovich Republican 0
CA U.S. House 20 Jim Costa Democrat 60
CA U.S. House 21 Devin G. Nunes Republican 0
CA U.S. House 22 William M. 'Bill' Thomas Republican 0
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 24 Elton W. Gallegly Republican 0
CA U.S. House 25 Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon Republican 0
CA U.S. House 26 David T. Dreier Republican 0
CA U.S. House 27 Brad J. Sherman Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 28 Howard L. Berman Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 29 Adam B. Schiff Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 30 Henry A. Waxman Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 32 Hilda L. Solis Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 33 Diane E. Watson Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 36 Jane Harman Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 37 Juanita Millender-McDonald Democrat 60
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Flores Napolitano Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 39 Linda T. Sánchez Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 40 Edward R. 'Ed' Royce Republican 0
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0
CA U.S. House 42 Gary G. Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca Democrat 100
CA U.S. House 44 Ken S. Calvert Republican 0
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Whitaker Bono Republican 0
CA U.S. House 46 Dana T. Rohrabacher Republican 0
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta L. Sanchez Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democrat 80
CA U.S. House 52 Duncan L. Hunter Republican 0
CA U.S. House 53 Susan A. Davis Democrat 100
CO U.S. Senate Sr Wayne A. Allard Republican 33
CO U.S. Senate Jr Ken Salazar Democrat 92
CO U.S. House 1 Diana L. DeGette Democrat 100
CO U.S. House 2 Mark E. Udall Democrat 100
CO U.S. House 3 John T. Salazar Democrat 60
CO U.S. House 4 Marilyn N. Musgrave Republican 0
CO U.S. House 5 Joel Hefley Republican 0
CO U.S. House 6 Thomas G. 'Tom' Tancredo Republican 0
CO U.S. House 7 Bob Beauprez Republican 0
CT U.S. Senate Sr Christopher J. Dodd Democrat 92
CT U.S. Senate Jr Joseph I. Lieberman Democrat 75
CT U.S. House 1 John B. Larson Democrat 80
CT U.S. House 2 Robert Ruhl 'Rob' Simmons Republican 20
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa L. DeLauro Democrat 100
CT U.S. House 4 Christopher H. Shays Republican 20
CT U.S. House 5 Nancy L. Johnson Republican 0
DE U.S. Senate Sr Joseph R. Biden Democrat 92
DE U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Richard Carper Democrat 92
DE U.S. House At-Large Michael N. Castle Republican 0
FL U.S. Senate Sr Bill Nelson Democrat 92
FL U.S. Senate Jr Mel Martinez Republican 25
FL U.S. House 1 Jeff Miller Republican 0
FL U.S. House 2 F. Allen Boyd Democrat 80
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0
FL U.S. House 5 Virginia 'Ginny' Brown-Waite Republican 0
FL U.S. House 6 Clifford B. 'Cliff' Stearns Republican 0
FL U.S. House 7 John L. Mica Republican 0
FL U.S. House 8 Ric Keller Republican 0
FL U.S. House 9 Michael 'Mike' Bilirakis Republican 20
FL U.S. House 10 C. W. Bill Young Republican 0
FL U.S. House 11 James 'Jim' Davis Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 12 Adam H. Putnam Republican 0
FL U.S. House 13 Katherine Harris Republican 0
FL U.S. House 14 Connie Mack Republican 0
FL U.S. House 15 David J. 'Dave' Weldon Republican 0
FL U.S. House 16 Mark Adam Foley Republican 0
FL U.S. House 17 Kendrick B. Meek Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0
FL U.S. House 19 Robert Wexler Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 20 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart Republican 0
FL U.S. House 22 E. Clay Shaw Republican 0
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee L. Hastings Democrat 100
FL U.S. House 24 Tom C. Feeney Republican 0
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0
GA U.S. Senate Sr C. Saxby Chambliss Republican 42
GA U.S. Senate Jr John H. 'Johnny' Isakson Republican 42
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford D. Bishop Democrat 100
GA U.S. House 3 James 'Jim' Marshall Democrat 60
GA U.S. House 4 Cynthia Ann McKinney Democrat 100
GA U.S. House 5 John R. Lewis Democrat 100
GA U.S. House 6 Thomas E. Price Republican 0
GA U.S. House 7 John Linder Republican 0
GA U.S. House 8 Lynn A. Westmoreland Republican 0
GA U.S. House 9 Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Republican 0
GA U.S. House 10 Nathan Deal Republican 0
GA U.S. House 11 John Philip 'Phil' Gingrey Republican 0
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democrat 60
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democrat 100
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel K. Inouye Democrat 92
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Kahikina Akaka Democrat 92
HI U.S. House 1 Neil Abercrombie Democrat 100
HI U.S. House 2 Edward E. 'Ed' Case Democrat 60
IA U.S. Senate Sr Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley Republican 33
IA U.S. Senate Jr Thomas 'Tom' Harkin Democrat 92
IA U.S. House 1 James A. 'Jim' Nussle Republican 0
IA U.S. House 2 James A. 'Jim' Leach Republican 20
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard L. Boswell Democrat 60
IA U.S. House 4 Thomas P. 'Tom' Latham Republican 0
IA U.S. House 5 Steve A. King Republican 0
ID U.S. Senate Sr Larry E. Craig Republican 42
ID U.S. Senate Jr Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo Republican 42
ID U.S. House 1 Clement Leroy 'Butch' Otter Republican 0
ID U.S. House 2 Michael K. 'Mike' Simpson Republican 0
IL U.S. Senate Sr Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin Democrat 92
IL U.S. Senate Jr Barack H. Obama Democrat 92
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby L. Rush Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Louis Jackson Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel William Lipinski Democrat 80
IL U.S. House 4 Luis V. Gutierrez Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 5 Rahm Emanuel Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 6 Henry J. Hyde Republican 0
IL U.S. House 7 Danny K. Davis Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 8 Melissa L. Bean Democrat 60
IL U.S. House 9 Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 10 Mark Steven Kirk Republican 0
IL U.S. House 11 Gerald C. 'Jerry' Weller Republican 0
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry F. Costello Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0
IL U.S. House 14 J. Dennis 'Denny' Hastert Republican 0
IL U.S. House 15 Timothy V. 'Tim' Johnson Republican 20
IL U.S. House 16 Donald A. Manzullo Republican 0
IL U.S. House 17 Lane A. Evans Democrat 100
IL U.S. House 18 Ray H. LaHood Republican 0
IL U.S. House 19 John M. Shimkus Republican 0
IN U.S. Senate Sr Richard G. Lugar Republican 33
IN U.S. Senate Jr Evan Bayh Democrat 92
IN U.S. House 1 Peter J. Visclosky Democrat 100
IN U.S. House 2 Chris Chocola Republican 0
IN U.S. House 3 Mark E. Souder Republican 0
IN U.S. House 4 Stephen E. 'Steve' Buyer Republican 0
IN U.S. House 5 Dan L. Burton Republican 0
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 0
IN U.S. House 7 Julia M. Carson Democrat 100
IN U.S. House 8 John Nathan Hostettler Republican 20
IN U.S. House 9 Mike Sodrel Republican 0
KS U.S. Senate Sr Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback Republican 42
KS U.S. Senate Jr Pat Roberts Republican 50
KS U.S. House 1 Jerry Moran Republican 0
KS U.S. House 2 Jim R. Ryun Republican 0
KS U.S. House 3 Dennis Moore Democrat 60
KS U.S. House 4 Todd Tiahrt Republican 0
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33
KY U.S. Senate Jr Jim Bunning Republican 33
KY U.S. House 1 Edward 'Ed' Whitfield Republican 0
KY U.S. House 2 Ron Lewis Republican 0
KY U.S. House 3 Anne Meagher Northup Republican 0
KY U.S. House 4 Geoff Davis Republican 0
KY U.S. House 5 Harold 'Hal' Rogers Republican 0
KY U.S. House 6 Albert B. 'Ben' Chandler Democrat 80
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary L. Landrieu Democrat 92
LA U.S. Senate Jr David B. Vitter Republican 42
LA U.S. House 1 Bobby Jindal Republican 0
LA U.S. House 2 William J. Jefferson Democrat 100
LA U.S. House 3 Charles J. 'Charlie' Melancon Democrat 60
LA U.S. House 4 James O. 'Jim' McCrery Republican 0
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney M. Alexander Republican 0
LA U.S. House 6 Richard Hugh Baker Republican 0
LA U.S. House 7 Charles Boustany Republican 0
MA U.S. Senate Sr Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Democrat 92
MA U.S. Senate Jr John Forbes Kerry Democrat 92
MA U.S. House 1 John W. Olver Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 2 Richard E. Neal Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 3 James P. 'Jim' McGovern Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 5 Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 6 John F. Tierney Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 7 Edward J. 'Ed' Markey Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 8 Michael E. Capuano Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen F. Lynch Democrat 100
MA U.S. House 10 William D. 'Bill' Delahunt Democrat 40
MD U.S. Senate Sr Paul S. Sarbanes Democrat 92
MD U.S. Senate Jr Barbara A. Mikulski Democrat 92
MD U.S. House 1 Wayne T. Gilchrest Republican 0
MD U.S. House 2 C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger Democrat 100
MD U.S. House 3 Benjamin L. Cardin Democrat 100
MD U.S. House 4 Albert R. Wynn Democrat 100
MD U.S. House 5 Steny H. Hoyer Democrat 100
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe G. Bartlett Republican 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah E. Cummings Democrat 100
MD U.S. House 8 Christopher 'Chris' Van Hollen Democrat 100
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia J. Snowe Republican 50
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan M. Collins Republican 50
ME U.S. House 1 Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen Democrat 100
ME U.S. House 2 Michael H. Michaud Democrat 80
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democrat 92
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Ann Stabenow Democrat 92
MI U.S. House 1 Bart T. Stupak Democrat 100
MI U.S. House 2 Peter 'Pete' Hoekstra Republican 0
MI U.S. House 3 Vernon J. Ehlers Republican 0
MI U.S. House 4 David Lee 'Dave' Camp Republican 0
MI U.S. House 5 Dale E. Kildee Democrat 100
MI U.S. House 6 Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton Republican 0
MI U.S. House 7 John J. H. 'Joe' Schwarz Republican 0
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0
MI U.S. House 9 Joseph K. 'Joe' Knollenberg Republican 0
MI U.S. House 10 Candice S. Miller Republican 0
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus G. 'Thad' McCotter Republican 0
MI U.S. House 12 Sander M. Levin Democrat 100
MI U.S. House 13 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Democrat 100
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers Democrat 100
MI U.S. House 15 John D. Dingell Democrat 100
MN U.S. Senate Sr Mark Dayton Democrat 92
MN U.S. Senate Jr Norm Coleman Republican 50
MN U.S. House 1 Gilbert W. 'Gil' Gutknecht Republican 20
MN U.S. House 2 John P. Kline Republican 0
MN U.S. House 3 James M. 'Jim' Ramstad Republican 20
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democrat 100
MN U.S. House 5 Martin Olav Sabo Democrat 100
MN U.S. House 6 Mark R. Kennedy Republican 20
MN U.S. House 7 Collin C. Peterson Democrat 60
MN U.S. House 8 James L. Oberstar Democrat 100
MO U.S. Senate Sr Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond Republican 33
MO U.S. Senate Jr James M. 'Jim' Talent Republican 42
MO U.S. House 1 William Lacy Clay Democrat 100
MO U.S. House 2 W. Todd Akin Republican 0
MO U.S. House 3 John Russell 'Russ' Carnahan Democrat 100
MO U.S. House 4 Ike Skelton Democrat 80
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver Democrat 100
MO U.S. House 6 Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves Republican 0
MO U.S. House 7 Roy Blunt Republican 0
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 20
MO U.S. House 9 Kenny C. Hulshof Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33
MS U.S. Senate Jr Trent Lott Republican 33
MS U.S. House 1 Roger F. Wicker Republican 0
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie G. Thompson Democrat 100
MS U.S. House 3 Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering Republican 0
MS U.S. House