Early House Report Card

[TheEngineer]

Based on the way things look now, here's my stab at House member ratings:

A+ (5): Barney Frank (D-MA), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Ron Paul (R-TX), Rep. Julia Carson [D-IN] (bonus points for the 6/8 performance), and Shelley Berkley (D-NV)

A (30):

Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY], opposed HR 4411, cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA] cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA], opposed HR 4411, cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN], not in the 109th Congress,cosponoring SPGA, not cosponsoring IGREA
Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay [D-MO], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Vito Fossella [R-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL], opposed HR 4411,cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Peter King [R-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. John Larson [D-CT], supported HR 4411, cosponoring SPGA, not cosponsoring IGREA
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. James Moran [D-VA], supported HR 4411, cosponoring SPGA, not cosponsoring IGREA
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA], opposed HR 4411, cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS], supported HR 4411, cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Mel Watt [D-NC], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY], opposed HR 4411, cosponsoring IGREA and SGPA
Rep. Albert Russell Wynn [D-MD], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA
Rep. Don Young [R-AK], cosponsoring IGREA, not cosponsoring SGPA

A- (65):

(all opposed HR 4411 but are not cosponsoring IGREA or SGPA)

Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ], Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA], Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI], Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA], Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL], Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI], Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD], Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL], Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA], Rep. John Dingell [D-MI], Rep. David Dreier [R-CA], Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY], Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA], Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA], Rep. Jeff Flake [R-AZ], Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX], Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ], Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA], Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA], Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD], Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA], Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL], Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX], Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX], Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI], Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI], Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI], Rep. Ronald Kind [D-WI], Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH], Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA], Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ], Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA], Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL], Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA], Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA], Rep. George Miller [D-CA], Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY], Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA], Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA], Rep. John Olver [D-MA], Rep. Edward Pastor [D-AZ], Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX], Rep. Jon Porter [R-NV], Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY], Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX], Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA], Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ], Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA], Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL], Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA], Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL], Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA], Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA], Rep. José Serrano [D-NY], Rep. Hilda Solis [D-CA], Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark [D-CA], Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA], Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH], Rep. John Tierney [D-MA], Rep. Tom Udall [D-NM], Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY], Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA], Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY], and Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA].

Looks like we could have 99 A rated Congressmen (out of 435), plus one A rated delegate. Not bad.

13 are Republicans (13/202, or 6.4%) and 87 are Democrats (87/232, or 37%).


B (28; 26 Democrats, 2 Republicans):

(cosponsoring HR 2140, the study bill, but not IGREA or SPGA)

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI], Rep. Nancy E. Boyda [D-KS], Rep. James E. Clyburn [D-SC], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI], Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA], Rep. Jerry F. Costello [D-IL], Del. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega [D-AS] (American Samoa….territories are allowed to vote, but not if their votes are within the margin of victory for a bill), Rep. Al Green [D-TX], Rep. Dean Heller [R-NV], Rep. Baron P. Hill [D-IN], Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey [D-NY], Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones [D-OH], Rep. James R. Langevin [RI-2], Rep. John Lewis [D-GA], Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney [D-NY], Rep. Kendrick B. Meek [D-FL], Rep. Gregory W. Meeks [D-NY], Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS], Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ], Rep. Donald M. Payne [D-NJ], Rep. Collin C. Peterson [D-MN], Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D-MD], Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH], Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX], Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS], Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA], Rep. Timothy J. Walz [D-MN], and Rep. John A. Yarmuth [D-KY].

Of the 127 A or B rated Congressmen and one delegate, 15 are Republicans (7.4%) and 113 are Democrats (49%). We have a majority in one caucus. Of the 41 Congressional Black Caucus members, 25 are A or B rated (61%). Additionally, Emanuael Cleaver (D-MO) spoke pretty well for IGREA during the 6/8 hearing.

F (34; 1 Democrats, 33 Republicans):

Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. James Barrett [R-SC] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Roy Blunt [R-MO] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Del. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R-NE] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R-MD] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Darlene Hooley [D-OR] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Thomas Latham [R-IA] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. James Ramstad [R-MN] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Michael Rogers [R-MI] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Frederick Upton [R-MI] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. James Walsh [R-NY] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL] (cosponsored HR 4411)
Rep. Roger Wicker [R-MS] (cosponsored HR 4411)

F- (2): Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT]

Hopefully we can have a good guide for election day. I think I'd strongly consider voting against any incumbent not A or B rated, even if the opponent is equally (but not more) anti-gambling.