Republicans Block Legislative Efforts To Protect Children

This week CDF released a report evaluating the work of Congress on legislative issues that directly impact the health and well being of America's children. This report ranks members of Congress based on how they voted in 2004 on legislation affecting children. Issues covered in the survey included access to health care, access to education-related programs, programs to ease child poverty, gun violence, tax cuts for the rich, and child abuse and neglect.

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According to the report, 8 Senators and 43 members of the House of Representatives scored 100 percent. Not one member of the Republican Party was among those who scored perfect records on child issues. In fact, 16 Senators scored 8 percent or less, all of who were either Republicans or the infamous retired Georgia Senator Zell Miller whose support for Republican Party initiatives caused many observers to wonder if he was in the right party.

In the House, 113 members scored 10 percent or less. All of them were Republicans, including Majority Leader Tom DeLay with 0 percent, House Speaker Dennis Hastert with 0 percent, and DeLay's expected replacement, John Boehner with 8 percent.

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/850/1/83/



The full CDF report is here (watch out it is an adobe link 788 kb)
http://www.cdfactioncouncil.org/scorecard/2004.pdf

Yet not in the least bit surprising.

I would sure love to see this on the front page of America's newspapers!!! (as if)

Is that you?

According to the Non-Partisan Congressional Scorecard,

Best Senators for children: All democrat: Boxer, Corzine, Dodd, Durbin, Kennedy, Levin, Reed and Sarbanes.

Worst for children, 8% or under, all republican, including Zell Miller: AllRd, Allen, Burns, Chambliss, Cornyn, Craig, Crapo, Ensign, Enzi, Inhofe, Kyl, Nickles, Sessions, Sununu, and Thomas.



All fell within party expectations: I.E.: Republicans were very low and all high scores were dems, except the following exceptions:
R Lincoln Chaffee from Rhode Island was 69%
R Mike DeWine Ohio was 54%,
R Warrner 46%
I Jeffords of VT, who was 85%,
D Tim Johnson of South Dekota was 15%,
Zell was 8%, but, well, it's Zell, so, what do you expect?

This is amazing. Great source of statistics.