Dodd outshines Clinton in labor ratings

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Dodd outshines Clinton in labor ratings

Among the five congressional Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination, only Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut had a 100 percent rating from organized labor in 2006.

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton received a 93 percent rating from the AFL-CIO for her voting record last year. That ties her with Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.

In 2004, the last year former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina served in Congress, he received a 100 percent rating. But Clinton, Dodd, Biden and Kucinich also received the same rating that year. Obama did not become a senator until 2005.

Here’s a link to a Congressional Quarterly list of the AFL-CIO ratings by year:
http://www.cqpolitics.com/pdfs/2007_6_27demslabor.pdf

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 28th, 2007 at 2:58 pm by Brian Tumulty.