Is there any site that tracks how "progressive" Dems vote vs. the

lifesbeautifulmagic

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Mon Jan-19-09 08:29 PM
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Is there any site that tracks how "progressive" Dems vote vs. the

"conservative" dems or the blue dogs? And who the members of each voting block are? I would like to keep track this session. Thanks!

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Enrique

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Mon Jan-19-09 08:38 PM
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1. ADA does something like that

Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 08:39 PM by Enrique

doesn't categorize the representatives as far as I know, but calculates a "Liberal Quotient" for them and ranks them.

http://www.adaction.org/

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lifesbeautifulmagic

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Mon Jan-19-09 08:43 PM
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2. Thank you

i will check it out.

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leftofthedial

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Mon Jan-19-09 08:47 PM
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3. Most of what constitutes a "liberal" vote on most of these scorecards

really just means "less conservative."

A truly liberal, let alone progressive, issue seldom ever comes to a vote.

So our "representatives" in DC can rack up impressive looking "liberal" scores, all while voting yes for war, no for unions, etc. All they have to do is vote against the most egregiously regressive attempts by the DLC and the repukes. Never mind that the alternative is usually also regressive, just slightly less so.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Mon Jan-19-09 08:50 PM
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4. yes

http://www.progressivepunch.org/

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lifesbeautifulmagic

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Mon Jan-19-09 09:29 PM
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5. thanks

Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 09:29 PM by brandnewlaptop

in my surfing around tonight, I also came across this site, which lists roll call votes, and when you open the specific vote, you can sort by party, so yeas and nays are very apparent.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes.xpd

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proud2BlibKansan

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Mon Jan-19-09 09:50 PM
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6. Our state caucus uses that progressive punch list

It's easy to read. It also gives a progressive rating.

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