Latest News Articles From The San Ramon Tribune

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Are Earmarks Bad? Are They All Pork?

With all the talk on the election news coverage these days about Earmarks and Pork, it is interesting to see how our Senators, especially California Senators stand on Pork.

By in large, Democrats are less likely to vote for Earmark reform and have more Pork than Republicans.

See the results below from the website Porkbusters.

The Index brings together in one place all the data about how everybody who served in the Senate in 2005-2007 voted on 12 key opportunities to say "yes" or "no" to genuine earmark reforms when the Senate clerk called their names. The Examiner and Porkbusters consulted knowledgeable Senate insiders to insure that each of these votes represented a real chance to make a difference for taxpayers.

Check the data and see where your state's two senators rank (higher ratings are better).


SenatorPartyStateRating
John E. SununuRNew Hampshire100.00
Tom CoburnROklahoma100.00
Jon KylRArizona91.66
John EnsignRNevada91.66
Richard BurrRNorth Carolina91.66
Jeff SessionsRAlabama83.33
Russ FeingoldDWisconsin83.33
Saxby ChamblissRGeorgia75.00
Jim DeMintRSouth Carolina75.00
Johnny IsaksonRGeorgia66.66
Evan BayhDIndiana66.66
Jim BunningRKentucky66.66
Chuck HagelRNebraska66.66
James InhofeROklahoma66.66
Lindsey GrahamRSouth Carolina66.66
John CornynRTexas66.66
Elizabeth DoleRNorth Carolina58.33
Craig ThomasRWyoming58.33
Wayne AllardRColorado50.00
Mel MartinezRFlorida50.00
Larry CraigRIdaho50.00
Mike CrapoRIdaho50.00
Richard LugarRIndiana50.00
Chuck GrassleyRIowa50.00
Sam BrownbackRKansas50.00
David VitterRLouisiana50.00
Judd GreggRNew Hampshire50.00
Gordon SmithROregon50.00
John ThuneRSouth Dakota50.00
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTexas50.00
John McCainRArizona41.66
Pat RobertsRKansas41.66
George V. VoinovichROhio41.66
Orrin G. HatchRUtah41.66
Herbert KohlDWisconsin41.66
Michael EnziRWyoming41.66
Richard ShelbyRAlabama33.33
Jeff BingamanDNew Mexico33.33
Lamar AlexanderRTennessee33.33
George AllenRVirginia33.33
Bob CorkerRTennessee33.33
Lisa MurkowskiRAlaska25.00
Barbara BoxerDCalifornia25.00
Bill NelsonDFlorida25.00
Richard DurbinDIllinois25.00
Barack ObamaDIllinois25.00
Mitch McConnellRKentucky25.00
Mary LandrieuDLouisiana25.00
Susan M. CollinsRMaine25.00
Carl LevinDMichigan25.00
Debbie StabenowDMichigan25.00
Norm ColemanRMinnesota25.00
Trent LottRMississippi25.00
James TalentRMissouri25.00
Ben NelsonDNebraska25.00
Kent ConradDNorth Dakota25.00
Ron WydenDOregon25.00
John WarnerRVirginia25.00
Maria CantwellDWashington25.00
Ted StevensRAlaska16.66
Blanche LincolnDArkansas16.66
Dianne FeinsteinDCalifornia16.66
Ken SalazarDColorado16.66
Christopher J. DoddDConnecticut16.66
Joseph I. LiebermanDConnecticut16.66
Joseph BidenDDelaware16.66
Thomas CarperDDelaware16.66
Daniel AkakaDHawaii16.66
Tom HarkinDIowa16.66
John F. KerryDMassachusetts16.66
Mark DaytonDMinnesota16.66
Thad CochranRMississippi16.66
Harry ReidDNevada16.66
Pete DomeniciRNew Mexico16.66
Charles E. SchumerDNew York16.66
Hillary ClintonDNew York16.66
Byron DorganDNorth Dakota16.66
R. Michael DeWineROhio16.66
Arlen SpecterRPennsylvania16.66
Rick SantorumRPennsylvania16.66
Jack ReedDRhode Island16.66
Lincoln ChafeeRRhode Island16.66
Bill FristRTennessee16.66
Robert BennettRUtah16.66
Patty MurrayDWashington16.66
Claire McCaskillDMissouri16.66
Jon TesterDMontana16.66
Mark PryorDArkansas8.33
Daniel K. InouyeDHawaii8.33
Olympia J. SnoweRMaine8.33
Paul SarbanesDMaryland8.33
Barbara MikulskiDMaryland8.33
Edward M. KennedyDMassachusetts8.33
Christopher S. BondRMissouri8.33
Max BaucusDMontana8.33
Conrad BurnsRMontana8.33
Robert MenendezDNew Jersey8.33
Frank LautenbergDNew Jersey8.33
Tim JohnsonDSouth Dakota8.33
Patrick LeahyDVermont8.33
James JeffordsIVermont8.33
Jay RockefellerDWest Virginia8.33
Jon CorzineDNew Jersey8.33
Robert ByrdDWest Virginia0.00
Benjamin L. CardinDMaryland0.00
Bernard SandersIVermont0.00
John BarrassoRWyoming0.00
Sherrod BrownDOhio0.00
Robert P. Casey Jr.DPennsylvania0.00
Amy KlobucharDMinnesota0.00
Jim WebbDVirginia0.00
Sheldon WhitehouseDRhode Island0.00

No comments:

Post a Comment

San Ramon Google News

 

Comics Online