Who opposes President Bush? Darlene Hooley and Peter DeFazio
Congressional Quarterly has released its latest rankings of which members of Congress cast votes most often in support of and in opposition to President Bush. (Sorry, not online.)
This year, Oregon's own Peter DeFazio (D-Eugene) and Darlene Hooley (D-West Linn) are the top two members of the House of Representatives in opposing President Bush. They tied each other, opposing President Bush 91.1% 99.1% of the time.
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11:04 a.m.
Jan 17, '08
Your text and the graphic are in conflict. The graphic says 99.1%, not 91.1%
Jan 17, '08
It's interesting that the strongest opposition to Bush comes not only from Oregon but from every region of the country, including "Red States". I'd like to know where "The Maverick" McCain ranks on that list.
11:42 a.m.
Jan 17, '08
Where does the rest of our Oregon delegation rank, percentage-wise?
Jan 17, '08
Pretty please with sugar on top will you post the whole list?
Thanks for your consideration.
DeFazio/Hooley '08!!
Jan 17, '08
Okay, did some research and found the list myself, although it is by state rather than by ranking:
http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=57
Wu only voted with him 3% of the time. Walden: 62%
It is interesting to look at the 2006 vs 2007 figures. Walden went from 87 to 62, Wu from 23 to 3, Blumenaur from 8 to 6, Hooley from 25 to 1.
12:27 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=57
McCain's rating for 2007 is 95% in agreement with the Prez, the highest number in the Senate and tied with the highest numbers from the House (no decimal places on this chart). Up from 89% in 2006. Gordo's got the lowest ranking of the Senate Republicans: 56% (Joe LIeberman territory), but in 2006 it was 83%.
Ron Wyden? 39% (2007) and 51% (2006) but that's roughly in the same category as Ted Kennedy.
12:58 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
It is interesting to look at the 2006 vs 2007 figures. Walden went from 87 to 62, Wu from 23 to 3, Blumenaur from 8 to 6, Hooley from 25 to 1.
Backbeat,
Numbers like this at least allow us to feel slightly encouraged. A lot of us are feeling ignored by most of the politicians at the national level, but the fact that many, of not most of them in both parties, moved away from the Bush position since the '06 election is probably a lot bigger than we have been imagining.
Jan 17, '08
Thanks for identifying these people. Other than the Oregon reps, who talk a lot but get little done, I never heard of any of these people. I guess they are less than outstanding in their respective jobs. Or there could be some conspiracy to keep their good work out of the media.
1:48 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
I'd definitely heard of Wexler from Florida. Back when I watched CNN more often, he was regularly on there. He's quite the engaging speaker.
Jan 17, '08
Numbers like this at least allow us to feel slightly encouraged. Pat Ryan
Indeed.
and Jenni - Wexler is also teh handsome (is that sexist of me?) :)
2:29 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
Thanks, John, I've updated the post with the right number.
Thanks, Backbeat, for the research. I wasn't able to find 'em last night.
2:30 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
It is also worth noting the timeframe as well, as the GOP were out to wrong-foot legislators as much as possible for the mid-term elections. In other words, a lot of bad bills, most of which were stopped, but some they had to make damned if you do, damned if you don't sort of calls on. Since then, we have had less of that, though not enough by the leadership to effectively control the legislative agenda IMNSHO. So while our more purple than blue legislators had higher percentages in 2006 than 2007, it is also instructive to remember whose bills they were being forced to vote on.
Jan 17, '08
Kari, you are most welcome
Jan 17, '08
What was the one vote that they agreed with Bush?
Jan 17, '08
Perhaps people who were attacking De Fazio on this site several weeks ago for not running against Smith might want to use this thread to apologize.
9:10 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
I'm going to go ahead and say correlation equals causation for that shift of digits in Congressman Wu's case: I didn't work for him in 2006.
9:14 p.m.
Jan 17, '08
And Jenni,
Wexler is the one leading the charge for impeachment hearings against Vice President Cheney. He and Reps. Tammy Baldwin and Luis Gutierrez co-authored an op-ed calling for hearings which, after being ignored by the Post and the Times, was finally published by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
WexlerWantsHearings.com for more information on one of our shining stars in the House.
12:10 a.m.
Jan 18, '08
Plus, Wexler was hilarious when interviewed by Stephen Colbert.
Jan 18, '08
Boy, Gordon Smith only voted with Bush 56% of the time in 2007. Only 17% more often than Wyden. Maybe he is representing Oregon pretty well.
Jan 18, '08