Professor's Congressional Scorecard

It is the first of the month and the Inkwell 3 has met and put together its monthly scorecard for Congress. We started this in Aug and the Congress had taken one step backwards, then in Sept. it was another step backwards. So far the Congress is accomplishing nothing, but how will they fair in Oct?

The scoring system is a step forward for a good action, step backwards for a poor action and then there is the no step.

The month of Oct played out thusly:

1--New citizenship test--no step

2--Iranian revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization--backwards

3--Senate Oks war funds--backwards

4--War surtax proposal--forwards

5--Passes bill where pres must make regular reports to Congress on war--no step

6--Condemns Limbaugh for his remarks--backwards

7--Fingerprint mortgage brokers--forward

8--Bill to control private contractors--forwards

9--Propose bill on torture--backward

10-Armenian genocide--backward

11-More oversight on wiretaps--forward

12-Reporter protection--forward

13-Immunity for telecom companies that cooperate with surveillance--backward

14-Vet budget not passed--backward

15-No veto override of SCHIP--backward

16-Back down on genocide resolution--forward

17-Extension of internet tax ban--forward.

SCORE: 1 step backwards


That is the major legislation that I watched and use for comment. If you are counting then you will see that the Congress, yet again, has taken a step backwards. For the year, Congress is going in reverse. They were elected to accomplish something and so far that has been very little.

If I were a voter I would be concerned and be evaluating all candidates for the next election.


CHUQ
01 Nov 07