Monday, December 18, 2006

Congressional Support for Darfur Divided on Party Lines

Congressional support for Darfur-centric legislation is divided on party lines according the Darfur scores web site www.darfurscores.org. A cursory view of their map, which is depicted in shades of green (the lighter the better the voting record for that states lawmakers) looks like the electoral map for the '06 elections.

The best states are California, New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Who has the worst grades? Well pick a red state, or a dark green state, as the case may be. Texas for instance sends 34 lawmakers to congress, 6 have grades of B or better (only 2 As) and of the 6 the only Republican is Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. California is even more starkly divided with only 4 Democrats crossing the line with grades less than a B; Rep. Xavier Becerra, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rep. Jane Harman, and Rep. Joe Baca all have Cs, while 3 Republicans have grades better than C; Rep. Edward Royce (A+), Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (B), Rep. Brian Bilbray (A).

Just for clarity, the legislation that was voted on to create these grades is...


It is sad that an issue that so clearly has no political gain for either side be so mired in our 2 party system. It is sad that so many people who claim to be Christian are letting this issue become politicized. We need to do something about this situation before it is too late. One of pres. Clinton's worst failings was not using our power to stop the genocide in Rwanda. If you're Senator or Representative has less than a B, please do what ever you can to convince them they are wrong.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice post, thanks

December 18, 2006 at 11:04 AM  

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