An environmental group has graded members of Congress on their voting
records. Rebecca Williams reports that means you get graded even if you’re running for President:
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An environmental group has graded members of Congress on their voting
records. Rebecca Williams reports that means you get graded even if you’re running for President:
The League of Conservation Voters puts out a scorecard for each session of Congress. It grades members of Congress on how they vote on energy, global warming and other top issues. And whether they show up to vote.
Kerry Duggan is with the group. She says it didn’t matter if you were busy campaigning for President.
“Both Senators Clinton and Obama – they missed four votes each in 2007. Now by contrast, Senator John McCain – he missed all 15 votes that were scored on the scorecard.”
Duggan says each of the candidates lost points on their scorecards for
missing those votes.
But she says overall, the League is happy with the progress Congress made on energy issues last year. But she says Congress has a long way to go to pass laws to reduce greenhouse gasses.
For the Environment Report, I’m Rebecca Williams.