* http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/50-worst-u-s-lawmakers-named-by-public-interest-group *<http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/50-worst-u-s-lawmakers-named-by-public-interest-group>
Jim Kouri <http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/jim-kouri> 50 worst U.S. lawmakers named by public-interest group ยท September 7th, 2010 6:36 am ET During the last two years of a virtual jobs depression, these 50 lawmakers led Congress in allowing the addition of another 75,000 permanent working-age immigrants every month and in allowing about 7 million illegal foreign workers to keep their jobs in construction, service, manufacturing and transportation, according to NumbersUSA, a national public-interest group. Recent government data show that 22 million U.S. workers who want a job can't find one. But these 50 members of Congress deserted those Americans in favor of increasing the number of foreign workers competing with them in the hiring line. "NumbersUSA is performing a true service for the American people. The group provides a list to help voters decide which politicians are honest and which ones are duplicitous power-grabbers who are betraying their own constituents," said political strategist Mike Baker. The non-partisan NumbersUSA rates every member on every committee and floor vote and every bill co-sponsorship that would either increase or reduce the foreign workers (legal and illegal) in the country. Those in Congress who do the most to protect American workers in terms of immigration policies receive an A+, while those doing the least receive an F-minus. All 50 "Deserters" on this list: -- received grades of F-minus and 0%, failing to take a single action to reduce competition for jobless Americans. -- are asking voters to re-elect them to Congress this November -- are in the Senate or in the House where they are leaders with special opportunity to influence policy toward jobless Americans because they either are congressional chairmen, leaders of their Party or on the Judiciary Committee with direct jurisdiction over immigration. WORST DESERTERS IN THE SENATE ----------------------------- Bennet, Michael (CO) Feingold, Russell (WI) Gillibrand, Kirsten (NY) Inouye, Daniel (HI) Leahy, Patrick (VT) Mikulski, Barbara (MD) Reid, Harry (NV) WORST DESERTERS IN THE HOUSE ---------------------------- Ackerman, Gary (NY 05th) Baldwin, Tammy (WI - 02nd) Becerra, Xavier (CA - 31st) Berman, Howard (CA - 28th) Chu, Judy (CA - 32nd) Clarke, Yvette (NY - 11th) Clyburn, James (SC - 06th) Conyers, John (MI - 14th) Cummings, Elijah (MD - 07th) Engel, Eliot (NY - 17th) Grijalva, Raul (AZ - 07th) Gutierrez, Luis (IL - 04th) Hastings, Alcee (FL - 23rd) Hoyer, Steny (MD - 05th) Jackson-Lee, Sheila (TX - 18th) Johnson, Hank (GA - 04th) Kucinich, Dennis (OH - 10th) Lewis, John (GA - 05th) Lofgren, Zoe (CA - 16th) Markey, Edward (MA - 07th) McDermott, Jim (WA 07th) Nadler, Jerrold (NY - 08th) Napolitano, Grace (CA - 38th) Olver, John (MA - 01st) Quigley, Mike (IL - 05th) Pelosi, Nancy (CA - 8th) Rahall, Nick (WV - 03rd) Rangel, Charles (NY - 15th) Rush, Bobby (IL - 01st) Sanchez, Linda (CA - 39th) Schakowsky, Janice (IL - 09th) Scott, Robert (VA - 03rd) Serrano, Jose (NY - 16th) Slaughter, Louise (NY - 28th) Stark, Pete (CA - 13th) Thompson, Bennie (MS - 02nd) Towns, Edolphus (NY - 10th) Velazquez, Nidia (NY - 12th) Tsongas, Niki (MA - 05th) Wasserman-Schultz, Debbie (FL - 20th) Watt, Melvin (NC - 12th) Waxman, Henry (CA - 30th) Woolsey, Lynn (CA - 06th) Source: NumbersUSA -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
