Stopped counting at 50. My count went to 535. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:26 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote:
> How did they keep Schumer, Weiner and Frank out of that list. > > > On 09/07/2010 02:56 PM, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > * > 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/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. 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