How the Progressive Caucus Hijacked the Dems
Posted by Moonage on 12 May 2005 | Tagged as: National Politics
Rigoletto39 of The Motley Fool somehow noticed a very distinct correlation between the people that voted to protect gangsters in my rant against Cynthia McKinney and the members of Congressional Progressive Caucus. The members that voted to protect gangsters are bolded.
| Member, Position | Proposed | Enacted |
% Enacted |
| Dennis Kucinich, Co-Chair | 54 | 0 | 0% |
| Barbara Lee, Co-Chair | 69 | 0 | 0% |
| Lynn Woolsey, Vice-Chair | 53 | 0 | 0% |
| Peter DeFazio, Officer | 77 | 3 | 4% |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr, Officer | 43 | 0 | 0% |
| Major Owens, Officer | 45 | 0 | 0% |
| Bernie Sanders, Officer | 61 | 0 | 0% |
| Hilda Solis, Officer | 25 | 2 | 8% |
| Neil Abercrombie, Member | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| Tammy Baldwin, Member | 36 | 0 | 0% |
| Xavier Becerra, Member | 33 | 1 | 3% |
| Corrine Brown, Member | 21 | 2 | 10% |
| Sherrod Brown, Member | 41 | 4 | 10% |
| Michael Capuano, Member | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| Julia Carson, Member | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| William "Lacy" Clay, Member | 18 | 2 | 11% |
| John Conyers, Member | 95 | 0 | 0% |
| Danny Davis, Member | 63 | 1 | 2% |
| Rosa DeLauro, Member | 68 | 0 | 0% |
| Lane Evans, Member | 71 | 1 | 1% |
| Eni Faleomavaega, Member | 30 | 4 | 13% |
| Sam Farr, Member | 25 | 2 | 8% |
| Chaka Fattah, Member | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| Bob Filner, Member | 89 | 0 | 0% |
| Barney Frank, Member | 86 | 1 | 1% |
| Raul Grijalva, Member | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Luis Gutierrez, Member | 56 | 1 | 2% |
| Maurice Hinchey, Member | 47 | 2 | 4% |
| Sheila Jackson-Lee, Member | 113 | 0 | 0% |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Member | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marcy Kaptur, Member | 88 | 1 | 1% |
| Tom Lantos, Member | 92 | 4 | 4% |
| John Lewis, Member | 26 | 3 | 12% |
| Jim McDermott, Member | 45 | 0 | 0% |
| James P. McGovern, Member | 41 | 3 | 7% |
| George Miller, Member | 84 | 5 | 6% |
| Jerry Nadler, Member | 87 | 2 | 2% |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member | 77 | 4 | 5% |
| John Olver, Member | 12 | 1 | 8% |
| Ed Pastor, Member | 12 | 2 | 17% |
| Donald Payne, Member | 38 | 0 | 0% |
| Nancy Pelosi, Member | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| Bobby Rush, Member | 37 | 2 | 5% |
| Jan Schakowsky, Member | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| Jose Serrano, Member | 55 | 0 | 0% |
| Pete Stark, Member | 102 | 0 | 0% |
| Bennie Thompson, Member | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| John Tierney, Member | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| Tom Udall, Member | 62 | 2 | 3% |
| Nydia Velazquez, Member | 29 | 1 | 3% |
| Maxine Waters, Member | 64 | 0 | 0% |
| Diane Watson, Member | 21 | 3 | 14% |
| Mel Watt, Member | 14 | 1 | 7% |
| Henry Waxman, Member | 40 | 1 | 3% |
| 2585 | 62 | 2% |
Pretty amazing "correlation" dontcha think? I have no clue how Rigoletto figured that one out so fast, but he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the Progressive Caucus. I recognized a few names on the list as well, and got this theme in my head of futility. So, I got some figures from govtrack.us and superimposed it on the members of the Progressive Caucus. Cumulatively they have sponsored 2,585 bills since 1999, and have gotten 62 passed. That’s a staggering 2% rounded up. 25 of the 54 members have never gotten a single bill passed since 1999. None. That list includes none other than Nancy Pelosi herself, the Democratic Leader of the House. I’m sure Cynthia McKinney will be in that caucus as well as soon as some radical Muslim pays her fees..
Now, the reason I did that is because I have been making the argument that the Democrat heads-that-be have hijacked the common Democrat Party and have used it for their own agenda. I think Ms. Pelosi and the Progressives pretty well sum it up. They can’t get anything passed, and they vote against obviously horrible PR legislation en masse. Go ahead Nancy, do the right thing. Quit the charade and quit the Democrat Party and call it what you are, the Progressive Party. A few more years of this type of leadership and their won’t be a national Democrat Party for her to quit.
4 Comments »
on 13 May 2005 at 11:55 am 1.Mike said …
Good catch! These hard-working legislators clearly need a long long vacation. Especially Nancy Pelosi, who as “leader of the band” should be expected to bring some sort of legislative acumen to the job.
Note also the line for John Kerry:
Sponsored: 120
Enacted: 0
With a record like that, why is he there? What’s he been doing? (Hint: nothing)
Another winner is Shiela Jackson-Lee: 0 and 0
(I’ll work with the XML and see what else is there. For one thing, they could have added the party affiliation and length in office.)
I remembered the names because I’ve posted on TMF about Bernie’s little group several times over the years.
on 15 May 2005 at 4:23 pm 2.Moonage
said …
I’ll probably keep an eye on them from now on as well. I almost feel like doing another “Spanish Inquisition” skit about them. I sure would like to sit in on one of their caucus meetings as they discuss old business!
( Check over there —> I didn’t realize till now you had a blog. Good one at that. )
on 23 May 2005 at 3:26 am 3.Bryan Kerwick
said …
There is almost no level these folks will sink to. What’s next? Who cares? This is quite amusing though. I guess I’ll have to smoke another Marlboro and drink my Woodford Reserve while reading the Daily Racing Form while those things are still legal. I guess I’ll have to switch to Marijuana when the Progressives take away my other vices. Probably could get the taxpayers to supply it for me too.
on 25 Jul 2007 at 2:28 pm 4.Moonage Political Webdream
said …
The contempt of the Out of Iraq Judiciary Committee…
In the news today is how the House Judiciary Committee issued contempt charges for Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers.? Two former advisers to President Bush.? I don’t really like “committee” actions.? I like to know WHO that committee …