Study on Middle Class Responsiveness: Clinton/Obama an 'A', Mc Cain incomplete

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the Alternative Minimum Tax from hitting middle-class families to the filibuster that originally torpedoed a minimum wage increase (later passed) and the trade bill that put the interests of multinational corporations and large investors before the concerns of middle-class Americans. After examining 13 bills in detail, the 2007 Congressional Scorecard assigns a grade to each Member of Congress based on his orher support for the middle class.

On the whole, Congress squeaked by with a passing grade in 2007, but there is considerable room for improvement. Just 62% of Representatives and 56% of Senators received a C or better. While this middle-class record is far better than the first term of the 109th Congress, the millions of Americans striving to attain—or hold onto—a middle-class standard of living deserve more from their elected representatives.

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Grades at Extremes: Grades were clustered at the high and low end of the scale. Nearly half of the House and a third of the Senate received a grade of either A (90%) or A+ (a perfect score). Yet beyond that point grades dropped off quickly: few legislators earned Bs, Cs, or Ds, while a third of the House and 39% of the Senate failed completely.

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(page 20 Senate scores begin)
Mc Cain - incomplete (p 20) - the ONLY incomplete in the Senate. He didn't vote on enough issues
Obama - A+ (p20)
Clinton - A+ (p 21)

SD Senator Tim Johnson - B You remember Sen Johnson? The guy who spent the first half of the Senate session in the hospital. He voted more often on these issues than McCain

WY Senator Barasso - F. He replaced a Senator that passed away and he made more time to vote.


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link:
http://www.themiddleclass.org/files/2007_scorecard_layout_final%20(2).pdf