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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Bingaman, Udall Rated Tops in NM Delegation on Middle Class Issues
The nonpartisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy just released its ratings of members of Congress based on their voting on legislation that impacts the middle class. The letter grade was given for voting in 2007 and the percentage number applies to votes so far this year:
Here's DMI's explanation of their analysis and grading system and why they utilize it. Even though Republicans like to pretend they're for the ordinary folks, almost across the board their votes say otherwise. With economic woes exploding this year, especially for middle class workers, the economy consistently appears at or near the top of the list of what's important to voters this election year. Democratic candidates should fare extremely well, including Rep. Tom Udall, the Congressman with the A plus rating who's running for U.S. Senate against whoever wins the Heather Wilson - Steve Pearce dustup on the Repub side.
(Video clip by M.E. Broderick.)
March 13, 2008 at 12:56 PM in 2008 NM Senate Race, Economy, Populism | Permalink
Comments
Congrats to Senator Bingaman and Congressman Udall for their high rating on Middle Class issues. However, keep in mind that at least in the case of Senator Bingaman his overall voting record for important issues concerning "we the people" still leaves much to be desired.
Posted by: VP | Mar 14, 2008 9:14:39 AM
