Gathering a list of the most liberal members of Congress

[mvd]

I want to make one that I can jot down and keep. I know Kucinich, Boxer, and Sanders are up there. Who would you add?

[tekisui]

1. Feingold, Whitehouse

[mvd]

2. Agreed

Do they support some kind of single-payer health plan?

[rhett o rick]

3. Waxman and Conyers. nm

[mvd]

6. Good ones!

Thanks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Jackson Lee

Check this out http://www.nationaljournal.com/2008voteratings

[TahitiNut]

5. Congressional Progressive Caucus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus#Current_members

Co-Chairs
Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)

Vice Chairs
Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)

Senate Members
Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)

House Members
Hon. Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Hon. Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL)
Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01)
Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-08)
Hon. André Carson (IN-07)
Hon. Donna Christensen (VI-AL)
Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
Hon. William “Lacy” Clay (MO-01)
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD-04)
Hon. Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Hon. Alan Grayson (FL-08)
Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13)
Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-AL)
Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
Hon. Linda Sánchez (CA-47)
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Hon. José Serrano (NY-16)
Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-28)
Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL)
Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19)

[mvd]

7. That could give me a list right there

Thanks, TN! :hi:

[FLAprogressive]

12. pretty much everyone on that list is good except Rangel & Bennie Thompson

[TahitiNut]

13. I'll stick with Charlie any time. (We all have flaws. Charlie has fewer than most.)

:shrug:

[FLAprogressive]

15. sorry but corruption should have no place in our party -- regardless of who it is

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. I don't think Monsanto shill Rosa DeLauro belongs on the good list either.

Nothing good (and certainly nothing liberal) about trying to kill organic farming for the benefit of criminals who want to mutate every last seed on the planet.

[FLAprogressive]

27. the hysteria over HR 875 has been debunked

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5242161
Don't believe the naysayers: HR 875 is a good bill

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5257121
Opposition to HR 875 being astroturfed by Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty (libertarian group that wants ZERO regulation on corporations like Monsanto)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=268x2400
HR875/S425 Food Safety Bills (warning: long post)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5311161#5312384
"This bill is being attacked by big business in an Opinion Shaping campaign. Read the bill and then compare it to what you see in hysterical posts here and all over the internet, that happened to show up almost overnight."

[otohara]

8. DeGette

who should have been picked to replace Salazar, but noooooooooo can't have a real liberal in the senate representing the state of Colorado. Too risky, far too risky!

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Here's another good link

Senator... has a composite liberal score of ___. has a composite conservative score of ___.
Name
Sort (alpha by surname) Liberal Score
Sort Conservative Score
Sort
Obama, Barack, D-Ill. 95.5 4.5
Whitehouse, Sheldon, D-R.I. 94.3 5.7
Biden, Joseph, D-Del. 94.2 5.8
Sanders, Bernie, I-Vt. 93.7 6.3
Menendez, Robert, D-N.J. 92.8 7.2
Lautenberg, Frank, D-N.J. 91.7 8.3
Leahy, Patrick, D-Vt. 90.2 9.8
Boxer, Barbara, D-Calif. 89.8 10.2
Reid, Harry, D-Nev. 89.2 10.8
Feingold, Russell, D-Wis. 85.5 14.5
Harkin, Tom, D-Iowa 85.2 14.8
Murray, Patty, D-Wash. 84.5 15.5
Durbin, Richard, D-Ill. 83.8 16.2
Reed, Jack, D-R.I. 83.5 16.5
Schumer, Charles, D-N.Y. 83 17
Stabenow, Debbie, D-Mich. 82.8 17.2
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, D-N.Y. 82.8 17.2
Cantwell, Maria, D-Wash. 80.5 19.5
Cardin, Ben, D-Md. 80.2 19.8
Kerry, John, D-Mass. 79.5 20.5
Klobuchar, Amy, D-Minn. 77.3 22.7
Kohl, Herb, D-Wis. 77.3 22.7
Dodd, Christopher, D-Conn. 77 23
Mikulski, Barbara, D-Md. 77 23
Wyden, Ron, D-Ore. 76.8 23.2
Levin, Carl, D-Mich. 76.5 23.5
Brown, Sherrod, D-Ohio 76.3 23.7
Kennedy, Edward, D-Mass. 76.2 23.8
Akaka, Daniel, D-Hawaii 73.3 26.7
Bingaman, Jeff, D-N.M. 72.7 27.3
Inouye, Daniel, D-Hawaii 71.7 28.3
Casey, Bob, D-Pa. 71.2 28.8
Feinstein, Dianne, D-Calif. 71 29
Nelson, Bill, D-Fla. 69.8 30.2
Rockefeller, Jay, D-W.Va. 68.7 31.3
Byrd, Robert, D-W.Va. 64.3 35.7
Lincoln, Blanche, D-Ark. 62.3 37.7
Bayh, Evan, D-Ind. 62.2 37.8
Tester, Jon, D-Mont. 61.7 38.3
Carper, Thomas, D-Del. 60.2 39.8
Webb, Jim, D-Va. 60.2 39.8
Salazar, Ken, D-Colo. 59.2 40.8
Dorgan, Byron, D-N.D. 59 41
Lieberman, Joe, ID-Conn. 57.5 42.5
McCaskill, Claire, D-Mo. 57.3 42.7
Baucus, Max, D-Mont. 57.3 42.7
Conrad, Kent, D-N.D. 57.3 42.7
Pryor, Mark, D-Ark. 55 45
Landrieu, Mary, D-La. 53.2 46.8
Snowe, Olympia, R-Maine 47.8 52.2
Collins, Susan, R-Maine 47.2 52.8
Smith, Gordon, R-Ore. 47.2 52.8
Nelson, Ben, D-Neb. 46.7 53.3
Specter, Arlen, R-Pa. 45.5 54.5
Coleman, Norm, R-Minn. 42.5 57.5
Lugar, Richard, R-Ind. 41.8 58.2
Voinovich, George, R-Ohio 41.8 58.2
Warner, John, R-Va. 38.8 61.2
Hagel, Chuck, R-Neb. 38.7 61.3
Stevens, Ted, R-Alaska 36 64
Murkowski, Lisa, R-Alaska 35.3 64.7
Sununu, John, R-N.H. 34 66
Hatch, Orrin, R-Utah 33.5 66.5
Martinez, Mel, R-Fla. 31.8 68.2
Gregg, Judd, R-N.H. 30.2 69.8
Domenici, Pete, R-N.M. 29.5 70.5
Bennett, Robert, R-Utah 26 74
Alexander, Lamar, R-Tenn. 25.5 74.5
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, R-Texas 24.8 75.2
Corker, Bob, R-Tenn. 24.2 75.8
Brownback, Sam, R-Kan. 23.5 76.5
Cochran, Thad, R-Miss. 23.3 76.7
Grassley, Charles, R-Iowa 22.8 77.2
Graham, Lindsey, R-S.C. 22.7 77.3
Shelby, Richard, R-Ala. 22 78
Dole, Elizabeth, R-N.C. 21.5 78.5
Craig, Larry, R-Idaho 21.2 78.8
Roberts, Pat, R-Kan. 19.7 80.3
Bond, Christopher (Kit), R-Mo. 17.7 82.3
Kyl, Jon, R-Ariz. 17.5 82.5
Lott, Trent, R-Miss. † 17.5 82.5
Thune, John, R-S.D. 17.3 82.7
Chambliss, Saxby, R-Ga. 16.5 83.5
Crapo, Mike, R-Idaho 15.5 84.5
Vitter, David, R-La. 15.5 84.5
Ensign, John, R-Nev. 15.5 84.5
Coburn, Tom, R-Okla. 15 85
Sessions, Jeff, R-Ala. 14.2 85.8
McConnell, Mitch, R-Ky. 13.5 86.5
Inhofe, James, R-Okla. 13.3 86.7
Isakson, Johnny, R-Ga. 12.5 87.5
Bunning, Jim, R-Ky. 10.2 89.8
Enzi, Michael, R-Wyo. 9.2 90.8
Cornyn, John, R-Texas 8.8 91.2
Burr, Richard, R-N.C. 7.8 92.2
Allard, Wayne, R-Colo. 7.5 92.5
DeMint, Jim, R-S.C. 6.2 93.8
McCain, John, R-Ariz. * *
Johnson, Tim, D-S.D. * *
Thomas, Craig, R-Wyo. † * *
Barrasso, John, R-Wyo. * *

^Three senators do not have scores for 2007 because they missed more than half of the rated votes in an issue area: John McCain, R-Ariz., who was running for president; Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who was recuperating from a brain hemorrhage and returned to work on September 5, 2007; Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., who died on June 4, 2007; and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who was appointed to succeed Thomas on June 22, 2007.

*
http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc

[cali]

10. Leahy

Congressional Progressive Caucus
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is the single largest partisan caucus in the United States House of Representatives, and works together to advance progressive issues and positions.

The CPC was founded in 1991 by the independent Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who remains a member as Senator. It represents about a third of the House Democratic Caucus (with 71 members). Of the twenty standing committees of the House, eleven are chaired by members of the CPC.
Ideology
According to their website, the CPC advocates "universal access to affordable, high quality healthcare," fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in strike actions and collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legalization of gay marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on free trade and corporate welfare, an increase in income tax on the wealthy, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in social welfare spending by the federal government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus

here's another site that might help.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2009/Senate/lib_senator_ratings-2007.html

[mvd]

16. I like the fact that the electoral-vote site gives a mean score

Sometimes the straight ratings don't tell the whole story - for example, I do think Obama is a liberal that's governing in a moderate's clothing, but not sure he was the most liberal.

[cali]

19. yeah, I like that too. And the National Journal rating was bullshit

why on earth would we believe a conservative rag with an agenda? When Kerry ran, NJ said he was the most liberal. Hell, had Evan Bayh been the dem candidate, no doubt he would have been the most liberal.

[FLAprogressive]

18. sorry but there's no way billionaire corporatist Herb Kohl is as progressive as Bernie Sanders

[cali]

22. I agree. this is just a composite of the scores of some organizations

it leaves a lot out.

[bananas]

11. Maxine Waters

http://www.house.gov/waters/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters

[mvd]

17. Maxine is great!

:thumbsup:

[rhett o rick]

24. YES

[lunatica]

14. Barbara Lee, Congresswoman from Oakland, CA

[mvd]

20. She stood up during the 2004 electoral vote count

Good choice!

[Doremus]

21. You're thinking of my Congresswoman, the courageous Stephanie Tubbs Jones (may she rest in peace).

[mvd]

23. I should have said..

Lee was one of only 31 who voted in the House not to count the electoral votes from Ohio. Still very admirable.

[rhett o rick]

25. I would like to see a list of the Democrats in Congress that we need to help get replaced. nm

[FLAprogressive]

29. here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Democrats#Members
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrat_Coalition#New_Democrat_Coalition_members_.28House.29

[Thor_MN]

28. Whomever is seen as vulnerable by the GOP.

I believe you automatically become the most liberal person on the planet when you run for election against a rethug that has a chance. At least that's what their ads always say.