Sunday, May 3, 2009

My Fellow Americans

My fellow Americans, I am no politician (thank God), I am but a simple man. I have no PhD or Law degree however, I am an outstanding student of life (reality) and I expect to graduate with top honors. I have studied Theology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Political Science, Military Theory, Current Affairs, and many other disciplines.
I am writing today as I am very disturbed at the apathy and out-right naïveté of some of us here in America. There are a great many of us that seem to view things as left or right, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, this my friends is extremely dangerous. Yes, it is no secret that I am a conservative, this will not change however, my complaints lie with my party as well. Both parties are guilty for the position we find ourselves in today.Many of you, I know, are upset about the financial situation America finds herself in today. Those of you on the left, blame President Bush (for damn near everything) for the financial collapse. Those of you on the right blame Congress and former President’s Clinton and Carter for the financial chaos. The thing is you both are correct but, you fail to see the common denominator; they’re POLITICIANS!
The reason politicians throw money around like it wasn’t theirs is because IT’S NOT, IT’S OUR MONEY!!! I know for a fact that there are things that the politicians are paying for that neither those of you on the left nor those of you on the right would ever imagine paying for: bailing out banks, car companies, mortgage lenders, etc. I know those of the conservative ilk abhor paying for abortions and liberal arts programs, as much as those with a progressive slant can’t stand paying for weapons and military projects. Both sides are getting screwed here but we blame each other instead of taking care of the real issue, Politicians!
Like quarreling siblings, we have called each other names and fought like step-brothers. We have attacked each other relentlessly, especially as of late. Let me tell you, I have got so angry at times with the rhetoric from those of you on the left I had to resort to name-calling right back. I am not a racist, Nazi, Fascist, bigot anymore than you are a baby killing, God-less, America-hating, elitist. This stuff gets us nowhere and actually cripples our ability to focus on the real problems, Politicians.

Our founding fathers (the old dead white guys) created this country so that the people would have control of the government, not the other way around. Who let this happen? What the hell can we do? Where did we go wrong? When did we lose control? How can we change it back to what it was meant to be? These are the questions we need to ask ourselves. I am hoping this is not just a conservative way of thinking and that it is an American way of thinking.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

History Does not Wait

To The People of Liberty,

We are in a time of historic significance not because we have elected our first black president but because we have allowed those, our forefathers fought to give us power over, to wrest from us our heritage as well as our future. We have essentially given up our inheritance of liberty for submission to a small elite. We have ignored the warnings from our past and now find ourselves in a situation most dire.
The wise men who founded our great nation have been reduced to rouges and liars by those who wish to govern us. We are told that their words now hold no meaning, that we have “Progressed” far beyond the dreams of our founders, yet one need only look at where we are to see the progress they speak of has been tried before and failed. If we look at the words of those old wise men, we find, more often than not, that they ring truer than ever before.
”The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought,” Samuel Adams spoke these words over 200 years ago and the last line of it makes me wonder if we defended it as we ought?
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” Thomas Jefferson wrote these words over 200 years ago, do you see anything that sparks a thought?
Our current body politic has passed the largest spending bills in history. They have given themselves money from the public coffers in the form of “Pork Barrel” projects and pay raises while trying to dig even deeper into the people’s pockets. Thomas Jefferson appears to have been very correct on this issue.
The dreams of our fathers are dying, America is dying, and our very way of life is dying. Where do you stand? Where do your friends and family stand? What do you plan to do?

“History does not wait for the timid or the indifferent; history is for those daring enough to make it.”~ M.M.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Politician Report Card

Politician Report Card
Grades are based on voting records for The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (TARP / H.R. 1424) , The 2009 Stimulus Bill (H.R. 1), Omnibus Bill (H.R. 1105), Took Pay Raises (none spoke out against it), and “Pork Barrel” projects. An “A” grade denotes that the politician did not vote for any of these or introduce any “Pork” into any bills. A “B” grade indicates that the politician voted for one of the aforementioned or added “Pork” to a bill that was wasteful with our tax dollars. A “C” means the politician voted for 2 of the above or added a “Pork Barrel” project and voted for 1 of the above. A “D” grade is a combination of 3 yeas on the bills and / or “Pork”. Moreover, an “F” requires a combination of 4 of the items. If the politician has voted yea on all 4 bills and added “Pork” they receive a special grade of “VTBO”, meaning Vote The Bum Out! An “I” grade means incomplete do to being voted in/out or no record on a vote.I have intentionally left out the political party identifiers because that is not the point of this report. The point of this report is to let you know who is selling out our children’s future so you may vote them out of office.

Alabama
Senate
Sessions - D
Shelby – VTBO (Was at a “C” but, due to extensive “Pork” received this grade.)
House
Arthur Davis -F
Robert Aderholt - B
Bobby Bright – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Parker Griffith – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Mike Rogers - D
Bud Cramer – I (Voted YEA on TARP)
Terry Everett, - I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”)

Alaska
Senate
Murkowski - VTBO
Stevens – I (Voted out in 2008, voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”)
Begich – D (Has earned this grade without a vote on TARP, not in Senate at that time)
House
Don Young – C

Arizona
Senate
Kyl - C
McCain – C
House
Ed Pastor - VTBO
Rick Renzi – I (Voted NAY on TARP)
Ann Kirkpatrick -D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])

Arkansas
Senate
Lincoln - F
Pryor – F
House
Mike Ross – F
Vic Snyder – F

California
Senate
Boxer - VTBO
Feinstein – VTBO
House
Mary Bono-Mack - F
John Campbell – D (Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote)
Lois Capps - VTBO
Sam Farr - VTBO
Mike Honda - VTBO
Tom McClintock – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Gary Miller – D (Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote)
Hilda Solis – I (Voted YEA on TARP and Stimulus, became Sec. of Labor)
Henry Waxman – F (I believe this man deserves the VTBO grade however, within the parameters of this grading system he received an F.)
John Doolittle – I (Voted Nay on TARP)
Pete Stark – D (Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote)

Colorado
Senate
Allard – I (Voted out in 2008, voted YEA on TARP)
Salazar – I (Voted out in 2008, voted YEA on TARP)
Bennet - D (Has earned this grade without a vote on TARP, not in Senate at that time)
Udall - D (Has earned this grade without a vote on TARP, not in Senate at that time)
House
Tom Tancredo – I (Voted YEA on TARP)
Marilyn Musgrave – I (Voted NAY on TARP)
Mark Udall – I (Voted NAY on TARP)
Betsy Markey - D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Jared Polis – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Michael Coffman – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Connecticut
Senate
Dodd - F
Lieberman – F
House
Rosa DeLauro – VTBO (Massive additions of “Pork”, YEA votes on all.)
Christopher Shays – I (Voted YEA on TARP)
James Himes – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office])
Delaware
Senate
Biden – I (Became Vice President and was behind all of the bills since voting YEA on TARP, and added “Pork”. Would have received a “VTBO” grade.)
Carper - VTBO
Kaufman - D (Has earned this grade without a vote on TARP, not in Senate at that time.)
House

Florida
Senate
Martinez – C
Nelson – D
House
Alan Grayson – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Susan Kosmas – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Tim Mahoney – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Kendrick Meek - FBill Posey – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Thomas Rooney – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Dave Weldon – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Ginny Brown-Waite – D (Did not vote on the Stimulus bill, counts as a YEA vote.)
Tom Feeney – I (Voted NAY on TARP)
Ric Keller – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Bill Young – C (Had a grade of B but, added “Pork”.)
Georgia
Senate
Chambliss – C
Isakson – C
House
Hawaii
Senate
Akaka – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added massive amount of “Pork”.)
Inouye – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added massive amount of “Pork”.)
House
Neil Abercrombie – VTBO (Massive “Pork” added, voted YEA on all bills.)
Mazie Hirono – VTBO (Massive “Pork” added, voted YEA on all bills.)
Idaho
Senate
Craig – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Crapo - B
Risch – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Bill Sali – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Walt Minnick - B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Illinois
Senate
Durbin – F
Obama – I (Voted YEA on TARP, became President, initiated and/or supported all bills, would have received a VTBO grade.)
Burris – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Rahm Emanuel – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added lots of “Pork”, would have received an F grade excluding votes on Stimulus and Omnibus bills, I am almost certain he would have received a VTBO grade if he were not made W.H. Chief of Staff.)
Deborah Halvorson – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Ray LaHood – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Bobby Rush – F (Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote.)
Aaron Schock – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Jerry Weller – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Tim Johnson – C (Had a B grade but, added “Pork”.)
Indiana
Senate
Bayh – D
Lugar – C
House
Peter Visclosky – VTBO (Massive “Pork” added, voted YEA on all bills except TARP.)
Iowa
Senate
Grassley – F (Voted Nay on Stimulus and Omnibus bills but, added enough “Pork” to receive an F.)
Harkin – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and added lots of “Pork”.)
House
Kansas
Senate
Brownback – C (Had a B but added “Pork”.)
Roberts – C (Had a B but, added “Pork”.)
House
Nancy Boyda – I (Voted no on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Jerry Moran – C (Had a B but added “Pork”.)
Lynn Jenkins – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Kentucky
Senate
Bunning – C (Had a B grade but added “Pork”.)
McConnell –VTBO (Had a C grade voted YEA only on TARP, added massive amounts of “Pork”.)
House
Ron Lewis – I (Voted YEA on TARP bill.)
Brett Guthrie – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Louisiana
Senate
Landrieu – VTBO (Voted no on TARP bill, added lots of “Pork”.)
Vitter – B
House
Anh Cao – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Bill Cassidy – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office]. Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote.)
John Fleming – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Jim McCrery – I (Voted YEA on TARP bill.)
Donald Cazayoux – I (Voted NAY on TARP bill.)
William Jefferson – I (Voted NAY on TARP bill, added “Pork”.)
Steve Scalise – B
Maine
Senate
Collins – VTBO (Voted no on Omnibus but would have received a VTBO grade on “Pork” alone.)
Snowe – VTBO (Would have received a VTBO grade on “Pork” alone, voted YEA on all bills.)
House
Thomas Allen – I (Voted YEA on TARP bill, would have had a VTBO grade in “Pork” alone.)
Michael Michaud – VTBO (Voted NAY on TARP bill, would have had a VTBO grade in “Pork” alone.)
Chellie Pingree – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Maryland
Senate
Cardin – F
Mikulski – VTBO
House
Elijah Cummings – F
Donna Edwards – F
Wayne Gilchrest - I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Steny Hoyer – F
Dutch Ruppersberger – F
John Sarbanes – F
Chris Van Hollen – F
Roscoe Bartlett – B
Frank Kratovi – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Massachusetts
Senate
Kennedy – I (Do to health reasons he did not vote on TARP or the Omnibus bills however, as a career politician with an extensive record of voting it is almost a certainty he would have voted YEA on all the bills. I believe as a career politician this man is a grave threat to the future of our children and should receive a VTBO grade but to be fair, under our guidelines here he received an I.)
Kerry – VTBO
House
Michael Capuano – F
Barney Frank – F (Did not vote on the Omnibus bill, counts as a YEA vote. Do to scandals and extensive damage already committed by this man he should have received a VTBO grade but under our guidelines he received an F.)
Edward Markey – F
James McGovern – F
Richard Neal – F
John Olver – VTBO (Added extensive “Pork”.)
John Tierney – F
Niki Tsongas – F
William Delahunt – D
Stephen Lynch – F

Michigan
Senate
Levin –VTBO (Added extensive “Pork”.)
Stabenow – F
House
Dave Camp – D
John Dingell – F
Vernon Ehlers – C
Peter Hoekstra – C
Dale Kildee – F
Carolyn Kilpatrick – VTBO (Added extensive “Pork”.)
Joe Knollenberg – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Sander Levin – F
Fred Upton – D
John Conyers – D
Thad McCotter – B
Candice Miller – C
Mike Rogers – B
Bart Stupak – D
Timothy Walberg – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Gary Peters – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Mark Schauer – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Minnesota
Senate
Coleman – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added extensive “Pork”.)
Klobucher – VTBO
House
Keith Ellison – VTBO
John Kline – C
Betty McCollum – F
James Oberstar – F
Jim Ramstad –- I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Michele Bachmann – B
Collin Peterson – C (Had a B grade but added “Pork”.)
Timothy Walz – D
Erik Paulson – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Mississippi
Senate
Cochran – VTBO (Despite NAY votes on TARP and Stimulus bills, had far more than enough “Pork” alone to receive a VTBO grade.)
Wicker – F (Despite NAY votes on TARP and Stimulus bills, had enough “Pork to receive an F grade.)
House
Chip Pickering – I (Voted YEA on TARP and added “Pork”.)
Travis Childers – C
Gene Taylor – B
Bennie Thompson – D
Gregg Harper – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Missouri
Senate
Bond – F
McCaskill – D
House
Roy Blunt – C
Russ Carnahan – F
Emanuel Cleaver – F
Jo Ann Emerson – D
Ike Skelton – VTBO
Todd Akin – B
William Clay – D
Sam Graves – B
Kenny Hulshof – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Blaine Luetkemeyer – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Montana
Senate
Baucus – VTBO
Tester – F
House
Dennis Rehberg – C

Nebraska
Senate
Hagel – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Nelson – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and added extensive “Pork”.)
Johanns – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office], did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as YEA vote.)
House
Lee Terry - C
Jeff Fortenberry – B
Adrian Smith – C (Had a B grade but added “Pork”.)

Nevada
Senate
Ensign – C
Reid – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and could have received a VTBO grade on “Pork” alone.)
House
Shelley Berkley – F
Jon Porter – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Dean Heller – B
Dina Titus – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

New Hampshire
Senate
Gregg – VTBO (Voted YEA on TARP bill, did not vote on Stimulus bill, counts as a YEA vote, added “Pork”.)
Sununu – I (Voted YEA on TARP bill.)
Shaheen – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Paul Hodes – F
Carol Shea-Porter – F

New Jersey
Senate
Lautenberg – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Menendez – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
House
Robert Andrews – F
Mike Ferguson – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Rodney Frelinghuysen – F (Had a C grade but added “Pork”.)
Rush Holt – F
Frank Pallone – F
Bill Pascrell – F
Jim Saxton – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Albio Sires – F
Scott Garrett – B
Frank LoBiondo – C
Donald Payne – F
Steven Rothman – D
Christopher Smith – B
John Adler – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Leonard Lance – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

New Mexico
Senate
Bingaman – VTBO
Domenici – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Udall – VTBO
House
Heather Wilson – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Stevan Pearce – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Tom Udall – I (Voted NAY on TARP, became Senator.)
Martin Heinrich – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Ben Lujan – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Harry Teague – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

New York
Senate
Clinton - I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork” before becoming Sec. of State.)
Schumer – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and added enough “Pork” to garner a second grade of VTBO [no wonder he tried convincing everyone “The American people don’t care about the “Pork…”].)
Gillibrand – F (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Gary Ackerman – F
Michael Arcuri – VTBO
Timothy Bishop – VTBO
Yvette Clarke – F
Joseph Crowley – F
Eliot Engel – F
Vito Fossella - I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
John Hall – F
Brian Higgins – F
Steve Israel – F
Peter King – C
Randy Kuhl – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Nita Lowey – F
Carolyn Maloney – F
Carolyn McCarthy – F
John McHugh – D
Michael McNulty – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Gregory Meeks – F
Jerrold Nadler – F
Charles Rangel – VTBO
Thomas Reynolds - I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Louise Slaughter – VTBO
Edolphus Towns – F
Nydia Velazquez – VTBO
James Walsh - I (Voted YEA on TARP, added extensive “Pork.)
Anthony Weiner – F
Kirsten Gillibrand – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Maurice Hinchey – F
Jose Serrano – F
Christopher Lee – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Maurice Hinchey – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Daniel Maffei – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Eric Massa – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Michael McMahon – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Paul Tonko – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

North Carolina
Senate
Burr – C
Dole – I (Voted NAY on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Hagan – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Howard Coble – C
Bob Etheridge – F
Brad Miller – F
Sue Myrick – C
David Price – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Melvin Watt – F
G.K. Butterfield – D
Virginia Foxx – B
Robin Hayes – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Walter Jones – B
Patrick McHenry – B
Mike McIntyre – F
Heath Shuler – C
Larry Kissell – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

North Dakota
Senate
Conrad – VTBO
Dorgan – VTBO
House
Earl Pomeroy – F

Ohio
Senate
Brown – F
Voinovich – D
House
John Boehner – C
David Hobson – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Deborah Pryce – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Ralph Regula – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Tim Ryan – VTBO
Jean Schmidt - C
Zachary Space – F
Betty Sutton – F
Pat Tiberi – C
Charles Wilson – F
Steve Chabot – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Jim Jordan – B
Marcy Kaptur – F
Dennis Kucinich – D
Steven LaTourette – B
Robert Latta – B
Michael Turner – B
John Boccieri – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Steve Driehaus – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Marcia Fudge – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Mary Jo Kilroy – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Steve Austria – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Oklahoma
Senate
Coburn – C
Inhofe – B
House
Dan Boren – F
Tom Cole – C
Mary Fallin – C
John Sullivan – C
Frank Lucas – B

Oregon
Senate
Smith – I (Voted YEA on TARP, added “Pork”.)
Wyden – F
Merkley – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
House
Darlene Hooley – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Greg Walden – C
David Wu – F
Earl Blumenauer – D
Peter DeFazio – D
Kurt Schrader – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Pennsylvania
Senate
Casey – F
Specter – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and added enough “Pork” to garner a second grade of VTBO.)
House
Robert Brady – F
Charles Dent – D
Michael Doyle – VTBO
Chaka Fattah – F
Jim Gerlach – D
Paul Kanjorski – D
Patrick Murphy – F
John Murtha – VTBO
John Peterson – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Allyson Schwartz – F
Joe Sestak – F
Bill Shuster – C
Jason Altmire – F
Christopher Carney – D
Philip English – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Tim Holden – D
Tim Murphy – C
Joe Pitts – B
Todd Platts – B
Kathy Dahlkemper – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Paul Kanjorski – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Glenn Thompson – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Rhode Island
Senate
Reed – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Whitehouse – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)

House
Patrick Kennedy – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
James Langevin – F

South Carolina
Senate
DeMint – B
Graham – F (Had a C grade but added extensive “Pork”.)
House
J. Gresham Barrett – C
Henry Brown – C
James Clyburn – F
Bob Inglis – C
John Spratt – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Joe Wilson – C

South Dakota
Senate
Johnson – VTBO (Added extensive “Pork”.)
Thune – C
House
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin – D

Tennessee
Senate
Alexander – VTBO (Voted NAY on Stimulus bill, added extensive “Pork”.)
Corker – D
House
Steve Cohen – F
Jim Cooper – C
Bart Gordon – F
John Tanner – F
Zachary Wamp – D
Marsha Blackburn – B
David Davis – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Lincoln Davis – D
John 'Jimmy' Duncan – B
Phil Roe – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Texas
Senate
Cornyn – C
Hutchinson – F (Had a C grade but added extensive “Pork”.)
House
Kevin Brady – C
Michael Conaway – D
Henry Cuellar – F
Chet Edwards –VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Charles Gonzalez – F
Kay Granger – C
Al Green – F
Ruben Hinojosa – VTBO
Sheila Jackson-Lee – F
Eddie Johnson – F
Solomon Ortiz – VTBO
Silvestre Reyes – F
Pete Sessions – C
Lamar Smith – C
Mac Thornberry – C
Joe Barton – B
Michael Burgess – B
John Carter – C
John Culberson – B
Lloyd Doggett – D
Louie Gohmert – B
Gene Green – D
Ralph Hall – B
Jeb Hensarling – B
Sam Johnson – B
Nicholas Lampson – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Kenny Marchant – B
Michael McCaul – B
Randy Neugebauer – B
Ron Paul – B
Ted Poe – B
Ciro Rodriguez – F
Pete Olson – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Utah
Senate
Bennett – D
Hatch – C
House
Chris Cannon – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Rob Bishop – C
Jim Matheson – C
Jason Chaffetz – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)

Vermont
Senate
Leahy – VTBO
Sanders – D
House
Peter Welch – F

Virginia
Senate
Warner – F
Webb – F
House
Rick Boucher – F
Eric Cantor – C
Tom Davis – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
James Moran – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added extensive “Pork”.)
Frank Wolf – C
Thelma Drake – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Randy Forbes – B
Virgil Goode – I (Voted NAY on TARP.)
Bob Goodlatte – B
Robert Scott – D
Robert Wittman – B
Gerry Connolly – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Glenn Nye – C (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
Tom Perriello – D (Did not vote on TARP [not in office]. Did not vote on Omnibus bill, counts as YEA vote.)

Washington
Senate
Cantwell – F
Murray – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added massive amount of “Pork”.)
House
Brian Baird – VTBO
Norman Dicks – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills, added massive amount of “Pork”.)
Rick Larsen – F
Adam Smith – VTBO
Doc Hastings – C (Voted NAY on all bills, added “Pork”.)
Jay Inslee – F
Jim McDermott – D
Cathy McMorris Rodgers – B
David Reichert – C

West Virginia
Senate
Byrd – VTBO (Voted YEA on all bills and added enough “Pork” to garner a second grade of VTBO, Career politician who should have left a long time ago.)
Rockefeller – F
House
Alan Mollohan – VTBO
Nick Rahall – F
Shelley Moore Capito – C

Wisconsin
Senate
Feingold – C
Kohl – F
House
Tammy Baldwin – F
Ron Kind – D
Gwen Moore – F
David Obey – F
Paul Ryan – C
Steve Kagen – D
Thomas Petri – B
Jim Sensenbrenner – B

Wyoming
Senate
Barrasso – B
Enzi – B
House
Barbara Cubin – I (Voted YEA on TARP.)
Cynthia Lummis – B (Did not vote on TARP [not in office].)
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