AND YES, GOLD OL' DENNY STILL SCORES A 0%....It's interesting that ALL of the republicans have bad scores..sounds like the Republican Agenda to me...Some things NEVER change.........
Project Vote Smart puts together some interesting statistics for voters.
Their site is here... http://www.vote-smart.org
This set of statistics was put together for issues of importance to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).
This information easily carries over to veterans' issues as a whole.
So, take a peek...see how your "folks" in Washington are treating veterans these days.
Ratings here... http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004044M
Ratings below:
Disabled American Veterans
Year: 2005
Issue: Veterans Issues
Website: http://www.dav.org
Email:
Disabled American Veterans
807 Maine Avenue, Southwest
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-554-3501
"Formed in 1920 and chartered by Congress in 1932, the million-member DAV is the official voice of America's service-connected disabled veterans -- a strong, insistent voice that represents all of America's 2.1 million disabled veterans, their families and survivors."
The following ratings indicate the degree that each elected official supported the interests of the organization in that year.
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Disabled American Veterans Ratings:
| IL |
U.S. Senate |
Sr |
Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin |
Democrat |
92 |
| IL |
U.S. Senate |
Jr |
Barack H. Obama |
Democrat |
92 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
1 |
Bobby L. Rush |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
2 |
Jesse Louis Jackson |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
3 |
Daniel William Lipinski |
Democrat |
80 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
4 |
Luis V. Gutierrez |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
5 |
Rahm Emanuel |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
6 |
Henry J. Hyde |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
7 |
Danny K. Davis |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
8 |
Melissa L. Bean |
Democrat |
60 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
9 |
Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
10 |
Mark Steven Kirk |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
11 |
Gerald C. 'Jerry' Weller |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
12 |
Jerry F. Costello |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
13 |
Judy Biggert |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
14 |
J. Dennis 'Denny' Hastert |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
15 |
Timothy V. 'Tim' Johnson |
Republican |
20 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
16 |
Donald A. Manzullo |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
17 |
Lane A. Evans |
Democrat |
100 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
18 |
Ray H. LaHood |
Republican |
0 |
| IL |
U.S. House |
19 |
John M. Shimkus |
Republican |
0 | |