October 17, 2008
League of Conservation Voters Scorecards
The LCV has its most recent representative scorecard up. They go through and take a look at every bill that went through the legislative branch, check it for environmental content, and look at who voted for and against it.Obviously, Democrats are far and away more willing to engage issues surrounding the natural environment, so they are clearly in the lead.
Minnesota is an interesting case, though:
Scores for Minnesota Sorted by Last Name
Senate
| Senator | State | 110th, 2nd session Score |
| Norm Coleman (REP) | MN | 73% |
| Amy Klobuchar (DEM) | MN | 100% |
House
| Representative | District | 110th, 2nd session Score |
| Michele Bachmann (REP) | MN-6 | 8% |
| Keith Ellison (DEM | MN-5 | 100% |
| John Kline (REP) | MN-2 | 8% |
| Betty McCollum (DEM) | MN-4 | 100% |
| James Oberstar (DEM) | MN-8 | 92% |
| Collin Peterson (DEM) | MN-7 | 85% |
| Jim Ramstad (REP) | MN-3 | 62% |
| Tim Walz (DEM) | MN-1 | 77% |
What is interesting to me is that the only two people that have low scores are Bachmann and Kline. Bachmann is obvious because she is completely nuts. Kline I have not really heard of, but this makes me very wary of him. Both Norm Coleman and Jim Ramstad, however, are actually not looking too bad (Ramstad got a 95% in 2007, and a 82% overall this year, I'm impressed). Their scores aren't great (a C+ average), but it shows that they are willing to at least vote for some environmental initiatives that they might support, as opposed to a big null across the board.
Check it out here for links to each representative's individual scorecard.
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