X-Tra Rant

You can visit the original entry here, with links to the stats of all 9 members of the Indiana congressional delegation.

All stats as of 06/06 and include equal vote totals for all.
Democratic Delegation (Visclosky & Carson):2005-2006

Winning %: 56.3%
Losing %: 43.7%
Attendance: 96.1%

Republican Delegation (Chocola, Souder, Buyer, Burton, Pence, Hostettler & Sodrel):2005-2006

Winning %: 86.7
Losing %: 13.3%
Attendance: 96.7%

Entire Indiana Delegation:

Winning %: 80%
Losing %: 20%
Attendance: 96.5%

More goodies below the fold

2005

• Biggest rubber stamp: IN-09 Mike Sodrel (R), 90.9% winning
  Now that’s party line!
• Biggest obstructionist: IN-07 Julia Carson (D), 45.6% losing
  Voting with the winners 54% of the time is hardly obstructionist
• Worst attendance: IN-07 Julia Carson (D), 92.8%
  the delegation is doing alright when the lowest attendance is almost 93%

2006 (through 6/6)

• Biggest rubber stamp: IN-03 Mark Souder (R), 88.7%
  Only 88.7%.
• Biggest obstructionist: IN-07 Julia Carson (D), 47.2%
  Again, not very obstructionist when you’re still voting with the winner over 50% of the time
• Worst attendance: IN-04 Steve Buyer (R), 88.7%
  Sub 90% for both Buyer and Burton.

2005-2006 (through 6/6/06)

• Biggest rubber stamp: IN-09 Mike Sodrel (R), 90.2%
  Sodrel knows only one thing when it comes to votes: “How do you want me to vote, sir?”
• Biggest obstructionist: IN-07 Julia Carson (D), 46.0%
  I tire of repeating myself.
• Worst attendance: IN-04 Steve Buyer (R), 91.9%
  It’s sill y to argue about 92% attendance, but if anyone should be talked about when it comes to the last two years, it’s Buyer.

That’s all! If I can ever find the time to get this script running faster, I’ll release it to the world. I’d also like to someday look at the winning/losing percentages of people like Burton under Democratic houses to compare to Democrats under Republicans.