US Gov't Representatives - Who's Who?

Posted by Cliff on Monday May 3, 2004 @02:52PM from the that's-politics-for-you dept.

melankolik asks: "With all the issues emerging these days related to DRM, 'piracy', anti-trust, civil rights, big business, et al, and with tech-illiterate politicians passing laws of dubious intent or results, it can be hard to tell who the Good Guys and the Bad Guys are in our government (more realistically, who supports the Good and Bad legislation). What information can any of you politically savvy Slashdot readers offer to someone taking an interest in the political machine regarding the past and present legislation, stances, and agendas of our friendly neighborhood Senators, Governors, and other representatives?" As complex as politics are, there may not be "good guys" and "bad guys", and instead those who support your politics on some issues, and not on others. Even so, it would be interesting to know how the representatives vote on specific issues, especially those that deal with computers and online rights. Has anyone been compiling this information?

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Start the List Here by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-03 15:24 · Score: 0, Troll

I can list three quite clueless representitives: Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Hillary Clinton. Time after time when you hear about an important bill, you can say, ``I hope they don't vote X way on this.'' Later when you see who voted who, those three voted X.

A couple of other bad ones are Ted Kennedy and Barney Franks. Occasionally they'll show some intelligence, but quite often they'll be standing where the BFC combo is.