CNS: All 6 Democrats on Deficit-Reduction Panel Earned 'F's From Taxpayers’ Union

[Patricia M. McBride]

Isn't it just amazing. The democrats can't even go about choosing someone decent to sit on a committee that is charged with making cuts to try to right our financial ship, and they can't even get that right. No wonder our country is where it is now with them in charge!

Thursday, August 11, 2011
By Terence P. Jeffrey

 

U.S. Senator Patty Murray. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

 

(CNSNews.com) - All six Democrats that have been assigned to the special joint congressional committee that will recommend means for cutting the nation’s anticipated spending by $1.5 trillion over the next ten years compiled voting records last year that earned them grades of “F” from the National Taxpayers Union (NTU).

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) announced today that she has assigned Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (S.C.), Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (Calif.) and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (Md.) to serve on the panel. Previously, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had named Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (Mont.) to serve on the committee.

None of these Democrats had voting records that scored even as high as 10 percent in the NTU’s annual rating of Congress for last year. Among the six, Rep. Clyburn earned the lowest score of 2 percent and Sen. Baucus earned the highest score of 9 percent. Rep. Van Hollen earned a score of 4 percent and Rep. Becerra and Senators Murray and Kerry earned scores of 6 percent.

In NTU's rating system, all members of Congress who score below 20 percent for their voting record are given a grade of “F” and named a “Big Spender.”

Here is the table from the article:

Grade Percentage

Senate:

Sen. Patty Murray (D.-Wash.) F 6 percent

Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) F 6 percent

Sen. Max Baucus (D.-Mont.) F 9 percent

Sen. Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.) A 97 percent

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Not rated in 2010

Sen. Rob Portman (R.-Ohio) Not rated in 2010

House:

Rep. Chis Van Hollen (D.-Md.) F 4 percent

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D.-S.C.) F 2 percent

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D.-Calif.) F 4 percent

Rep. Dave Camp (R.-Mich.) B+ 88 percent

Rep. Fred Upton (R.-Mich.) B 86 percent

Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R.-Texas) A 94 percent

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