Progressive Democrat Issue 94: IA CONGRESSIONAL VOTING RECORD

So just above are analyses of the voting record of all the NY State and NJ Congress critters, showing that Democrats are superior on a variety of issues. Here I want to do the same for Iowa.

Below I have ratings on Defense (A through F, from IAVA), Seniors issues (lifetime rating on a scale of 0-100 from Alliance for Retired Americans), environment (most recent ratings on a scale of 0-100, League of Conservation Voters, an organization), Labor issues (lifetime score from 0-100, AFL-CIO) and reproductive rights (lifetime score from 0-100, Planned Parenthood). This is a mix of so-called "right" and "left" issues, and in almost every case Republicans rank below Democrats. Feel free to distribute this info and use it on election day.



Republicans:
Charles E. Grassley:Defense: D; Seniors: 4; Environment: 14; Labor: 13; Choice: 0

Jim Nussle: Defense: C; Seniors: 7; Environment: 8; Labor: 13; Choice: 0
Jim Leach: Defense: B; Seniors: 33; Environment: 42; Labor: 35; Choice: 55
Tom Latham: Defense: C+; Seniors: 4; Environment: 0; Labor: 9; Choice: 0
Steve King: Defense: D+; Seniors: 7; Environment: 0; Labor: 9; Choice: 0

I am struck by how dismal Iowa Republicans are. Even on defense and seniors they are just awful.

Democrats:
Tom Harkin: Defense: B; Seniors: 100; Environment: 71; Labor: 91; Choice: 100

Leonard L. Boswell: Defense: B+; Seniors: 83; Environment: 50; Labor: 82 (from House); Choice: 80

Such a stark difference. This makes me feel that even more than in NJ and NY, we need to defeat Republicans in Iowa. They are bad on critical issues, helping no one but Halliburton and Exxon while sacrificing labor, farmers and our soldiers for their greed. Remember, IA-1 and IA-2 are particularly in play, so please help win these two seats! For the good of American workers, American farmers, American seniors and American soldiers, help win Iowa in 2006.