From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
Newsgroups: austin.politics,tx.politics
Subject: Citizens against Government Waste
Date: 10 Oct 92 21:03:06 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin

Quarterly, I receive the "Government Waste Watch" Newsletter.

It is a non-partisan scorecard of wasteful government spending by 
Congressmen and the Government in general.  If you want it, write to

	"Government WasteWatch"
	Citizens Against Government Waste
	1301 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
	Suite 400
	Washington DC 20036

This issue picks 17 votes in the Senate and 20 votes in the House which
CAGW considered crucial to reducing Government Waste.

They then give each Congressman a score which is the percentage of
times he voted the "right" way.  They have a 1992 score and a LifeTime 
score.  Low scores are bad, they waste your tax money.  Cheapskates,
(what we want,) get higher scores.

Here's how the Senators and Representatives from Texas fared:

Name       Abstains Wrong_Votes Right_Votes 1992_Score LifeTime_Score. 
----       -------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --------------- 
Bentsen    0        14          3           17.65      14.22 
gramm      1        6           10          58.82      75.16 
----       -------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --------------- 

Delagarza  0        18          2           10         8 
Frost      1        17          2           10         9 
Bustamante 3        17          0           0          10 
Coleman    0        19          1           5          10 
Ortiz      0        19          1           5          10 
Brooks     1        18          1           5          14 
Edwards    1        14          5           25         18 
Gonzalez   0        19          2           10         18 
Bryant     1        16          3           15         19 
Wilson     3        14          6           15         20.74 
Pickle     0        17          3           15         24 
Chapman    0        17          3           15         30 
Washington 2        14          4           20         30 
Laughlin   0        14          6           30         33 
Geren      0        11          9           45         34 
Sarpalius  0        13          7           35         45 
Hall       2        10          8           40         51 
Andrews    0        9           11          55         56 
Stenholm   0        3           17          85         58 
combest    0        6           14          70         68 
barton     0        6           14          70         71 
smith      0        5           15          75         75 
delay      0        5           15          75         81 
fields     0        5           15          75         81 
johnson    2        3           15          75         82.5 
archer     2        3           15          75         84 
armey      0        3           17          85         88 


The House Reps were sorted by LifeTime Score, so the villians come
first.  A score of 33 means they voted to screw you 2/3 of the time.
IMHO they ought to be fired if their lifetime score < 75, or certainly
50.  Also if they abstained more than once, come on, what are we
paying them to do if not represent us and be there and vote?

If anyone is curious about a certain Congressman, (for example Gore,)
let me know and I'll post it here.


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