Thursday, January 17

Loebsack Supports Civil Rights Initiatives

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights released a report on the 110th Congress's performance regarding civil rights issues. We can be relatively proud that the Iowa delegation has performed better than most and our 2nd District Representative, Dave Loebsack, leads the pack by voting 93% of the time (his only negative vote was for the Gulf Coast Recovery Act) with the civil rights issues supported by this organization.

Other Iowa representatives:
Leonard Boswell: 87%
Bruce Braley: 86%
Steve King: 7%
Tom Latham: 13%

On the Senate side:
Charles Grassley: 8%
Tom Harkin: 100%

Among current presidential candidates:
Hillary Clinton: 92%
Duncan Hunter: 9%
Dennis Kucinich: 100%
John McCain: 22%
Barack Obama: 100%
Ron Paul: 17%

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