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==Heroes and (mainly) villains in Congress== | ==Heroes and (mainly) villains in Congress== | ||
At long last, libertarians have their own Congressional Rating Service--thanks to the prodigious efforts of [[Eric Scott Royce]], LP National ExecComm member from Region 7. | |||
Thanks to [[Eric Scott Royce|Mr. Royce]], libertarians no longer have to pore through reports on Congressional voting records issued by liberal and conservative groups, to try to figure out who's who in Congress. Now, they can simply subscribe to [[The Royce Report]], a twice-yearly report on key votes in both House and Senate ($5 for a two-year, four-issue subscription, or $1.50 for a single issue). | |||
[[The Royce Report]] is based on 25 votes in each house of Congress, and covers economic, civil liberties, and foreign policy votes with approximately equal emphasis. In order to score "100," a Senator or Representative must vote in concurrence with libertarian principles every time; he is docked 4 points for a wrong vote, and 3 points for an absence. | |||
In the first issue of [[The Royce Report]], which covers the first half of the current session, only one man in either house received a score above 75. This was Representative H.R. Gross (R-Iowa), who scored a highly commendable 85. | |||
Runners-up in the House were Phil Crane (R-Ill) with a 74, and Reps. Huber and Symms (R-Ida) with scores of 72 each. Worst score in the house was an abysmal 3, garnered by Rep. Flood of Pennsylvania; worst-scoring Republicans were Reps. Fish and Horton of N.Y., tied at 16 each. | |||
In the Senate, the top scorer was Sen Scott of Virginia, with a 64. Bottom of the barrel was Sen. McGee (D-Wyo) with a 10; followed closely by Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) with a 12. | |||
Average score was about 40 in the House, and 35 in the Senate; only 15% of the members of either house scored above 50. | |||
For a copy of [[The Royce Report]], use this month's Order Form. There's no better way to keep track of how your own representatives vote. | |||
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=='Making of the President' is a bore, disappoint== | =='Making of the President' is a bore, disappoint== | ||