Records are from 1997 to present as per gov tracks
http://www.govtrack.us /
I've seen post after post from Kucinich detractors and other rumor mongers that try to claim that Dennis Kucinich is somehow "less effective' in congress than his peers are. So i thought I'd look it up and find out for my self.
What I discovered is that Kucinich has more of his bills voted out of committee than does Pelosi during the same time frame. This despite the fact that in 1997, when Kucinich entered Congress, Pelosi was already a 10 year veteran of the House, and she was then elected to the Dem House Whip Post in 2001, as Minority leader in 2002, and assumed the Speakership at the beginning of 2007.
Also, relative to Kucinich's peers in the House of Representatives, he has a better record than say Senator Clinton, or Senator Dodd in getting bills voted out of committee, who have a "very poor" rating relative to their peers in the Senate.
I also included Bernie Sanders' record, since he was another quite liberal House member (moved up to the Senate in 2007) and I thought it might be interesting for comparison purposes. Sanders entered the house in 2001.
Dennis' attendance (missed votes) record is also average relative to his peers in the House, even though he is in his second run for the President. (2004 and current) This compares favorably against both Obama and Biden, who have a "very poor" and "poor" rating respectively when compared to their peers in the Senate.
US HOUSEKUCINICH
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd... Bill Sponsorship & Co sponsorship
Statistics: Dennis Kucinich has sponsored 101 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 92 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Kucinich has co-sponsored 3069 bills during the same time period (Very Many, relative to peers).
Voting History
Statistic: Dennis Kucinich missed 323 of 6907 votes (5%) since Jan 7, 1997 (Average relative to peers).
PELOSI
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd... Bill Sponsorship & Co sponsorship
Statistics: Nancy Pelosi has sponsored 55 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 48 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Pelosi has co-sponsored 1724 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Statistic: Nancy Pelosi missed 278 of 5936 votes (5%) since Jan 7, 1997 (Average relative to peers).
BERNIE SANDERS
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd... Bill Sponsorship & Co sponsorship
Statistics: Bernard Sanders has sponsored 119 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 117 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Sanders has co-sponsored 2784 bills during the same time period (Very Many, relative to peers).
Voting History
Statistic: Bernard Sanders missed 267 of 6234 votes (4%) since Jan 7, 1997 (Average relative to peers).
US SENATEOBAMA
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd... Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Statistics: Barack Obama has sponsored 123 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 114 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Obama has co-sponsored 498 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Voting History
Statistic: Barack Obama missed 148 of 1051 votes (14%) since Jan 6, 2005
(Very Poor relative to peers). DODD
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Statistics: Christopher Dodd has sponsored 327 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 262 haven't made it out of committee (Very Poor) and 8 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Dodd has co-sponsored 1815 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Statistic: Christopher Dodd missed 245 of 3678 votes (7%) since Jan 22, 1997 (Average relative to peers).
CLINTON
Voting History
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Statistics: Hillary Clinton has sponsored 337 bills since Jan 22, 2001, of which 291 haven't made it out of committee (Very Poor) and 2 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Clinton has co-sponsored 1670 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Statistic: Hillary Clinton missed 114 of 2359 votes (5%) since Jan 23, 2001 (Average relative to peers).
BIDEN
Voting History
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Statistics: Joseph Biden has sponsored 218 bills since Jan 21, 1997, of which 125 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 6 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Biden has co-sponsored 1118 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Statistic: Joseph Biden missed 334 of 3682 votes (9%) since Jan 22, 1997
(Poor relative to peers.) http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd... EDWARDS
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