Ohio: The Heart of it All?
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| Also listed in: Appalachian Populists | Licking County Pro-Active Citizens (www.licopac.org) | Ohio 12th Congressional District | Ohio 18th Congressional District |
Just as Ohioans get all puffed up today about their influence in the raging Democratic primary, along comes Congress.Org with their annual congressional power rankings -- rankings which explain why Licking County (and Ohio, for that matter) doesn't command much influence at the Capitol.
The rankings are at http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/index.tt
Legislators' scores depend on things like their committee assignments and other official positions, their tenure and whether they're in the majority or minority party in the House or Senate.
The envelopes, please.
Four-term Republican Pat Tiberi in the 12th District gets points for his tenure and committee assignments but ranks only 281st out of 435 House members because he's now in the minority and has little to show for 2007 in terms of legislative accomplishments or earmarks (ie, pork).
In the 18th District, freshman Democrat Zack Space does slightly better, 241st out of 435, because of his committee assignments and because he's a Democrat. He also gets slightly more credit than Tiberi in terms of winning earmarks but likewise gets little boost in these power rankings in terms of legislation since he's still the new kid in town.
Likewise, Ohio's two U.S. senators are well back in the pack in the senatorial power game, according to this survey. Sen. George Voinovich, Republican, ranks 95th out of 99 senators and freshman Sen. Sherrod Brown, Democrat, ranks 73rd.
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The rankings are at http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/index.tt
Legislators' scores depend on things like their committee assignments and other official positions, their tenure and whether they're in the majority or minority party in the House or Senate.
The envelopes, please.
Four-term Republican Pat Tiberi in the 12th District gets points for his tenure and committee assignments but ranks only 281st out of 435 House members because he's now in the minority and has little to show for 2007 in terms of legislative accomplishments or earmarks (ie, pork).
In the 18th District, freshman Democrat Zack Space does slightly better, 241st out of 435, because of his committee assignments and because he's a Democrat. He also gets slightly more credit than Tiberi in terms of winning earmarks but likewise gets little boost in these power rankings in terms of legislation since he's still the new kid in town.
Likewise, Ohio's two U.S. senators are well back in the pack in the senatorial power game, according to this survey. Sen. George Voinovich, Republican, ranks 95th out of 99 senators and freshman Sen. Sherrod Brown, Democrat, ranks 73rd.
If sports statistics are your thing, and you consider politics a sport, check out this site.
