Wednesday, December 31, 2014

98th Congress, House of Representatives

Post Summary: 98th Congress, House of Representatives

Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
-President Ronald Reagan











Primary Mode Bin: 60-70
Secondary Mode Bin: 10-20

Majority Line Leader: Spratt (SC) - 76.74
Opposition Leader: Paul (TX) - (-22.62)
Best Network: Natcher (KY) - 67.36%
Worst Network: Paul (TX) - 35.17%
Locked Step Leader Pair: Rowland (GA)/Thomas (GA) - 92%
Out Of Step Leader Pair: Crane (IL)/Clay (MO) - 18%

















Majority
Spratt (SC)[903, 76.74, 65.29%], Natcher (KY)[905, 76.35, 67.36%], Long (LA)[905, 76.24, 64.83%], Hamilton (IN)[905, 74.92, 66.44%], Price (IL)[905, 74.7, 65.75%], Britt (NC)[905, 74.48, 64.83%], Dicks (WA)[905, 73.81, 63.68%], Hoyer (MD)[903, 73.75, 65.06%], Annunzio (IL)[900, 73.67, 65.52%], Clarke (NC)[905, 73.59, 64.6%], Mazzoli (KY)[905, 73.59, 65.52%], Zablocki (WI)[498, 73.49, 64.14%], Pickle (TX)[905, 73.37, 63.45%], Ortiz (TX)[900, 73.11, 64.6%], Thomas (GA)[905, 73.04, 66.67%], Wright (TX)[905, 73.04, 62.53%], Roe (NJ)[903, 72.87, 64.83%], Whitley (NC)[905, 72.6, 64.37%], Boucher (VA)[905, 72.6, 64.6%], Perkins (KY)[808, 72.28, 64.6%], Gephardt (MO)[905, 72.27, 63.91%], Rowland (GA)[903, 72.2, 66.21%], Murtha (PA)[905, 71.93, 63.45%], Mollohan (WV)[904, 71.9, 64.83%], McCloskey (IN)[905, 71.82, 66.21%], Levin (MI)[905, 71.82, 65.52%], Tallon (SC)[903, 71.76, 64.37%], Synar (OK)[905, 71.38, 63.68%], Borski (PA)[905, 70.94, 65.29%], Hefner (NC)[900, 70.89, 61.61%], Boner (TN)[893, 70.77, 60.69%], Gore (TN)[903, 70.76, 62.99%], Burton (CA)[41, 70.73, 59.77%], Whitten (MS)[905, 70.61, 64.14%], Fuqua (FL)[900, 70.56, 62.3%], Coleman (TX)[905, 70.5, 64.6%], Matsui (CA)[904, 70.46, 65.52%], Reid (NV)[904, 70.46, 64.83%], Smith (FL)[903, 69.99, 63.45%], Young (MO)[898, 69.82, 63.22%], Dwyer (NJ)[901, 69.81, 65.29%], Albosta (MI)[905, 69.72, 64.6%], McHugh (NY)[905, 69.61, 64.37%], Staggers (WV)[904, 69.58, 63.91%], Fazio (CA)[904, 69.58, 65.52%], Boggs (LA)[898, 69.27, 59.54%], Sisisky (VA)[899, 68.97, 65.06%], Mica (FL)[902, 68.96, 64.14%], Rose (NC)[904, 68.92, 59.54%], Yatron (PA)[905, 68.73, 64.37%], Mineta (CA)[904, 68.58, 65.06%], Andrews (TX)[904, 68.47, 65.75%], Ratchford (CT)[904, 68.47, 65.52%], Swift (WA)[903, 68.44, 64.14%], McNulty (AZ)[905, 68.29, 62.76%], Akaka (HI)[899, 68.08, 62.99%], Fascell (FL)[904, 67.92, 63.22%], Barnes (MD)[903, 67.88, 64.83%], Oakar (OH)[905, 67.85, 65.06%], Kennelly (CT)[905, 67.85, 64.83%], Darden (GA)[456, 67.76, 66.44%], Lantos (CA)[896, 67.75, 63.68%], Derrick (SC)[896, 67.63, 62.3%], Minish (NJ)[899, 67.63, 63.22%], Foley (WA)[905, 67.62, 61.38%], Nowak (NY)[905, 67.62, 64.37%], Carr (MI)[904, 67.59, 63.68%], Brooks (TX)[904, 67.48, 60.69%], Pepper (FL)[886, 67.16, 60%], Udall (AZ)[905, 67.07, 64.6%], Richardson (NM)[905, 67.07, 62.07%], Aspin (WI)[905, 66.96, 61.84%], Pease (OH)[905, 66.74, 65.29%], Watkins (OK)[904, 66.7, 63.68%], Frost (TX)[902, 66.41, 59.54%], Wise (WV)[905, 66.3, 64.37%], Coyne (PA)[905, 66.19, 63.45%], Moakley (MA)[894, 65.88, 63.45%], Fowler (GA)[905, 65.75, 62.07%], Boland (MA)[896, 65.74, 62.07%], Erdreich (AL)[898, 65.7, 64.6%], González (TX)[905, 65.64, 63.68%], Wheat (MO)[905, 65.64, 65.06%], de la Garza (TX)[904, 65.6, 59.77%], Jones (TN)[893, 65.51, 60.69%], Carper (DE)[905, 65.41, 64.6%], Luken (OH)[905, 65.41, 62.99%], Lehman (CA)[899, 65.29, 61.38%], Guarini (NJ)[890, 65.28, 62.99%], Bevill (AL)[902, 65.19, 62.3%], Bonker (WA)[901, 65.15, 62.3%], Wolpe (MI)[903, 65.12, 65.06%], Glickman (KS)[904, 65.04, 64.37%], Volkmer (MO)[905, 64.86, 64.83%], Neal (NC)[903, 64.78, 59.08%], Kaptur (OH)[897, 64.77, 63.45%], Andrews (NC)[905, 64.64, 57.47%], Gaydos (PA)[905, 64.31, 62.53%], LaFalce (NY)[903, 64.23, 62.07%] , Feighan (OH)[905, 64.2, 62.99%], Stratton (NY)[905, 64.2, 62.99%], Wyden (OR)[905, 64.09, 64.6%], Kleczka (WI)[342, 64.04, 64.37%], Mrazek (NY)[902, 63.97, 63.68%], Mavroules (MA)[905, 63.87, 61.84%], Flippo (AL)[904, 63.83, 62.07%], Coelho (CA)[904, 63.72, 60.92%], Jones (NC)[901, 63.71, 57.24%], Mikulski (MD)[900, 63.67, 61.84%], Dowdy (MS)[904, 63.61, 58.62%], Eckart (OH)[905, 63.54, 63.91%], Florio (NJ)[895, 63.46, 62.53%], Panetta (CA)[905, 63.31, 64.37%], Downey (NY)[902, 63.3, 63.22%], Scheuer (NY)[905, 63.2, 62.76%], Olin (VA)[905, 63.09, 63.68%], Biaggi (NY)[899, 62.96, 59.08%], Traxler (MI)[904, 62.94, 61.38%], Chappell (FL)[901, 62.93, 60%], Rostenkowski (IL)[905, 62.87, 59.31%], Sharp (IN)[905, 62.76, 61.15%], Kogovsek (CO)[905, 62.76, 62.76%], Patterson (CA)[898, 62.69, 62.3%], Bryant (TX)[900, 62.67, 60.69%], Levine (CA)[900, 62.67, 63.45%], Kildee (MI)[905, 62.65, 65.06%], Smith (IA)[905, 62.54, 62.76%], Hatcher (GA)[904, 62.5, 59.54%], Cooper (TN)[901, 62.49, 61.61%], Evans (IL)[904, 62.39, 64.14%], Torricelli (NJ)[901, 62.38, 62.3%], Howard (NJ)[896, 62.17, 60.23%], Dyson (MD)[903, 62.02, 64.37%], Kolter (PA)[905, 61.99, 60.92%], Torres (CA)[905, 61.88, 62.3%], Brown (CA)[901, 61.71, 61.38%], Wirth (CO)[902, 61.64, 62.53%], Dingell (MI)[904, 61.62, 59.77%], Rahall (WV)[895, 61.34, 60.92%], Jones (OK)[904, 61.28, 63.45%], Daschle (SD)[905, 61.22, 60.23%], Long (MD)[905, 61.1, 61.15%], Obey (WI)[905, 60.99, 62.3%], Valentine (NC)[904, 60.84, 62.07%], Schumer (NY)[904, 60.84, 62.07%], Bennett (FL)[905, 60.66, 64.83%], Hughes (NJ)[905, 60.66, 64.37%], Skelton (MO)[902, 60.64, 62.99%], Lundine (NY)[904, 60.62, 58.39%], Anthony (AR)[896, 60.49, 58.62%], Roybal (CA)[904, 60.18, 62.3%], Addabbo (NY)[876, 60.16, 61.84%], Bates (CA)[905, 60.11, 62.53%], Harrison (PA)[905, 60.11, 56.78%], Lehman (FL)[903, 60.02, 62.07%], Donnelly (MA)[903, 60.02, 60.69%], Ford (TN)[900, 60, 63.68%], Anderson (CA)[905, 60, 62.99%], Edwards (CA)[905, 60, 59.08%], Bonior (MI)[901, 59.93, 62.07%], Boxer (CA)[901, 59.93, 60.46%], Kostmayer (PA)[904, 59.73, 62.76%], Boehlert (NY)[896, 59.71, 63.22%], Bedell (IA)[905, 59.56, 62.53%], Rodino (NJ)[885, 59.55, 59.31%], Beilenson (CA)[905, 59.45, 61.61%], Rangel (NY)[893, 59.35, 60.69%], McCurdy (OK)[904, 59.29, 60%], Hertel (MI)[905, 59.12, 63.68%], Hayes (IL)[589, 58.91, 62.99%], Vento (MN)[903, 58.69, 62.76%], Morrison (CT)[896, 58.48, 61.61%], Dixon (CA)[880, 58.41, 57.93%], Hall (OH)[904, 58.3, 59.54%], Solarz (NY)[894, 58.28, 57.7%], Gray (PA)[899, 57.95, 60.46%], Hutto (FL)[905, 57.9, 63.45%], Penny (MN)[905, 57.9, 62.3%], Horton (NY)[899, 57.73, 61.38%], Moody (WI)[903, 57.7, 60.46%], MacKay (FL)[893, 57.67, 61.38%], Burton (CA)[694, 57.64, 60.69%], Seiberling (OH)[905, 57.57, 59.54%], Bosco (CA)[905, 57.57, 61.84%], Russo (IL)[902, 57.54, 61.38%], Stokes (OH)[897, 57.53, 60.23%], Lowry (WA)[899, 57.4, 61.15%], Studds (MA)[904, 57.3, 60.92%], Hightower (TX)[904, 57.19, 62.99%], Ackerman (NY)[901, 57.16, 60.69%], Lipinski (IL)[905, 57.13, 59.77%], Rinaldo (NJ)[905, 57.02, 62.99%], English (OK)[905, 56.91, 62.53%], Alexander (AR)[898, 56.9, 53.56%], Murphy (PA)[903, 56.81, 61.38%], Walgren (PA)[905, 56.57, 62.07%], Miller (CA)[899, 56.06, 60%], Hall (IN)[903, 56.04, 55.63%], Nelson (FL)[891, 56, 62.76%], Berman (CA)[900, 56, 59.77%], D'Amours (NH)[902, 55.99, 58.85%], Oberstar (MN)[903, 55.92, 57.7%], Smith (NJ)[905, 55.91, 63.45%], Foglietta (PA)[904, 55.75, 58.62%], Collins (IL)[888, 55.74, 59.08%], Jenkins (GA)[904, 55.53, 59.31%], Gibbons (FL)[905, 55.47, 59.77%], Kazen (TX)[904, 55.42, 58.39%], Garcia (NY)[888, 54.95, 58.39%], Levitas (GA)[904, 54.87, 63.22%], Frank (MA)[904, 54.76, 61.15%], Kastenmeier (WI)[905, 54.59, 61.15%], St. Germain (RI)[905, 54.48, 54.94%], Sikorski (MN)[905, 54.36, 60.69%], Owens (NY)[902, 54.32, 58.16%], Yates (IL)[905, 54.03, 60.69%], Weiss (NY)[904, 53.98, 60.46%], Dorgan (ND)[904, 53.98, 61.15%], Leland (TX)[883, 53.79, 57.01%], Huckaby (LA)[905, 53.7, 62.07%], Ford (MI)[897, 53.18, 54.71%], Durbin (IL)[902, 53.1, 59.77%], Towns (NY)[892, 52.8, 56.78%]

Minority
Snowe (ME)[905, 52.6, 64.14%], Ferraro (NY)[905, 52.38, 54.02%], Williams (MT)[904, 52.32, 57.01%], Waxman (CA)[900, 52, 57.24%], Lloyd (TN)[902, 51.77, 60.69%], Gilman (NY)[905, 51.6, 63.22%], Applegate (OH)[905, 51.38, 58.62%], Breaux (LA)[893, 51.29, 58.39%], AuCoin (OR)[899, 51.06, 59.54%], Conte (MA)[904, 51, 62.53%], Nichols (AL)[891, 50.95, 60%], Martínez (CA)[905, 50.72, 52.87%], Williams (OH)[899, 50.5, 54.94%], Wilson (TX)[901, 50.39, 60.92%], Davis (MI)[903, 50.39, 51.26%], Stark (CA)[897, 50.06, 55.63%], Edgar (PA)[904, 49.89, 58.39%], Fish (NY)[905, 49.83, 60%], Schneider (RI)[898, 49.78, 61.15%], Slattery (KS)[905, 49.72, 61.38%], Savage (IL)[899, 49.39, 55.63%], Byron (MD)[905, 49.17, 59.77%], McKernan (ME)[905, 48.84, 62.76%], Gejdenson (CT)[905, 48.62, 58.85%], Dymally (CA)[890, 48.54, 51.49%], Dellums (CA)[899, 48.5, 57.93%], Sabo (MN)[899, 48.5, 58.16%], Hawkins (CA)[883, 48.47, 53.1%], Tauzin (LA)[900, 48.44, 61.61%], McKinney (CT)[890, 48.31, 58.85%], McDade (PA)[899, 48.28, 58.62%], Barnard (GA)[905, 47.51, 57.7%], Vandergriff (TX)[905, 47.18, 61.15%], Markey (MA)[901, 47.17, 54.94%], Mitchell (MD)[891, 47.14, 55.4%], Conyers (MI)[904, 46.9, 54.94%], Early (MA)[905, 46.85, 56.09%], Green (NY)[903, 46.73, 61.38%], Crockett (MI)[891, 46.24, 53.56%], Ottinger (NY)[903, 45.74, 55.17%], Weaver (OR)[905, 45.52, 56.32%], Shelby (AL)[903, 44.85, 59.31%], Ray (GA)[901, 44.73, 61.61%], Johnson (CT)[902, 44.57, 60.69%], Harkin (IA)[905, 44.09, 55.86%], Simon (IL)[897, 43.81, 44.37%], Ridge (PA)[905, 43.54, 60.92%], Shannon (MA)[903, 43.52, 50.57%], Clay (MO)[905, 42.98, 53.1%], Hall (TX)[905, 41.88, 60%], Clinger (PA)[905, 41.44, 61.61%], Regula (OH)[905, 41.1, 62.07%], Ireland (FL)[905, 40.77, 58.16%], Duncan (TN)[902, 40.13, 61.61%], O'Brien (IL)[897, 40.02, 57.93%], Edwards (AL)[903, 39.98, 57.24%], Hall (TX)[903, 39.98, 59.54%], Sawyer (MI)[901, 39.18, 57.24%], Jeffords (VT)[898, 38.98, 56.09%], Hubbard (KY)[905, 38.67, 55.4%], Patman (TX)[905, 38.56, 59.77%], Chandler (WA)[905, 38.23, 60.69%], Roukema (NJ)[901, 38.07, 60.92%], Montgomery (MS)[905, 37.9, 59.31%], Pursell (MI)[899, 37.82, 57.7%], Hance (TX)[851, 36.66, 45.06%], Coleman (MO)[905, 35.69, 60.23%], Leath (TX)[900, 35.67, 55.17%], Schroeder (CO)[905, 35.58, 55.86%], Morrison (WA)[904, 35.29, 60.23%], Lent (NY)[904, 33.85, 57.93%], Myers (IN)[905, 33.15, 59.08%], Martin (NY)[899, 32.93, 57.01%], Heftel (HI)[891, 32.66, 35.17%], Molinari (NY)[899, 31.92, 57.01%], Leach (IA)[905, 31.71, 56.78%] , Hillis (IN)[905, 31.6, 57.24%], Porter (IL)[901, 31.52, 59.08%], Bereuter (NE)[905, 31.49, 59.77%], Wortley (NY)[903, 31.34, 59.08%], Wolf (VA)[905, 30.83, 60%], Wylie (OH)[902, 30.71, 57.93%], Snyder (KY)[904, 30.2, 59.31%], Rogers (KY)[905, 29.5, 58.85%], Quillen (TN)[893, 29.23, 56.78%], Parris (VA)[900, 29.11, 57.93%], Smith (NE)[904, 29.09, 60.23%], Hammerschmidt (AR)[905, 29.06, 57.24%], Whitehurst (VA)[902, 28.94, 57.01%], Vander Jagt (MI)[892, 28.92, 54.94%], Madigan (IL)[902, 28.82, 57.01%], Moore (LA)[905, 28.62, 60.23%], O'Neill (MA)[7, 28.57, 51.26%], Gunderson (WI)[905, 28.29, 59.77%], Young (AK)[898, 27.73, 52.41%], Jacobs (IN)[902, 27.16, 53.33%], Lewis (FL)[894, 27.07, 60%], Pritchard (WA)[900, 26.67, 46.44%], Young (FL)[902, 26.5, 56.78%], Bateman (VA)[900, 26.44, 57.24%], Coughlin (PA)[900, 26.11, 55.4%], Gradison (OH)[905, 26.08, 57.7%], McGrath (NY)[900, 25.78, 56.09%], Daniel (VA)[905, 23.87, 55.86%], Luján (NM)[902, 23.61, 57.7%], Marriott (UT)[890, 23.37, 51.49%], Sundquist (TN)[902, 23.06, 58.39%], Taylor (MO)[898, 23.05, 56.78%], Stangeland (MN)[900, 23, 56.32%], Carney (NY)[899, 22.25, 56.55%], Broomfield (MI)[900, 22, 55.63%], Winn (KS)[900, 22, 54.94%], Courter (NJ)[903, 21.93, 56.32%], Fiedler (CA)[904, 21.57, 57.47%], Zschau (CA)[905, 21.55, 56.78%], Michel (IL)[896, 21.43, 54.94%], Roth (WI)[904, 21.24, 57.47%], Smith (OR)[886, 21.22, 52.87%], Lowery (CA)[904, 20.58, 55.86%], Schulze (PA)[900, 20.56, 54.71%], Campbell (SC)[901, 19.98, 54.94%], Lagomarsino (CA)[905, 19.78, 58.39%], Stenholm (TX)[904, 19.69, 54.71%], Hyde (IL)[902, 19.51, 55.63%], Franklin (MS)[894, 19.46, 54.02%], Tauke (IA)[903, 19.27, 56.09%], Bliley (VA)[900, 19, 57.01%], Spence (SC)[905, 18.9, 57.93%], McEwen (OH)[896, 18.75, 56.32%], Kasich (OH)[905, 18.56, 58.39%], Pashayan (CA)[894, 18.23, 54.25%], Whittaker (KS)[903, 18.16, 57.01%], Shaw (FL)[902, 17.52, 56.55%], Edwards (OK)[901, 17.31, 54.02%], Skeen (NM)[905, 17.13, 56.55%], Livingston (LA)[903, 17.05, 54.25%], Robinson (VA)[903, 16.94, 56.78%], Petri (WI)[905, 16.91, 57.7%], Kemp (NY)[902, 16.41, 52.64%], Martin (NC)[904, 16.37, 48.05%], Gingrich (GA)[904, 16.26, 54.25%], Hopkins (KY)[905, 15.91, 57.24%], Gekas (PA)[905, 15.69, 56.32%], Lott (MS)[901, 15.65, 55.4%], Thomas (CA)[880, 15.57, 54.02%], Lewis (CA)[900, 15.33, 51.72%], Holt (MD)[901, 15.32, 51.95%], Martin (IL)[901, 15.32, 55.86%], Broyhill (NC)[903, 15.17, 54.94%], Bethune (AR)[905, 15.14, 50.11%], Ritter (PA)[903, 15.06, 55.63%], McCain (AZ)[895, 14.75, 54.25%], Marlenee (MT)[901, 14.54, 52.41%], Siljander (MI)[898, 14.48, 54.25%], Oxley (OH)[903, 14.4, 53.79%], Daub (NE)[904, 13.16, 56.78%], Hunter (CA)[904, 12.94, 54.71%], Goodling (PA)[903, 12.85, 51.95%], Roemer (LA)[905, 12.82, 52.87%], McCollum (FL)[902, 12.75, 55.63%], Evans (IA)[902, 12.31, 52.87%], Kindness (OH)[901, 12.1, 54.25%], Erlenborn (IL)[896, 12.05, 48.28%], Corcoran (IL)[868, 11.87, 48.28%], DeWine (OH)[905, 11.82, 54.94%], Chappie (CA)[894, 11.74, 51.95%], Kramer (CO)[904, 11.73, 53.56%], Coats (IN)[905, 11.6, 54.94%], Packard (CA)[905, 11.6, 55.86%], Shuster (PA)[901, 11.1, 55.17%], Bilirakis (FL)[904, 9.85, 55.4%], Emerson (MO)[903, 9.41, 53.56%], Rudd (AZ)[890, 8.65, 50.34%], Dickinson (AL)[894, 8.17, 49.43%], McCandless (CA)[899, 7.9, 53.79%], Weber (MN)[905, 6.52, 52.64%], Vucanovich (NV)[894, 6.49, 52.87%], Moorhead (CA)[904, 6.42, 53.79%], Loeffler (TX)[905, 6.19, 54.71%], Latta (OH)[895, 6.03, 52.64%], Gregg (NH)[905, 5.19, 53.1%], Washington (IL)[60, 5, 11.72%], Hiler (IN)[903, 4.76, 53.56%], Bartlett (TX)[905, 3.87, 53.1%], Conable (NY)[901, 3.77, 51.26%], Sensenbrenner (WI)[905, 1.99, 47.13%], Cheney (WY)[894, 1.9, 47.13%], Craig (ID)[886, 1.47, 50.34%], Frenzel (MN)[892, 1.35, 50.34%], Miller (OH)[905, 0.66, 51.72%], Fields (TX)[904, 0.55, 51.95%], Badham (CA)[882, 0.34, 47.82%], Archer (TX)[902, 0, 52.41%]

Opposition
Lungren (CA)[902, -0.22, 51.72%], Schaefer (CO)[861, -1.05, 51.72%], Roberts (KS)[905, -1.1, 50.34%], Gramm (TX)[893, -1.23, 40.23%], Nielson (UT)[900, -1.33, 50.8%], Hansen (UT)[897, -1.67, 48.74%], Mack (FL)[902, -3.1, 51.49%], Forsythe (NJ)[543, -4.24, 40.92%], Burton (IN)[903, -4.54, 49.89%], Hartnett (SC)[902, -4.99, 47.59%], Brown (CO)[905, -5.75, 51.49%], Solomon (NY)[905, -6.41, 48.74%], Shumway (CA)[905, -7.29, 48.74%], Hansen (ID)[893, -8.51, 30.57%], Stump (AZ)[902, -8.76, 46.9%], Dreier (CA)[903, -9.08, 49.66%], Smith (OR)[890, -11.01, 46.21%], Walker (PA)[905, -15.58, 47.13%], Crane (IL)[901, -16.98, 45.52%], Dannemeyer (CA)[899, -17.91, 45.75%], Crane (IL)[895, -19.78, 43.68%], Paul (TX)[871, -22.62, 35.17%], McDonald (GA)[305, -28.2, 42.3%]



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