Mapping Congress' voting records
How did U.S. politicians vote on tech-related proposals? Find out by clicking on a state name, then on a person's name.
How did U.S. politicians vote on tech-related proposals? Find out by clicking on a state name, then on a person's name.
Below are the scores for this state's congressional delegation. Click on a name for a vote breakdown. A 
signifies a tech-friendly vote; an X means a tech-unfriendly vote; n/a means the person was not in office at the time the vote was taken.
signifies a tech-friendly vote; an X means a tech-unfriendly vote; n/a means the person was not in office at the time the vote was taken.For an overview of Senate voting scores, click here. For an overview of House of Representatives voting scores, click here. (You'll need an installed application that can read spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel Viewer, OpenOffice.org or Google Spreadsheets.)
Best (and worst) overall scores
Highest-scoring
Senate Democrat:
Maria Cantwell (WA): 67%
Senate Democrat:
Maria Cantwell (WA): 67%
Highest-scoring
Senate Republican:
George Allen (VA): 78%
Senate Republican:
George Allen (VA): 78%
Lowest-scoring
Senate Democrat:
Daniel Akaka (HI): 14%
Senate Democrat:
Daniel Akaka (HI): 14%
Lowest-scoring
Senate Republicans:
Mike DeWine (OH): 25%
Senate Republicans:
Mike DeWine (OH): 25%
Highest-scoring
House Democrats:
Zoe Lofgren (CA): 70%
House Democrats:
Zoe Lofgren (CA): 70%
Highest-scoring
House Republican:
Ron Paul (TX): 80%
House Republican:
Ron Paul (TX): 80%
Lowest-scoring
House Democrats:
John Barrow (GA): 25%
House Democrats:
John Barrow (GA): 25%
Lowest-scoring
House Republicans:
Geoff Davis (KY): 13%*
House Republicans:
Geoff Davis (KY): 13%*
* = Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) had the lowest score (0 percent) but was excluded since she was in office for only two of the scorecard's votes.
Credits
Editors: Jim Kerstetter, Zoë Slocum
Design: Andrew Ballagh
Production: Krysti Wood, Sam Mui, J. Doerck
