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Milk Carton Politicians
Milk Carton Politicians
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It seems to me that we need to start a list of Milk Carton Politicians — members of the House and Senate who go MIA when they should be meeting with their constituents to hear their concerns over the health-care overhaul, cap-and-trade, the failure of the stimulus package, and the exploding federal deficit.
Here’s what we have so far:
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Mark Schauer (D-MI)
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Rep. Bob Andrews (D-NJ)
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ, whose constituents want a recall)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Rep. John Yarmouth (D-KY)
Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA)
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Rep. Debbie Halverson (D-IL)
Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA)
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA, who will talk at UCLA about climate change)
Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)
Rep. G. Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA)
Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D- MN)
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr (D-IL)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL)
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL, who will meet people who pay $25)
Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Rep. John Tanner (D-TN)
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH, details here)
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
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90 Congresswaesals...6 Republican; 84 Democrat...
In Obama's world, this is what's meant by "bi-partisanship"... 
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