Congressman Green did what he was told

There is an interesting website out now where you can get information about Republican Congresspeople from the DCCC. The page for Congressman Green can be found here and from there you can find the rest of our Republican delegation.

If you compare the Republican Congressmen from Wisconsin you will find that none of them voted with President Bush as often as Congressman Green did. When President Bush came looking for votes in Congress to implement his agenda that few Americans are currently happy with, Congressman Green rarely said no. He voted with President Bush 88 percent of the time. Congressmen Ryan, Petri and Sensenbrenner are no moderates by any stretch but they all voted against President Bush's agenda more often than Congressman Green.

He said no to his party leaders even less often than he said no to President Bush. If Congressman Green had voted against cutting federal student financial aid by $12.7 billion, he could have lowered his percentage for voting with his party leaders for a good cause. He also could have lowered his percentage by voting to expand the military health care program to Reservists and National Guard members, but he chose party allegiance over our soldiers.

Congressman Green would have taken a lot of heat from his party leaders for voting against their wishes on these and other bills. But the thanks from our students and soldiers should have been worth enough to him to take the heat.