The 284 Most Hypocritical US Representatives

by Keith Dawson dawson@world.std.com


 


Note for repeat visitors: I discovered a systematic error in the original analysis of voting records. Among other things it caused me not to list those Representatives who had last names shared with other Members. The upshot: the hypocrisy demonstrated in these two votes is even more severe than initialy reported. Members missed in the original count are marked with dot.    -- KDawson


Had the Communications Decency Act withstood judicial review (which it did not), posting the Starr report to the Internet arguably would have subjected the posters to fines of $250,000 and 5 years in prison.


The question of who voted for both the CDA and the release of the Starr report is not cut-and-dried, because Congress did not record a roll-call vote for the CDA in isolation, but only for its vehicle the Telecommunications Reform Act. Also, the vote Friday to post the Starr report was primarily a vote to start up impeachment machinery.

Nevertheless, if accountability to the voters means anything in this republic, the Congress members who voted "Aye" on both February 1, 1996 and September 11, 1998 ought to come in for a bit of uncomfortable public exposure.


This is it.


Don't know your Representative? Look in this alphabetical table to see if any of the names rings a bell. Or search for your representative courtesy of the New York Times or Rollcall.

Note: Please let me know if you find any errors in the data. I take this exercise seriously and want the record to be correct. (See a record of emendations at the bottom of this page.)

On the Subject of the Internet:
The Two-Hundred Eighty-Four
Most Hypocritical Members
of the US House of Representatives
as of September 11, 1998

Key:   Democrat Republican

Andrews, Robert E. (D-NJ) Archer, Bill (R-TX) Armey, Richard K. (R-TX) Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Baesler, Scotty (D-KY) Baker, Richard H. (R-LA) dot Baldacci, John Elias (D-ME) Ballenger, Cass (R-NC)
Barr, Bob (R-GA) Barrett, Bill (R-NE) Barrett, Thomas M. (D-WI) Bartlett, Roscoe G. (R-MD)
Barton, Joe (R-TX) Bass, Charles F. (R-NH) Bateman, Herbert H. (R-VA) Bentsen, Ken (D-TX)
Bereuter, Doug (R-NE) Berman, Howard L. (D-CA) Bilbray, Brian P. (R-CA) Bilirakis, Michael (R-FL)
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. (D-GA) Bliley, Tom (R-VA) Boehlert, Sherwood L. (R-NY) Boehner, John A. (R-OH)
Bonilla, Henry (R-TX) Bonior, David E. (D-MI) Borski, Robert A. (D-PA) Boucher, Rick (D-VA)
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) Bryant, Ed (R-TN) dot Bunning, Jim (R-KY) Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Burton, Dan (R-IN) Buyer, Stephen E. (R-IN) Callahan, Sonny (R-AL) Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
Camp, Dave (R-MI) Campbell, Tom (R-CA) Canady, Charles T. (R-FL) Cardin, Benjamin L. (D-MD)
Castle, Michael N. (R-DE) Chabot, Steve (R-OH) Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) Chenoweth, Helen (R-ID)
Christensen, Jon (R-NE) Clement, Bob (D-TN) Coble, Howard (R-NC) Coburn, Tom A. (R-OK)
Combest, Larry (R-TX) Condit, Gary A. (D-CA) Costello, Jerry F. (D-IL) Cox, Christopher (R-CA)
Coyne, William J. (D-PA) Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. (D-AL) Crane, Philip M. (R-IL) Crapo, Michael D. (R-ID)
Cubin, Barbara (R-WY) Cunningham, Randy "Duke" (R-CA) Danner, Pat (D-MO) Davis, Thomas M. (R-VA) dot
Deal, Nathan (R-GA) DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT) DeLay, Tom (R-TX) Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-FL)
Dickey, Jay (R-AR) Dicks, Norman D. (D-WA) Dingell, John D. (D-MI) Dixon, Julian C. (D-CA)
Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX) Dooley, Calvin M. (D-CA) Doolittle, John T. (R-CA) Doyle, Michael F. (D-PA)
Dreier, David (R-CA) Duncan, John J., Jr. (R-TN) Dunn, Jennifer (R-WA) Edwards, Chet (D-TX)
Ehlers, Vernon J. (R-MI) Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. (R-MD) Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO) English, Phil (R-PA)
Ensign, John E. (R-NV) Eshoo, Anna G. (D-CA) Everett, Terry (R-AL) Ewing, Thomas W. (R-IL)
Farr, Sam (D-CA) Fawell, Harris W. (R-IL) Fazio, Vic (D-CA) Foley, Mark (R-FL)
Forbes, Michael P. (R-NY) Fowler, Tillie K. (R-FL) Fox, Jon D. (R-PA) Franks, Bob (R-NJ) dot
Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ) Frost, Martin (D-TX) Gallegly, Elton (R-CA) Ganske, Greg (R-IA)
Gejdenson, Sam (D-CT) Gekas, George W. (R-PA) Gephardt, Richard A. (D-MO) Gilchrest, Wayne T. (R-MD)
Gillmor, Paul E. (R-OH) Gilman, Benjamin A. (R-NY) Gingrich, Newt (R-GA) Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA)
Goodling, William F. (R-PA) Gordon, Bart (D-TN) Goss, Porter J. (R-FL) Graham, Lindsey O. (R-SC)
Green, Gene (D-TX) Greenwood, James C. (R-PA) Gutierrez, Luis V. (D-IL) Gutknecht, Gil (R-MN)
Hall, Tony P. (D-OH) dot Hall, Ralph M. (D-TX) dot Hamilton, Lee H. (D-IN) Hansen, James V. (R-UT)
Harman, Jane (D-CA) Hastert, J. Dennis (R-IL) Hastings, Doc (R-WA) dot Hayworth, J. D. (R-AZ)
Hefley, Joel (R-CO) Herger, Wally (R-CA) Hilleary, Van (R-TN) Hobson, David L. (R-OH)
Hoekstra, Peter (R-MI) Holden, Tim (D-PA) Horn, Stephen (R-CA) Hostettler, John N. (R-IN)
Houghton, Amo (R-NY) Hoyer, Steny H. (D-MD) Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) Hutchinson, Asa (R-AR)
Hyde, Henry J. (R-IL) Inglis, Bob (R-SC) Istook, Ernest J., Jr. (R-OK) Johnson, Nancy L. (R-CT) dot
Johnson, Jay W. (D-WI) dot Jones, Walter B. (R-NC) Kanjorski, Paul E. (D-PA) Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH)
Kasich, John R. (R-OH) Kelly, Sue W. (R-NY) Kennelly, Barbara B. (D-CT) Kildee, Dale E. (D-MI)
Kim, Jay (R-CA) King, Peter T. (R-NY) dot Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Kleczka, Gerald D. (D-WI)
Klink, Ron (D-PA) Klug, Scott L. (R-WI) Knollenberg, Joe (R-MI) Kolbe, Jim (R-AZ)
LaFalce, John J. (D-NY) LaHood, Ray (R-IL) Lantos, Tom (D-CA) Largent, Steve (R-OK)
Latham, Tom (R-IA) LaTourette, Steven C. (R-OH) Lazio, Rick (R-NY) Leach, James A. (R-IA)
Levin, Sander M. (D-MI) Lewis, Jerry (R-CA) dot Lewis, Ron (R-KY) dot Linder, John (R-GA)
Lipinski, William O. (D-IL) Livingston, Bob (R-LA) LoBiondo, Frank A. (R-NJ) Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY)
Lucas, Frank D. (R-OK) Luther, Bill (D-MN) Maloney, Carolyn B. (D-NY) dot Manton, Thomas J. (D-NY)
Manzullo, Donald A. (R-IL) Mascara, Frank (D-PA) Matsui, Robert T. (D-CA) McCarthy, Karen (D-MO) dot
McCollum, Bill (R-FL) McCrery, Jim (R-LA) McDade, Joseph M. (R-PA) McHale, Paul (D-PA)
McHugh, John M. (R-NY) McInnis, Scott (R-CO) McIntosh, David M. (R-IN) McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" (R-CA)
McKinney, Cynthia A. (D-GA) McNulty, Michael R. (D-NY) Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Metcalf, Jack (R-WA)
Mica, John L. (R-FL) Miller, Dan (R-FL) dot Minge, David (D-MN) Mink, Patsy T. (D-HI)
Moakley, John Joseph (D-MA) Morella, Constance A. (R-MD) Murtha, John P. (D-PA) Myrick, Sue Wilkins (R-NC)
Nethercutt, George R., Jr. (R-WA) Neumann, Mark W. (R-WI) Ney, Robert W. (R-OH) Norwood, Charlie (R-GA)
Nussle, Jim (R-IA) Oberstar, James L. (D-MN) Obey, David R. (D-WI) Olver, John W. (D-MA)
Ortiz, Solomon P. (D-TX) Oxley, Michael G. (R-OH) Packard, Ron (R-CA) Pallone, Frank, Jr. (D-NJ)
Parker, Mike (R-MS) Pastor, Ed (D-AZ) Paxon, Bill (R-NY) Petri, Thomas E. (R-WI)
Pickett, Owen B. (D-VA) Pombo, Richard W. (R-CA) Pomeroy, Earl (D-ND) Porter, John Edward (R-IL)
Portman, Rob (R-OH) Quinn, Jack (R-NY) Radanovich, George P. (R-CA) Rahall, Nick J., II (D-WV)
Ramstad, Jim (R-MN) Rangel, Charles B. (D-NY) Regula, Ralph (R-OH) Riggs, Frank (R-CA)
Rivers, Lynn N. (D-MI) Roemer, Tim (D-IN) Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA)
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) Roukema, Marge (R-NJ) Royce, Edward R. (R-CA) Salmon, Matt (R-AZ)
Sanford, Marshall "Mark" (R-SC) Sawyer, Thomas C. (D-OH) Saxton, Jim (R-NJ) Schaefer, Dan (R-CO) dot
Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. (R-WI) Shadegg, John B. (R-AZ) Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. (R-FL)
Shays, Christopher (R-CT) Shuster, Bud (R-PA) Sisisky, Norman (D-VA) Skeen, Joe (R-NM)
Skelton, Ike (D-MO) Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (D-NY) Smith, Nick (R-MI) dot Smith, Christopher H. (R-NJ) dot
Smith, Lamar S. (R-TX) dot Solomon, Gerald B. H. (R-NY) Souder, Mark E. (R-IN) Spence, Floyd (R-SC)
Spratt, John M., Jr. (D-SC) Stearns, Cliff (R-FL) Stenholm, Charles W. (D-TX) Stump, Bob (R-AZ)
Stupak, Bart (D-MI) Talent, James M. (R-MO) Tanner, John S. (D-TN) Tauzin, W. J. (Billy)(LA)
Taylor, Gene (D-MS) dot Taylor, Charles H. (R-NC) dot Thomas, William M. (R-CA) Thornberry, William M. "Mac" (R-TX)
Thurman, Karen L. (D-FL) Tiahrt, Todd (R-KS) Traficant, James A., Jr. (D-OH) Upton, Fred (R-MI)
Vento, Bruce F. (D-MN) Visclosky, Peter J. (D-IN) Walsh, James T. (R-NY) Wamp, Zach (R-TN)
Watts, J. C., Jr. (R-OK) dot Waxman, Henry A. (D-CA) Weldon, Curt (R-PA) Weldon, Dave (R-FL) dot
Weller, Jerry (R-IL) White, Rick (R-WA) Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) Wicker, Roger F. (R-MS)
Wise, Robert E., Jr. (D-WV) Wolf, Frank R. (R-VA) Wynn, Albert Russell (D-MD) Young, C. W. Bill (R-FL) dot

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