Ranked #230 out of 240 House Dems, fuckin yikes.
EDIT: Notables include Ilhan Omar at #214, Raul Grijalva at #14, Ro Khanna at #32, Rashida Tlaib at #92, and Bernie Sanders ranked #97 out of 100 in the Senate.
look I cancel aoc as often as anyone but this is like yikesing over someone being ranked as one of the least effective serial killers
My skepticism radar kicked in at "University of The State With All The Military Contractors" and ratcheted to Defcon 1 when I checked out their About section:
https://thelawmakers.org/board-of-advisors
Jason Altmire served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 2007-2013. He is the author of: Dead Center: How Political Polarization Divided America and What We Can Do About It. During his time in office, the nonpartisan National Journal calculated Altmire's voting record to be at the exact midpoint of the House -- the Dead Center -- giving him the most centrist voting record in Congress.
Just fuck the fuck right the fuck fucking off you fucking fuck.
Right? If you're actually on the left the only legit criticism I really see is "Man...all that pandering has really gotten you somewhere huh?" A lot of people are really missing the mark on this including Kyle Kulunski. The real reason to be upset at AOC is that she's just not posting like she used to.
It's 2021 and if you're still expecting her to change hearts and minds or be effective at passing legislation in the senate then you don't get the game being played here. Its the middle of a fucking pandemic and an ongoing massive crisis and we're still not willing to talk medicare for all for fucks sake. Her effectiveness was her willingness to unapologetically fight for the right thing and heighten the contradictions in the process.
80% of the AOC criticism on this website could literally be found on r/neoliberal.
Come the fuck on do better than posting this drivel.
This is one of the biggest wastes of time and money I’ve seen from academia in a while, and that is saying a lot
This seems like the equivalent to those people who criticized Bernie Sanders for not having many bills he authored pass.
At a certain point, these people do not want to author or co-sponsor something that goes against their beliefs, but they are able to hold-up something to try and improve it, like Sanders trying to get $2,000 relief checks to people around New Year.
Now, maybe Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would do better in this ranking if she co-sponsor some random, rather unimportant, bills just for the sake of having something pass.
At the end of the day, I am not losing sleep over this.
"passing 20 anti-trans bathroom bills is effective, everyone else voting down the green new deal is ineffective"
Also, I wonder how much of the "effectiveness" including things like some Democrats and Republicans creating a bill that passes the house of Representatives, but does not even get a vote in the Senate (which they know will happen), although they get to look bipartisan?
like, literally the main thing any Sanders/Squad supporter cares about is their values -- people are well aware that the progressive/unapologetic self-identified socialist faction has very little influence in Congress, but people want their ideas visible (which has been done), people want them publicly debated (also a successful effort), and people want more representation of these viewpoints (which is an ongoing effort but by all measures is going fine at least). "Bernie/whoever else never gets anything done" has always been a bad faith, bad take.
Regardless of what you think of Bernie Sanders, the people of Vermont have been electing him to Congress since 1990, so it seems that enough of his constituents are satisfied with his performance.
so like what does this mean? she's not good at getting her agenda passed? If her agendas/motions/bills whatever aren't passed but they're supported by most people in the country...isn't that a fucking indictment of the rest of the shitheads and not her???
Yeah they define it as something like bills she wrote or co-sponsored passing, of course they won't pass. Similarly Sanders stuff doesn't either, he just gets things in on amendments when he can. The PRO Act is probably the biggest win she and the others have had.
The only yikes here is that she isn't #435 - think of every person in the House of Representatives and then think of what kind of a ghoul you would have to be to collaborate with them
Wow. The bourgeoisie oppose even moderate social democracy. What a surprise
Folks, meet your most effective Democratic official, Nita Lowey!!! Her effectiveness includes:
Early in her Congressional career, Lowey sponsored an earmark for the purpose of "dredging the Mamaroneck Harbor."[10] According to the local newspaper, The Journal News, the dredging was proposed because "the harbor was becoming too shallow 'to accommodate the larger yachts.'"
And
In my judgment, sufficient safeguards are not in place to address the risks associated with the agreement. Relieving UN sanctions on conventional arms and ballistic missiles and releasing billions of dollars to the Iranian regime could lead to a dangerous regional weapons race and enable Iran to bolster its funding of terrorists. The deal does not explicitly require Iran to fully disclose its previous military work to the IAEA's satisfaction before sanctions relief is provided, and inspectors will not have immediate access to the most suspicious facilities. There are no clear accountability measures regarding punishment for minor violations, which could encourage Iran to cheat.
And
Like all Democratic members of Congress, Lowey was a superdelegate to the 2016, Democratic National Convention, pledged to support Hillary Clinton. Lowey's chief of staff, when asked by the New York Daily News whether Lowey might switch her support to candidate Bernie Sanders if Sanders were to win the New York State Democratic presidential primary, said "absolutely not... Hillary Clinton is Congresswoman Lowey's friend, colleague and her constituent, and she is behind her 100%."
Being effective = a composite of sponsoring bills, them going through committee, and getting voted on / passed on the floor. In a sociopathic bourgeois party, a low score is the best thing possible. I'm disappointed that she isn't #240.
wow the legislative house of capital shows shocking resistant to succ dem ideals. who would have thunk it.
Matt had an analysis that being ineffectual in passing things the senate/congress considering the shitload of absolutely terrible legislation passed is better than aiding and abetting awful legislation
