Naked City
On Green Votes, Texans Suck
By Lee Nichols, Fri., Feb. 27, 2004
Still think there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans? In the Senate, the average Dem voted pro-environment 70% of the time, in the House, 82%. Senate Republicans voted green only 13% of the time, in the House, 14%. Freshman Republicans, who tend to be even more ideologically driven than the elder statesmen, are worse: Senate Republican frosh scored 11%, and House yearlings 9%. That's obviously bad news after Texas' re-redistricting, which is expected to bring as many as six new elephants to Congress.
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