The 10 Worst Congressmen
76Several publications publish worst congressmen lists. Here are some current ones from The Nation and Esquire magazine.
The Nation--Slide Shoe--10 Worst Congressmen You've Never Heard Of
- Slide Show: The 10 Worst Members of Congress You've Never Heard Of | The Nation
A slide show of the ten worst members of Congress you've never heard of.
Esquire's 10 Worst Members of Congress Elected in 2010
1. Joe Barton, R Texas
2. John Kyl, R Arizona
3. Joe Lieberman, Independent Connecticut
4. Ben Nelson, D Nebraska
5. Charlie Rangel, D New York
6. Pete Stark, R California
7. David Vitter, R Louisiana
8-10 The Crazy Circus
8. Michele Bachman--R Minnesota
9. Steve King--R Iowa
10. Louie Gohmert--R Texas
Esquire Magazine's 10 Worst Members of Congress Elected in 2010
- Worst Members of Congress 2010 - Most Offensive Senators and Representatives - Esquire
We weeded through all the crazy in this year's Congress to come up with some top offenders
Esquire's 10 Worst Congressmen Elected in 1958
!. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I Connecticut
2. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R Georgia
3. Rep Michele Bachmann, R, Minnesota
4. Sen. John Cornyn, R, Texas
5. Rep. Pete Stark, D, California
6. Rep. W. Jefferson, D Louisiana
7. Rep. Steve King, R. Iowa
8. Rep. Joe Baca, D California
9. Rep. John Murtha, D. Pennsylvania
10. Sen. Ted Stevens, R Alaska
The 10 Worst Congressmen according to Esquire Magazine
- The 10 Worst Members of Congress - 2008 Election - Esquire
The competition was staggering, and for every one on this list, there are five who could just as easily have stood in. Ladies and gentlemen, the very worst of the worst.
The 10 Worst Congressmen
Rolling Stone's 10 Worst Congressmen
1. Dennis Hastert, R- Illinois--The Highway Robber
2. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin--The Little Dictator
3. Don Young, R-Alaska--Mr. Pork
4. William Jefferson D-Louisiana--The Bribe Taker
5. Jerry Lewis, R-California--King of Payoffs
6. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado--Mr. Bigotry
7. Dick Pombo, R-CA--Enemy of the Earth
8. Curt Weldon, R-Pa--The Conspiracy Nut
9. Hal Rogers, R--Kentucky--Bin Laden's Best Friend
10. Marilyn Musgrave, R-CA--The Christian Soldier; guardian of the bedroom
Of course, it's just a coincidence that 9 out of the 10 are Republicans!
Due to the Tea Party revolution this list is out of date. Kindly substitute the lioudest mouthed most ignorant and unreasonable teabaggers for the above ten Congressmen.
Washington's Shadiest Shoo-ins from Mother Jones
1. Joe Barton-R-Texas--Oil and gas companies received $6 billion in subsidies from Barton's energy act. He's also a leading advocate of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. Big energy has dumped more than $1.84 million into Barton's coffers over the past decade, more than any other member of the House.
Key Moment: Last year, Barton launched an unprecedented congressional investigation into the work of Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes, three leading university-based climate researchers who had called for action on global warming.
2. Jerry Lewis, R-California
Key position, chairman of the House appropriations committee.
Key beneficiary: Former staffer Letitia White. She's been dubbed the "Queen of Earmarks" for her ability to lobby her old boss on behalf of defense contractors such as Trident Systems..
The FBI is investigating whether Lewis traded earmarks for illegal payments.
3. James Sensenbrenner-R-Wisconsin
Key Position: Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
Key Legislation: 2001 Patriot Act
Key Beneficiary: Himself. Sensenbrenner ranks first among lawmakers in having private interests foot the bill for his travel costs--roughly $200,000 in the past six years.
4. Roy Blunt-R-Missouri.
Key Position: House Majority Whip
Key Legislation: Department of Homeland Security bill.
Key Beneficiary: Altria lobbyist Abigail Perlman. In 2002 Blunt was dating Perlman (whom he later married) when he tried to slip a provision into the Dept of Homeland Security bill that would have benefited the tobacco giant. Altria returned the favor by funneling close to $180,000 to PAC's controlled by Blunt, according to Public Citizen
5. Alan B. Mollohan-D-West Virginia
Key Position: Member of the House Appropriations Committee
Key Legislation: Veterans Affairs and HUD appropriations bills.
Key Beneficiary: His bank account. Between 2000 and 200r, Mollohan's personal net worth jumped from $562,000 to more than $6.3 million, a windfall he attributes to " a surge in real-estate values." As the Washington Post pointed out in April, this explanation fails to address " how he came to make many of his lucrative investments in partnership with Laura Kuhns, his former aide who now runs the Vandalia Heritage Foundation"--a nonprofit Mollohan set up to oversee some of his earmark projects. Mollohan is under federal investigation for making misstatements on his personal financial disclosures and for funneling millions of dollars in earmarks to companies that have donated to hisfamily foundation and other nonprofits he founded.
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Washington's Shadiest Shoo-ins from Mother Jones
Joe Barton R-Texas Number one shadiest per Mother Jones
Jerry Lewis R-California
James Sensenbrenner R-Wisconsin Foams at the Mouth Award
Roy Blunt and his cigarette lobbiest bride Abigail Perlman
Allan B. Mollohan--Feathers Own Nest Award
Click on the link and read for yourself why Rolling Stone thinks they are the worst. Aside from that, from what I've observed Rolling Stone is correct. Many of them are fundamentalist right-wing Christian wackos. Others are pawns of corporate contributors. One is a "pork" specialist. One appears to have taken $110k in
bribes. Several have taken a severely punitive view of undocumented immigrants, etc.
Needs pictures!
Click on the link! There are two pictures of each of the 10 Congressmen.
The ones that made both 10 worst lists must be really bad! Tnx for the link to Crew's list.
you are most welcome~
It just shows you how left wing and irrational Rolling Pebble is. Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Charles Rangel, James Clybern and a host of others are out there. Light up another doobie, you idiots.
this list is SO obviously biased. Don Young is Mr. Pork, but Robert Byrd, who has gotten more pork for his home state that Young could ever dream of, is not even mentioned? Also, you could replace Dennis Hastert's name with Harry Reid and it would still fit, since he does the same exact thing, but Reid gets a pass? For a national magazine, you guys are pretty ignorant.
Daniel, thanks for your comment. I'm a Democrat but "Esquire" and "The Nation" prepared the lists.
What happened to Pelosi, Reid, and Boxer? Boxer is at the forefront of holding back water from tens of thousands of acres of land- to protect a small pocket of fingerling fish from extinction... but the fish only arrived in California from China less than a decade ago!
Signs by dry, cracking earth line parts of the highway decrying the fabricated California dust bowl. Meanwhile, people are starving all over the world.
Pelosi and Boxer are outstanding. Reid is above average. Democrats are like sex, they only go from good to excellent!
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Why are they the worst?