The environmental advocates at the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) have released their annual scorecard for members of Congress on the environment. Below we show how Maryland's U.S. House delegation stacks up, including information on what bills led to their ratings. We didn't bother to write about Senators Ben Cardin & Barbara Mikulski, given that both had a 100% LCV rating in 2012. Here's a quick snapshot of Maryland's U.S. House members:
2012 LCV Rankings
Lifetime LCV Rankings
To come up with these ratings, LCV monitored votes on a range of issues. You can read the full LCV issue summaries below. But first, Maryland Juice highlights the environmental bills that our Congressional Democrats did not support. The numbers next to each issue correspond to the explanations in LCV document below.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (Good on 31/35 Issues):
Rep. Donna Edwards (Good on 34/35 Issues):
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Good on 32/35 Issues):
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (Good on 25/35 Issues):
Rep. John Sarbanes (Good on 34/35 Issues):
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Good on 32/35 Issues):
Last year, Maryland's two Republican Congressmen (Roscoe Bartlett & Andy Harris) voted against most of the environmental protection bills in Congress. As a result, rather than highlight their bad votes, below we flag the good votes that the two GOP officials made. Again, the numbers next to each issue correspond to the explanations in LCV document below.
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (Good on 9/35 Issues):
Rep. Andy Harris (Good on 2/35 Issues):
2012 LCV Rankings
- Rep. Donna Edwards & Rep. John Sarbanes - 97%
- Rep. Steny Hoyer & Chris Van Hollen - 91%
- Rep. Elijah Cummings - 89%
- Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger - 71%
- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett - 26%
- Rep. Andy Harris - 16%
Lifetime LCV Rankings
- Rep. Chris Van Hollen - 98%
- Rep. Donna Edwards - 97%
- Rep. John Sarbanes - 96%
- Rep. Elijah Cummings - 94%
- Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger - 83%
- Rep. Steny Hoyer - 80%
- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett - 20%
- Rep. Andy Harris - 7%
To come up with these ratings, LCV monitored votes on a range of issues. You can read the full LCV issue summaries below. But first, Maryland Juice highlights the environmental bills that our Congressional Democrats did not support. The numbers next to each issue correspond to the explanations in LCV document below.
Democratic Votes Against LCV Environmental Position:
- Bad Votes: (5) Freeway in St. Croix, (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare
- Absent: (15) Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, (21) Broad Assault on Federal Land & Wildlife
Rep. Donna Edwards (Good on 34/35 Issues):
- Bad Votes: (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Good on 32/35 Issues):
- Bad Votes: (5) Freeway in St. Croix, (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare, (19) Nuclear Energy Corporate Welfare
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (Good on 25/35 Issues):
- Bad Votes: (1) Oil Shale Exploration on Public Land, (5) Freeway in St. Croix, (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare, (19) Nuclear Energy Corporate Welfare
- Absent: (32) Climate Science Denial, (33) Clean Water Safeguards, (34) Smog & Air Pollution, (35) Broad Environmental Assault
Rep. John Sarbanes (Good on 34/35 Issues):
- Bad Votes: (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Good on 32/35 Issues):
- Bad Votes: (5) Freeway in St. Croix, (18) Fossil Fuel Corporate Welfare, (19) Nuclear Energy Corporate Welfare
Last year, Maryland's two Republican Congressmen (Roscoe Bartlett & Andy Harris) voted against most of the environmental protection bills in Congress. As a result, rather than highlight their bad votes, below we flag the good votes that the two GOP officials made. Again, the numbers next to each issue correspond to the explanations in LCV document below.
Republican Votes FOR LCV Environmental Position:
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (Good on 9/35 Issues):
- Good Votes: (2) Offshore Drilling Corporate Welfare, (13) Climate Change Education, (14) Flood Insurance Reform, (17) Renewable Energy Funding, (21) Broad Assault on Federal Land & Wildlife, (23) Clean Air Standards, (25) Migratory Bird Protections, (30) Land Conservation Funding, (31) Minnesota Land Swap
Rep. Andy Harris (Good on 2/35 Issues):
- Good Votes: (14) Flood Insurance Reform, (30) Land Conservation Funding
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