FC: Wired News Senate scorecard: Democrats beat Republicans

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Just in time for Tuesday's election, Wired News has compiled a tech 
scorecard for the U.S. Senate.

The list sorted by last name:
  http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39923,00.html
Sorted by score:
  http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39978,00.html
Info on House of Representatives scorecard from last month:
  http://www.politechbot.com/p-01445.html

Some interesting results: Democrats did well, nabbing the four top slots, 
and beating the Republicans 52 percent to 48 percent overall. But Joseph 
Lieberman, the Democratic VP hopeful, finished with just 38 percent, in the 
fifth-worst position.

Democrat Patrick Moyhihan did the best out of everyone, surprisingly. That 
was probably because he missed three votes -- on at least one he would 
probably have gone the wrong way -- but we scored on percentage of cast 
votes, not possible votes.

-Declan

   #1: A vote to allow the use of electronic signatures. (Yes is 1)
   #2: A vote for a juvenile crime bill that included Internet regulation
   (No is 1)
   #3: A vote for additional H-1B visas. (Yes is 1)
   #4: A vote to require federal candidates to disclose contributions
   online within 24 hours. (Yes is 1)
   #5: A vote to require Internet providers to offer filtering software.
   (No is 1)
   #6: A vote to establish permanent trade relations with China. (Yes is
   1)
   #7: A vote to oppose special restrictions on online sales of firearms.
   (Yes is 1)
   #8: A vote to create an information-technology-training tax credit.
   (Yes is 1)
   #9: A vote to restrict online sales of alcohol. (No is 1)
   #10: A vote to single out purportedly offensive content online and
   offline and create a commission to study it. (No is 1)




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