We have a new rating for legislators. It’s the Economic Efficiency Score (Econ-E Score).
This score was developed as the Ph.D dissertation of Martin Kennedy.
In essence, representatives are given a percentage score based on how many times they vote in favor of laws that will yield more economic benefits to the nation than costs. A score of 100 would mean the legislator supported greater economic efficiency 100% of the time.
The lowest scoring legislator managed a score of zero; no one managed 100%.
The highest scoring House Democrats were Barney Frank (MA), Earl Blumenauer(OR), Ralph Hall(TX), and Charlie Stenholm(TX). They all scored 48%.
The highest scoring House Republicans were John Shadegg(AZ), John Sununu(NH), Tom Petri(WI), and James Sensenbrenner(WI). They tied at 87%.
In the Senate, Blanche Lincoln(AK) had the highest Democrat score at 64%, and Republican Richard Lugar(IN) had the highest Republican score at 91%.
| Average Score |
Rep | Dem |
| House | 54 | 20 |
| Senate | 69 | 40 |
On the whole, the Senate is less sensitive to the pressure to bribe constituents with Federal pork, but Republicans are generally more disciplined than Democrats are.
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