IAVA Ratings

The group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America recently released their ratings for congressional members:

Each IAVA Congressional Rating is based on a given legislator’s voting history on issues that affect US Troops, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and military families.

To calculate the Ratings, IAVA reviewed all legislation voted on in the Congress since September 11, 2001. For each piece of legislation that affected troops, veterans or military families, IAVA took a position either in support of, or in opposition to its passage. The letter grades were derived, using the scales below, from the percentage of times that each legislator’s vote matched the official IAVA stance.

A total of 169 House votes and 155 Senate votes were used to determine the ratings. You can view all of this legislation, either in a complete list or grouped by session, by clicking here.

Congressman Randy Kuhl received a D rating, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton received a A- rating, and Senator Charles Schumer received a B+ rating.

Individual Score Data:

For Randy Kuhl.

For Hillary Rodham Clinton.

For Charles Schumer.

All I can say is, “Thank you Senator Clinton”, “You’re getting there, Senator Schumer”, and “Care to explain the D rating to our veterans, Congressman Kuhl?”.