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Hall of Shame: John Ensign and Sue Lowden
Nevadans deserve better than John Ensign – and Sue Lowden. The two of them ought to be consigned to the dustbin of history – and the DSCC’s Hall of Shame. -
Hall of Shame: Roy Blunt (Repeat Offender)
What will Missouri Congressman and Senate hopeful Roy Blunt do to fix America’s broken health care system? Absolutely nothing. -
Hall of Shame: Richard Burr
North Carolina Republican Richard Burr offered his solution to the economic crisis– “withdraw all money from the bank”. -
Hall of Shame: Norm Coleman
Now with even his own lawyers saying he'll lose, Norm Coleman is shamefully and spitefully refusing to admit defeat -
Hall of Shame: David Vitter
It seems that Louisiana Republican David Vitter just can’t stop embarrassing himself or the people of his home state. -
Hall of Shame: Roy Blunt
As more and more Americans are worrying about their homes, their health care, and their next paycheck, Missouri Republican Roy Blunt remains as clueless as he is shameless.
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Hall of Shame: Saxby Chambliss
On Saxby Chambliss’ watch, hundreds of thousands of Georgia’s kids were left without access to health care, and Chambliss actually tried to stop the Senate from sending help. -
Hall of Shame: Gordon Smith
There he goes again. For continuing his attempts to trick Oregonians into forgetting his record as a party-line Republican, we award Gordon Smith a place in our Hall of Shame. -
Hall of Shame: Norm Coleman
For having the poor judgment and lack of shame to fly to the Bahamas and live in a cheap apartment, all while wearing clothes someone else paid for, Coleman gets another place in the Hall of Shame.
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Hall of Shame: Mitch McConnell
We’re awarding McConnell an unprecedented fourth spot in our Hall of Shame for his disgusting decision to rip a World War II veteran’s comments out of context and twist them into a false political attack. -
Hall of Shame: GOP Senate Candidates
What else can you call it when so many Senate candidates boycott their own party’s convention? -
Hall of Shame: Liddy Dole
While Liddy Dole isn’t exactly a powerhouse in the Senate, she still manages to outshine many of her colleagues with her shameful antics. As if testing the ability of North Carolinians to suspend their disbelief, Dole recently performed a spectacular 180 on the latest GOP and Big Oil talking point: offshore drilling.
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Hall of Shame: John Cornyn
“Big Bad John” Cornyn swaggered into the Hall of Shame for his third induction with a political maneuver worthy of fellow Texan Karl Rove. In the space of just a few minutes, he pandered to insurance lobbyists, tried to provide himself with political cover, and tried to pad his record for future campaign ads. -
Hall of Shame: Bob Schaffer
It’s hard to know where to start with the latest chapter in Schaffer’s scandal-ridden career. This new episode relates to a controversial earmark that was obtained, while Schaffer was in Congress, for a shady “research” foundation that later hired Schaffer as a director. -
Hall of Shame: John Sununu
When it comes to energy policy, from gas prices to environmental impact, there’s one thing Granite Staters can always count on: John Sununu will vote in the best interests of his political career.
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Hall of Shame: Liddy Dole
Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole (NC) has had quite the shameful week. Not only did she vote against pay equity, she's refusing to distance herself from an offensive ad produced by the North Carolina GOP.
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Hall of Shame: Bob Schaffer
When U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer told the Denver Post that the United States ought to follow the guest-worker model used in the Mariana Islands, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, the Mariana Islands sweatshops are notorious for labor and human-rights violations. Imported workers are kept as virtual prisoners and subjected to humiliating and dangerous living conditions. Why in the world would Bob Schaffer not only support that business model – but want it brought to the United States?
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Hall of Shame: Roger Wicker
When Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour appointed Republican Roger Wicker to temporarily fill retiring Trent Lott's Senate seat, Wicker began a race against the clock. Could he introduce himself to Mississippians and establish a clear track record before the November elections?
As we recently learned, the answer is yes. In just one week, Wicker told Mississippi exactly what kind of Senator he wants to be.
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Hall of Shame: Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell earns a third spot in the Hall of Shame for his blatant pandering to oil companies, for which he’s been amply rewarded with campaign cash. It’s no surprise to find a wealthy Republican Senator in bed with oil barons, but McConnell’s recent decision to call himself an environmental leader adds an extra element of shamefulness to his already disgraceful behavior.
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Hall of Shame: John Cornyn
Texas Republican John Cornyn earns his second spot in the Hall of Shame today for opposing a provision that would increase the use of renewable energy. While Republicans opposing renewable energy solutions might not seem like anything out of the ordinary, what makes Cornyn's opposition to the provision so shameful is that the proposal would potentially enable Texas to build on its growing advantage in wind energy to sell clean energy credits to other states.
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Hall of Shame: Mitch McConnell
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell makes his second appearance in the Hall of Shame for putting George Bush above Kentucky children. Today McConnell voted against the bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill - a bill that will provide health insurance to millions of kids nationwide.
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Hall of Shame: John Cornyn
The latest inductee to the hall of shame is Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn who ended the Senate session with not one, but two incredibly irresponsible votes. First up is Senator Cornyn's vote against the Senate Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill (SCHIP). The bipartisan bill which passed the Senate will help provide insurance to over 500,000 children in the state of Texas alone - but apparently Senator Cornyn doesn't support improving healthcare for his state's kids.
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Hall of Shame: Norm Coleman
Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman earns his place in the Hall of Shame this week for saying one thing and doing another. Coleman will probably spend the next 18 months trying to convince Minnesotans that he's a centrist despite voting for President Bush's right-wing agenda over 90% of the time, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that this week Coleman voted against a number of issues he claims to support. -
Hall of Shame: Mitch McConnell
The newest inductee into the Hall of Shame tried mightily to hide his shameful actions from public view. But despite Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's efforts, his secret hold on campaign finance legislation has been uncovered.
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Hall of Shame: Chuck Hagel
Earlier this week Republican Senator Chuck Hagel called a massive press conference in his home state of Nebraska to announce, well... nothing. -
Hall of Shame: John Sununu
John Sununu just earned himself a brand new spot in the DSCC's Hall of Shame. He's playing politics with first responders - the men and women who serve our country as police officers, firemen and women, and EMS personnel.
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Hall of Shame: Susan Collins
Republican Susan Collins just doesn't seem to have the courage to stand by her supposed convictions. She's more than happy to make promises to her constituents in Maine and then turn her back on them when it comes time to live up to her pledge. -
Hall of Shame: Jim Inhofe
The latest edition to the Hall of Shame comes from none other than Oklahoma's Republican Senator Jim Inhofe. Yesterday, former Vice President Al Gore appeared on Capitol Hill to testify about global warming - an issue on which Inhofe has a notorious history of ignorance.
