Congressional Quarterly

Congressional Quarterly has compiled their annual Vote Study for congressional votes leading up to the July 4 break. Each year, CQ compiles records based on party unity, support for the president and percentage of votes missed during the session. Here’s how the Minnesota delegation stacked up.

Congressional Quarterly has created a nifty interactive map detailing the results of the 2008 presidential contest in all 435 Congressional districts. Across the country, 34 House districts elected Republicans representatives, but also favored Barack Obama over John McCain. The only such district in Minnesota: the Third Congressional District, where Erik Paulsen defeated Ashwin Madia by [...]

Congressional Quarterly has released its annual rankings of federal legislators in terms of party loyalty and support for President George W. Bush’s policies. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (pictured), finishing up her second year at the Capitol, voted with her party 94 percent of the time in 2008, while siding with the president on less than a [...]

Congressional Quarterly released its election rankings for Senate and House races throughout the country, and it isn’t good news for Republicans. In all, 74 Democratic House candidates improved in CQ’s rankings compared to just nine for Republicans. In terms of Senate races, Democrats’ chances improved in 14 races compared to just two for Republicans.
In Minnesota, [...]

Ken Silverstein has a wonderfully acerbic Q & A with Chris Lehman about campaign coverage over at Harper’s. A senior editor at Congressional Quarterly and co-editor of Bookforum, Lehman mercilessly skewers the media for its horse-race coverage and fabricated storylines. Here’s his take on the incessant VP speculation:
Imagine if you were covering the baseball playoffs [...]