Yvette Clarke gets a “D”
I didn’t vote for Clarke, somehow I am not surprised. A political activist in DC sent me this link.
In the current issue of Black Agenda Report there is an article on the latest report card published by the CBC Monitor.
From the Report Card:
“CBC Monitor is a group of nonpartisan African American activists who insist that the Congressional Black Caucus ought to represent the political will of Black communities, rather than party leaders, campaign contributors or corporate donors. CBC Monitor has partnered with Black Agenda Report at www.blackagendareport.com to produce twice-a-year report cards on the performance of the Congressional Black Caucus from an African American political point of view.”
Clarke was given a D, and ranks among the 5 lowest scores. “Clarke’s offense was not so much in voting wrong, as in failing to show up, having been absent for many of the ten votes on which the current Report Card is based.”
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October 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Unbelievable ignorance/oversight…in addition to misspelling her name at least once, the so-called ‘scorecard for September’ from the CBC Monitor failed to note that Congresswoman Clarke’s absence from certain votes was because she took a formal – and public - leave of absence to deal with a medical necessity, and they never bothered to call the Congresswoman’s office to a) find out why she missed votes, or b) to confirm reports of her leave-of-absence….she is now recovered and back on the job…