Porkbusters

We don't talk about Porkbusters often on this blog, but this morning they've issued a report card on senators' votes on the Coborn anti-pork amendments.  Excerpt:

As we have been tracking the Coburn anti-pork "clay pigeon" amendments, it's time for a quick scorecard on the votes that have occurred to date. Listed below are Senators, grouped by how many times they voted to support one the three Coburn anti-pork amendments that have come to a vote: the CSX Railroad relocation in Mississippi (Coburn lost 47-50); the "seafood promotion strategies package" (Coburn won 51-44), and the Northrup Grumman bailout (Coburn lost 48-51).

Here's where our senators ended up:

Anti-Pork Heroes (3 out of 3 votes anti-pork)
10 Democrats, 17 Republicans

Bayh (D-IN) Bingaman (D-NM) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Coburn (R-OK) Conrad (D-ND) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Graham (R-SC) Hagel (R-NE)

Inhofe (R-OK) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lieberman (D-CT) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Stabenow (D-MI) Sununu (R-NH) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Voinovich (R-OH)

...

Not Impressive (1 of 3 votes anti-pork)
8 Democrats, 9 Republicans

Byrd (D-WV) Dole (R-NC) Feinstein (D-CA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Isakson (R-GA)* Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD)

Martinez (R-FL) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Warner (R-VA)

UPDATE:  Mark Tapscott has some thoughts on Senator Tom Coburn, among other things.  The New Senate at work!