NETWORK Lobby Releases Annual Catholic Social Justice Scorecard for 117th Congress

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For Immediate Release: January 25, 2022
Contact: Colleen Ross | cross@networklobby.org | 202-601-7877

NETWORK Lobby Releases Annual Catholic Social Justice Scorecard for 117th Congress
Mary J. Novak: “Congress’s inability to pass bills into law that dismantle systemic racism and move us towards a truly representative, multi-racial democracy is a denial of justice for those who are most marginalized by our systems and structures.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice announced the release of its 2021 Catholic Social Justice Voting Record. This annual scorecard reflects how often Members of Congress voted in accordance with the principles of Catholic Social Justice.

In 2021, people and families in the United States experienced attacks on our democracy, workplace injustices as the COVID-19 pandemic continued, systemic racism, and more. Members of Congress had a moral responsibility to legislate with the best interests of our people at heart and prioritize dismantling white supremacy, eliminating the racial wealth and income gap, and protecting our democracy. Each Senator and Representative’s score in NETWORK’s 2021 Congressional Voting Record is a reflection of their commitment to the common good.

“Over 50 years of political ministry, NETWORK has been a constant presence in Washington, calling our elected officials to put people and the common good first,” said Mary J. Novak, Executive Director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice. She continued, “In 2021, we saw attacks on the very foundation of our democracy and the repeated use of Congressional procedure to prevent debate on critically needed legislation. Congress’s inability to pass bills into law that dismantle systemic racism and move us towards a truly representative, multi-racial democracy is a denial of justice for those who are most marginalized by our systems and structures.”

NETWORK Lobby scored Congress on ten votes in 2021, one in the Senate and nine in the House of Representatives. NETWORK recommended ten ‘Yes’ votes on bills that protect workers’ rights and voting rights, provide COVID-19 relief, create a pathway to citizenship for our undocumented siblings, and remove racist sentencing disparities in the criminal-legal system, as well as the transformational Build Back Better Act. Unfortunately, most of these bills never advanced beyond the House due to the willingness of Republican Senators to utilize the racist, Jim Crow-era filibuster to block needed legislation.

State delegations that received 100% on NETWORK’s voting record scorecard are: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The Catholic Social Justice Voting Record and each Member’s score is online at: www.networklobby.org/votingrecord2021.

Below is the list of 100% voters, who numbered 220 in the House and 50 in the Senate:[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Alabama
Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7)

Arizona
Sen. Mark Kelly (AZ)
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
Rep. Tom O’Halleran (AZ-1)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-2)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)
Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-9)

California
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Sen. Alex Padilla (CA)
Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2)
Rep. John Garamendi (CA-3)
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5)
Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-6)
Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-9)
Rep. Josh Harder (CA-10)
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16)
Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)
Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24)
Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27)
Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Rep. Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)
Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-31)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)
Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35)
Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37)
Rep. Lisa Sánchez (CA-38)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA- 40)
Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Rep. Nanette Barragán (CA-44)
Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45)
Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46)
Rep. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Rep. Mark Levin (CA-49)
Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51)
Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52)
Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-53)

Colorado
Sen. Michael Bennett (CO)
Sen. John Hickenlooper (CO)
Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1)
Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-2)
Rep. Jason Crow (CO-6)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-7

Connecticut
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT)
Sen. Chris Murphy (CT)
Rep. John Larson (CT-1)
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)
Rep. Jim Himes (CT-4)
Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-5)

Delaware
Sen. Tom Carper (DE)
Sen. Christopher Coons (DE)
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at Large)

Florida
Rep. Al Lawson (FL-5)
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-7)
Rep. Darren Soto (FL-9)
Rep. Val Demings (FL-10)
Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13)
Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21)
Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Scultz (FL-23)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-24

Georgia
Sen. Jon Ossoff (GA)
Sen. Raphael Warnock (GA)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-2)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-4)
Rep. Nikema Williams (GA-5)
Rep. David Scott (GA-13)

Hawaii
Sen. Mazie Hirono (HI)
Sen. Brian Schatz (HI)
Rep. Ed Case (HI-1)
Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-2)

Illinois
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (IL)
Rep. Bobby Rush (IL-1)
Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-2)
Rep. Marie Newman (IL-3)
Rep. Jerry Garcia (IL-4)
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-5)
Rep. Sean Casten (IL-6)
Rep. Danny K. Davis (IL-7)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)
Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10)
Rep. Bill Foster (IL-11)
Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14)
Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17)

Indiana
Rep. Frank Mrvan (IN-1)
Rep. André Carson (IN-7)

Iowa
Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-3)

Kansas
Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Kentucky
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-3)

Louisiana
Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA-2)

Maine
Sen. Angus King (ME)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1)

Maryland
Sen. Ben Cardin (MD)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (MD)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2)
Rep. John Sarbanes (MD-3)
Rep. Anthony G. Brown (MD-4)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD-5)
Rep. David Trone (MD-6)
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-7)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8)

Massachusetts
Sen. Ed Markey (MA)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Rep. Richard Neal (MA-1)
Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-2)
Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-3)
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA-4)
Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-5)
Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-6)
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8)
Rep. Bill Keating (MA-9)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Michigan
Sen. Gary Peters (MI)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Rep. Dan Kildee (MI-5)
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-8)
Rep. Andy Levin (MI-9)
Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14)

Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Sen. Tina Smith (MN)
Rep. Angie Craig (MN-2)
Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-3)
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5)

Mississippi
Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS-2)

Missouri
Rep. Cori Bush (MO-1)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5)

Montana
Sen. Jon Tester (MT)

Nevada
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (NV)
Rep. Dina Titus (NV-1)
Rep. Susie Lee (NV-3)
Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-4)

New Hampshire
Sen. Maggie Hassan (NH)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-1)
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (NH-2)

New Jersey
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
Sen. Bob Menendez (NJ)
Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-1)
Rep. Andy Kim (NJ-3)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ-6)
Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-7)
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-8)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)
Rep. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)

New Mexico
Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM)
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (NM)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-1)
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-3)

New York
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (NY)
Rep. Thomas Suozzi (NY-3)
Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY-4)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-5)
Rep. Grace Meng (NY-6)
Rep. Nadia Velázquez (NY-7)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-9)
Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15)
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16)
Rep. Mondaire Jones (NY-17)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)
Rep. Antonio Delgado (NY-19)
Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Rep. Joseph Morelle (NY-25)
Rep. Brian Higgins (NY-26)

North Carolina
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC-1)
Rep. Deborah Ross (NC-2)
Rep. David Price (NC-4)
Rep. Kathy Manning (NC-6)
Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12)

Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-3)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11)
Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13)

Oregon
Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR)
Sen. Ron Wyden (OR)
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4)

Pennsylvania
Sen. Bob Casey (PA)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-2)
Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-3)
Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-4)
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5)
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6)
Rep. Susan Wild (PA-7)
Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-8)
Rep. Conor Lamb (PA-17)
Rep. Mike Doyle (PA-18)

Rhode Island
Sen. Jack Reed (RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Rep. David Cicilline (RI-1)
Rep. James Langevin (RI-2)

South Carolina
Rep. James Clyburn (SC-6)

Tennessee
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-9)

Texas
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7)
Rep. Al Green (TX-9)
Rep. Vincente Gonzalez (TX-15)
Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Rep. Colin Allred (TX-32)
Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33)
Rep. Filemon Vela (TX-34)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)

Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT)
Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL)

Virginia
Sen. Tim Kaine (VA)
Sen. Mark Warner (VA)
Rep. Elaine Luria (VA-2)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-3)
Rep. Donald McEachin (VA-4)
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA-7)
Rep. Don Beyer (VA-8)
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11)

Washington
Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA)
Sen. Patty Murray (WA)
Rep. Susan DelBene (WA-1)
Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-2)
Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7)
Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-8)
Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9)
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10)

West Virginia
Sen. Joe Manchin (WV)

Wisconsin
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2)
Rep. Ron Kind (WI-3)
Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]

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