Green Group Contributions to the Congressional Black Caucus?
League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Scores & Giving for 2004, 2003 & 2002
Sierra Club Giving 2004 & 2002
CBC Member |
% Vote 2004 |
Sierra Club Giving 2004 |
Sierra Club Giving 2002 |
FOE/ALC* Giving 2004 |
LLCV Giving 2004 |
LCV Giving 2002 |
LCV Score 2004 |
LCV Score 2003 |
LCV Score 2002 |
|
1 |
Frank Ballance (1 NC) G.K. Butterfield (1-NC) Eva Clayton (1-NC) |
63 |
$0 |
$1,050 $0 |
$0 $0 |
$0 | $0
$0 |
100 n/a |
85
n/a |
New
82 |
2 |
Sanford Bishop (2 GA) | 67 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 36 | 35 | 45 |
3 |
Corrine Brown (3-FL) | U | $10 | $1,050 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 90 | 73 |
4 |
Julia Carson (7 IN) | 54 | $30 | $6,050 | $0 | $0 | $2,820 | 64 | 95 | 91 |
5 |
Donna M. Christensen (US VI) | 76 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
$0 | $0 | 0 | NV | NV |
6 |
William Lacy Clay (1 MO) | 75 | $10 | $550 | $0 |
$0 | $0 | 100 | 85 | 82 |
7 |
James E. Clyburn (6 SC) | 67 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 85 | 68 |
8 |
John Conyers (14 MI) | 84 | $10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 82 | 80 | 81 |
9 |
Elijah Cummings (7 MD) | 74 | $1,010 | $550 | $0 | $1,000 | $500 | 91 | 90 | 91 |
10 |
Artur Davis (7 AL) | 75 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 64 | 60 | New |
11 |
Danny K. Davis (7 IL) | 86 |
$10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 100 | 91 |
12 |
Chaka Fattah (2 PA) | 88 | $10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 80 | 86 |
13 |
Harold Ford, Jr. (9 TN) | 82 | $0 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 90 | 73 |
14 |
Alcee L. Hastings (23 FL) | U | $10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 36 | 90 | 73 |
| Earl Hilliard (7 AL) | n/a | n/a | $0 | n/a | n/a | $0 | n/a | n/a | 64 | |
15 |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2 IL) | 88 | $10 | $1,000 | $500 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
16 |
Sheila Jackson Lee (15 TX) | 89 | $1,010 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 82 | 85 | 68 |
17 |
William Jefferson (2 LA) | 79 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 45 | 55 |
18 |
Eddie Bernice Johnson (30 TX) | 93 | $10 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | 100 | 90 | 73 |
19 |
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (15 MI) | 78 | $10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 80 | 82 |
20 |
Barbara Lee (9 CA) | 84 | $510 | $700 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 95 | 100 |
21 |
John Lewis (5 GA) | U | $10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $500 | 100 | 100 | 77 |
22 |
Cynthia McKinney | 64 | $550 | $550 | $500 | $1,000 | $500 | New | n/a | 95 |
| Denise Majette (4 GA) | n/a | n/a | $0 | $0 | n/a | $500 | 100 | 80 | New | |
23 |
Kendrick Meek (17 FL) | U | $0 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 85 | New |
24 |
Gregory W. Meeks (6 NY) | U | $10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 90 | 86 |
25 |
Juanita Millender-McDonald (37 CA) | 75 | $10 | $550 | $0 | $500 | $0 | 73 | 65 | 95 |
26 |
Eleanor Holms-Norton (DC) | 92 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | NV | NV | NV |
27 |
Major R. Owens (11 NY) | 94 | $510 | $50 | $0 | $500 | $0 | 100 | 100 | 95 |
28 |
Donald M. Payne (10 NJ) | 97 | $1,010 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 90 | 95 |
29 |
Charles Rangel (15 NY) | 89 | $10 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $500 | 91 | 90 | 95 |
30 |
Bobby L. Rush (1 IL) | 85 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 85 | 64 |
31 |
David Scott (13 GA) | U | $10 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 64 | 50 | New |
32 |
Robert Scott (3 VA) | 69 | $0 | $50 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 95 | 68 |
33 |
Bennie B. Thompson (2 MS) | 58 | $2,510 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 91 | 65 | 64 |
34 |
Edolphus Towns (10 NY) | 91 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 82 | 65 | 77 |
35 |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (11 OH) | U | $10 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $500 | 82 | 95 | 100 |
36 |
Maxine Waters (35 CA) | 80 | $10 | $1,050 | $0 | $0 | $500 | 91 | 95 | 100 |
37 |
Diane E. Watson (32 CA) | 89 | $10 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 82 | 90 | 95 |
38 |
Melvin Watt (12 NC) Chairman | 67 | $10 | $550 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 100 | 100 | 77 |
39 |
Albert Wynn (4 MD) | 75 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 82 | 90 | 86 |
| New House Members 2004 | ||||||||||
40 |
Al Green (TX) | 55 | ? | $0 | ? | New | ||||
41 |
Emanuel Cleaver ((MO) | 72 | $0 | $0 | $0 | New | ||||
42 |
Gwendolynne Moore (4 WI) | 70 | $10 | $0 | $0 | New | ||||
| TOTAL | $16,900 | $1,000 | $3,500 | $6,320 | ||||||
| New Senate Member 2004 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Barack Obama | 70 | $8,020 | n/a | $00 | $3,941 | New | |||
| \TOTAL | $13,815 | $7,441 | ||||||||
| Average | $321 | $423 | $23 | $173 | $158 | 87 | 79 | 77 | ||
| Sierra
Club 2004 |
Sierra
Club 2002 |
FOE/ALC 2004 |
LCV 2004 |
LCV 2002 |
LCV 2004 |
LCV 2003 |
LCV 2002 |
U = Unopposed
LCV = League of Conservation Voters
FOE = Friends of the Earth
ALC* = American Lands Campaign
Sources: Open Secrets, FEC, LCV
If the traditional environmental movement does not share its $6 billion annual budget with the Black community or the Congressional Black Caucus, does not hire Black professionals and promotes numerous policies that are contrary to the best interests of the Black community, while some Republican environmental and energy programs benefit the Black community by guaranteeing abundant supplies and low prices while still providing reasonable environmental protection, then why is the CBC providing a 79% favorable voting record to the traditional environmental movement?
Of course, Republicans are not rushing to include us in America's bounty and Blacks are not pursuing energy or environmental independence. Blacks do not control any aspect of energy supply and have little control over establishing energy policy. Blacks do not own the oil, gas, coal, electricity infrastructure, gas pipelines, electricity transmission lines, refineries, tankers, oil fields, offshore drilling platforms, power plants, or oil, gas and utility companies that distribute energy in the United States. Blacks, who make up 13% of the American population, also do not exert influence from the demand side of energy use. We do not own, distribute nor use energy to our advantage. Blacks must utilize energy and environmental policy to become owners and suppliers of energy and directors of our own environmental destiny.
House Committee on Resources Response to 2003 LCV Scorecard
Sources: www.opensecrets.org, LCV, FEC