2003 Congressional Scorecard
5/29/2003
Executive Summary
The state Public Interest
Research Groups (PIRG) are nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest advocacy
organizations. U.S. PIRG is the national advocacy office for state PIRGs
across the country. With a combination of professional expertise, citizen
power, and dogged persistence, the state PIRGs and U.S. PIRG work to preserve
the environment, protect consumers, and promote good government.
Since 1994, the annual
Congressional Scorecard has been one of the many citizenship tools used
by U.S. PIRG and the state PIRGs to preserve the environment, protect
consumers, and revitalize participation in our democratic process. Going
door-to-door in cities and towns across the country, U.S. PIRG and state
PIRG staff are distributing this year’s Scorecard to one million households.
The 2003 Scorecard
looks at the most important public interest votes taken between March
1, 2001 and February 13, 2003 in the House and the Senate. These votes
determined the direction of policy on critical issues, ranging from environmental
health to campaign finance reform to consumer protections.
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