29th Congress Peer Review & Activity Levels

Day 916, 19:56 • Published in USA USA • by eUSA Congress


Greetings, citizens of the eUS!

Unfortunately, this is both the first and last issue that will be published for the 29th Congress. However, this issue is a very important one, as it is about how well your elected Congressmen are doing.

So let's start with the Congressional PEER Reviews:
A form was sent to all Congressmen to fill out, rating their fellow Congressmen on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. There was also the option to not rate a given senator. The form included all senators elected in April, even including the ones who resigned or were banned. 40 senators out of 58 decided to participate in rating their peers, and the full results (including which party the senator was elected under) can be found here, but here are some highlights:

TOP 10
1. Mr. Hyphenated - 4.63
2. Fionia - 4.15
3. rainy sunday - 4.13
4. Illithian - 4.13
5. Devon Donaldson - 3.95
6. Joe DaSmoe - 3.86
7. NeilP99 - 3.64
8. Rheinlander von Phalz - 3.62
9. SweetBags - 3.56
10. Serendipitous - 3.5

BOTTOM 10
1. John Konning - 1.47
2. Comrad3 - 1.76
3. Mayor Fawkes - 2.00
4. Jenkins67 - 2.03
5. Allan Dobrowolski - 2.03
6. revolgod9987 - 2.19
7. Mourning Star - 2.22
8. warriorX - 2.26
9. Clonesean9 - 2.31
10. Indrae - 2.34

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Speaker of the House, Fionia: 4.15
Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Hyphenate😛 4.63
Congressional Whip, Illithian: 4.13
Deputy Congressional Whip, Devon Donaldson: 3.95

Average by Party
NOTE: This only shows the averages for what parties the senators were elected under (so, only the top 5), and NOT what party they may identify with normally.
1. SEES - 3.65
2. APF - 3.05
3. UIP - 2.91
4. Libs - 2.80
5. Feds - 2.53

Big thanks to rainy sunday for compiling these rankings. See her article here



For another indicator of a Congressman's quality, we can look at their activity on certain votes. Recently, two votes were taken, one on each of two different versions of a controversial Constitutional amendment. This amendment concerned the President's authority over the military, and was heavily discussed on the eUS forums.

The vote for the first version can be found here.

The vote for the second version can be found here.

Now, you might notice that there is a significant difference in the number of people who voted on the first version (39), and the number who voted on the second version (27). The difference can be seen here (NOTE: That spreadsheet only contains those senators who signed in at the beginning of the term, and have not resigned or been banned).

The people who did not vote on either version of the bill:
* AlexBerkman
* Clonesean9
* Iasov
* Indrae
* Jon Konning
* Mourning Star
* Myles Robinson
* Reng
* Robert Grosseteste
* SGGHays
* Syrup



Keep these figures and statistics in mind tomorrow when voting for Congressional candidates. If someone is not rated highly, or did not show up for the most important vote of the term, maybe they aren't the candidate you want to see returning.

-Speaker of the House,
Fionia