Not much you say. Well hold on. Here are a few items:
- Chaffetz votes with his party 92% of the time, Matheson 93%.
- Chaffetz abstains 1% of the time, Matheson 2%
- Chaffetz has sponsored 26 bills and 1 was made into law, Matheson 19 and 2 were made into law
Now for the opposites (or at least wildly different):
- One of the two representatives Chaffetz most often votes with is Walter Minnick, one of the two representatives Matheson least often votes with is Walter Minnick
- One of the two representatives Chaffetz least often votes with is Parker Griffin, one of the two representatives Matheson most often votes with is Parker Griffin.
- In his current term Chaffetz had $0 in earmarks, in his current term Matheson had $71M
- Chaffetz received a 93% rating from the National Taxpayers Union in 2009 while Matheson received a 30% rating.
During his entire term of office Jim has sponsored fewer bills (19 v. 26) than Jason but passed twice as many (2 v. 1). So you could say that Jim works smarter than Jason. Of course Jim has had 10 years to build his resume while Jason has had only 2. Oh, and in case you were wondering; Jim co-sponsored 180 bills of which 14 were passed. Jason also had 14 of the bills he co-sponsored make it into law but he had to co-sponsor 370 (over twice as many as Jim). You could say Jim is more effective in using his time but of course he had 5X the time to get the same results. Net/Net Jason legislatively accomplished almost as much as Jim but in 1/5 the time.Do we want someone more like Jim or Jason representing us? Well for me the choice is easy. Morgan Philpot is unquestionably more like Jason than Jim.
Here is more, good information on Jim Matheson, his record, those who like him, those who don't.
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Thanks for sharing Rex. That is excellent information. If you are voting in the 2nd district you should look at the blog.
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