Tom Paine.com has a link to the Drum Major Institute's review of the voting records of the Senate and the House. The legislators are given a grade based on their voting record on bills friendly to "middle class values".

TomPaine.com describes the Drum Major Institute as "public policy think tank".

This report shows that Democratic legislators vote far more often for bills consider "friendly" to middle class values. Those values as outlined by Drum Major include:

*Making ends meet

*Affording every day essentials

*Saving for the future

*Obtaining affordable health insurance for themselves and their family

*Avoiding bankruptcy

These were the reports "main findings":

MAIN FINDINGS:
∑• The Senate, overall, earned a B for its support of the financial stability of the American middle class. However, this
average grade masks great disparities. Votes broke down, for the most part, along party lines.

• While almost all—96 percent—of Democratic Senators received an A, fully one quarter of Republican Senators received an
F for their failure to support the middle class.

• Senators Kyl (R-AZ), Allard (R-CO), Chambliss (R-GA), Craig (R-ID), Crapo (R-ID), Lott (R-MS), Burns (R-MT), Gregg (R-NH),
Sununu (R-NH), Nickles (R-OK), Cornyn (R-TX), Enzi (R-WY), and Thomas (R-WY) all scored lowest in their class with grades of F.

• The House of Representatives, overall, did a poor job of voting with the middle class, receiving a less than acceptable
grade of C. As with the Senate, however, there were great disparities: 36 percent of the House received a failing grade,
while 21 percent earned an A.

• Party divisions were especially evident in the House. Overall,
only Democrats voted consistently for the middle class.

• 66 percent of Republican members of Congress received an F,
compared to 1 percent of their Democratic peers.

• Two pieces of legislation garnered strong support from both
parties: the Unemployment Compensation Amendment Act
of 2003 (HR 2185) and the American Dream Downpayment
Act of 2003 (S 811).