A left-leaning group formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential win is releasing a scorecard to grade members of Congress on their foreign policy views.— which the group, Foreign Policy for America, describes as the first of its kind — could also come in handy for voters during the 2020 elections. Many U.S. lawmakers are eyeing the Democratic presidential nomination, and the party primaries are sure to feature an intense debate over America’s role in the world.
“The conventional wisdom is that American voters vote their pocketbooks, but people also pay attention to foreign policy and the role America is playing in the world and to how actions taken abroad do or don’t affect them at home,” said Michele Flournoy, an adviser to Foreign Policy for America who was an undersecretary of Defense for policy in the Obama administration.Sign Up
Senators and House members were scored on how they each dealt with 13 policy issues. But some of the categories differed for each chamber depending on the types of legislation each considered. And although the way a lawmaker voted on legislation was a factor in the scoring, bill sponsorship and co-sponsorship were also among the elements weighed.
This must be some kind of joke.
Democrats = hate Israel = automatic F Easy.
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I am all for that! I'd like to know which Democrats excoriate Trump and then vote for everything he asks for.