Congress and Darfur
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Mark J. Pelavin is the Associate Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. He is one of the Jewish community's leading legislative strategists, and one of its senior lobbyists. |
The Genocide Intervention Network, which does powerful and important work on the crisis in Darfur (first among their many concerns), has compiled the first congressional “scorecard” measuring – by their own standards – how well every Member of Congress stood up to demonstrate concern about the horrific situation in Darfur.
The report, posted on a special website, DarfurScores.org allows you to see what “grade” your representatives in Washington earned. It is interesting, and offers some reason for optimism, that the top two “Senate Champions” are men who stand as far away from one other ideologically as any two Senators – Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL).
Were you surprised by your Member’s grade? Disipointed? Check Genocide Intervention Network’s suggestions for action.