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TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide Rates Pennsylvania's Mike Fitzpatrick ZERO!

By Dave Johnson
October 20, 2012

What is Pennsylvania Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick's score in TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide? 0%. Zero. Nada. That'd be a 'no.' Zip. Nothing for the middle class. Negatory, good buddy. more »

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Tom Reed: The Big "Zero" Who Fell Through a Crack and Landed on the Middle Class

By Terrance Heath
October 19, 2012

Last summer, my family took what we would later decide was our favorite family vacation thus far. We packed the car and headed north of Washington, DC, to Chautauqua Institute in New York state. I didn't know it at the time, but our trip took us through New York's 29th congressional district, represented by Republican congressman Tom Reed — a big "zero" on middle class issues.

The 29th has an interesting history. It was a "packed" Republican district until 2002, when redistricting turned it into a "cracked" district where neither party had a significant voting bloc. The 2008 election reversed the "crack" in Democrats favor. An unfortunate series of events in 2010 opened the "crack" in the 29th again, and Tom Reed fell through it.

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In Pennsylvania, Rep. Jim Gerlach Gets 0% From TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide

By Dave Johnson
October 19, 2012

Pennsylvania's Jim Gerlach, a Congressman representing the 6th Congressional District received a ZERO rating from TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide. more »

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How New Hampshire Republicans Are Trying To Hide From Their Anti-Middle Class Votes

By Bill Scher
October 18, 2012

Two representatives from New Hampshire are among the members of Congress targeted by a Campaign for Americas Future ad campaign aimed at vulnerable conservative congresspeople who rate the worst on TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide. more »

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Another Voter Guide Flunks Congress On Serving The Middle Class

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 12, 2012

TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide is getting attention this week for its rating 200 members of Congress "zero" on a set of votes it deems reflective of the members' stands on middle-class concerns. It turns out it was not alone in taking a dim view of the performance of the 112th Congress on kitchen-table issues.

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Why Paul Ryan Is A "Zero" For The Middle Class

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 11, 2012

Don't be surprised if Republican Rep. Paul Ryan works hard at tonight's vice presidential debate to counter Vice President Joe Biden's Scranton, Pa. working-class roots with his own small-town roots in Janesville, Wis. more »

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The Ad Campaign That Will Take Back Congress For The Middle Class

By Bill Scher
October 5, 2012

Today, the Campaign for America's Future unveiled TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide which allows you to see how often your representatives in Congress vote for the middle class. A whopping 181 scored a big fat zero. more »

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Who Stands with the Middle Class?

By Robert Borosage
October 5, 2012

The broad American middle class is in trouble. Working families have been struggling with stagnant wages and rising insecurity for over three decades. From 2002-2007, Americans witnessed the first “recovery” in which the typical household suffered declining income. Then came the collapse of the housing bubble and the Great Recession. more »

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