Central Florida Political Pulse: Environmentalists Grade Florida Congressional Delegation

Washington, DC, February 10, 2012

The Florida Conservation Alliance and the national League of Conservation Voters have released their 2011 National Environmental Scorecard for Congress. And it’s probably not surprising that the Central Florida delegation — which includes some of the most liberal and most conservative members of the Florida delegation — had widely varying scores.

The groups called the 2011 session “the most anti-environmental session of the U.S. House of Representatives in history,” citing votes on everything from offshore oil drilling safety and royalty reform to rejecting federal efforts to impose water-quality standards on Florida.

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, whose district winds down to Orlando, scored a 91 — third highest after Democrats Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston (100 percent) and Kathy Castor of Tampa (97 percent.) On the other end, Republican Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, was low man in the state at 6 per cent (tied with fellow Republicans Connie Mack IV of Cape Coral and Jeff Miller of Chumuckla) while Sandy Adams of Orlando was at 9 percent.


Scores for Florida’s U.S. Representatives (by District):

Jeff Miller, 6%

Steve Southerland, 6%

Corrine Brown, 91%

Ander Crenshaw , 11%

Richard Nugent, 9%

Cliff Stearns, 11%

John Mica, 11%

Daniel Webster, 14%

Gus Bilirakis, 17%

C.W. “Bill” Young, 23%

Kathy Castor, 97%

Dennis Ross, 6%

Vern Buchanan, 20%

Connie Mack, 6%

Bill Posey, 6%

Tom Rooney, 11%

Frederica Wilson, 80%

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 20%

Ted Deutch, 89%

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, 100%

Mario Diaz-Balart, 11%

Allen West, 11%

Alcee Hastings, 94%

Sandy Adams, 9%

David Rivera, 14%


Scores for Florida’s U.S. Senators:

Bill Nelson, 100%

Marco Rubio, 9%