(BobGeiger.com) - The nonprofit, nonpartisan Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's Action Fund has tallied up every Congressional vote cast on troops' and veterans' issues for the last five years. We've crunched the numbers, and given every legislator a letter grade - the IAVA Congressional Rating."
No Senators receive an A from the IAVA. Thirteen - all Democrats - score A-. Twenty-three get a B and all but one are Ds (the 23rd is Independent James Jeffords of Vermont). The lowest grade assigned any Democrat - B- - is higher than the highest awarded any R - C.
The full list is here.
* A musical group called "Tony Orlando and Dawn," whose recording "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" was the number one hit single of 1973.
The song was based on an actual incident that occurred aboard a southern bus bound for Miami. One of the passengers explained to the driver that he was just out of prison, having served three years for passing bad checks. In a letter to his wife, he had written that she didn't have to wait for him; but, if she was still interested, she could let him know by tying a yellow ribbon around the only oak tree in the city square.
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