Weak

For all of the fuss about how allegedly wonderful our Democratic Senators and Congressmen are, they sure aren't that effective or powerful according to these ratings. Both Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes are less effective than two-thirds of the US Senate, Dutch Ruppersburger is less effective than all but 22 members of both Houses combined, and four of our eight Congressman are less powerful than the non-voting Delegate from the District of Columbia. Only Steny Hoyer (#15) ranks as anything special.

So why do we keep them around?