Congress' tech leaders
today posts its rating how tech savvy various lawmakers are.The best and worst:Highest-scoringSenate Democrat:Maria Cantwell (WA)Highest-scoringSenate Republican:George Allen (VA): 78%Lowest-scoringSenate Democrat:Daniel AkakaLowest-scoringSenate Republicans:Mike DeWine (OH)Richard Shelby (AL)Highest-scoringHouse Democrats:Zoe Lofgren (CA)Ellen Tauscher (CA)Highest-scoringHouse Republican:Ron Paul (TX)Lowest-scoringHouse Democrats:John Barrow (GA)John Salazar (CO)Pete Visclosky (IN)Lowest-scoringHouse Republicans:Geoff Davis (KY)Lynn Westmoreland (GA)
CNet"Technology Voters Guide"
Ever since the mid-1990s, politicians have grown fond of peppering their speeches with buzzwords like broadband, innovation and technology.
John Kerry, Al Gore and George W. Bush have made fundraising pilgrimages to Silicon Valley to ritually pledge their support for a digital economy.
But do politicos' voting records match their rhetoric? To rate who's best and who's worst on technology topics before the Nov. 7 election, CNET News.com has compiled a voter's guide, grading how representatives in the U.S. Congress have voted over the last decade.
NEXT STORY: EDS reports third-quarter gains