Letter: Amodei's hypocritical complaints about partisanship
In the Saturday, November 26th Nevada Appeal, Geoff Dornan reported that Mark Amodei "is frustrated by the polarization and partisanship preventing progress toward fixing the nation's ills." I share Rep. Amodei's frustration, but would like to suggest he give a bit more thought to his own voting record, especially in light of his December 1st op-ed, in which he took Janice Ayres to task for saying he “voted straight party line.”
The Votes Database at washingtonpost.com shows that the 174 votes Amodei has cast so far have been straight party line 98% of the time. Out of 435 members of the House of Representatives, only two, Republicans John Boehner of Ohio and Christopher Lee of New York, have a more partisan voting record than that. Even Majority Leader Eric Cantor only votes the party line 94% of the time.
If 2nd District voters are as frustrated by partisanship in Washington as Mr. Amodei says he is, they might want to look for a candidate more willing to build consensus across party lines.
Rich Dunn
Carson City