Endorsements 2006

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | Sam Farr

Our congressman has been angry for several years now. Not satisfied to be right on every issue (he has a 100-percent voting record from every progressive group in the nation), he has felt paralyzed by the bullying Republican majority. He has railed against the way his colleagues across the aisle have refused to even allow debate on many crucial issues, depriving Democrats of not just their power but their voice.

Not that he has been sitting on his hands. He is on the House Appropriations Committee, where he serves on two subcommittees: Agricultural Appropriations and Military Construction Appropriations. He is also in the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Organic Agriculture Caucus and the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, doing work that pays off in the district.

Yet he would like to have more to show in his list of recent accomplishments; he has been stymied.

That could change in this election cycle, as the Dems stand a good chance to win back the House. And if they do we can expect a lot more from Sam.