Worst Offenders List Complete(ish)

So now that congress has decided to lay off the stupid votes for a few days, I decided to take the time to finalize the worst offenders list and make a few decisions about the website.

The first thing you'll notice is that I've eliminated the time wasted statistics. The reason for this is personal sanity. I actually did find a fair, accurate way to collect those statistics; I was going to tally the time each congressperson spent making lofty speeches about some senator's birthday or how some high-school basketball team made it to state (yes, that actually happened). Unfortunately, I had no way to automate the process (due mostly to the only source of these statistics that I could find), so maintaining these statistics was going to take me an hour or two on most weekdays. I'm just not willing to put that much time and energy into this website right now. I've kept the initial statistics that I gathered, but until I find some way to automate the process, I'm setting those aside.

So instead of having a time wasted section, I've decided to break the sponsorships section into two parts: house offenders and senate offenders. This should give you a better idea of what's going on and at the same time keep senators on the hook for these stupid votes. I can maintain these statistics easily with a minimum of effort on my part. So now I'm going to start on the by state section (for real this time), to give you and idea of how your senators and representatives are spending their precious floor time. Also, look for a post very soon detailing how I decide which bills and resolutions are stupid (I actually have a well-defined set if criteria for that). I'll likely put a permanent link to that post on the sidebar, along with a few others I'm planning on the general operations and policies of this website.

Enjoy!