Stupid Votes is back!

Sorry for the extended absence, guys. I've been working on several projects, not the least of which is the creation of new tools to help me more easily track new stupid bills and resolutions. You'll noticed that I've just updated the Worst Offenders list to make it current to today. You'll also notice if you dig deep that there are a few bugs in it. Bear with me; I'm still getting it converted to the new system.

The new system allows me to use data from http://www.govtrack.us/ to more automatically fill out the Stupid Votes database with new congresspeople and stupid resolutions. It will never be completely automated, because there isn't any way for me to tell the server what is and is not a stupid vote, but now the process is little more than clicking a few buttons on my part.

So it is with a big thank you to the guys at GovTrack that I will be posting again, starting with a few of the more egregious examples of stupid bills and resolutions that came up over my absence.