(05-23-2009 03:13 PM)onlinepole Wrote:  Most favorite: Bill Proxmire (WI) a fiscal and expense watchdog.

Creator of the Golden Fleece Award. That award was apparently revived in 2000, but I'd guess it's been missing a major advocate, since it's been many years since I had heard of it.

(05-22-2009 12:08 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  I'm from Illinois. How could I ever have a favorite Senator!

State of Lincoln, or State of Corruption?

I do like ol' Norm Coleman up here in Mpls though.....

Ole Everett Dirksen ain't too bad ! !! He always won when the votes from "Down state came in" ! He was a good man !

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

"We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary."
Everett Dirksen

Ah, The "Ev and Charlie" Show ! !
The Republican leaders of the Senate and the House would form a joint group, to be known as the Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership, with the chairman of the Republican National Committee to act as presiding office (a practice soon abandoned), to hold meetings approximately once a week, after which the Senate and House leaders, as spokesmen, would hold a joint press conference for the newspaper, periodical, TV and radio correspondents. These sessions became known first as the "Ev and Charlie Show" and then the "Ev and Jerry Show" after Dirksen, Charles Halleck, and Gerald Ford.

You can be proud of this man from "Down State' - Pekin, IL ! !

(05-22-2009 10:43 PM)Artifice Wrote:  

(05-22-2009 02:19 PM)Tripster Wrote:  .

This Forum does not have enough Sever Space for my list of Least Fav's.

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Sure it does.

Favorites: Republicans

Least Favorites: Democrats

Done

Most favorite Senator: Pick a dead one
Least favorite Senator: Pick a live one

(05-26-2009 09:21 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Most favorite Senator: Pick a dead one
Least favorite Senator: Pick a live one

Since the passing of the 17th amendment, I can't disagree with that.