Reynolds, the least powerful Congressman in New York State
I don’t know where they come up with these rankings, but Congress.org lists all 29 New York State Congressman from most powerful to least powerful and Tom Reynolds finishes 29th out of 29, “butt naked last” to borrow the deathless words of Olympic sprinter John Drummond (used to describe Carl Lewis’s finish in the Olympic trials of 1996). Here’s the complete list of how local Congressman stack up in the rankings:
5. Louise Slaughter
19. Jim Walsh
25. Randy Kuhl
29. Tom Reynolds
See the complete list for the state after the fold:
Name Rank in State Score Rank in House
Rep. Rangel (D-NY-15) 1 39.06 6
Rep. Towns (D-NY-10) 2 29.53 18
Rep. Lowey (D-NY-18) 3 26.78 28
Rep. Serrano (D-NY-16) 4 26.73 29
Rep. Slaughter (D-NY-28) 5 25.28 41
Rep. Weiner (D-NY-9) 6 25.09 43
Rep. Hinchey (D-NY-22) 7 24.02 55
Rep. Engel (D-NY-17) 8 23.53 64
Rep. Maloney (D-NY-14) 9 21.77 84
Rep. Crowley (D-NY-7) 10 21.52 89
Rep. McCarthy (D-NY-4) 11 21.02 91
Rep. Ackerman (D-NY-5) 12 20.05 105
Rep. McNulty (D-NY-21) 13 19.53 118
Rep. Nadler (D-NY-8) 14 19.13 128
Rep. Arcuri (D-NY-24) 15 17.00 165
Rep. Israel (D-NY-2) 16 16.52 170
Rep. Velazquez (D-NY-12) 17 16.02 180
Rep. Meeks (D-NY-6) 18 15.26 196
Rep. Walsh (R-NY-25) 19 15.03 201
Rep. Bishop (D-NY-1) 20 14.59 205
Rep. McHugh (R-NY-23) 21 13.53 231
Rep. Gillibrand (D-NY-20) 22 12.56 246
Rep. Higgins (D-NY-27) 23 11.53 281
Rep. King (R-NY-3) 24 11.28 293
Rep. Kuhl (R-NY-29) 25 9.53 324
Rep. Fossella (R-NY-13) 26 8.57 365
Rep. Clarke (D-NY-11) 27 8.56 366
Rep. Hall (D-NY-19) 28 8.50 370
Rep. Reynolds (R-NY-26) 29 8.28 377
[...] due, let me make mention of the fact thatRandy occasionally gets something right. In this scene, Tom Reynolds is the bad guy, as well he should [...]