The Children’s Defense Fund Action Council (CDFAC) released its 2007 Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard, which grades every member of the House and Senate based on 10 key votes affecting children. The Scorecard showed some important legislative successes but noted some missed key opportunities to improve the lives of children in 2007, including Congress’s failure to override President Bush’s veto of legislation to extend health coverage to 3.1 million more uninsured children.

South Carolina’s Members of Congress collectively voted to protect the well-being of children only 41 percent of the time in 2007, ranking 47th among all 50 states.

The CDF Action Council website has put the entire Scorecard online, including an interactive database to find how each individual legislator in each state voted, as well as rankings of the best and worst Members of Congress and State Delegations. You can access all of these tools here.