OVER AT PORKBUSTERS, a scorecard on pork, ranking members of Congress. It’s a web-friendly version of The Examiner’s spreadsheet.

The Index brings together in one place all the data about how everybody who served in the Senate in 2005-2007 voted on 12 key opportunities to say “yes” or “no” to genuine earmark reforms when the Senate clerk called their names. The Examiner and Porkbusters consulted knowledgeable Senate insiders to insure that each of these votes represented a real chance to make a difference for taxpayers.

Here’s the Examiner editorial on the subject. Excerpt:

Congress appears headed to approve a record number of earmarks in 2007, despite the fact that last November angry voters registered their disgust with the practice by electing Democrats who pledged a new era of transparency in government spending.

A quick glance at The Examiner Newspapers/Porkbusters.org Earmark Reform Index for the U.S. Senate helps explain why. Two-thirds of the senators are adamantly opposed to reforming their appropriations perks, no matter what the public says.

Read the whole thing. Then you might want to call your Senators and Representatives and tell them what you think about their performance.