By Sharif Durhams
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Keeping score of President Barack Obama’s attempt to capture votes needed to secure passage of his health care proposal this weekend?

Well, The Washington Post is doing the same. The paper’s Web site has a chart of all 435 members of Congress, their leaning on the current package and how they voted when the House passed a different health care overhaul bill in November.

The chart also includes a listing of how much money those representatives have received from health care industry lobbyists and the percentage of people in each of their districts who do not have health insurance.

Here is the information on the Wisconsin delegation:
Rep. Paul Ryan (R–Janesville), leaning No, voted No Nov. 7, $1,125,233, 10.1 percent uninsured in the First Congressional District.
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D–Madison), leaning Yes, voted Yes Nov. 7, $470,445, 9 percent uninsured in the Second Congressional District.
Rep. Ron Kind (D–La Crosse), undecided, voted Yes Nov. 7, $841,913, 11.7 percent uninsured in Third Congressional District.
Rep. Gwen Moore (D–Milwaukee), leaning Yes, voted Yes Nov. 7, $88,472, 15.8 percent uninsured in Fourth Congressional District.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R–Menomonee Falls), leaning No, voted No Nov. 7, $305,252, 6.2 percent uninsured in Fifth Congressional District.
Rep. Tom Petri (R–Fond du Lac), leaning No, voted No Nov. 7, $137,673, 8.7 percent uninsured in Sixth Congressional District.
Rep. David Obey (D–Wausau), undecided, voted Yes Nov. 7, $886,894, 12 percent uninsured in Seventh Congressional District.
Rep. Steve Kagen (D–Appleton), undecided, voted Yes Nov. 7, $491,234, 9.9 percent uninsured in Eighth Congressional District.

Here’s the Post’s list of all of the other representatives.

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