Bill Sali ranked as one of least effective Congressman

News Release

By Walt Minnick Campaign - March 04, 2008

(Washington, DC) – According to a private, non-partisan firm, freshman Congressman Bill Sali is the 423th least effective member of the U.S. Congress. Walt Minnick, the Boise businessman working to unseat Sali in November, pointed to the rankings as further evidence that Idahoans need new representation in Washington DC.

“Congressman Sali has been so focused on his own personal, divisive agenda that he’s utterly failed to be an effective voice for Idaho,” said Minnick. “"You cannot get things done for Idaho in Congress with partisan bickering and name calling. We need a congressman who can work together with all sides to be effective for Idaho.”

The annual study was produced by Knowlegis, a political technology company based in Washington, DC. The news release is available here and the full Power Rankings are available here.

About Walt
Walt Minnick grew up working on his family’s wheat farm in Walla Walla, Washington and has lived in Idaho for 37 years. Minnick is a businessman who took a 70 million dollar forest products company and grew it into a nearly one billion dollar Idaho success story – WHILE working to protect our environment.

Walt will put the interests of Idaho’s families and our nation first. He will stand up to the lobbyists and corporate special interests, and work to end the partisan bickering that paralyzed Washington DC. Walt was a co-founder and currently serves on the Board of the Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence. He and his wife A.K. have been married for 18 years. Walt has four children and one granddaughter.