The Case of the Missing Roll-Call Votes - New York Times

The Case of the Missing Roll-Call Votes - New York Times: "By BYRON CALAME | Published: February 12, 2006

This fall's Congressional elections seem certain to rouse the interest of citizen-readers of The New York Times in the votes their legislators are casting in Washington. Given a newspaper's fundamental role in helping readers hold lawmakers accountable, providing lists of roll-call votes on major legislation should be an essential ingredient in The Times's Congressional coverage. And it has been for a long time

But the paper has begun to move away from publishing even some of the most important roll-call votes. Ironically, for a newspaper embarked on a major effort to marry print and digital information to serve its readers, The Times isn't always providing easy access to the votes online, either. A review of a half-dozen recent major votes found that the printed paper didn't publish the roll-call vote or steer readers to any list online. ...