Portions of this resource material were compiled in fall, 1997, during Sen. Slade Gorton's major attack on the sovereignty of American Indian tribes, while other sections are new. As you read this material and visit the reference sources, you might find yourself asking: is there a common thread of philosophy that touches everything that he does?

As his new 1998 "wannabe calvary" charge against Native Americans thunders across the Washington landscape, Gorton continues a consistent career outlook. His record shows that he is "pro" big business and "anti" just about everything else, including the legal sovereign rights of Indian tribes, and the future welfare of our public lands, and all natural resources.

The League of Conservation Voters gave him a 0 per cent rating on support for conservation issues in 1995, an 8 per cent rating in 1996 and again, a resounding 0 per cent in 1997.. In short, even by adding up the grades for three years in one combined score, Gorton cannot rate a minimal passing grade on his caretaking of the environment.

Please also read the excellent article "The Anti-Enviromentalists in the 104th Congress Feed at the Corporate Cash Trough," by Jim Motavalli and Ellen Miller. The entire article can be found at E! The Environmental Magazine .Here's one quote, which succinctly summarizes Gorton's agenda:

"Senator Slade Gorton (R-Washington) has an almost perfect record of supporting the timber industry. Is it at all surprising, then, that he received $112,000 in campaign contributions from timber-harvesting political action committees (PACs) between 1987 and 1995? In fact, the timber industry has invested more than five times as much political cash in trying to influence reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act as has the entire environmental movement."