This morning we provided some context around Sen. Susan Collins' voting streak.

Her opponent, Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, has a 98 percent voting record since arriving in Congress in 1997, according to his Congressional office.

In the 109th Congress (from 2005 through 2006), Allen missed 12 votes of 1,202 votes cast, or one percent of all votes cast. As a comparison, Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, missed 8 votes of 1,205 votes cast (the disparity is not clear to me right now) according to a Washington Post database that tallies votes.

In the current 110th Congress, Allen missed 3.2 percent or 42 votes of 1,288 votes cast. Michaud has missed 1.5 percent or 19 of 1,275 votes cast. The Democratic-controlled House appears to be much more active than the previous Congress and, keep in mind, there are still nine months remaining in the 110th Congress.

Four lawmakers, all Democrats, have perfect voting attendance records in the 110th Congress. To be fair, one is Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Speakers traditionally do not cast votes, so she has voted 127 times by choice.

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