You have a voting record because you served as a person to get things passed your President wanted. That isn’t always good for you.
They should be serving their constituents not the party or the President. When they serve other than their constituents then they have lost their purpose and are no longer worth of trust.
Well, you are right. But that isn’t how it works. Remember, those constituents may have wanted whatever their President wanted too, but in order to get it, the Bill has to make through Congress.
That is where the wheeling and dealing go on. There are very few that haven’t participated in the sausage making at one time or another, which is why I mentioned that is it difficult when a Congressman or Senator runs for President. Of course the same doesn’t hold if you are a Democrat.