The Washington Ratings Game, Part 3: Americans for Tax Reform — Local Congressional Delegation Gets Straight A’s
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) looked at 22 key votes in the House (PDF) and 20 in the Senate (PDF). If you review the votes included, you’ll see that although tax and fiscal policy dominated the votes selected, it was by no means the only area of concern for ATR.
Local Senators scored as follows:
DeWine (R-OH) — 85% (another example of too-little, too-late)
Voinovich (R-OH) — 50%
Bunning (R-KY) — 90%
McConnell (R-KY) — 95%
Bayh (D-IN) — 15%
Lugar (R-IN) — 75%
Here are some other “notable” Senators:
DeMint (R-SC) — 95%
Santorum (R-PA) — 90%
Coburn (R-OK) — 85%
McCain (R-AZ) — 80%
Dole (R-NC) — 80%
Kerry (D-MA) — 15%
Obama (D-IL) — 15%
Clinton (D-NY) — 10%
Biden (D-DE) — 10%
In the House, here’s how the locals did with ATR:
Boehner (R, OH08) — 100%
Chabot (R, OH01) — 100%
Schmidt (R, OH02) — 100%
Turner (R, OH03) — 100%
Davis (R, KY04) — 95%
Pence (R, IN06) — 100%
Sodrel (R, IN09) — 100%
Here are some other “notable” congresspersons:
Hunter (R, CA52) — 100%
Shadegg (R, AZ03) — 100%
Tancredo (R, CO06) — 95%
Flake (R, AZ06) — 91%
Oxley (R, OH04) — 82%
Mollohan (D, WV01) — 23%
Murtha (D, PA12) — 18%
Brown (D, OH13) — 18%
Strickland (D, OH06) — 14%
Kaptur (D, OH-Toledo) — 9% (late addition for LisaRenee at Glass City Jungle)
Hoyer (D, MD05) — 0%
Kucinich (D, OH10) — 0%
Pelosi (D, CA08) — 0%
It appears that the saying that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties isn’t true with ATR.
The biggest overall surprise I’ve seen in the three ratings reviewed so far is North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole’s consistently strong conservative performance. I suspect most readers would have expected a lukewarm result at best.
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Previous Posts:
- Part 1 — National Journal Has Some Local Surprises
- Part 2 — National Taxpayers Union Notes Little National Improvement
- Part 4 — Club for Growth
- Part 5 — American Conservative Union
- Consolidated Rankings for All Five Sources
