Posted on 09/29/2014 11:30:54 AM PDT by cotton1706
In a move that's likely to cause heartburn for the GOP establishment and Democratic Party, a band of hardcore conservative politicos have grouped together to form a new scorecard and rating system for members of Congress.
FreedomWorks’ director of minority outreach Deneen Borelli; Daniel Horowitz, a conservative who worked for Madison Project and has written columns for Breitbart News and RedState; former U.S. Senate Steering committee policy adviser Gaston Mooney; and conservative communications staffer Rachel Semmel, among others, have just launched the “Conservative Review.”
“I am excited to be a part of an organization that pulls back the curtain on lawmakers,” Borelli, the new group’s president, told Breitbart News. "More often than not, conservatives are sold a fake bill of goods and campaign-trail promises to bring conservative values to Washington. Conservative Review will offer a front row seat to information beyond the scorecard, such as member profiles, to hold lawmakers accountable for not only the way they vote but what they say and do when they think we're not watching.”
Each one of these staffers and the others there, while maybe not widely known to the general public, are well-known conservative insider politicos in Washington who regularly find themselves battling the GOP establishment on the front lines of politics and policy. Borelli, for instance, is a black conservative who recently hammered U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) and his allies for using the "race card" to attack state Sen. Chris McDaniel in that state’s GOP primary this year. Horowitz is well known for not pulling any punches when he's doing political work for groups or campaigns pushing a message.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I've added the Conservative Review to my average of the other rating agencies, so we can all have a real assessment.
Lee (UT) - 2016 - 100% (Average) - 100% (CReview) 100% (Heritage) - 100% (CFG) - 100% (ACU) - 100% (FreedomWorks)
Cruz (TX) - 2018 - 99% (Average) - 95% (CReview) 100% (Heritage) - 100% (CFG) - 100% (ACU) - 100% (FreedomWorks)
Paul (KY) - 2016 - 97% (Average) - 94% (CReview) 96% (Heritage) - 97% (CFG) - 96% (ACU) - 100% (FreedomWorks)
Scott (SC) - 2014 - 91% (Average) - 84% (CReview) 93% (Heritage) - 94% (CFG) - 96% (ACU) - 86% (FreedomWorks)
Inhofe (OK) - 2014 - 90% (Average) - 84% (CReview) 89% (Heritage) - 94% (CFG) - 92% (ACU) - 90% (FreedomWorks)
Risch (ID) - 2014 - 90% (Average) - 83% (CReview) 86% (Heritage) - 94% (CFG) - 92% (ACU) - 95% (FreedomWorks)
Rubio (FL) - 2016 - 89% (Average) - 78% (CReview) 87% (Heritage) - 91% (CFG) - 96% (ACU) - 95% (FreedomWorks)
Crapo (ID) - 2016 - 87% (Average) - 80% (CReview) 79% (Heritage) - 92% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 95% (FreedomWorks)
Coburn (OK) - 2016 - 86% (Average) - 81% (CReview) 81% (Heritage) - 93% (CFG) - 100% (ACU) - 76% (FreedomWorks)
Johnson (WI) - 2016 - 85% (Average) - 76% (CReview) 89% (Heritage) - 87% (CFG) - 96% (ACU) - 77% (FreedomWorks)
Cornyn (TX) - 2014 - 84% (Average) - 71% (CReview) 86% (Heritage) - 93% (CFG) - 96% (ACU) - 76% (FreedomWorks)
Grassley (IA) - 2016 - 84% (Average) - 76% (CReview) 82% (Heritage) - 86% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 86% (FreedomWorks)
Enzi (WY) - 2014 - 83% (Average) - 76% (CReview) 76% (Heritage) - 94% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 82% (FreedomWorks)
Roberts (KS) - 2014 - 83% (Average) - 66% (CReview) 90% (Heritage) - 84% (CFG) - 84% (ACU) - 91% (FreedomWorks)
Sessions (AL) - 2014 - 83% (Average) - 80% (CReview) 79% (Heritage) - 88% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 82% (FreedomWorks)
Toomey (PA) - 2016 - 82% (Average) - 71% (CReview) 76% (Heritage) - 93% (CFG) - 80% (ACU) - 91% (FreedomWorks)
Vitter (LA) - 2016 - 80% (Average) - 76% (CReview) 75% (Heritage) - 78% (CFG) - 79% (ACU) - 91% (FreedomWorks)
McConnell (KY) - 2014 - 79% (Average) - 62% (CReview) 80% (Heritage) - 87% (CFG) - 92% (ACU) - 73% (FreedomWorks)
Barrasso (WY) - 2018 - 78% (Average) - 73% (CReview) 76% (Heritage) - 85% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 68% (FreedomWorks)
Heller (NV) - 2018 - 76% (Average) - 56% (CReview) 71% (Heritage) - 89% (CFG) - 83% (ACU) - 82% (FreedomWorks)
Shelby (AL) - 2016 - 74% (Average) - 68% (CReview) 76% (Heritage) - 82% (CFG) - 76% (ACU) - 68% (FreedomWorks)
Flake (AZ) - 2018 - 70% (Average) - 50% (CReview) 58% (Heritage) - 84% (CFG) - 71% (ACU) - 85% (FreedomWorks)
Thune (SD) - 2016 - 70% (Average) - 60% (CReview) 65% (Heritage) - 80% (CFG) - 88% (ACU) - 59% (FreedomWorks)
Coats (IN) - 2016 - 69% (Average) - 50% (CReview) 70% (Heritage) - 75% (CFG) - 83% (ACU) - 65% (FreedomWorks)
Hatch (UT) - 2018 - 69% (Average) - 65% (CReview) 60% (Heritage) - 76% (CFG) - 75% (ACU) - 70% (FreedomWorks)
Moran (KS) - 2016 - 69% (Average) - 59% (CReview) 66% (Heritage) - 75% (CFG) - 80% (ACU) - 67% (FreedomWorks)
Fischer (NE) - 2018 - 68% (Average) - 58% (CReview) 64% (Heritage) - 74% (CFG) - 76% (ACU) - 68% (FreedomWorks)
Burr (NC) - 2016 - 67% (Average) - 57% (CReview) 62% (Heritage) - 67% (CFG) - 84% (ACU) - 67% (FreedomWorks)
Boozman (AR) - 2016 - 65% (Average) - 47% (CReview) 71% (Heritage) - 70% (CFG) - 80% (ACU) - 55% (FreedomWorks)
Ayotte (NH) - 2016 - 63% (Average) - 47% (CReview) 57% (Heritage) - 79% (CFG) - 68% (ACU) - 64% (FreedomWorks)
Portman (OH) - 2016 - 62% (Average) - 55% (CReview) 57% (Heritage) - 71% (CFG) - 64% (ACU) - 64% (FreedomWorks)
Corker (TN) - 2018 - 59% (Average) - 56% (CReview) 44% (Heritage) - 75% (CFG) - 64% (ACU) - 55% (FreedomWorks)
Graham (SC) - 2014 - 59% (Average) - 56% (CReview) 52% (Heritage) - 65% (CFG) - 68% (ACU) - 52% (FreedomWorks)
Johanns (NE) - 2014 - 59% (Average) - 44% (CReview) 56% (Heritage) - 71% (CFG) - 71% (ACU) - 55% (FreedomWorks)
Chambilss (GA) - 2014 - 55% (Average) - 48% (CReview) 57% (Heritage) - 61% (CFG) - 56% (ACU) - 52% (FreedomWorks)
Blunt (MO) - 2016 - 54% (Average) - 32% (CReview) 57% (Heritage) - 67% (CFG) - 71% (ACU) - 41% (FreedomWorks)
McCain (AZ) - 2016 - 54% (Average) - 55% (CReview) 43% (Heritage) - 71% (CFG) - 52% (ACU) - 48% (FreedomWorks)
Isakson (GA) - 2016 - 53% (Average) - 46% (CReview) 54% (Heritage) - 59% (CFG) - 54% (ACU) - 50% (FreedomWorks)
Cochran (MS) - 2014 - 52% (Average) - 45% (CReview) 57% (Heritage) - 56% (CFG) - 60% (ACU) - 41% (FreedomWorks)
Kirk (IL) - 2016 - 51% (Average) - 32% (CReview) 44% (Heritage) - 74% (CFG) - 44% (ACU) - 59% (FreedomWorks)
Wicker (MS) - 2018 - 51% (Average) - 40% (CReview) 46% (Heritage) - 68% (CFG) - 60% (ACU) - 41% (FreedomWorks)
Alexander (TN) - 2014 - 49% (Average) - 27% (CReview) 46% (Heritage) - 67% (CFG) - 60% (ACU) - 45% (FreedomWorks)
Hoeven (ND) - 2016 - 45% (Average) - 21% (CReview) 44% (Heritage) - 58% (CFG) - 60% (ACU) - 41% (FreedomWorks)
Murkowski (AK) - 2016 - 37% (Average) - 24% (CReview) 36% (Heritage) - 52% (CFG) - 38% (ACU) - 36% (FreedomWorks)
Collins (ME) - 2014 - 26% (Average) - 12% (CReview) 28% (Heritage) - 39% (CFG) - 28% (ACU) - 23% (FreedomWorks)
exactly, I hope some committee votes are also taken into account.
I like it so far, they are tough enough to give Cruz a 95%, lol
I know these kids mean well, but with a half dozen different, competing ratings systems I don’t see how or why we really need another.
What we need are more small issue, but closely-coupled on the ground activist groups that can drive voter turnout and raise/distribute money. Like what the Dems have.
This new scorecard system MUST include cloture votes, as well.
The usual suspects populate the bottom of the list......
To better portray how the Parasite Party ( Liberals in “both” parties ) is at odds with the Host (America), why not present the ENTIRE list of US Senators?
The Conservative Review includes democrats. The others don’t, since they’d all be zero.
And since we know that ALL democrats should be removed from power, there’s no point anyway, so my average focuses only on republicans, so we can take a quick glance at who should be removed next cycle.
Start with tracking and score clouture votes.
That might make the RINOS think twice.
They need to nclude when these traitors retort LSM talking points and sound like DemocRats.
There have been efforts here on FR for years to identify the phonies by their voting record.
Here is one I did. Not the first, update to an older one.
“Updated Congressional Vote Score Card” (Dec. 13, 2009)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406579/posts
Note: The links to the bills and Congressmen profiles worked when I created this page. They no longer do. I think Gov Trak has changed ownership.
I was wrong. The links now seem to be working again.
Ive often wondered if its possible to keep an eye on staffers and sleazy consultants too......
His statements and speeches and interviews are hard to rate this way though
Lee, Cruz and Paul lead my list and I see they lead the scorecard here.
Looks like good scorekeeping......
Yes, and monitoring lobbyist’s effect.
The best solution is to DownSize DC! Close entire Rogue/Unconstitutional Departments including their SWAT Teams.
Move any worthwhile functions back to the states. Away from the DC lobbyists.
Shrink DC to the point where Congress does not need to be in DC most of the year.
Texas Legislature meets every 2 years, unless called to special session by the Governor. Has worked very well for us.
Make Congress telecommute from their home district most of the year. Away from the DC corruption.
Starve the Beast and Save the Nation.
We need those for Governors and state officials as well. Plus, they’re only good for cutting ourselves. How do these guys stack up against a Dem?
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