Posted on 04/06/2006 12:29:24 PM PDT by llevrok
ALEXANDRIA, VA— The American Conservative Union, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots lobbying organization, today released its 2005 “Rating of Congress,” the definitive conservative assessment of the federal legislative branch.
ACU has rated every member of the House and Senate since 1971, making the latest guide its 35th edition. The purpose of the “Rating” is to inform the public, in as unbiased a method as possible, exactly where individual senators and congressmen stand on the ideological spectrum.
“ In the House, 38 Republicans scored a perfect 100% conservative rating in 2005, including newly elected House Majority Leader John Boehner (OH) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Pence (IN),” said ACU Chairman David A. Keene. “This is down from 48 members scoring a perfect 100% rating in 2004, indicating the greater difficulty of holding the ideological line given the pressures to unify around the previous GOP leadership. Yet, both years represented more conservatism than in 2003, when only two Congressmen received perfect scores.”
(Excerpt) Read more at conservative.org ...
To the credit of the ACU, this is no surprise, and I am surprised it is not lower...too bad they didn't take this survey when the ILLEGAL alien flap started...it probably would have shown the Repubs very close to the ThugoRats in "Congressional Ratings"...both in the tank with REAL American patriots and conservatives.
Roger that, Eagle.
Senate Worst of the Worst (0%)
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
I am so NOT proud to come from New Jersey!!!
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