Posted on 11/13/2006 12:44:33 PM PST by Dane
ACU Releases 2005 Congressional Ratings
ALEXANDRIA, VA— The American Conservative Union, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots conservative 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), Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Pence (IN), and Speaker Dennis Hastert (IL),” 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.”
Keene continued, “In the Senate, 12 GOP Senators received a perfect 100% conservative rating in 2005, compared to eight in 2004, and none in 2003.”
The “Rating” encompasses three categories: economic and budget matters; social and cultural issues, and defense and foreign policy. Within these categories, ACU selects 25 votes based on the following question: does the vote reflect a clear ideological principle?
Ratings from 1971 through 2005 are available at www.acuratings.org.
Senate Best of the Best (100%) George Allen (R-VA) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Conrad Burns (R-MT) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Mike Crapo (R-ID) John Ensign (R-NV)
James Inhofe (R-OK) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Mel Martinez (R-FL) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Because Steele said he would take the job, if offered on an article posted here.
Wow. I think there are a few freepers who could benefit from an anger management class. Or is it just Monday?
Yes, he voted for S 2611, the "Immigration Reform Bill from He double toothpicks".
His overall immigration voting record is a D from Americans for Better Immigration.
From Project Vote Smart...
2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the American Immigration Lawyers Association 100 percent in 2006.
The following organizations are for border and interior enforcement.
2005-2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the U.S. Border Control 10 percent in 2005-2006.
2005 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the Federation for American Immigration Reform 0 percent in 2005.
2003-2006 Senator Martinez supported the interests of the Americans for Better Immigration 12 percent in 2003-2006.
Does this mean the "Battle of Amnesty" has begun?
Yep...saddle up.
When is the last time you posted a troll-free reply? I bet you can't do it.
Yeah probably a lou dobbs backed group.
BTW, bordergal, have you noticed your hero lou dobbs has gone, coo-cco for cocoa puffs, over nancy pelosi's ascending the House Speakership.
And from looking at your election predictions, you're also somewhat detached from reality to boot.
And from looking at your election predictions, you're also somewhat detached from reality to boot.
Yeah how dare I be an optimist, go ahead, tar and feather me and Dr. Vincent Peale.
Facts are such inconvenient things, aren't they?
Go back to Amnestyland, Dane. I don't want to play with you.
Dihimmicrats will have fun with Senaor Mel Schiavo Memo Martinez.
he coauthored the bill
As soon as your hero, lou dobbs, stops going, coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs, over nancy pelosi, which will be never.
And they would have had even more fun with Michael "stem cell research hearkens back to Nazi Germany" Steele. Not to mention the fact that Steele just LOST an election, while Martinez has never lost one.
Harold Ford Jr.'s lifetime ACU rating is only 19.
I thought he, everyone in his campaign, and his lapdog waterboys in the national media said he was a "conservative" Democrat.
Ford was the slickest, lyingest candidate in America since Bill Clinton. Thank God enough voters actually knew what his real voting record was.
Co-authored?
Wow. The "Battle of Amnesty"...has for sure begun.
And louie dobb's hero, nancy pelosi doesn't.
BTW, I have a clear conscience, I voted a straight GOP ticket and did not aid in nancy pelosi's ascending to the House Speakership.
Is it time to REVISE those ratings? - LOL
Steele's comment, that he backpeddled on, was a matter of policy. And defensible in terms of experimentation on humans.
The Schiavo Memo was blatantly political.
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