Posted on 12/02/2011 2:04:17 PM PST by Notwithstanding
1998 was the last year that Gingrich, Paul and Santorum were all in Congress. Gingrich’s annual and lifetime ACU ratings were far better than both of the others:
100% - Gingrich: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (90% Lifetime Rating as of 1998) 88% - Paul: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (88% Lifetime Rating as of 1998) 84% - Santorum: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (83% Lifetime Rating as of 1998)
Source: http://www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/1998/98houseratings.htm
“100% - Gingrich”
RINO! We’re better-off with Obama!
Math is hard. I’m a girl. . . This is good for Newt, isn’t it?
American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene Endorses Mitt Romney
1998 was the last year that Gingrich, Paul and Santorum were all in Congress. Gingrich’s annual and lifetime ACU ratings were better than both of the others:
(100% = perfect conservative voting record)
100% - Gingrich: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (90% Lifetime Rating as of 1998)
88% - Paul: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (88% Lifetime Rating as of 1998)
84% - Santorum: Annual 1998 ACU Rating (83% Lifetime Rating as of 1998)
Source: http://www.conservative.org/ratings/ratingsarchive/1998/98houseratings.htm
RINO! We’re better-off with Obama!
OBJECTIVE data vs. subjective political endorsement.
Newt is the objective data winner. Mitt is the subjective schmooze winner.
The chart is worthless without the questions asked.
I don’t care about 1998. I want 2011. Newt would NOT get 100 percent for 2010 and 2011 for sure. I know he is not in office, but he has become way moderate to liberal since 1998.
>> Sarcasm, or just trying to make the most epically stupid comment of the year?
From his tag line I’d say it’s sarcasm.
1998 House Vote Descriptions
1. NATIONAL TESTING CURBS. HR2486 (roll call vote 9). Passage of the bill to prohibit the use of federal funds for any federally-sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifically authorized by Congress. Passed 242-174, Feb. 5, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
2. PUERTO RICO STATUS. HR856 (roll call vote 37). Passage of the bill to establish a process for determining and implementing a permanent political status for Puerto Rico, possibly leading to statehood. Passed 209-208, March 4, 1998. ACU opposed the legislation.
3. PROPERTY RIGHTS. HR992 (roll call vote 52). Passage of the bill to give landowners greater leeway in suing the federal government for disputes over government seizure of private property, by allowing such cases to be heard in federal courts. Passed 230-180, March 12, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
4. LABOR UNION SALTING. HR3246 (roll call vote 78). Passage of the bill to permit employers to refuse to hire, or fire, those who seek employment for the purpose of "salting," a practice in which union organizers seek employment primarily for the purpose of organizing other workers to join a union. Passed 202-200, March 26, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
5. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. HR2400 (roll call vote 93). Roukema (R-NJ) amendment to end the Transportation Department's program that sets a goal of providing at least 10 percent of transportation contracts to small businesses owned by women and minorities. Rejected 194-225, April 1, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
6. TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT. HJRes111 (roll call vote 102). Passage of the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate in order to raise taxes. Rejected 238-186, April 22, 1998. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a constitutional amendment.) ACU supported the resolution.
7. PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. HR6 (roll call vote 133). Riggs (R-CA) amendment to prohibit any public institution of higher learning that participates in any Higher Education Act program from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any person or group in admissions based in whole or in part on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Rejected 171-249, May 6, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
8. SATELLITES TO CHINA. HR3616 (roll call vote 170). Hunter (R-CA) amendment to prohibit the export of re-export of any U.S. satellites, including commercial satellites and their components, to the People's Republic of China. Adopted 364-54, May 20, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
9. UNITED NATIONS TROOP ASSIGNMENTS. HR3616 (roll call vote 173). Hefley (R-CO) amendment to prohibit the assignment of any member of the U.S. armed services to duty with the United Nations Rapidly Deployable Mission Headquarters, or any other standing army under command of the United Nations. Adopted 250-172, May 20, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
10. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AMENDMENT. HJRes78 (roll call vote 201). Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to guarantee an individual's right to pray and recognize his religious beliefs on public property, including schools. The amendment also would bar governments at any level from requiring anyone to participate in religious activity or to deny benefits on the basis of religion. Rejected 224-203, June 4, 1998. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a constitutional amendment.) ACU supported the amendment.
11. TIENANMEN SQUARE. HConRes285 (roll call vote 202). Adoption of the concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the president should reconsider his decision to be formally received in Tienanmen Square during his upcoming visit to the People's Republic of China. Adopted 305-116, June 4, 1998. ACU supported the resolution.
12. CONSERVATIVE BUDGET. HConRes284 (roll call vote 208). Neumann (R-WI) substitute amendment, offered on behalf of the Conservative Action Team, to adopt a five-year budget plan that would seek to limit the growth of government spending to the rate of inflation, while calling for $150 billion in tax reduction over five years, and increasing defense spending above current levels by $56 billion over five years. Rejected 158-262, June 17, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
13. TAX CODE TERMINATION. HR3097 (roll call vote 239). Passage of the bill to abolish the tax code, except for the provisions that fund Social Security and Medicare, by December 31, 2002. Passed 219-209, June 17, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
14. TRANSPORTING MINORS FOR ABORTION. HR3682 (roll call vote 280). Passage of the bill to make it a federal crime for anyone other than the parent to transport a minor across state lines with the intent that she obtain an abortion. Passed 276-150, July 15, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
15. NEA FUNDING. HR4193 (roll call vote 312). Johnson (R-CN) amendment to reinstate $98 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts in fiscal 1999, which was struck from the bill by a point of order. Adopted 253-173, July 21, 1998. ACU opposed the amendment.
16. PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION. HR1122 (roll call vote 325). Passage, over the President's October 10, 1997 veto, of the bill to prohibit certain late-term abortion procedures, in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers the fetus before performing the abortion. An exception would be granted where the procedure was deemed necessary to save the life of the mother. Passed 296-132, July 23, 1998. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting of both houses is required to override a presidential veto.) ACU supported the legislation.
17. EXPRESS ADVOCACY. HR2183 (roll call vote 375). Whitfield (R-KY) amendment to the Shays-Meehan substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment would remove the bill's expanded version of the definition of express advocacy and maintain current law. Rejected 173-238, July 31, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
18. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION. HR2183 (roll call vote 379). Shays (R-CN) substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment bans soft money contributions, raises the aggregate contribution limits, prohibits House candidates from spending more than $50,000 in personal funds, places onerous new restrictions on issue advertising, and generally restricts the rights of citizen organizations to communicate with the public. Adopted 237-186, August 3, 1998. ACU opposed the amendment.
19. LSC FUNDING. HR4276 (roll call vote 381). Mollohan (D-WV) amendment to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation from $141 million to $250 million. Adopted 255-170, August 4, 1998. ACU opposed the amendment.
20. UNITED NATIONS DEBT PAYMENT. HR4276 (roll call vote 392). Bartlett (R-MD) amendment to eliminate the $475 million allocated in the bill for debt payments to the United Nations. Rejected 151-279, August 5, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
21. DEREGULATING CAMPAIGNS. HR2183 (roll call vote 403). Doolittle (R-CA) substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment would eliminate all federal contribution limits and end the public financing of presidential campaigns. Rejected 131-299, August 6, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
22. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION. HR2183 (roll call vote 405). Passage of the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The text of the bill is the Shays-Meehan substitute amendment adopted by the House on August 3, 1998, which bans soft money contributions, raises the aggregate contribution limits, prohibits House candidates from spending more than $50,000 in personal funds, places onerous new restrictions on issue advertising, and generally restricts the rights of citizen organizations to communicate with the public. Passed 252-179, August 6, 1998. ACU opposed the legislation.
23. SCHOOL VOUCHERS. HR4380 (roll call vote 411). Armey (R-TX) amendmet to establish a new program to provide education scholarships ("vouchers") to an estimated 2,000 poor D.C. public school students. Adopted 214-208, August 6, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
24. TAX CUTS. HR4579 (roll call vote 469). Passage of the bill to cut taxes by $80 billion over five years, by extending expired provisions such as the research tax credit, reducing taxes for farmers and married couples, and making health insurance premiums 100 percent deductible for the self-employed. Passed 229-195, September 26, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
25. OPEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. HRes581 (roll call vote 498). Adoption of the resolution to authorize the Judiciary Committee to conduct an inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach President Clinton. Adopted 258-176, October 08, 1998. ACU supported the resolution.
Palin is behind Santorum. 84% ‘aint bad. Of course, now I totally ignore the ACU ratings considering they have Suhail Khan on their board, and welcome GOProud to CPAC.
When did he endorse Romney? 2011?. They’re ratings were from 1998. A while back!!!
That’s part of the reason I’ve been so shocked, in the 2000s, that Newt drank the Gore-Bal Warming Kool-Aid, plumped for ethanol subsidies and took about $1.5M from Freddy Mac. He’s just gotten more liberal on a number of issues, and for a man in his 60s, that’s troubling.
Ron Paul gets an 88 for voting “wrong” on 3 out of 10 votes. But was he wrong?
He got dinged for Vote #10, on a constitutional amendment that failed. His explanation is here:
http://www.ronpaularchive.com/1998/06/religious-freedom-found-in-following-constitution/
I don’t think there is anything unconservative about his position on it.
Then he gets dinged for voting against the Child Custody protection Act. His explanation is here, and is a conservative argument:
http://ronpaulquotes.com/chapters/1998-77.html
The last “wrong” vote was against a Dick Armey voucher program for DC schools. Ron Paul’s conservative argument against vouchers is here:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul132.html
In short, the ACU rating is for dummies.
The fact that Newt’s lifetime ACU rating was 90 is evidence that his voting record over his two decades in Congress was overwhelmingly conservative. But the fact that Newt had a 100 ACU rating in 1998 tells us next to nothing, since Newt was Speaker that year and the Speaker very rarely votes unless there’s a tie. I wouldn’t be surprised if the only 1998 votes scored by the ACU in which Newt participated were regarding the Clinton impeachment.
1998 was a long time ago.
Bottom line Paul voted against this:
10. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AMENDMENT. HJRes78 (roll call vote 201). Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to guarantee an individual’s right to pray and recognize his religious beliefs on public property, including schools. The amendment also would bar governments at any level from requiring anyone to participate in religious activity or to deny benefits on the basis of religion. Rejected 224-203, June 4, 1998. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a constitutional amendment.) ACU supported the amendment.
And this:
14. TRANSPORTING MINORS FOR ABORTION. HR3682 (roll call vote 280). Passage of the bill to make it a federal crime for anyone other than the parent to transport a minor across state lines with the intent that she obtain an abortion. Passed 276-150, July 15, 1998. ACU supported the legislation.
And this:
23. SCHOOL VOUCHERS. HR4380 (roll call vote 411). Armey (R-TX) amendment to establish a new program to provide education scholarships (”vouchers”) to an estimated 2,000 poor D.C. public school students. Adopted 214-208, August 6, 1998. ACU supported the amendment.
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