The Club For Growth has released it’s scorecard for Congress and the Senate for 2007:
Washington - Today, the Club for Growth released its 2007 annual scorecard, awarding the Defender of Economic Freedom award to six senators and forty-nine representatives who scored a 90 or above on the Club’s scorecard.
“These top-scoring members of Congress are staunch defenders of American taxpayers,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “Their votes are critical to lowering taxes, cutting wasteful spending, and promoting economic growth for all Americans. The Club for Growth scorecard allows taxpayers to see how their senators and representatives are performing in Congress and find out who is truly fighting for pro-growth, limited-government policies. We hope that support for pro-growth principles will continue to grow, allowing more members to earn this award and more Americans to benefit.”
The scorecard for the House of Representatives is here and the Senate scorecard is here.
In Virginia, one Congressman, Eric Cantor (95%), received the Defender of Economic Freedom award. Three other Virginia Republicans scored above 70% — Thelma Drake (88%), James Forbes (74%), Bob Goodlatte (73%). Two, Virgil Goode (67%) and Tom Davis (59%) scored above 50%. And Congressman-for-life Frank Wolf scored a dismal 37%
None of the three Democratic Representatives — James Moran (15%), Bobby Scott (6%), and Rick Boucher (6%) scored above 20% in the survey.
On the Senate side, John Warner came in at 46% and Jim Webb was at 13%.
Apparently, fiscal responsibility isn’t a big deal among the members of Virginia’s Congressional delegation.
H/T: Jason Pye
