Scorecard 110-1

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 110th Congress (January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009) and ranks congressmen based on their fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

House Votes

1. Iraq Troop Withdrawal

The bill would require the withdrawal of troops and contractors to begin within 90 days of the bill's enactment, and to be completed within 180 days from the beginning date of the withdrawal.

2. Global Climate Change

Strikes from the bill nonbinding language calling for a mandatory program to combat global warming.

3. Peru Free Trade Agreement

Transfers the power to regulate trade (and other powers as well) to regional arrangements.

4. Economic Stimulus

Would provide about $150 billion in economic stimulus, including $101.1 billion in direct payments of rebate checks (typically $600) to most taxpayers in 2008.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$1,284.00/year

H R 5140

5. Budget Resolution

Drafted by the Democrats, this $3.03 trillion budget sets nonbinding limits for the 12 annual appropriations bills.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$25,946.00/year

S CON RES 70

6. Bailout Bill

Authorizes the Treasury Department to use $700 billion of taxpayer money to purchase troubled mortgage-related securities from banks and other financial-related institutions.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$5,994.00/year

H R 1424

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote

Name	Party	State	Score
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI	33%
Gary Ackerman	D	NY	17%
Robert Aderholt	R	AL	67%
W. Akin	R	MO	50%
Rodney Alexander	R	LA	33%
Thomas Allen	D	ME	33%
Jason Altmire	D	PA	33%
Robert Andrews	D	NJ	33%
Michael Arcuri	D	NY	33%
Joe Baca	D	CA	33%
Michele Bachmann	R	MN	50%
Spencer Bachus	R	AL	20%
Brian Baird	D	WA	33%
Richard Baker	R	LA	33%
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI	33%
James Barrett	R	SC	33%
John Barrow	D	GA	33%
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD	33%
Joe Barton	R	TX	50%
Melissa Bean	D	IL	0%
Xavier Becerra	D	CA	33%
Shelley Berkley	D	NV	17%
Howard Berman	D	CA	0%
Robert Berry	D	AR	33%
Judy Biggert	R	IL	17%
Brian Bilbray	R	CA	50%
Gus M. Bilirakis	R	FL	50%
Rob Bishop	R	UT	67%
Sanford D. Bishop	D	GA	0%
Timothy Bishop	D	NY	17%
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN	50%
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR	33%
Roy Blunt	R	MO	33%
John Boehner	R	OH	33%
Jo Bonner	R	AL	33%
John Boozman	R	AR	17%
Dan Boren	D	OK	20%
Leonard Boswell	D	IA	0%
Frederick Boucher	D	VA	20%
Charles Boustany	R	LA	33%
Allen Boyd	D	FL	17%
Nancy Boyda	D	KS	33%
Kevin Brady	R	TX	33%
Robert Brady	D	PA	20%
Bruce Braley	D	IA	20%
Paul Broun	R	GA	75%
Corrine Brown	D	FL	0%
Henry Brown	R	SC	33%
Virginia Brown-Waite	R	FL	33%
Vern Buchanan	R	FL	17%
Michael Burgess	R	TX	83%
Dan Burton	R	IN	50%
George Butterfield	D	NC	33%
Stephen Buyer	R	IN	60%
Ken Calvert	R	CA	33%
Dave Camp	R	MI	33%
John Campbell	R	CA	40%
Christopher Cannon	R	UT	33%
Eric Cantor	R	VA	40%
Shelley Moore Capito	R	WV	50%
Lois Capps	D	CA	17%
Michael Capuano	D	MA	33%
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA	0%
Russ Carnahan	D	MO	33%
Christopher Carney	D	PA	33%
Andre Carson	D	IN	N/A
Julia Carson	D	IN	N/A
John R. Carter	R	TX	50%
Michael Castle	R	DE	17%
Kathy Castor	D	FL	33%
Donald Cazayoux	D	LA	N/A
Steve Chabot	R	OH	50%
Ben Chandler	D	KY	33%
Travis Childers	D	MS	N/A
Yvette D. Clarke	D	NY	17%
Lacy Clay	D	MO	33%
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO	17%
James E. Clyburn	D	SC	17%
Howard Coble	R	NC	50%
Steve Cohen	D	TN	33%
Tom Cole	R	OK	33%
K. Conaway	R	TX	33%
John Conyers	D	MI	50%
Jim Cooper	D	TN	17%
Jim Costa	D	CA	0%
Jerry Costello	D	IL	50%
Joe Courtney	D	CT	50%
Robert Cramer	D	AL	0%
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL	33%
Joseph Crowley	D	NY	17%
Barbara Cubin	R	WY	60%
Henry Cuellar	D	TX	0%
John Culberson	R	TX	50%
Elijah Cummings	D	MD	33%
Artur Davis	D	AL	17%
Danny K. Davis	D	IL	33%
David Davis	R	TN	50%
Geoff Davis	R	KY	40%
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA	N/A
Lincoln Davis	D	TN	17%
Susan Davis	D	CA	20%
Thomas Davis	R	VA	33%
Nathan Deal	R	GA	67%
Peter DeFazio	D	OR	50%
Diana DeGette	D	CO	17%
William Delahunt	D	MA	50%
Rosa L. DeLauro	D	CT	33%
Charles Dent	R	PA	17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL	50%
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL	50%
Norman Dicks	D	WA	17%
John Dingell	D	MI	17%
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX	33%
Joe Donnelly	D	IN	33%
John Doolittle	R	CA	50%
Michael Doyle	D	PA	33%
Thelma Drake	R	VA	50%
David Dreier	R	CA	33%
John Duncan	R	TN	83%
Donna Edwards	D	MD	N/A
Thomas Edwards	D	TX	0%
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI	17%
Keith Ellison	D	MN	33%
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN	17%
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL	17%
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO	33%
Eliot Engel	D	NY	0%
Philip English	R	PA	33%
Anna Eshoo	D	CA	17%
Bob Etheridge	D	NC	0%
Terry Everett	R	AL	20%
Mary Fallin	R	OK	33%
Sam Farr	D	CA	17%
Chaka Fattah	D	PA	0%
Tom Feeney	R	FL	60%
Michael Ferguson	R	NJ	17%
Bob Filner	D	CA	60%
Jeff Flake	R	AZ	67%
J. Forbes	R	VA	67%
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE	33%
Vito Fossella	R	NY	17%
Bill Foster	D	IL	N/A
Virginia Foxx	R	NC	50%
Barney Frank	D	MA	17%
Trent Franks	R	AZ	50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ	17%
Elton Gallegly	R	CA	50%
Scott Garrett	R	NJ	50%
Jim Gerlach	R	PA	17%
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ	20%
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD	20%
Kirsten E. Gillibrand	D	NY	33%
Paul Gillmor	R	OH	N/A
Phil Gingrey	R	GA	67%
Louie Gohmert	R	TX	67%
Charles Gonzalez	D	TX	17%
Virgil Goode	R	VA	83%
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA	50%
Barton Gordon	D	TN	0%
Kay Granger	R	TX	33%
Sam Graves	R	MO	50%
Al Green	D	TX	33%
Gene Green	D	TX	33%
Raul M. Grijalva	D	AZ	50%
Luis Gutierrez	D	IL	33%
John Hall	D	NY	33%
Ralph Hall	R	TX	50%
Phil Hare	D	IL	33%
Jane Harman	D	CA	17%
J. Hastert	R	IL	33%
Alcee Hastings	D	FL	40%
Doc Hastings	R	WA	67%
Robin Hayes	R	NC	67%
Dean Heller	R	NV	50%
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX	50%
Walter Herger	R	CA	33%
Brian Higgins	D	NY	33%
Baron Hill	D	IN	33%
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY	50%
Ruben Hinojosa	D	TX	17%
Mazie K. Hirono	D	HI	33%
David Hobson	R	OH	17%
Paul Hodes	D	NH	50%
Peter Hoekstra	R	MI	50%
Tim Holden	D	PA	33%
Rush Holt	D	NJ	33%
Michael Honda	D	CA	17%
Darlene Hooley	D	OR	17%
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD	0%
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO	50%
Duncan Hunter	R	CA	60%
Bob Inglis	R	SC	17%
Jay Inslee	D	WA	33%
Steve Israel	D	NY	17%
Darrell E. Issa	R	CA	50%
Jesse Jackson	D	IL	33%
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX	40%
William Jefferson	D	LA	50%
Bobby Jindal	R	LA	N/A
Eddie Johnson	D	TX	17%
Henry C. Johnson	D	GA	50%
Sam Johnson	R	TX	50%
Timothy Johnson	R	IL	50%
Stephanie Jones	D	OH	25%
Jim Jordan	R	OH	50%
Walter Jones Jr.	R	NC	50%
Steve Kagen	D	WI	50%
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA	33%
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH	67%
Ric Keller	R	FL	50%
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI	33%
Dale Kildee	D	MI	33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI	33%
Ron Kind	D	WI	0%
Peter King	R	NY	17%
Steve King	R	IA	50%
Jack Kingston	R	GA	67%
Mark Kirk	R	IL	17%
Ron Klein	D	FL	17%
John Kline	R	MN	33%
Joseph Knollenberg	R	MI	33%
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH	67%
John Kuhl	R	NY	33%
Ray LaHood	R	IL	20%
Doug Lamborn	R	CO	50%
Nicholas Lampson	D	TX	33%
James Langevin	D	RI	33%
Tom Lantos	D	CA	N/A
Rick Larsen	D	WA	17%
John B. Larson	D	CT	17%
Tom Latham	R	IA	50%
Steven LaTourette	R	OH	50%
Robert E. Latta	R	OH	67%
Barbara Lee	D	CA	33%
Sander Levin	D	MI	17%
Jerry Lewis	R	CA	33%
John Lewis	D	GA	17%
Ron Lewis	R	KY	40%
John Linder	R	GA	67%
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL	33%
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ	50%
David Loebsack	D	IA	33%
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA	17%
Nita Lowey	D	NY	17%
Frank D. Lucas	R	OK	50%
Daniel Lungren	R	CA	40%
Stephen F. Lynch	D	MA	33%
Connie Mack	R	FL	50%
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA	17%
Tim Mahoney	D	FL	0%
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY	17%
Donald Manzullo	R	IL	50%
Kenny Marchant	R	TX	50%
Ed Markey	D	MA	33%
James Marshall	D	GA	20%
Jim Matheson	D	UT	33%
Doris O. Matsui	D	CA	17%
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY	17%
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA	50%
Michael T. McCaul	R	TX	50%
Betty McCollum	D	MN	17%
Thaddeus McCotter	R	MI	50%
James McCrery	R	LA	33%
Jim McDermott	D	WA	33%
James P. McGovern	D	MA	33%
Patrick McHenry	R	NC	50%
John McHugh	R	NY	33%
Mike McIntyre	D	NC	33%
Howard McKeon	R	CA	33%
Jerry McNerney	D	CA	17%
Michael McNulty	D	NY	33%
Martin Meehan	D	MA	N/A
Kendrick Meek	D	FL	17%
Gregory W. Meeks	D	NY	17%
Charles Melancon	D	LA	0%
John Mica	R	FL	50%
Michael Michaud	D	ME	50%
Candice Miller	R	MI	50%
Gary Miller	R	CA	40%
George Miller	D	CA	33%
Jeff Miller	R	FL	60%
R. Miller	D	NC	33%
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ	17%
Alan Mollohan	D	WV	33%
Dennis Moore	D	KS	0%
Gwen Moore	D	WI	20%
James Moran	D	VA	17%
Jerry Moran	R	KS	50%
Chris Murphy	D	CT	33%
Patrick Murphy	D	PA	50%
Tim Murphy	R	PA	67%
John Murtha	D	PA	17%
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO	50%
Sue Myrick	R	NC	33%
Jerry Nadler	D	NY	33%
Grace Napolitano	D	CA	50%
Richard E. Neal	D	MA	17%
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX	50%
Devin Nunes	R	CA	50%
James Oberstar	D	MN	20%
David Obey	D	WI	33%
John Olver	D	MA	33%
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX	0%
Frank Pallone	D	NJ	33%
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ	17%
Ed Pastor	D	AZ	33%
Ron Paul	R	TX	100%
Donald Payne	D	NJ	60%
Stevan Pearce	R	NM	50%
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA	20%
Mike Pence	R	IN	50%
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO	17%
Collin Peterson	D	MN	50%
John Peterson	R	PA	33%
Thomas Petri	R	WI	33%
Charles Pickering	R	MS	33%
Joseph Pitts	R	PA	50%
Todd Platts	R	PA	33%
Ted Poe	R	TX	80%
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND	0%
Jon Porter	R	NV	17%
David Price	D	NC	17%
Tom Price	R	GA	67%
Deborah Pryce	R	OH	0%
Adam Putnam	R	FL	33%
George Radanovich	R	CA	33%
Nick Rahall	D	WV	33%
James Ramstad	R	MN	17%
Charles Rangel	D	NY	17%
Ralph Regula	R	OH	33%
Dennis Rehberg	R	MT	50%
David Reichert	R	WA	33%
Rick Renzi	R	AZ	50%
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX	17%
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY	33%
Laura Richardson	D	CA	25%
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA	80%
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX	33%
Harold Rogers	R	KY	33%
Mike Rogers	R	MI	50%
Mike D. Rogers	R	AL	33%
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA	67%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL	33%
Peter Roskam	R	IL	50%
Mike Ross	D	AR	0%
Steven Rothman	D	NJ	40%
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA	50%
Edward Royce	R	CA	67%
Dutch Ruppersberger	D	MD	0%
Bobby Rush	D	IL	40%
Paul Ryan	R	WI	33%
Tim Ryan	D	OH	33%
John Salazar	D	CO	17%
Bill Sali	R	ID	50%
Linda T. Sanchez	D	CA	50%
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA	67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD	17%
John Sarbanes	D	MD	33%
H. Saxton	R	NJ	17%
Steve Scalise	R	LA	N/A
Janice D. Schakowsky	D	IL	33%
Adam Schiff	D	CA	17%
Jean Schmidt	R	OH	33%
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA	0%
David Scott	D	GA	17%
Robert C. Scott	D	VA	50%
Jim Sensenbrenner	R	WI	67%
José Serrano	D	NY	50%
Pete Sessions	R	TX	20%
Joe Sestak	D	PA	17%
John Shadegg	R	AZ	50%
Christopher Shays	R	CT	17%
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH	50%
Brad Sherman	D	CA	50%
John Shimkus	R	IL	50%
Heath Shuler	D	NC	40%
Bill Shuster	R	PA	33%
Michael K. Simpson	R	ID	40%
Albio Sires	D	NJ	17%
Ike Skelton	D	MO	0%
Louise Slaughter	D	NY	33%
Adam Smith	D	WA	33%
Adrian Smith	R	NE	50%
Christopher H. Smith	R	NJ	50%
Lamar Smith	R	TX	33%
Victor Snyder	D	AR	0%
Hilda Solis	D	CA	33%
Mark Souder	R	IN	40%
Zachary Space	D	OH	17%
Jackie Speier	D	CA	N/A
John Spratt	D	SC	17%
Fortney Stark	D	CA	50%
Clifford Stearns	R	FL	50%
Bart Stupak	D	MI	50%
John Sullivan	R	OK	33%
Betty Sutton	D	OH	33%
Thomas Tancredo	R	CO	50%
John Tanner	D	TN	0%
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA	17%
Gene Taylor	D	MS	50%
Lee Terry	R	NE	33%
Bennie G. Thompson	D	MS	50%
Mike Thompson	D	CA	17%
Mac Thornberry	R	TX	33%
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS	50%
Patrick Tiberi	R	OH	17%
John Tierney	D	MA	33%
Edolphus Towns	D	NY	17%
Niki Tsongas	D	MA	25%
Michael R. Turner	R	OH	33%
Mark Udall	D	CO	17%
Tom Udall	D	NM	50%
Fred Upton	R	MI	17%
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD	17%
Nydia M. Velazquez	D	NY	33%
Peter Visclosky	D	IN	50%
Tim Walberg	R	MI	50%
Greg Walden	R	OR	33%
James Walsh	R	NY	17%
Timothy Walz	D	MN	50%
Zach Wamp	R	TN	33%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL	20%
Maxine Waters	D	CA	33%
Diane Watson	D	CA	33%
Melvin Watt	D	NC	17%
Henry Waxman	D	CA	17%
Anthony Weiner	D	NY	17%
Peter Welch	D	VT	40%
David Weldon	R	FL	33%
Gerald Weller	R	IL	17%
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA	67%
Robert Wexler	D	FL	50%
Ed Whitfield	R	KY	50%
Roger Wicker	R	MS	33%
Charles Wilson	D	OH	17%
Heather Wilson	R	NM	33%
Joe Wilson	R	SC	33%
Robert J. Wittman	R	VA	67%
Frank Wolf	R	VA	17%
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA	33%
David Wu	D	OR	33%
Albert Wynn	D	MD	50%
John Yarmuth	D	KY	33%
C. Young	R	FL	50%
Don Young	R	AK	50%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	26.8%
Republican	42.6%