Scorecard 112-1

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 112th Congress (January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013) and ranks congressmen based on their fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

House Votes

1. Patriot Act Extension

Extended for four years three provisions of the Patriot Act that were set to expire.

2. South Korea Trade Agreement

Both the House and Senate approved three separate trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama.

3. Omnibus Appropriations

This catch-all legislative package (H.R. 2055), which would provide $915 billion in discretionary appropriations for fiscal 2012.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$7,557.00/year

H.R. 2055

4. Oil and Gas Development; Keystone XL Pipeline

Would open up part of Alaska's resource-rich Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development.

5. Immigration Enforcement

Rep. King introduced an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce Immigration and Customs Enforcement memos.

6. Federal Reserve Audit

Requires a full audit of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System by the comptroller general of the United States.

How did they vote?

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Name	Party	State	Score
Gary Ackerman	D	NY	17%
Sandy Adams	R	FL	50%
Robert Aderholt	R	AL	67%
W. Akin	R	MO	75%
Rodney Alexander	R	LA	50%
Jason Altmire	D	PA	67%
Justin Amash	L	MI	67%
Mark E. Amodei	R	NV	80%
Robert Andrews	D	NJ	17%
Steve Austria	R	OH	60%
Joe Baca	D	CA	40%
Michele Bachmann	R	MN	60%
Spencer Bachus	R	AL	50%
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI	60%
Ron Barber	D	AZ	N/A
Lou Barletta	R	PA	50%
John Barrow	D	GA	67%
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD	83%
Joe Barton	R	TX	50%
Charles Bass	R	NH	33%
Karen Bass	D	CA	40%
Xavier Becerra	D	CA	0%
Dan Benishek	R	MI	50%
Rick Berg	R	ND	67%
Shelley Berkley	D	NV	33%
Howard Berman	D	CA	20%
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA	67%
Judy Biggert	R	IL	50%
Brian Bilbray	R	CA	33%
Gus M. Bilirakis	R	FL	20%
Rob Bishop	R	UT	100%
Sanford D. Bishop	D	GA	50%
Timothy Bishop	D	NY	33%
Diane Black	R	TN	50%
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN	50%
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR	17%
John Boehner	R	OH	N/A
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR	0%
Jo Bonner	R	AL	50%
Dan Boren	D	OK	50%
Leonard Boswell	D	IA	50%
Charles Boustany	R	LA	80%
Kevin Brady	R	TX	50%
Robert Brady	D	PA	33%
Bruce Braley	D	IA	50%
Mo Brooks	R	AL	67%
Paul Broun	R	GA	83%
Corrine Brown	D	FL	17%
Vern Buchanan	R	FL	40%
Larry Bucshon	R	IN	67%
Ann Marie Buerkle	R	NY	67%
Michael Burgess	R	TX	50%
Dan Burton	R	IN	67%
George Butterfield	D	NC	17%
Ken Calvert	R	CA	50%
Dave Camp	R	MI	50%
John Campbell	R	CA	80%
Francisco Canseco	R	TX	50%
Eric Cantor	R	VA	50%
Shelley Moore Capito	R	WV	50%
Lois Capps	D	CA	33%
Michael Capuano	D	MA	50%
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA	20%
Russ Carnahan	D	MO	50%
John Carney	D	DE	0%
Andre Carson	D	IN	40%
John R. Carter	R	TX	50%
Bill Cassidy	R	LA	60%
Kathy Castor	D	FL	0%
Steve Chabot	R	OH	67%
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT	83%
Ben Chandler	D	KY	33%
Judy Chu	D	CA	33%
David Cicilline	D	RI	50%
Hansen Clarke	D	MI	67%
Yvette D. Clarke	D	NY	67%
Lacy Clay	D	MO	50%
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO	60%
James E. Clyburn	D	SC	17%
Howard Coble	R	NC	75%
Mike Coffman	R	CO	67%
Steve Cohen	D	TN	50%
Tom Cole	R	OK	50%
K. Conaway	R	TX	50%
Gerry Connolly	D	VA	33%
John Conyers	D	MI	25%
Jim Cooper	D	TN	33%
Jim Costa	D	CA	33%
Jerry Costello	D	IL	67%
Joe Courtney	D	CT	50%
Chip Cravaack	R	MN	67%
Eric A. Crawford	R	AR	50%
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL	50%
Mark Critz	D	PA	50%
Joseph Crowley	D	NY	17%
Henry Cuellar	D	TX	33%
John Culberson	R	TX	50%
Elijah Cummings	D	MD	33%
Danny K. Davis	D	IL	17%
Geoff Davis	R	KY	60%
Susan Davis	D	CA	0%
Peter DeFazio	D	OR	67%
Diana DeGette	D	CO	17%
Rosa L. DeLauro	D	CT	33%
Jeff Denham	R	CA	50%
Charles Dent	R	PA	50%
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN	67%
Theodore Deutch	D	FL	17%
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL	17%
Norman Dicks	D	WA	0%
John Dingell	D	MI	20%
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX	50%
Bob Dold	R	IL	33%
Joe Donnelly	D	IN	50%
Michael Doyle	D	PA	67%
David Dreier	R	CA	50%
Sean Duffy	R	WI	50%
Jeff Duncan	R	SC	100%
John Duncan	R	TN	100%
Donna Edwards	D	MD	33%
Keith Ellison	D	MN	50%
Renee Ellmers	R	NC	67%
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO	50%
Eliot Engel	D	NY	33%
Anna Eshoo	D	CA	17%
Blake Farenthold	R	TX	50%
Sam Farr	D	CA	50%
Chaka Fattah	D	PA	33%
Bob Filner	D	CA	67%
Stephen Fincher	R	TN	50%
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA	67%
Jeff Flake	R	AZ	80%
Charles J. Fleischmann	R	TN	50%
John Fleming	R	LA	67%
Bill Flores	R	TX	50%
J. Forbes	R	VA	50%
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE	67%
Virginia Foxx	R	NC	67%
Barney Frank	D	MA	50%
Trent Franks	R	AZ	67%
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ	33%
Marcia Fudge	D	OH	50%
Elton Gallegly	R	CA	50%
John Garamendi	D	CA	40%
Cory Gardner	R	CO	67%
Scott Garrett	R	NJ	67%
Jim Gerlach	R	PA	50%
Bob Gibbs	R	OH	50%
Christopher Gibson	R	NY	67%
Phil Gingrey	R	GA	67%
Louie Gohmert	R	TX	67%
Charles Gonzalez	D	TX	17%
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA	67%
Paul A. Gosar	R	AZ	50%
Trey Gowdy	R	SC	83%
Kay Granger	R	TX	50%
Sam Graves	R	MO	50%
Tom Graves	R	GA	83%
Al Green	D	TX	67%
Gene Green	D	TX	60%
Tim Griffin	R	AR	50%
H. Morgan Griffith	R	VA	100%
Raul M. Grijalva	D	AZ	67%
Michael Grimm	R	NY	50%
Frank Guinta	R	NH	67%
Brett Guthrie	R	KY	60%
Luis Gutierrez	D	IL	40%
Janice Hahn	D	CA	60%
Ralph Hall	R	TX	50%
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI	17%
Richard Hanna	R	NY	67%
Gregg Harper	R	MS	50%
Andy Harris	R	MD	83%
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO	50%
Alcee Hastings	D	FL	33%
Doc Hastings	R	WA	60%
Nan Hayworth	R	NY	33%
Joseph Heck	R	NV	50%
Martin Heinrich	D	NM	50%
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX	50%
Walter Herger	R	CA	60%
Brian Higgins	D	NY	33%
James A. Himes	D	CT	17%
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY	33%
Ruben Hinojosa	D	TX	50%
Mazie K. Hirono	D	HI	40%
Kathleen Hochul	D	NY	60%
Tim Holden	D	PA	50%
Rush Holt	D	NJ	33%
Michael Honda	D	CA	50%
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD	0%
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS	80%
Bill Huizenga	R	MI	67%
Randy Hultgren	R	IL	67%
Duncan Hunter	R	CA	67%
Robert Hurt	R	VA	83%
Jay Inslee	D	WA	25%
Steve Israel	D	NY	17%
Darrell E. Issa	R	CA	50%
Jesse Jackson	D	IL	25%
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX	40%
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS	50%
Bill Johnson	R	OH	67%
Eddie Johnson	D	TX	0%
Henry C. Johnson	D	GA	33%
Sam Johnson	R	TX	50%
Timothy Johnson	R	IL	50%
Jim Jordan	R	OH	67%
Walter Jones Jr.	R	NC	100%
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH	33%
William R. Keating	D	MA	17%
Mike Kelly	R	PA	50%
Dale Kildee	D	MI	50%
Ron Kind	D	WI	17%
Peter King	R	NY	50%
Steve King	R	IA	67%
Jack Kingston	R	GA	50%
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL	67%
Larry Kissell	D	NC	67%
John Kline	R	MN	50%
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH	80%
Raul Labrador	R	ID	83%
Doug Lamborn	R	CO	67%
Leonard Lance	R	NJ	50%
Jeff Landry	R	LA	67%
James Langevin	D	RI	33%
James Lankford	R	OK	50%
Rick Larsen	D	WA	17%
John B. Larson	D	CT	17%
Tom Latham	R	IA	50%
Steven LaTourette	R	OH	60%
Robert E. Latta	R	OH	50%
Barbara Lee	D	CA	50%
Sander Levin	D	MI	0%
Jerry Lewis	R	CA	40%
John Lewis	D	GA	50%
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL	50%
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ	50%
David Loebsack	D	IA	50%
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA	67%
Billy Long	R	MO	60%
Nita Lowey	D	NY	0%
Frank D. Lucas	R	OK	50%
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO	50%
Ben Ray Lujan	D	NM	50%
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY	67%
Daniel Lungren	R	CA	50%
Stephen F. Lynch	D	MA	50%
Connie Mack	R	FL	80%
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA	50%
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY	17%
Donald Manzullo	R	IL	83%
Kenny Marchant	R	TX	67%
Tom Marino	R	PA	40%
Ed Markey	D	MA	50%
Jim Matheson	D	UT	50%
Doris O. Matsui	D	CA	17%
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY	20%
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA	50%
Michael T. McCaul	R	TX	50%
Tom McClintock	R	CA	83%
Betty McCollum	D	MN	33%
Thaddeus McCotter	R	MI	60%
Jim McDermott	D	WA	17%
James P. McGovern	D	MA	50%
Patrick McHenry	R	NC	83%
Mike McIntyre	D	NC	67%
Howard McKeon	R	CA	60%
David McKinley	R	WV	67%
Jerry McNerney	D	CA	50%
Patrick Meehan	R	PA	50%
Gregory W. Meeks	D	NY	17%
John Mica	R	FL	50%
Michael Michaud	D	ME	50%
Candice Miller	R	MI	50%
Gary Miller	R	CA	67%
George Miller	D	CA	20%
Jeff Miller	R	FL	33%
R. Miller	D	NC	17%
Gwen Moore	D	WI	33%
James Moran	D	VA	33%
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC	83%
Chris Murphy	D	CT	50%
Tim Murphy	R	PA	67%
Sue Myrick	R	NC	75%
Jerry Nadler	D	NY	50%
Grace Napolitano	D	CA	40%
Richard E. Neal	D	MA	20%
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX	67%
Kristi Noem	R	SD	67%
Richard Nugent	R	FL	33%
Devin Nunes	R	CA	50%
Alan Nunnelee	R	MS	60%
Pete Olson	R	TX	50%
John Olver	D	MA	20%
William Owens	D	NY	40%
Steven Palazzo	R	MS	50%
Frank Pallone	D	NJ	33%
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ	33%
Ed Pastor	D	AZ	50%
Ron Paul	R	TX	N/A
Erik Paulsen	R	MN	33%
Donald Payne	D	NJ	67%
Stevan Pearce	R	NM	50%
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA	17%
Mike Pence	R	IN	67%
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO	50%
Gary Peters	D	MI	17%
Collin Peterson	D	MN	50%
Thomas Petri	R	WI	67%
Chellie Pingree	D	ME	67%
Joseph Pitts	R	PA	50%
Todd Platts	R	PA	50%
Ted Poe	R	TX	67%
Jared Polis	D	CO	50%
Mike Pompeo	R	KS	60%
Bill Posey	R	FL	83%
David Price	D	NC	17%
Tom Price	R	GA	50%
Ben Quayle	R	AZ	67%
Mike Quigley	D	IL	33%
Nick Rahall	D	WV	50%
Charles Rangel	D	NY	40%
Tom Reed	R	NY	67%
Dennis Rehberg	R	MT	67%
David Reichert	R	WA	33%
James Renacci	R	OH	50%
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX	17%
Reid Ribble	R	WI	67%
Laura Richardson	D	CA	67%
Cedric Richmond	D	LA	40%
E. Rigell	R	VA	50%
David Rivera	R	FL	33%
Martha Roby	R	AL	50%
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA	50%
David Roe	R	TN	67%
Harold Rogers	R	KY	50%
Mike Rogers	R	MI	50%
Mike D. Rogers	R	AL	50%
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA	83%
Todd Rokita	R	IN	67%
Thomas Rooney	R	FL	50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL	17%
Peter Roskam	R	IL	50%
Dennis Ross	R	FL	67%
Mike Ross	D	AR	33%
Steven Rothman	D	NJ	0%
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA	33%
Edward Royce	R	CA	67%
Jon Runyan	R	NJ	40%
Dutch Ruppersberger	D	MD	33%
Bobby Rush	D	IL	33%
Paul Ryan	R	WI	50%
Tim Ryan	D	OH	50%
Linda T. Sanchez	D	CA	33%
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA	25%
John Sarbanes	D	MD	33%
Steve Scalise	R	LA	50%
Janice D. Schakowsky	D	IL	50%
Adam Schiff	D	CA	17%
Robert Schilling	R	IL	67%
Jean Schmidt	R	OH	67%
Aaron Schock	R	IL	50%
Kurt Schrader	D	OR	33%
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA	0%
David Schweikert	R	AZ	67%
Austin Scott	R	GA	50%
David Scott	D	GA	33%
Robert C. Scott	D	VA	33%
Tim Scott	R	SC	67%
Jim Sensenbrenner	R	WI	67%
José Serrano	D	NY	33%
Pete Sessions	R	TX	50%
Terri A. Sewell	D	AL	0%
Brad Sherman	D	CA	50%
John Shimkus	R	IL	50%
Heath Shuler	D	NC	25%
Bill Shuster	R	PA	50%
Michael K. Simpson	R	ID	50%
Albio Sires	D	NJ	20%
Louise Slaughter	D	NY	25%
Adam Smith	D	WA	17%
Adrian Smith	R	NE	50%
Christopher H. Smith	R	NJ	50%
Lamar Smith	R	TX	50%
Steve Southerland	R	FL	50%
Jackie Speier	D	CA	60%
Fortney Stark	D	CA	50%
Clifford Stearns	R	FL	67%
Steve Stivers	R	OH	40%
Marlin A. Stutzman	R	IN	67%
John Sullivan	R	OK	60%
Betty Sutton	D	OH	50%
Lee Terry	R	NE	67%
Bennie G. Thompson	D	MS	33%
Glenn Thompson	R	PA	50%
Mike Thompson	D	CA	50%
Mac Thornberry	R	TX	50%
Patrick Tiberi	R	OH	50%
John Tierney	D	MA	50%
Scott Tipton	R	CO	83%
Paul D. Tonko	D	NY	50%
Edolphus Towns	D	NY	60%
Niki Tsongas	D	MA	33%
Michael R. Turner	R	OH	67%
Robert Turner	R	NY	40%
Fred Upton	R	MI	50%
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD	17%
Nydia M. Velazquez	D	NY	50%
Peter Visclosky	D	IN	50%
Tim Walberg	R	MI	67%
Greg Walden	R	OR	50%
Joe Walsh	R	IL	67%
Timothy Walz	D	MN	50%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL	0%
Maxine Waters	D	CA	67%
Melvin Watt	D	NC	33%
Henry Waxman	D	CA	50%
Daniel Webster	R	FL	50%
Anthony Weiner	D	NY	N/A
Peter Welch	D	VT	50%
Allen West	R	FL	50%
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA	67%
Ed Whitfield	R	KY	50%
Frederica S. Wilson	D	FL	20%
Joe Wilson	R	SC	83%
Robert J. Wittman	R	VA	67%
Frank Wolf	R	VA	50%
Steve Womack	R	AR	50%
Rob Woodall	R	GA	67%
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA	50%
David Wu	D	OR	N/A
John Yarmuth	D	KY	50%
Kevin Yoder	R	KS	50%
C. Young	R	FL	33%
Don Young	R	AK	67%
Todd Young	R	IN	50%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	36.7%
Libertarian	67%
Republican	58.2%