Freedom Index 117-1

The New American Magazine
The Freedom Index is published twice yearly by The New American Magazine.

Our first look at the 117th Congress shows how every member of the House and Senate voted on key issues such as the impeachment of President Trump, coronavirus appropriations, and federalizing voting.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Trump Impeachment

Trump had not committed any crime - much less "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" (the constitutional standard for impeachment).
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 24

2. Equality Act

Expands definition of protected classes in federal law to include "gender identity." Males who identify as females would be able to use public restrooms of the opposite sex - and vice versa. Lacks any religious exemptions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 5

3. Police Reform

Would establish national standards for police departments, another step toward a federal takeover of local police, and aims to defund police departments in favor of leftist "community organizations."
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 1280

4. Federalizing Voting

Would implement a sweeping federalization of American elections with provisions that would severely damage election integrity, including nationwide Internet, automatic, and same-day voter registration, mail-in voting, and early voting.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 1

5. Collective Bargaining

Ends state right-to-work laws, empowers the feds to force employees to unionize against their will, encourages illegal aliens to join unions, and aligns U.S. labor laws with the USMCA's requirements.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 842 See 10th Amendment

6. Coronavirus Appropriations

Spends $1.9 trillion on unconstitutional programs in the name of coronavirus relief.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$14,106.00/year
H.R. 1319 See Article I Section 8

7. Background Checks

Would criminalize most private firearms transactions unless they include an FBI background check, representing a major infringement on our God-given right to keep and bear arms.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 8

8. Agricultural Migrant Amnesty

Gives amnesty to over 1.5 million illegal aliens in the agriculture industry and changes the H-2A visa program to make it more attractive to migrants and increase chain migration.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$73.00/year
H.R. 1603

9. Washington, D.C., Statehood

Would admit most of the District of Columbia as the 51st state and give it full representation in Congress, with two U.S. senators and one U.S. representative.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H.R. 51

10. Iraq AUMF Repeal

Repeals the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq, which unconstitutionally abdicated Congress's war powers.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H.R. 256 See Article I Section 8

How did they vote?

Grid View
Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party State Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alma S. Adams D NC 10%
Robert Aderholt R AL 90%
Pete Aguilar D CA 10%
Rick W. Allen R GA 90%
Colin Allred D TX 10%
Mark E. Amodei R NV 80%
Kelly Armstrong R ND 90%
Jodey Cook Arrington R TX 90%
Jake Auchincloss D MA 10%
Cynthia Axne D IA 10%
Brian Babin R TX 89%
Don Bacon R NE 90%
James R. Baird R IN 80%
Troy Balderson R OH 90%
Jim Banks R IN 90%
Andy Barr R KY 90%
Nanette Diaz Barragan D CA 10%
Karen Bass D CA 10%
Joyce Beatty D OH 10%
Cliff B. Bentz R OR 80%
Ami Bera D CA 10%
Jack Bergman R MI 90%
Jaime Herrera Beutler R WA 80%
Don S. Beyer D VA 10%
Stephanie Bice R OK 90%
Andy Biggs R AZ 100%
Gus M. Bilirakis R FL 90%
Dan Bishop R NC 100%
Sanford D. Bishop D GA 10%
Earl Blumenauer D OR 10%
Lauren Boebert R CO 100%
Suzanne Bonamici D OR 10%
Mike Bost R IL 80%
Carolyn Bourdeaux D GA 10%
Jamaal Bowman D NY 10%
Brendan F. Boyle D PA 10%
Kevin Brady R TX 89%
Mo Brooks R AL 100%
Anthony Brown D MD 10%
Julia Brownley D CA 10%
Vern Buchanan R FL 80%
Ken Buck R CO 100%
Larry Bucshon R IN 90%
Ted Budd R NC 90%
Tim Burchett R TN 100%
Michael Burgess R TX 100%
Cori Bush D MO 10%
Cheri Bustos D IL 10%
George Butterfield D NC 10%
Ken Calvert R CA 90%
Kat Cammack R FL 100%
Salud O. Carbajal D CA 10%
Tony Cardenas D CA 10%
Jerry L. Carl R AL 90%
Andre Carson D IN 10%
Earl L. Carter R GA 90%
John R. Carter R TX 90%
Troy Carter D LA N/A
Matthew Cartwright D PA 10%
Ed Case D HI 10%
Sean Casten D IL 10%
Kathy Castor D FL 10%
Joaquin Castro D TX 10%
Madison Cawthorn R NC 100%
Steve Chabot R OH 90%
Liz Cheney R WY 80%
Judy Chu D CA 10%
David Cicilline D RI 10%
Katherine M. Clark D MA 10%
Yvette D. Clarke D NY 10%
Emanuel Cleaver D MO 10%
Ben L. Cline R VA 90%
Michael Cloud R TX 100%
James E. Clyburn D SC 10%
Andrew Clyde R GA 89%
Steve Cohen D TN 10%
Tom Cole R OK 100%
James Comer R KY 100%
Gerry Connolly D VA 10%
Jim Cooper D TN 10%
Luis Correa D CA 10%
Jim Costa D CA 10%
Joe Courtney D CT 10%
Angela Dawn Craig D MN 10%
Eric A. Crawford R AR 90%
Dan Crenshaw R TX 90%
Charlie Crist D FL 10%
Jason Crow D CO 10%
Henry Cuellar D TX 20%
John Curtis R UT 90%
Sharice Davids D KS 10%
Warren Davidson R OH 100%
Danny K. Davis D IL 10%
Rodney Davis R IL 80%
Madeleine Dean D PA 10%
Peter DeFazio D OR 10%
Diana DeGette D CO 10%
Rosa L. DeLauro D CT 10%
Suzan DelBene D WA 10%
Antonio Delgado D NY 10%
Val Demings D FL 10%
Mark DeSaulnier D CA 10%
Scott DesJarlais R TN 90%
Theodore Deutch D FL 10%
Mario Diaz-Balart R FL 80%
Debbie Dingell D MI 10%
Lloyd Doggett D TX 10%
Byron Donalds R FL 100%
Michael Doyle D PA 10%
Jeff Duncan R SC 90%
Neal P. Dunn R FL 90%
Tom Emmer R MN 90%
Veronica Escobar D TX 10%
Anna Eshoo D CA 10%
Adriano Espaillat D NY 10%
Ron Estes R KS 90%
Dwight Evans D PA 10%
Patrick Fallon R TX 90%
Randy L. Feenstra R IA 100%
Drew Ferguson R GA 90%
Teresa Leger Fernandez D NM 10%
Michelle Fischbach R MN 90%
Scott L. Fitzgerald R WI 90%
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R PA 50%
Charles J. Fleischmann R TN 90%
Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher D TX 10%
Jeff Fortenberry R NE 89%
Bill Foster D IL 10%
Virginia Foxx R NC 90%
Lois Frankel D FL 10%
Scott Franklin R FL 90%
Russ Fulcher R ID 90%
Matt Gaetz R FL 100%
Mike Gallagher R WI 100%
Ruben Gallego D AZ 10%
John Garamendi D CA 10%
Andrew R. Garbarino R NY 70%
Jesus Garcia D IL 10%
Mike Garcia R CA 100%
Sylvia Garcia D TX 10%
Bob Gibbs R OH 90%
Carlos Gimenez R FL 70%
Louie Gohmert R TX 100%
Jared Golden D ME 50%
Jimmy Gomez D CA 10%
Tony Gonzales R TX 90%
Anthony Gonzalez R OH 70%
Vicente Gonzalez D TX 10%
Bob Good R VA 100%
Lance Gooden R TX 90%
Paul A. Gosar R AZ 100%
Josh Gottheimer D NJ 10%
Kay Granger R TX 90%
Garret Graves R LA 90%
Sam Graves R MO 90%
Al Green D TX 10%
Mark Green R TN 90%
Marjorie Taylor Greene R GA 100%
H. Morgan Griffith R VA 100%
Raul M. Grijalva D AZ 10%
Glenn Grothman R WI 90%
Michael Guest R MS 90%
Brett Guthrie R KY 90%
Jim Hagedorn R MN 90%
Josh Harder D CA 10%
Andy Harris R MD 90%
Diana Harshbarger R TN 90%
Vicky Hartzler R MO 90%
Jahana Hayes D CT 10%
Kevin Hern R OK 90%
Yvette Herrell R NM 100%
Jody Hice R GA 90%
Brian Higgins D NY 10%
Clay Higgins R LA 90%
French Hill R AR 90%
James A. Himes D CT 10%
Ashley E. Hinson R IA 90%
Trey Hollingsworth R IN 90%
Steven A. Horsford D NV 10%
Chrissy Houlahan D PA 10%
Steny H. Hoyer D MD 10%
Richard Hudson R NC 90%
Jared Huffman D CA 10%
Bill Huizenga R MI 90%
Darrell E. Issa R CA 100%
Ronny Jackson R TX 90%
Sheila Jackson-Lee D TX 10%
Chris Jacobs R NY 80%
Sara J. Jacobs D CA 10%
Pramila Jayapal D WA 10%
Hakeem S. Jeffries D NY 10%
Bill Johnson R OH 90%
Dusty Johnson R SD 90%
Eddie Johnson D TX 10%
Henry C. Johnson D GA 10%
Mike Johnson R LA 90%
Mondaire Jones D NY 10%
Jim Jordan R OH 100%
David Joyce R OH 80%
John Joyce R PA 90%
Kaiali'i Kahele D HI 10%
Marcy Kaptur D OH 10%
John Katko R NY 50%
William R. Keating D MA 10%
Fred Keller R PA 90%
Mike Kelly R PA 90%
Robin Kelly D IL 10%
Trent Kelly R MS 90%
Ro Khanna D CA 10%
Daniel Kildee D MI 10%
Derek Kilmer D WA 10%
Andy Kim D NJ 10%
Young Kim R CA 90%
Ron Kind D WI 20%
Adam Kinzinger R IL 67%
Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 10%
Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 10%
Ann Kuster D NH 10%
David Kustoff R TN 90%
Darin LaHood R IL 90%
Doug LaMalfa R CA 80%
Conor Lamb D PA 10%
Doug Lamborn R CO 90%
James Langevin D RI 10%
Rick Larsen D WA 10%
John B. Larson D CT 10%
Robert E. Latta R OH 90%
Jake LaTurner R KS 90%
Brenda Lawrence D MI 10%
Al Lawson D FL 10%
Barbara Lee D CA 10%
Suzanne Kelley Lee D NV 10%
Debbie Lesko R AZ 90%
Julia Janelle Letlow R LA N/A
Andy Levin D MI 10%
Mike Levin D CA 10%
Ted Lieu D CA 10%
Zoe Lofgren D CA 10%
Billy Long R MO 90%
Barry Loudermilk R GA 90%
Alan Lowenthal D CA 10%
Frank D. Lucas R OK 90%
Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO 90%
Elaine Luria D VA 0%
Stephen F. Lynch D MA 10%
Nancy Mace R SC 100%
Tom Malinowski D NJ 10%
Nicole Malliotakis R NY 90%
Carolyn Maloney D NY 10%
Sean Maloney D NY 10%
Tracey Mann R KS 100%
Kathy E. Manning D NC 10%
Thomas Massie R KY 100%
Brian J. Mast R FL 90%
Doris O. Matsui D CA 10%
Lucy McBath D GA 10%
Kevin McCarthy R CA 90%
Michael T. McCaul R TX 90%
Lisa McClain R MI 90%
Tom McClintock R CA 100%
Betty McCollum D MN 10%
A. McEachin D VA 10%
James P. McGovern D MA 10%
Patrick McHenry R NC 89%
David McKinley R WV 90%
Jerry McNerney D CA 10%
Gregory W. Meeks D NY 10%
Peter Meijer R MI 80%
Grace Meng D NY 10%
Dan Meuser R PA 90%
Kweisi Mfume D MD 10%
Carol D. Miller R WV 90%
Mary Miller R IL 100%
Mariannette J. Miller-Meeks R IA 90%
John R. Moolenaar R MI 90%
Alex Mooney R WV 100%
Blake David Moore R UT 90%
Felix Barry Moore R AL 100%
Gwen Moore D WI 10%
Joseph D. Morelle D NY 10%
Seth Moulton D MA 10%
Frank J. Mrvan D IN 10%
Markwayne Mullin R OK 90%
Gregory Francis Murphy R NC 90%
Stephanie Murphy D FL 10%
Jerry Nadler D NY 10%
Grace Napolitano D CA 10%
Richard E. Neal D MA 10%
Joseph Neguse D CO 10%
Troy Nehls R TX 90%
Dan Newhouse R WA 70%
Marie Newman D IL 10%
Donald Norcross D NJ 10%
Ralph W. Norman R SC 90%
Devin Nunes R CA 80%
Tom O'Halleran D AZ 10%
Jay P. Obernolte R CA 100%
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D NY 11%
Ilhan Omar D MN 10%
Burgess Owens R UT 90%
Steven Palazzo R MS 90%
Frank Pallone D NJ 10%
Gary J. Palmer R AL 90%
Jimmy Panetta D CA 10%
Christopher C. Pappas D NH 10%
Bill Pascrell D NJ 10%
Donald Payne D NJ 10%
Nancy Pelosi D CA 11%
Greg Pence R IN 90%
Ed Perlmutter D CO 10%
Scott Perry R PA 90%
Scott H. Peters D CA 10%
August Lee Pfluger R TX 90%
Dean Phillips D MN 10%
Chellie Pingree D ME 10%
Mark Pocan D WI 10%
Katie Porter D CA 10%
Bill Posey R FL 100%
Ayanna S. Pressley D MA 10%
David Price D NC 10%
Mike Quigley D IL 10%
Jamie Raskin D MD 10%
Tom Reed R NY 80%
Guy Reschenthaler R PA 90%
Kathleen Rice D NY 10%
Tom Rice R SC 90%
Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE 10%
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 80%
Harold Rogers R KY 90%
Mike D. Rogers R AL 90%
John W. Rose R TN 90%
Deborah Ross D NC 10%
David Rouzer R NC 90%
Chip Roy R TX 100%
Lucille Roybal-Allard D CA 10%
Raul Ruiz D CA 10%
Dutch Ruppersberger D MD 10%
Bobby Rush D IL 10%
John H. Rutherford R FL 90%
Tim Ryan D OH 10%
Maria Elvira Salazar R FL 70%
Linda T. Sanchez D CA 10%
John Sarbanes D MD 10%
Steve Scalise R LA 90%
Mary Scanlon D PA 10%
Janice D. Schakowsky D IL 10%
Adam Schiff D CA 10%
Bradley S. Schneider D IL 10%
Kurt Schrader D OR 10%
Kim Schrier D WA 10%
David Schweikert R AZ 100%
Austin Scott R GA 90%
David Scott D GA 10%
Robert C. Scott D VA 10%
Pete Sessions R TX 90%
Terri A. Sewell D AL 10%
Brad Sherman D CA 10%
Rebecca Michelle Sherrill D NJ 10%
Michael K. Simpson R ID 80%
Albio Sires D NJ 10%
Elissa Slotkin D MI 10%
Adam Smith D WA 10%
Adrian Smith R NE 89%
Christopher H. Smith R NJ 60%
Jason T. Smith R MO 90%
Lloyd Smucker R PA 80%
Darren Soto D FL 10%
Abigail Spanberger D VA 10%
Victoria K. Spartz R IN 100%
Jackie Speier D CA 10%
Matt Rosendale R MT 100%
Melanie Ann Stansbury D NM N/A
Greg Stanton D AZ 10%
Pete Stauber R MN 90%
Michelle Steel R CA 100%
Elise Stefanik R NY 80%
Bryan Steil R WI 90%
Greg Steube R FL 100%
Haley Stevens D MI 10%
Chris Stewart R UT 100%
Steve Stivers R OH 100%
Marilyn Strickland D WA 10%
Thomas R. Suozzi D NY 10%
Eric Swalwell D CA 10%
Mark Takano D CA 10%
Van Taylor R TX 90%
Claudia Tenney R NY 78%
Bennie G. Thompson D MS 20%
Glenn Thompson R PA 80%
Mike Thompson D CA 10%
Tom Tiffany R WI 100%
William R. Timmons R SC 90%
Dina Titus D NV 10%
Rashida Tlaib D MI 11%
Paul D. Tonko D NY 10%
Norma J. Torres D CA 10%
Ritchie John Torres D NY 10%
Lori Trahan D MA 10%
David Trone D MD 10%
Michael R. Turner R OH 90%
Lauren A. Underwood D IL 10%
Fred Upton R MI 70%
David G. Valadao R CA 70%
Jeff Van Drew R NJ 70%
Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne R TX 90%
Juan Vargas D CA 10%
Marc A. Veasey D TX 10%
Filemon Vela D TX 10%
Nydia M. Velazquez D NY 10%
Ann Wagner R MO 90%
Tim Walberg R MI 90%
Jackie Walorski R IN 90%
Mike Waltz R FL 90%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 10%
Maxine Waters D CA 10%
Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 10%
Randy K. Weber R TX 90%
Daniel Webster R FL 90%
Peter Welch D VT 10%
Brad Wenstrup R OH 90%
Bruce Westerman R AR 90%
Jennifer Wexton D VA 10%
Susan Wild D PA 10%
Nikema Williams D GA 10%
Roger Williams R TX 90%
Frederica S. Wilson D FL 10%
Joe Wilson R SC 89%
Robert J. Wittman R VA 90%
Steve Womack R AR 90%
John Yarmuth D KY 10%
Don Young R AK 78%
Lee Zeldin R NY 90%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat10.3%
Republican89.6%
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