Scorecard 113-1

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 113th Congress (January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015) and ranks congressmen based on their fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

House Votes

1. Short-term Debt Limit Increase

Would suspend the public debt limit through May 18, 2013 and, in effect, allow the Treasury Department to borrow as much as it needs in order to pay its bills over the next four months.

2. Keystone XL Pipeline

Declares that "no Presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P."

3. Ukraine Aid

Provides $150 million for direct aid to Ukraine.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$1.22/year

H R 4152

4. Surveillance

Prevents defense funds from being used to allow U.S. intelligence agencies to sift through electronic metadata that contains the personal information of U.S. citizens.

5. Militarizing Local Police

Prohibited any funding in the bill from being used to transfer excess military equipment for police.

6. Omnibus Appropriations

Provides $1.013 trillion in discretionary appropriations in fiscal 2015 for federal departments and agencies.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$8,220.00/year

H R 83

How did they vote?

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Name	Party	State	Score
Alma S. Adams	D	NC	N/A
Robert Aderholt	R	AL	17%
Rodney Alexander	R	LA	N/A
Justin Amash	L	MI	100%
Mark E. Amodei	R	NV	33%
Robert Andrews	D	NJ	N/A
Michele Bachmann	R	MN	50%
Spencer Bachus	R	AL	17%
Ron Barber	D	AZ	0%
Lou Barletta	R	PA	17%
Andy Barr	R	KY	17%
John Barrow	D	GA	50%
Joe Barton	R	TX	50%
Karen Bass	D	CA	50%
Joyce Beatty	D	OH	33%
Xavier Becerra	D	CA	50%
Dan Benishek	R	MI	17%
Kerry Bentivolio	R	MI	67%
Ami Bera	D	CA	17%
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA	60%
Gus M. Bilirakis	R	FL	17%
Rob Bishop	R	UT	33%
Sanford D. Bishop	D	GA	33%
Timothy Bishop	D	NY	17%
Diane Black	R	TN	33%
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN	50%
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR	67%
John Boehner	R	OH	N/A
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR	50%
Jo Bonner	R	AL	N/A
Charles Boustany	R	LA	17%
Kevin Brady	R	TX	17%
Robert Brady	D	PA	33%
Bruce Braley	D	IA	50%
David Brat	R	VA	N/A
Jim Bridenstine	R	OK	83%
Mo Brooks	R	AL	67%
Susan Brooks	R	IN	17%
Paul Broun	R	GA	100%
Corrine Brown	D	FL	50%
Julia Brownley	D	CA	0%
Vern Buchanan	R	FL	40%
Larry Bucshon	R	IN	33%
Michael Burgess	R	TX	50%
Cheri Bustos	D	IL	17%
George Butterfield	D	NC	33%
Bradley Byrne	R	AL	25%
Ken Calvert	R	CA	17%
Dave Camp	R	MI	17%
John Campbell	R	CA	50%
Eric Cantor	R	VA	20%
Shelley Moore Capito	R	WV	33%
Lois Capps	D	CA	33%
Michael Capuano	D	MA	50%
Tony Cardenas	D	CA	60%
John Carney	D	DE	17%
Andre Carson	D	IN	50%
John R. Carter	R	TX	17%
Matthew Cartwright	D	PA	67%
Bill Cassidy	R	LA	33%
Kathy Castor	D	FL	50%
Joaquin Castro	D	TX	33%
Steve Chabot	R	OH	33%
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT	33%
Judy Chu	D	CA	67%
David Cicilline	D	RI	40%
Katherine M. Clark	D	MA	50%
Yvette D. Clarke	D	NY	50%
Curtis Clawson	R	FL	N/A
Lacy Clay	D	MO	33%
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO	40%
James E. Clyburn	D	SC	40%
Howard Coble	R	NC	33%
Mike Coffman	R	CO	33%
Steve Cohen	D	TN	50%
Tom Cole	R	OK	0%
Chris Collins	R	NY	17%
Doug Collins	R	GA	50%
K. Conaway	R	TX	33%
Gerry Connolly	D	VA	17%
John Conyers	D	MI	67%
Paul Cook	R	CA	33%
Jim Cooper	D	TN	33%
Jim Costa	D	CA	20%
Tom Cotton	R	AR	33%
Joe Courtney	D	CT	33%
Kevin Cramer	R	ND	33%
Eric A. Crawford	R	AR	33%
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL	17%
Joseph Crowley	D	NY	33%
Henry Cuellar	D	TX	33%
John Culberson	R	TX	33%
Elijah Cummings	D	MD	50%
Steve Daines	R	MT	33%
Danny K. Davis	D	IL	50%
Rodney Davis	R	IL	17%
Susan Davis	D	CA	33%
Peter DeFazio	D	OR	33%
Diana DeGette	D	CO	60%
John Delaney	D	MD	0%
Rosa L. DeLauro	D	CT	50%
Suzan DelBene	D	WA	33%
Jeff Denham	R	CA	17%
Charles Dent	R	PA	17%
Ron DeSantis	R	FL	50%
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN	83%
Theodore Deutch	D	FL	33%
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL	0%
John Dingell	D	MI	33%
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX	33%
Michael Doyle	D	PA	50%
Tammy Duckworth	D	IL	0%
Sean Duffy	R	WI	33%
Jeff Duncan	R	SC	67%
John Duncan	R	TN	100%
Donna Edwards	D	MD	67%
Keith Ellison	D	MN	67%
Renee Ellmers	R	NC	17%
Eliot Engel	D	NY	50%
William Enyart	D	IL	50%
Anna Eshoo	D	CA	50%
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT	33%
Blake Farenthold	R	TX	50%
Sam Farr	D	CA	33%
Chaka Fattah	D	PA	33%
Stephen Fincher	R	TN	40%
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA	33%
Charles J. Fleischmann	R	TN	33%
John Fleming	R	LA	50%
Bill Flores	R	TX	50%
J. Forbes	R	VA	17%
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE	33%
Bill Foster	D	IL	17%
Virginia Foxx	R	NC	33%
Lois Frankel	D	FL	33%
Trent Franks	R	AZ	33%
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ	17%
Marcia Fudge	D	OH	50%
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI	50%
Pete Gallego	D	TX	0%
John Garamendi	D	CA	17%
Joe Garcia	D	FL	50%
Cory Gardner	R	CO	33%
Scott Garrett	R	NJ	67%
Jim Gerlach	R	PA	17%
Bob Gibbs	R	OH	33%
Christopher Gibson	R	NY	67%
Phil Gingrey	R	GA	33%
Louie Gohmert	R	TX	67%
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA	17%
Paul A. Gosar	R	AZ	67%
Trey Gowdy	R	SC	67%
Kay Granger	R	TX	17%
Sam Graves	R	MO	20%
Tom Graves	R	GA	50%
Alan Grayson	D	FL	83%
Al Green	D	TX	50%
Gene Green	D	TX	60%
Tim Griffin	R	AR	33%
H. Morgan Griffith	R	VA	67%
Raul M. Grijalva	D	AZ	67%
Michael Grimm	R	NY	17%
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM	25%
Brett Guthrie	R	KY	33%
Luis Gutierrez	D	IL	60%
Janice Hahn	D	CA	33%
Ralph Hall	R	TX	40%
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI	50%
Richard Hanna	R	NY	40%
Gregg Harper	R	MS	33%
Andy Harris	R	MD	33%
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO	17%
Alcee Hastings	D	FL	50%
Doc Hastings	R	WA	17%
Denny Heck	D	WA	33%
Joseph Heck	R	NV	33%
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX	40%
Brian Higgins	D	NY	33%
James A. Himes	D	CT	0%
Ruben Hinojosa	D	TX	33%
George Holding	R	NC	33%
Rush Holt	D	NJ	67%
Michael Honda	D	CA	67%
Steven A. Horsford	D	NV	17%
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD	17%
Richard Hudson	R	NC	50%
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS	83%
Jared Huffman	D	CA	50%
Bill Huizenga	R	MI	33%
Randy Hultgren	R	IL	33%
Duncan Hunter	R	CA	33%
Robert Hurt	R	VA	50%
Steve Israel	D	NY	17%
Darrell E. Issa	R	CA	33%
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX	50%
Hakeem S. Jeffries	D	NY	50%
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS	33%
Bill Johnson	R	OH	17%
Eddie Johnson	D	TX	50%
Henry C. Johnson	D	GA	67%
Sam Johnson	R	TX	50%
David Jolly	R	FL	0%
Jim Jordan	R	OH	67%
David Joyce	R	OH	20%
Walter Jones Jr.	R	NC	100%
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH	33%
William R. Keating	D	MA	33%
Mike Kelly	R	PA	17%
Robin Kelly	D	IL	40%
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA	33%
Daniel Kildee	D	MI	50%
Derek Kilmer	D	WA	33%
Ron Kind	D	WI	17%
Peter King	R	NY	33%
Steve King	R	IA	67%
Jack Kingston	R	GA	60%
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL	17%
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ	25%
John Kline	R	MN	17%
Ann Kuster	D	NH	17%
Raul Labrador	R	ID	83%
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA	50%
Doug Lamborn	R	CO	50%
Leonard Lance	R	NJ	33%
James Langevin	D	RI	17%
James Lankford	R	OK	50%
Rick Larsen	D	WA	50%
John B. Larson	D	CT	50%
Tom Latham	R	IA	17%
Robert E. Latta	R	OH	33%
Barbara Lee	D	CA	67%
Sander Levin	D	MI	33%
John Lewis	D	GA	50%
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL	0%
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ	17%
David Loebsack	D	IA	33%
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA	50%
Billy Long	R	MO	17%
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA	33%
Nita Lowey	D	NY	33%
Frank D. Lucas	R	OK	17%
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO	33%
Ben Ray Lujan	D	NM	50%
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY	50%
Stephen F. Lynch	D	MA	40%
Daniel Maffei	D	NY	33%
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY	50%
Sean Maloney	D	NY	33%
Kenny Marchant	R	TX	50%
Tom Marino	R	PA	17%
Ed Markey	D	MA	N/A
Thomas Massie	R	KY	100%
Jim Matheson	D	UT	33%
Doris O. Matsui	D	CA	67%
Vance McAllister	R	LA	75%
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY	0%
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA	17%
Michael T. McCaul	R	TX	17%
Tom McClintock	R	CA	83%
Betty McCollum	D	MN	50%
Jim McDermott	D	WA	67%
James P. McGovern	D	MA	67%
Patrick McHenry	R	NC	33%
Mike McIntyre	D	NC	50%
Howard McKeon	R	CA	17%
David McKinley	R	WV	50%
Gloria Negrete McLeod	D	CA	60%
Jerry McNerney	D	CA	50%
Mark Meadows	R	NC	50%
Patrick Meehan	R	PA	17%
Gregory W. Meeks	D	NY	33%
Grace Meng	D	NY	40%
Luke Messer	R	IN	17%
John Mica	R	FL	33%
Michael Michaud	D	ME	33%
Candice Miller	R	MI	33%
Gary Miller	R	CA	0%
George Miller	D	CA	50%
Jeff Miller	R	FL	33%
Gwen Moore	D	WI	50%
James Moran	D	VA	17%
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK	67%
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC	75%
Patrick Murphy	D	FL	17%
Tim Murphy	R	PA	17%
Jerry Nadler	D	NY	67%
Grace Napolitano	D	CA	50%
Richard E. Neal	D	MA	33%
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX	67%
Kristi Noem	R	SD	33%
Richard Nolan	D	MN	33%
Donald Norcross	D	NJ	N/A
Richard Nugent	R	FL	33%
Devin Nunes	R	CA	17%
Alan Nunnelee	R	MS	25%
Beto O'Rourke	D	TX	67%
Pete Olson	R	TX	50%
William Owens	D	NY	33%
Steven Palazzo	R	MS	33%
Frank Pallone	D	NJ	67%
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ	50%
Ed Pastor	D	AZ	20%
Erik Paulsen	R	MN	33%
Donald Payne	D	NJ	60%
Stevan Pearce	R	NM	33%
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA	50%
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO	50%
Scott Perry	R	PA	67%
Gary Peters	D	MI	33%
Scott H. Peters	D	CA	0%
Collin Peterson	D	MN	33%
Thomas Petri	R	WI	67%
Chellie Pingree	D	ME	50%
Robert Pittenger	R	NC	17%
Joseph Pitts	R	PA	17%
Mark Pocan	D	WI	67%
Ted Poe	R	TX	67%
Jared Polis	D	CO	25%
Mike Pompeo	R	KS	33%
Bill Posey	R	FL	83%
David Price	D	NC	33%
Tom Price	R	GA	33%
Mike Quigley	D	IL	17%
Trey Radel	R	FL	N/A
Nick Rahall	D	WV	33%
Charles Rangel	D	NY	50%
Tom Reed	R	NY	33%
David Reichert	R	WA	17%
James Renacci	R	OH	17%
Reid Ribble	R	WI	33%
Tom Rice	R	SC	67%
Cedric Richmond	D	LA	25%
E. Rigell	R	VA	17%
Martha Roby	R	AL	17%
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA	33%
David Roe	R	TN	33%
Harold Rogers	R	KY	17%
Mike Rogers	R	MI	17%
Mike D. Rogers	R	AL	33%
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA	100%
Todd Rokita	R	IN	50%
Thomas Rooney	R	FL	50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL	0%
Peter Roskam	R	IL	17%
Dennis Ross	R	FL	33%
Keith Rothfus	R	PA	33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA	50%
Edward Royce	R	CA	17%
Raul Ruiz	D	CA	17%
Jon Runyan	R	NJ	33%
Dutch Ruppersberger	D	MD	0%
Bobby Rush	D	IL	33%
Paul Ryan	R	WI	33%
Tim Ryan	D	OH	50%
Matt Salmon	R	AZ	83%
Linda T. Sanchez	D	CA	50%
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA	67%
Marshall Sanford	R	SC	100%
John Sarbanes	D	MD	80%
Steve Scalise	R	LA	33%
Janice D. Schakowsky	D	IL	67%
Adam Schiff	D	CA	33%
Bradley S. Schneider	D	IL	17%
Aaron Schock	R	IL	33%
Kurt Schrader	D	OR	33%
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA	33%
David Schweikert	R	AZ	50%
Austin Scott	R	GA	50%
David Scott	D	GA	17%
Robert C. Scott	D	VA	67%
Jim Sensenbrenner	R	WI	67%
José Serrano	D	NY	67%
Pete Sessions	R	TX	33%
Terri A. Sewell	D	AL	17%
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH	50%
Brad Sherman	D	CA	33%
John Shimkus	R	IL	50%
Bill Shuster	R	PA	33%
Michael K. Simpson	R	ID	17%
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ	0%
Albio Sires	D	NJ	50%
Louise Slaughter	D	NY	67%
Adam Smith	D	WA	60%
Adrian Smith	R	NE	33%
Christopher H. Smith	R	NJ	50%
Jason T. Smith	R	MO	25%
Lamar Smith	R	TX	33%
Steve Southerland	R	FL	33%
Jackie Speier	D	CA	80%
Chris Stewart	R	UT	50%
Steve Stivers	R	OH	17%
Steve Stockman	R	TX	100%
Marlin A. Stutzman	R	IN	50%
Eric Swalwell	D	CA	50%
Mark Takano	D	CA	50%
Lee Terry	R	NE	33%
Bennie G. Thompson	D	MS	50%
Glenn Thompson	R	PA	17%
Mike Thompson	D	CA	33%
Mac Thornberry	R	TX	17%
Patrick Tiberi	R	OH	17%
John Tierney	D	MA	50%
Scott Tipton	R	CO	50%
Dina Titus	D	NV	33%
Paul D. Tonko	D	NY	50%
Niki Tsongas	D	MA	33%
Michael R. Turner	R	OH	33%
Fred Upton	R	MI	17%
David G. Valadao	R	CA	17%
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD	50%
Juan Vargas	D	CA	50%
Marc A. Veasey	D	TX	50%
Filemon Vela	D	TX	50%
Nydia M. Velazquez	D	NY	80%
Peter Visclosky	D	IN	20%
Ann Wagner	R	MO	33%
Tim Walberg	R	MI	17%
Greg Walden	R	OR	17%
Jackie Walorski	R	IN	33%
Timothy Walz	D	MN	25%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL	17%
Maxine Waters	D	CA	67%
Melvin Watt	D	NC	N/A
Henry Waxman	D	CA	40%
Randy K. Weber	R	TX	67%
Daniel Webster	R	FL	33%
Peter Welch	D	VT	50%
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH	33%
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA	20%
Ed Whitfield	R	KY	33%
Roger Williams	R	TX	67%
Frederica S. Wilson	D	FL	50%
Joe Wilson	R	SC	17%
Robert J. Wittman	R	VA	33%
Frank Wolf	R	VA	17%
Steve Womack	R	AR	17%
Rob Woodall	R	GA	50%
John Yarmuth	D	KY	67%
Kevin Yoder	R	KS	33%
Ted Yoho	R	FL	67%
C. Young	R	FL	N/A
Don Young	R	AK	0%
Todd Young	R	IN	17%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	40.9%
Libertarian	100%
Republican	37.1%