Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Congressional Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how members of Congress are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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Congressional Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

Scorecard 111-1

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 111th Congress (January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011) and ranks congressmen based on his or her fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate

House

Senate

1. Arizona Immigration Law

Good Vote: Yes

Amendment to HR4213 Arizona Immigration Law (Rejected 43 to 55 on 7/21/2010, Roll Call 214). Offered a measure to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to include language that no funds in any provision of law may be used to participate in a lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law.

2. Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Good Vote: Yes

SJR26 Greenhouse Gas Regulation (Rejected 47 to 53 on 6/10/2010, Roll Call 184). Would disapprove an Environmental Protection Agency endangerment finding that greenhouse gases may be regulated as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

3. Audit the Fed

Good Vote: Yes

S3217 Audit the Fed (Rejected 37 to 52 on 5/11/2010, Roll Call 138). Amendment to audit the Federal Reserve.

4. ObamaCare

Good Vote: No

HR3590 ObamaCare (Passed 60 to 39 on 12/24/2009, Roll Call 396). Popularly known as "ObamaCare," this bill essentially completed the government takeover of the American healthcare system.

5. Omnibus Appropriations

Good Vote: No

HR3288 Omnibus Appropriations (Passed 57 to 35 on 12/13/2009, Roll Call 374). Comprised of six appropriations bills that Congress failed to complete separately. The price tag in the final version of HR3288 is $1.1 trillion.

6. Abortion

Good Vote: No

Amendment to HR3590 Abortion (Passed 54 to 45 on 12/8/2009, Roll Call 369). Offered an amendment to prohibit the use of any funding authorized by the bill to pay for abortions or for health plans that cover abortions, except in cases of rape or incest or to protect the mother.

Legislator Scores

Legend: [ + ] Constitutional Vote[ - ] Unconstitutional Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	State	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Daniel Akaka	D	HI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Alexander	R	TN	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Barrasso	R	WY	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Max Baucus	D	MT	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Bayh	D	IN	60%	.	+	-	-	+	+
Mark Begich	D	AK	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Bennet	D	CO	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Bennett	R	UT	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Joseph Biden	D	DE	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jeff Bingaman	D	NM	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Roy Blunt	R	MO	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Christopher Bond	R	MO	80%	+	+	-	+	.	+
John Boozman	R	AR	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Barbara Boxer	D	CA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Brown	R	MA	67%	+	+	-	.	.	.
Sherrod Brown	D	OH	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samuel Brownback	R	KS	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Jim Bunning	R	KY	100%	+	+	+	.	.	+
Richard Burr	R	NC	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Roland Burris	D	IL	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Byrd	D	WV	0%	.	-	.	-	-	.
Maria Cantwell	D	WA	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Shelley Capito	R	WV	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Carper	D	DE	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Casey	D	PA	17%	-	-	-	-	-	+
Bill Cassidy	R	LA	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Saxby Chambliss	R	GA	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hillary Clinton	D	NY	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Coburn	R	OK	100%	+	+	+	+	.	+
Thad Cochran	R	MS	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Susan Collins	R	ME	67%	+	+	+	+	-	-
Kent Conrad	D	ND	17%	-	-	-	-	-	+
Bob Corker	R	TN	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
John Cornyn	R	TX	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Michael Crapo	R	ID	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Jim DeMint	R	SC	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Christopher Dodd	D	CT	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Donnelly	D	IN	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Byron Dorgan	D	ND	40%	-	-	+	-	.	+
Richard Durbin	D	IL	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Ensign	R	NV	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Michael Enzi	R	WY	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Russell Feingold	D	WI	33%	-	-	+	-	+	-
Dianne Feinstein	D	CA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Flake	R	AZ	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Al Franken	D	MN	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kirsten Gillibrand	D	NY	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carte Goodwin	D	WV	0%	-	.	.	.	.	.
Lindsey Graham	R	SC	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Charles Grassley	R	IA	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Judd Gregg	R	NH	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Kay Hagan	D	NC	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Harkin	D	IA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orrin Hatch	R	UT	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Martin Heinrich	D	NM	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dean Heller	R	NV	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mazie Hirono	D	HI	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kay Hutchison	R	TX	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
James Inhofe	R	OK	100%	+	+	+	+	.	+
Daniel Inouye	D	HI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Isakson	R	GA	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mike Johanns	R	NE	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Tim Johnson	D	SD	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edward Kaufman	D	DE	17%	-	-	-	-	-	+
Ted Kennedy	D	MA	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Kerry	D	MA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Kirk	D	MA	0%	.	.	.	-	-	-
Mark Kirk	R	IL	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Amy Klobuchar	D	MN	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herbert Kohl	D	WI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Kyl	R	AZ	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Mary Landrieu	D	LA	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Frank Lautenberg	D	NJ	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Leahy	D	VT	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
George LeMieux	R	FL	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Carl Levin	D	MI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joseph Lieberman	I	CT	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blanche Lincoln	D	AR	50%	+	+	+	-	-	-
Richard Lugar	R	IN	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Ben Lujan	D	NM	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Edward Markey	D	MA	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mel Martinez	R	FL	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
John McCain	R	AZ	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Claire McCaskill	D	MO	17%	-	-	-	-	+	-
Mitch McConnell	R	KY	83%	+	+	-	+	+	+
Robert Menendez	D	NJ	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Merkley	D	OR	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Barbara Mikulski	D	MD	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Moran	R	KS	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lisa Murkowski	R	AK	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Christopher Murphy	D	CT	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Patty Murray	D	WA	0%	-	-	-	-	.	-
Ben Nelson	D	NE	50%	+	+	-	-	-	+
Bill Nelson	D	FL	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Peters	D	MI	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Pryor	D	AR	50%	+	+	-	-	-	+
John Reed	D	RI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Reid	D	NV	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Risch	R	ID	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Pat Roberts	R	KS	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
John Rockefeller	D	WV	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Ken Salazar	D	CO	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bernard Sanders	I	VT	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Charles Schumer	D	NY	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jefferson Sessions	R	AL	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Jeanne Shaheen	D	NH	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Shelby	R	AL	83%	+	+	+	+	-	+
Olympia Snowe	R	ME	83%	+	+	+	+	+	-
Arlen Specter	D	PA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debbie Stabenow	D	MI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Tester	D	MT	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
John Thune	R	SD	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mark Udall	D	CO	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Udall	D	NM	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Vitter	R	LA	100%	.	+	+	+	+	+
George Voinovich	R	OH	60%	-	+	-	+	.	+
Mark Warner	D	VA	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Webb	D	VA	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Peter Welch	D	VT	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheldon Whitehouse	D	RI	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Wicker	R	MS	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ron Wyden	D	OR	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	6.4%
Republican	72.5%
Independent	8.5%

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A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution