2009 ACU Ratings of Congress

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2009
ACU
Ratings of
Congress
111th Congress
First Session
39th Edition
www.conservative.org
2009 ACU Ratings of Congress
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview ..................................................................... 1
Charts and Summary Ratings ...................................... 3
ACU Public Policy Staff ................................................. 4
Analysis of the Ratings ................................................. 5
How We Pick the Votes ................................................. 7
Defenders of Liberty .................................................... 8

Those who scored 100%
True Liberals ................................................................ 9

Those who scored 0%
ACU Conservatives ..................................................... 10

Those who scored 80% or higher
Senate Vote Descriptions ........................................... 13
Senate Scores ........................................................... 19
House Vote Descriptions ............................................. 29
House Scores ............................................................. 37
Front & Back covers, additional photos courtesy Craig Martin; others gov’t public domain.
David A. Keene
Chairman, ACU
Dear Conservative Friends:
This year marks the American Conservative Union’s 46th

year. Since our founding in 1964, ACU’s mission has
remained steadfast and unchanged: to advance the goals
and principles of conservatism. Our annual Ratings of
Congress are an important cornerstone of that mission.
You hold in your hand the 39th Edition of ACU’s Ratings

of Congress. We are proud of the fact that the ACU ratings
are widely regarded as the “gold standard,” the definitive
conservative assessment of the federal legislative branch.
Year after year, ACU’s ratings are cited by journalists and
scholars, and used by grassroots activists nationwide.
Soon after the 2008 election, liberal Washington Post

columnist E.J. Dionne said he believed the results signified
a fundamental leftward shift in American thinking. Dionne
compared this to 1932, that this was an end of an era in
which conservative ideas were predominant to one in which
New Deal era thinking would carry the day. By year’s end,
it was clear Dionne was as wrong in his evaluation as he is
on most issues of the day.
Of course, he was right about where the Obama

Administration and the new overwhelming Democrat
majorities in Congress were headed. That became clear
in Obama’s State of the Union speech, which outlined a
massive effort to increase government control over every
major economic sector of our country, whether it be health
care, energy, financial services or transportation. The new
troika of Obama, Reid and Pelosi then rammed through the
biggest pork barrel bill in our country’s history, the $800
billion “Stimulus” bill which did little for the economy but
“stimulated” trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye could see.
This was followed by multi-thousand page bills to squeeze
the supply and raise the price of energy in the name of
“global warming” and to give total authority to the federal
government in deciding what each individual’s health care
will be and how much it will cost.
But a funny thing happened on the way to this “new era.”

The people rebelled. After the House narrowly passed the
so-called “cap and trade” global warming bill with the help
of a few foolish Republicans, its members got an earful from
the folks back home about the prospect of higher utility
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bills. Then came the traditional August recess, and usually
sleepy and little attended town hall meetings turned into
large crowds of passionate angry constituents demanding
what liberals fear most, that their elected representative
should pay more attention to their views. The Tea Party
Patriot movement was founded, culminating in a spectacular
March on Washington September 12 that included
thousands of people who had never before been active
participants in public policy and showed little regard for
either political party.
Through all this the Republicans in Congress, though weak

in number, did not take the easy road of collaboration but
stuck together in mostly united opposition, thus placing
the consequences of bad liberal policies squarely on the
shoulders of the Democrats.
The off-year elections produced Republican governors in

two Obama states, New Jersey and Virginia setting the stage
for a tumultuous congressional election year in 2010.
Once again, the pronounced death of the conservative

movement was premature. But the damage done by the
triumph of liberal policies in 2009 presents a challenge
when conservatives next take power.
At ACU, these challenges only make us more determined to

press forward and fight for conservative values, mobilizing
the grassroots and sending them into battle.
I hope you will keep your Ratings with you and that
you will find it useful. Refer to your ratings when
communicating with your Senator or Congressman. You
can also find the ratings in an interactive format on the
ACU website, www.conservative.org. At the same time, if
you are not already an ACU member, you may become one
with just a few clicks of your mouse and join the army of
ACU activists!
On behalf of the ACU Board of Directors, officers and

staff, thank you for your loyal support, friendship, and for
standing tall for the conservative cause.
Sincerely,
David A. Keene
Chairman
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ACU Ratings of Congress
111th Congress, 1st Session
2009 Overall Averages

SENATE OVERALL AVERAGE: 40.63% :
a LIBERAL Senate
HOUSE OVERALL AVERAGE: 41.13% :
a LIBERAL House
(2008 Overall Averages: Senate 39.27% House 41.62%)
PARTISAN BREAKDOWN
United States Senate %
Senate Democrats 8.63

8.6
Senate Republicans 88.63

88.
0 20 40 60 80 100
(2008 comparison: Republicans 72.45% Democrats 7.36%)

*Note, Senate Independents Caucus with the Democrats
House of Representatives %
House Democrats 6.79

6.
House Republicans 91.19

91.
0 20 40 60 80 100
(2008 comparison: Republicans 82.65% Democrats 8%)
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ACU Public Policy Staff
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Larry Hart Director of Government Relations
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Board of Directors
David A. Keene CHAIRMAN
Thomas S. Winter Washington, DC First Vice Chairman
Donald Devine Shady Side, MD Second Vice Chairman
Jameson G. Campaigne, Jr. Ottawa, IL Secretary
Al Cardenas Miami, FL Treasurer
Joe Bast Chicago, IL James V. Lacy Laguna Niguel, CA
Jeffrey Bell Washington, DC Wayne R. LaPierre, Jr. Fairfax, VA
Morton C. Blackwell Arlington, VA Michael R. Long Brooklyn, NY
Ambassador John Bolton Honorable Serphin Maltese
Washington, DC Middle Village, NY
Floyd Brown University Place, WA Carolyn D. Meadows Marietta, GA
Muriel Coleman Middleton, WI Cleta Mitchell Washington, DC
Tom DeLay Washington, DC Joseph A. Morris Chicago, IL
Becky N. Dunlop Arlington, VA Grover D. Norquist Washington, DC
Dr. Larry Eastland Ron Robinson Herndon, VA
Newport Beach, CA Allen Roth New York, NY
Charlie Gerow Harrisburg, PA Matt Schlapp Washington, DC
Alan M. Gottlieb Bellevue, WA Tracy J. Sharp Richmond, CA
Van D. Hipp, Jr. Washington, DC Lewis K. Uhler Roseville, CA
Suhail A. Khan Washington, DC Kirby Wilbur Duvall, WA
Of Counsel M.J. Mintz Washington, DC
ACU Foundation Board

Cleta Mitchell Washington, DC Chairman
Tom Tripp Gahanna, OH Secretary
Van D. Hipp Washington, DC Treasurer
Richard H. Collins Dallas, TX Robert Lamutt Marietta, GA
Millie Hallow Fairfax, VA Carolyn Meadows Marietta, GA
David A. Keene Alexandria, VA Thomas S. Winter Washington, DC
Staff
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Media and Special Projects Jennifer Needam Executive
Larry Hart Director of Government Administrator
Relations Michael Rehwaldt Senior
Tish Leonard Assistant to the Development Associate
Chairman Dennis Whitfield Executive Vice
President
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2009 Is Highpoint of Liberal
Voting in Congress:
Republicans Move Modestly to the Right
By Dr. Donald J. Devine, ACU Vice Chairman
It did not seem possible after 58 more members than the

2008’s remarkably high level previous year.
of liberal voting that Congress
could move even further left. The number of House
But Majority Leader Harry Reid Republicans scoring an ACU
and Speaker Nancy Pelosi rating of 80% or higher—that
outdid themselves in 2009. is voting as conservatives—
Both Democratic cohesion after falling precipitously last
and liberal voting increased year, returned to the average
compared to the already of the final George Bush years,
historically high levels of left with 154 members rating
voting in both 2007 and 2008. conservative in 2009, down
substantially however from
As in 2008, an absolute 172 conservative members
majority of Senators and as recently as 2006. Those
Members of the House of earning a perfect conservative
Representatives scored as rating of 100% increased to a
liberal in their voting on the more normal 56 members in
major ideological issues before 2009, up from an anemic 31
the just completed session of the previous year. The lowest
Congress. ranking Republican was
Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA), who
In 2009, 236 House Members scored a modest 55% rating.
earned an ACU conservatism The highest scoring Democrat
score of 20 or less—our was Bobby Bright (AL) with a
definition of a liberal—up rating of 72%.
even from last year’s 220
liberal Congressmen, an Majority Leader Reid was
increase from only 144 even more successful in
liberals as recently as 2006. moving Senate voting to the
No Republican rated a left. In 2009, a majority of 53
liberal designation. In a year Senators received an ACU
characterized by Democratic liberal rating of 20% or less,
members uniting with all of them Democrats. This
President Barack Obama on a number is up from 40 in 2006,
common agenda, the number the last year Republicans were
of those earning a perfect in control. More impressive,
liberalism score of zero totaled the number of Democratic
an impressive 143 members, Senators earning a perfect
increasing the number of pure liberal zero rating doubled
liberal members by a striking from the previous year to a
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recent high of 24, including Governorship losses in New
Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jersey and Virginia in late
Barbara Boxer of California, Al 2009 and especially the early
Frankin of Minnesota, Kirsten 2010 surprise upset Senate
Gillibrand of New York, Carl election of Scott Brown
Levin of Michigan, and Patti in liberal Massachusetts,
Murray of Washington. The however, changed that
least liberal Democrats were dynamic. Congressional
Ben Nelson (NE) with a 44% Democrats appear to have
rating and Evan Bayh (IN) at overreached, especially
40%. on health care reform,
overestimating the willingness
Senators who scored 80% of voters to support their
conservative or better, all ideologically liberal agenda.
Republicans, increased from Post election polls in
20 the previous year to 33 Massachusetts particularly
conservatives in 2009. The demonstrate that voters were
number with perfect 100% trying to send a message to
conservative ratings increased Congress and the President
from only one the prior year they disapproved of how far
(Jim DeMint of South Carolina, left both had moved after
who repeated this year) to ten promising pragmatism and
in 2009--John Barrasso (WY), bipartisanship.
Richard Burr (NC), Tom Coburn
(OK), John Cornyn (TX), John The 2009 session of Congress
Ensign (NV), Mike Enzi (WY), has all of the appearances of
Jim Inhofe (OK), John Thune a pyrrhic victory. Its liberalism
(SD), and David Vitter (LA). The was not just unpopular with
least conservative Republicans voters it positively turned them
were Maine’s Susan Collins against Congress, granting it
and Olympia Snowe, both some of its lowest favorability
earning 48% ratings. ratings ever. To some extent,
the Democratic leadership has
The decisive 2008 election already reacted, conceding
that made Barack Obama that there are insufficient
president and produced a votes in Congress for passage
strong majority in the House of its two top ideological
and a filibuster-proof Senate priorities of health and climate
encouraged Democrats to change reform, and generally
rule both houses of Congress that their goals will be more
relying only upon their own modest in 2010.
party members, ignoring
the weakened minority As a result, it is likely
Republicans, as we predicted that 2009 will come to be
last year. By and large they recognized as the highpoint
were successful with that of liberal voting in Congress.
strategy in 2009 in the bills Democrats may well look back
they adopted, as these vote to 2008-09 as the golden
ratings validate. years of liberalism.
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How We Pick the Votes...
The American Conservative Union was
founded in 1964 to promote the principles of
liberty and the strength of the Constitution.
As the nation’s largest and strongest grassroots conservative

organization, the ACU serves as the umbrella organization for
conservatives in America.
The American Conservative Union tracks a wide range of issues

before Congress to determine which issues and votes serve as a
dividing line to help separate those Members of the U.S. House
and Senate who protect liberty as conservatives and those who
are truly liberal.
As a result, the ACU Ratings of Congress has throughout its 39

Editions included a wide variety of issues covering votes on
taxes, wasteful government spending, cultural issues, defense
and foreign policy.
The votes selected in this edition of the ACU Ratings of Congress

are not always considered the “most important” votes as defined
by others, instead the votes selected are chosen to create a clear
ideological distinction among those casting them.
These ratings have throughout the years become a go-to guide

to determine whether an elected official’s philosophical rhetoric
matches his or her record.
ACU’s purpose in this guide is to inform the public, in an

unbiased way, on where individual members of Congress fall on
the ideological spectrum.
VOTE BREAKDOWN
For the First Session of the 111th Congress (2009), the ACU
rated 25 votes in the House and 25 votes in the Senate. As
a result, each vote is worth four points in the House and four
in the Senate. ACU does not count missed votes in these
ratings. Thus, the value of each vote increases for every
vote a member of Congress misses. When viewing a
Member’s score, this should be considered.
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ACU
Those Members who scored 100% on the
ACU 2009 Ratings of Congress
SENATE
BARRASSO ENSIGN
BURR ENZI
COBURN INHOFE
CORNYN THUNE
DeMINT VITTER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AKIN GOODLATTE NEUGEBAUER
BACHMANN HENSARLING OLSON
BILIRAKIS HERGER PENCE
BISHOP Rob ISSA POSEY
BLACKBURN JOHNSON Sam PRICE
BRADY JORDAN RADANOVICH
BROUN KLINE ROHRABACHER
BURGESS LAMBORN ROSKAM
CANTOR LATTA ROYCE
CHAFFETZ LINDER SCALISE
CONAWAY LUMMIS SCHMIDT
CULBERSON LUNGREN SENSENBRENNER
DEAL MACK SESSIONS
FLAKE MARCHANT SHADEGG
FLEMING McCARTHY SMITH Adrian
FOXX McCLINTOCK SULLIVAN
FRANKS McHENRY THORNBERRY
GARRETT MICA WESTMORELAND
GOHMERT MILLER Jeff
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TRUE LS
LI B E R A
Those Members who scored 0% on the
ACU 2009 Ratings of Congress
SENATE
Akaka Durbin Kerry Murray
Boxer Feinstein Kirk Reed
Brown Franken Lautenberg Rockefeller
Burris Gillibrand Levin Schumer
Cardin Harkin Menendez Stabenow
Dodd Inouye Mikulski Whitehouse
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Abercrombie Engel Lee Roybal-Allard
Ackerman Eshoo Levin Rush
Andrews Farr Lewis Sanchez Loretta
Baldwin Fattah Loebsack Sarbanes
Berkley Filner Lofgren Schakowsky
Berman Frank Lowey Schiff
Bishop Fudge Lujan Schwartz
Blumenauer Garamendi Maffei Scott David
Boswell Gonzalez Maloney Serrano
Brady Grayson Markey Sestak
Braley Green Gene Matsui Shea-Porter
Brown Corrine Green, A. McCarthy Sherman
Butterfield Grijalva Carolyn Sires
Capps Gutierrez McCollum Smith Adam
Capuano Hall McGovern Sutton
Carnahan Hare Meek Thompson
Carson Andre Harman Meeks Bennie
Castor Hastings Alcee Miller Brad Thompson Mike
Chu Higgins Miller George Tierney
Clarke Hinchey Moore Tonko
Cleaver Hinojosa Moore Towns
Clyburn Hirono Moran Jim Tsongas
Cohen Holt Nadler Van Hollen
Connolly Honda Napolitano Velazquez
Conyers Hoyer Olver Wasserman-
Courtney Inslee Pallone Schultz
Crowley Israel Pascrell Waters
Cummings Jackson Pastor Watson
Davis Danny Jackson-Lee Payne Watt
Davis Susan Johnson Pelosi Waxman
DeGette Johnson Eddie Perlmutter Weiner
Delahunt Bernice Pingree Welch
DeLauro Kagen Price Wexler
Dicks Kennedy Patrick Quigley Woolsey
Dingell Klein Rangel Wu
Edwards Larsen Richardson Yarmuth
Ellison Larson Rothman
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ACU Conservatives
Those Members who scored 80% or higher o
Ratings of Congress
SENATE
BARRASSO INHOFE McCAIN
BURR THUNE McCONNELL
COBURN VITTER RISCH
CORNYN BUNNING ROBERTS
DeMINT GRASSLEY SESSIONS
ENSIGN HUTCHISON JOHANNS
ENZI ISAKSON BROWNBACK
HOUSE
AKIN LINDER BARRETT
BACHMANN LUMMIS BARTLETT
BILIRAKIS LUNGREN BARTON
BISHOP Rob MACK BOEHNER
BLACKBURN MARCHANT BOOZMAN
BRADY McCARTHY BOUSTANY
BROUN McCLINTOCK BROWN Henry
BURGESS McHENRY BURTON
CANTOR MICA CARTER
CHAFFETZ MILLER Jeff COBLE
CONAWAY NEUGEBAUER FALLIN
CULBERSON OLSON FORBES
DEAL PENCE GALLEGLY
FLAKE POSEY GINGREY
FLEMING PRICE GRAVES
FOXX RADANOVICH HARPER
FRANKS ROHRABACHER HASTINGS Doc
GARRETT ROSKAM HOEKSTRA
GOHMERT ROYCE HUNTER
GOODLATTE SCALISE KING Steve
HENSARLING SCHMIDT KINGSTON
HERGER SENSENBRENNER LUETKEMEYER
ISSA SESSIONS MANZULLO
JOHNSON Sam SHADEGG McCAUL
JORDAN SMITH Adrian McKEON
KLINE SULLIVAN McMORRIS RODGERS
LAMBORN THORNBERRY MORAN Jerry
LATTA WESTMORELAND MYRICK
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r on the ACU 2009
CHAMBLISS LeMIEUX
CRAPO BENNETT
KYL COCHRAN
GRAHAM CORKER
HATCH GREGG
SHELBY
WICKER
NUNES REHBERG BROWN-WAITE

PITTS ROE CRENSHAW
PUTNAM ROGERS Michael LEWIS
ROONEY SCHOCK McCOTTER
RYAN Paul SHIMKUS SIMPSON
SMITH Lamar WITTMAN JONES Walter
STEARNS YOUNG Bill TIBERI
TIAHRT LUCAS Frank BIGGERT
WAMP PAUL JOHNSON Tim
WILSON Joe SOUDER LATHAM
ADERHOLT MILLER Gary MILLER Candice
BACHUS ALEXANDER ROGERS Mike
BLUNT AUSTRIA WALDEN
BONNER BILBRAY WOLF
CALVERT BUCHANAN
CAMPBELL BUYER
COFFMAN CAMP
COLE CASSIDY
DAVIS FORTENBERRY
DREIER GUTHRIE
DUNCAN KING Peter
GRANGER LEE
HALL PAULSEN
HELLER ROGERS Harold
INGLIS SHUSTER
JENKINS TERRY
PETRI THOMPSON
POE WHITFIELD
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Senate Vote Descriptions
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ACU 2009 Senate Vote Descriptions
1. Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). S. J. Res. 5 (Roll
Call 5). The Senate defeated a measure that would have
prevented the release of the remaining $350 billion under
the financial industry bailout law. ACU supported this effort to
recapture some of the taxpayer money in this program, but
the effort was defeated January 15, 2009, by a vote of 42-52.
2. Abortion Promotion. HR 2 (Roll Call 19). The Senate de-

feated an amendment that would have re-instated the ban on
U.S. aid to organizations that promote abortion. ACU supports
this ban, usually called the “Mexico City Policy,” but it was
defeated January 28, 2009 by a vote of 37-60 .
3. Unborn Children Health Care. HR 2 (Roll Call 26). The

Senate defeated an amendment that would have expanded
the definition of “low-income children” to include unborn
children. ACU opposed the massive expansion of the SCHIP
Program but supported this expanded definition. However, it
was defeated January 29, 2009 by a vote of 39-59.
4. State Children’s Health Insurance (SCHIP). HR 2 (Roll

Call 31). The Senate voted to re-authorize the SCHIP and
increase its funding by $32.8 billion. The bill raises taxes, ex-
pands the program to include legal immigrants and pregnant
women, and loosens citizenship requirements. Although the
program was designed to help poor children, the bill prohib-
its the government from covering poor children first. ACU
opposed this expansion of the program, but it was approved
January 29, 2009 by a vote of 66-32.
5. Confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General. Roll

Call 32. The Senate voted to confirm Eric Holder as Attorney
General of the United States. ACU opposed this nomination
because of Mr. Holder’s role in granting presidential pardons
at the end of the Clinton administration, his disdain of Second
Amendment rights, and other issues. However, Mr. Holder was
confirmed February 2, 2009 by a vote of 75-21.
6. Tax Cuts. HR 1 (Roll Call 38). The Senate rejected a

substitute to the “Stimulus” bill which would have replaced
government spending with tax cuts. It would have made
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permanent the tax cuts passed temporarily in 2001 and
2003. These include elimination of the “marriage penalty,” a
$1,000 per child tax credit, a 15 percent rate on capital gains,
and a repeal of the “death tax” on estates under $5 million.
The proposal also lowered the corporate tax rate from 35 to
25 percent and repealed the Alternative Minimum Tax. ACU
strongly supported these tax cuts, but they were defeated
February 4, 2009 by a vote of 36-61.
7. “Earmarks.” HR 1 (Roll Call 46). The Senate rejected an

effort to require 60 votes to approve unauthorized “earmarks”
and require disclosure of lobbying by recipients of such
spending. ACU opposes earmarks and supports disclosure,
but the effort was defeated February 5 by a vote of 32-65.
8. ACORN Funding. HR 1 (Roll Call 56). The Senate re-

jected an amendment barring stimulus funds from going
to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now (ACORN). ACU supported this amendment because of
ACORN’s record of corruption, but the amendment was de-
feated February 6, 2009 by a vote of 45-51.
9. Economic Stimulus—Cloture. HR 1 (Roll Call 59). The

Senate agreed to stop debate and move to final passage of
the Economic Stimulus Bill, providing $838 billion in an effort
to stimulate the economy. ACU opposed the stimulus pack-
age. Under Senate rules, 60 votes were required to halt de-
bate. The motion passed February 9, 2009 by a vote of 61-36.
10. D.C. Gun Laws. S. 160 (Roll Call 72). The Senate adopted
an amendment lifting the District of Columbia ban on firearms
ownership, and other restrictions on firearms. ACU supported
the application of the Second Amendment to the nation’s
capitol, and it passed February 26, 2009 by a vote of 62-36.
11. D.C. Voting Rights. S. 160 (Roll Call 73). The Senate
passed a bill adding two seats to the House of Representa-
tives, one temporarily for Utah and one permanently for the
District of Columbia. ACU opposed this effort on the grounds
that D.C. is not a “state,” but it passed February 26, 2009 by
a vote of 61-37.
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12. Spending Freeze. HR 1105 (Roll Call 74). The Senate
defeated an amendment freezing spending for most domestic
programs at FY 2008 levels through September 2009. ACU
supported this effort to control federal spending, but it was
defeated March 3, 2009 by a vote of 32-63.
13. “Fairness Doctrine.” HR 1105 (Roll Call 92). The Senate

defeated an amendment that would bar the use of federal
funds to re-instate the “fairness doctrine,” which required
broadcasters to give equal time to different viewpoints, thus
discouraging broadcasters from airing successful conser-
vative talk shows. ACU opposes this attempt at restricting
political speech, but the amendment failed March 10, 2009
by a vote of 47-50.
14. D.C. School Vouchers. HR 1105 (Roll Call 94). The Sen-
ate defeated an amendment to preserve funds for the District
of Columbia school voucher program after the 2009-10
school year. ACU supports school choice in the District and
elsewhere, but the effort to keep choice was defeated March
10, 2009 by a vote of 39-58.
15. Legislative Transparency. S.Con.Res. 13 (Roll Call 144).

The Senate killed an effort to require 60 votes to pass any
legislation that has not been available for public review for
five days. ACU supported this effort to help citizens be aware
of what Congress is doing, but it failed April 2, 2009 by a vote
of 46-52.
16. International Monetary Fund (IMF). HR 2346 (Roll Call

201). The Senate defeated an amendment striking an ad-
ditional $5 billion no strings attached commitment to the IMF
requested by Treasury Secretary Geitner who used to work
there. ACU opposes giving a blank check to multilateral aid
agencies, but the amendment was defeated May 21, 2009 by
a vote of 30-64.
17. Sonia Sotomayor Nomination. Roll Call 262. The Senate

voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court. ACU opposed this nomination because
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of her record as a District Court judge and her positions on
ethnic discrimination issues. However, she was confirmed
August 6, 2009 by a vote of 68-31.
18. Cash for Clunkers. HR 3435 (Roll Call 270). The Senate
voted to provide $2 billion more to the program under which
the Department of Transportation buys old cars from people
for up to $4,500 each, so that they can buy new, more fuel-
efficient cars. ACU opposed the original program as waste-
ful and ineffective, which it proved to be, and opposed this
extension of it. However, it passed August 6, 2009 by a vote
of 60-37.
19. Firearms on AMTRAK. HR 3288 (Roll Call 279). The Sen-

ate adopted an amendment the effect of which was to allow
AMTRAK passengers to transport firearms in their checked
baggage. ACU supports this affirmation of the Second Amend-
ment, which passed September 16 by a vote of 68-30.
20. Terrorist Detention Facilities. HR 3082 (Roll Call

347). The Senate voted to kill an attempt to stop construc-
tion within the U.S. of facilities designed to house terrorist
suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ACU opposes
moving these prisoners to the U.S., but the amendment was
killed November 17 by a vote of 57-43.
21. Health Care Overhaul Procedure. HR 3590 (Roll Call

353). The Senate agreed to proceed to the health care
overhaul bill which allowed the changes needed that resulted
in final passage. ACU opposed the overhaul effort, and so
opposed this measure to move it forward. Under Senate rules,
60 votes were required to pass this attempt, and it was ap-
proved November 21, 2009 by a vote of 60-39.
22. Community Living Support. HR 3590 (Roll Call 360).

The House defeated an amendment designed to stop the
establishment of a new entitlement program for community
living assistance services as part of the Health Care Overhaul.
ACU opposed this further extension of federal involvement in
health care. Under Senate rules, 60 votes were required to kill
this program, so the effort failed December 4, 2009 on a vote
of 51-47.
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23. Medicare Advantage. HR 3690 (Roll Call 362). The
Senate defeated a motion to eliminate cuts in the Medicare
Advantage program as part of health care overhaul. ACU
supported this effort, since Medicare Advantage uses pri-
vate incentives to control Medicare costs, but the effort was
defeated December 4, 2009 by a vote of 41-57.
24. Medical Malpractice. HR 3590 (Roll Call 366). The Sen-

ate defeated an amendment limiting attorney fees in medical
malpractice suits. ACU supports medical malpractice reform,
but this attempt was defeated December 6, 2009 by a vote of
32-66.
25. Health Care Overhaul—Passage. HR 3590 (Roll Call

396). The Senate passed legislation overhauling the health
care industry. Provisions include federal supervision of private
insurance plans, state-run insurance exchanges, mandatory
purchase of government approved insurance by individuals or
the payment of a steep excise tax, requirements that employ-
ers offer insurance or face fines, subsidies for individuals to
purchase government approved insurance up to 400 percent
of the poverty level. The bill raises numerous taxes, including
a tax on health insurance plans, medical devices and tan-
ning salons. Insurance companies could not deny coverage
to those already sick, and Medicare and Medicaid would be
expanded. All states except Nebraska would share in the
Medicaid cost. The bill reduces support for Medicare Advan-
tage except for designated counties in Florida and includes
$300 million in unrelated spending for the state of Louisiana.
ACU opposed this nationalization of the health care industry,
but it passed December 24, 2009 by a vote of 60-39.
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Senate Scores
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1. End TARP
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2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Alabama
2. “Mexico City policy”
SHELBY + + + + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + - + 88.00 84 31 75.43
SESSIONS + + + + - + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 84 13 95.08 3. Unborn children health care
Alaska
MURKOWSKI + - - - - + - + + + + - + - + - + + + + + + + + + 68.00 58 7 70.19 4. SCHIP expansion
Begich - - - - (-) - - - - + - - + - - - - - + - - - - - - 12.00 NA 1 12.00
5. Eric Holder confirmation
Arizona
McCAIN + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 63 27 81.97
6. Tax cuts
KYL - + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 96 23 96.75
Arkansas 7. Earmarks
Lincoln + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + + - + - + - 24.00 8 17 19.01
Pryor - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - 8.00 4 7 16.86 8. ACORN funding
California

9. Stimulus bill
Feinstein - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 17 8.53
Boxer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 27 2.96
10. D.C. gun laws
Colorado
Udall Mark - - - - - - - - - + - - + - - - - - + - - + - - - 16.00 13 11 9.15 11. D.C. voting rights
Bennet* I - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00
Connecticut 12. Spending freeze
Dodd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 35 7.66

13. Fairness Doctrine
Lieberman - - - - - - + - - - - - - + - - - - - + - + - + - 20.00 8 21 16.15
Delaware 14. D.C. school vouchers
15. Legislative transparency
2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Carper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 4.00 0 19 12.22
16. International Monetary Fund
Kaufman** I - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00
Florida 17. Supreme Court confirmation
Nelson Bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 8 19 35.53
18. Cash for Clunkers
LeMIEUX*** I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I + + + + + - + 86.00 NA 1 86.00
Georgia 19. Travelers gun rights
CHAMBLISS + X + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + 92.00 76 15 92.83
ISAKSON + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 76 11 89.09 20. Terrorist detention facilities
Hawaii
21. Health Care Motion to Proceed
Inouye - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 39 6.67
Akaka - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 33 6.76 22. New Health Care entitlement
Idaho
CRAPO + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + - + 92.00 88 17 92.27 23. Saving Medicare Advantage
RISCH + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + 96.00 NA 1 96.00

24. Medical Malpractice reform
Illinois
Durbin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 27 6.12 25. Health Care final passage
Key: I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote *****Seating delayed due to election recounts

+ indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position * Appointed to replace Ken Salazar, who resigned to become Secretary ******Appointed to replace Hillary Clinton, who resigned to become
- indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position of Interior Secretary of State
(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position **Appointed to replace Joe Biden, who became vice-president *******Changed party registration to Democrat since last year
(-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position ***Appointed to replace Mel Martinez, who resigned
X indicates that the member did not vote ****Appointed to replace Ted Kennedy, who died in office
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2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Burris - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00
Indiana
LUGAR - + + - - + - + + - - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + 68.00 63 33 77.26 3. Unborn children health care
Bayh + - - - - - + + - + - + + - + + - - + - - + - - - 40.00 29 11 22.45
Iowa 4. SCHIP expansion
GRASSLEY + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 76 35 83.50
Harkin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 35 8.22
Kansas
6. Tax cuts
BROWN-
+ + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + 92.00 76 15 92.76
BACK
7. Earmarks
ROBERTS + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 72 29 86.86
Kentucky 8. ACORN funding
McCONNELL + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 80 25 89.66

BUNNING (+) + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (+) (+) (+) (+) 96.00 88 23 94.54 9. Stimulus bill
Louisiana
10. D.C. gun laws
Landrieu - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - - - + - - + - - - 16.00 32 13 22.65
VITTER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 84 11 93.82
11. D.C. voting rights
Maine
SNOWE - - - - - - + + - + - - + - + - - - + + + + + + + 48.00 12 31 47.88 12. Spending freeze
COLLINS + - - - - - - + - + - - + + + - - - + + + + + - + 48.00 20 13 49.43
Maryland 13. Fairness Doctrine
Mikulski - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - 0.00 0 33 5.75

14. D.C. school vouchers
Cardin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 23 5.49
2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Massachusetts
Kerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 25 5.28
Kirk**** I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 17. Supreme Court confirmation
Michigan
Levin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 31 6.58
Stabenow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 9 9.33 19. Travelers gun rights
Minnesota
Klobuchar - - - - - - - - - - - - + - + - - - + - - - - - - 12.00 16 3 10.67 20. Terrorist detention facilities
Fran-
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 21. Health Care Motion to Proceed
ken*****
Mississippi
22. New Health Care entitlement
COCHRAN + + + + + + - + + + + - + + + - + + + + + + + - + 84.00 68 37 80.13
WICKER + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + - + 88.00 80 15 90.80 23. Saving Medicare Advantage
Missouri
BOND + + + + - + - + + + + - + + + - - - + + + + + + + 76.00 75 23 81.90 24. Medical Malpractice reform
McCaskill - - - - - - + - - + - + - - + - - + + - - + - - - 28.00 20 3 18.67

25. Health Care final passage
Montana

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2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Baucus - - - - - - - + - + + - - - - - - - + - - + - - - 20.00 8 35 14.21
Tester (+) - - - - - - + - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 16.00 16 3 16.00
Nebraska 3. Unborn children health care
Nelson Ben + + + - - - - + - + - - + - + - - + + - - + + - - 44.00 16 9 46.90
JOHANNS + + + + + + + + + + + X X X + + + + + + + + + - + 95.00 NA 1 95.00 4. SCHIP expansion
Nevada
Reid - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 16 27 18.56
ENSIGN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 92 15 94.37
6. Tax cuts
New Hampshire
GREGG - + + + - X X X X + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + 81.00 83 25 78.68 7. Earmarks
Shaheen + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00
New Jersey 8. ACORN funding
Lautenberg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 25 4.76

9. Stimulus bill
Menendez - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 17 8.12
New Mexico
10. D.C. gun laws
Bingaman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 27 11.43
Udall Tom - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 12 11 4.86 11. D.C. voting rights
New York
Schumer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 29 5.72 12. Spending freeze
Gillibrand I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 23 3 10.33

13. Fairness Doctrine
North Carolina
BURR + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 79 15 91.00 14. D.C. school vouchers
2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life 15. Legislative transparency
Hagan - - - - - - - + - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - 16.00 NA 1 16.00

North Dakota
Conrad - - - - - - - - - + - X - - - - - - + - - + - - - 13.00 0 23 19.28 17. Supreme Court confirmation
Dorgan + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 12.00 8 23 16.37
Ohio 18. Cash for Clunkers
VOINOVICH - + + + - - + + + + - + + + + - - - + + X + + + + 71.00 52 11 69.83

19. Travelers gun rights
Brown (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 17 8.22
Oklahoma 20. Terrorist detention facilities
INHOFE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 23 97.66
COBURN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 11 98.00
Oregon
22. New Health Care entitlement
Wyden + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 8 29 9.13
Merkley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00 23. Saving Medicare Advantage
Pennsylvania
Spec-
+ - - - - - - + - + - - + - + - - - - - - - - - - 20.00 42 29 43.63
ter******
Casey - - + - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 12.00 8 3 9.33

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2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Rhode Island
Reed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 19 6.30
Whitehouse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 3 2.67 3. Unborn children health care
South Carolina
GRAHAM + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + - + 88.00 82 15 89.68 4. SCHIP expansion
DeMINT + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 11 98.55
South Dakota
Johnson,
- - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 12 23 17.91 6. Tax cuts
Tim
THUNE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 84 11 87.97
7. Earmarks
Tennessee
ALEXANDER - + + - - + - + + + + - + + + - - - + + + + + + + 68.00 72 7 79.00 8. ACORN funding
CORKER + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + - + - + + + + + + + 84.00 83 3 83.33

Texas 9. Stimulus bill
HUTCHISON + + + - + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 76 17 89.77
10. D.C. gun laws
CORNYN + + + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 79 7 93.14
Utah
11. D.C. voting rights
HATCH (+) + + + - + + + + + - + + + + (+) + + + + + + + - + 88.00 80 33 89.15
BENNETT + + + + - + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + - + 84.00 64 17 83.63 12. Spending freeze
Vermont
Leahy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - - - - - 8.00 4 35 5.88 13. Fairness Doctrine
Sanders + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - + - - - - - - 12.00 8 19 6.73

14. D.C. school vouchers
2009 Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Virginia
Webb - - - - - - - - - + - - + - - - - - + - - + + - - 20.00 8 3 14.67
Warner Mark - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - + + - - + - + - 24.00 NA 1 24.00 17. Supreme Court confirmation
Washington
Murray - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 2.74
Cantwell + - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.00 12 9 10.11 19. Travelers gun rights
West Virginia
Byrd - - - - - - - + - + + - - + - X - X X - - X X X - 21.00 0 51 28.07 20. Terrorist detention facilities
Rockefeller - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 25 8.75

Wisconsin
Kohl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - 8.00 4 21 13.36 22. New Health Care entitlement
Feingold + - - - - - + - - + - - + - - + - - + - - - - - - 24.00 24 17 12.74
Wyoming 23. Saving Medicare Advantage
ENZI + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 13 92.82

BARRASSO + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 3 98.67

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ACU 2009 House Vote Descriptions
1. Wage Discrimination. HR 11 (Roll Call 9). The House
passed a bill that overturned a U.S. Supreme Court decision
requiring the filing of pay discrimination cases within a
reasonable period of time. The bill extended the time limit for
employees to file discrimination cases to within 180 days of
the last paycheck affected by the discrimination, rather than
the date the discrimination occurred. ACU opposed opening a
new Pandora’s Box for trial lawyers but the House passed it
January 9, 2009 by a vote of 247-171.
2. Children’s Health Insurance. HR 2 (Roll Call 16). The

House passed a bill to more than double spending on the
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and raises
taxes to pay for it. States could insure pregnant women and
children of legal immigrants and families up to 300 percent of
the federal poverty level. Although the program was designed
for poor children, the bill prohibits HHS from requiring poor
children to be covered first. ACU opposed the bill, which
passed July 14, 2009 by a vote of 289-139.
3. Financial Industry Bailout. HR 384 (Roll Call 25).

The House defeated an attempt to provide for a plan for
repayment of all assistance given under the $700 billion
financial industry bailout program and prevent the Treasury
Secretary from spending the $350 billion still in the program.
ACU supported this effort, which was defeated January 21,
2009, by a vote of 199-228.
4. Economic “Stimulus.” HR 1 (Roll Call 70). The House

gave final approval to a bill providing $787 billion, mostly in
the form of government spending on programs that will take
a number of years to implement, in an effort to stimulate
the economy. The bill raised the deficit by $787 billion and
simultaneously raised the federal debt ceiling to $12.1 trillion.
ACU opposed this intervention in the economy, but it passed
5. Omnibus Appropriations for FY 2009. HR 1105 (Roll Call

86). The House passed a bill appropriating $410 billion for
nine departments not dealt with in 2008. Although the bill did
block the automatic cost-of-living increase for Members of
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Congress, it increased government spending by 8.4 percent
on top of increases in the “Stimulus” bill. ACU opposed this
example of irresponsible omnibus spending. The bill passed
6. Mortgage Loan Modification Program. HR 1106 (Roll Call

104). The House passed a bill allowing bankruptcy judges to
re-write mortgage contracts for the benefit of homeowners
and compensating some lenders for the resulting losses. ACU
strongly opposes this violation of the sanctity of contracts, but
the bill passed March 5, 2009 by a vote of 234-191.
7. Conservative Substitute. H. Con. Res. 85 (Roll Call

189). The House defeated the Substitute sponsored by the
conservative Republican Study Committee to the annual
Budget Resolution. The substitute would have balanced the
budget in ten years, would have provided for an extension of
the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts along with another $1.2 trillion
in tax cuts and $482 billion in spending cuts over five years.
ACU supported this approach to government spending, but it
was defeated April 2, 2009 by a vote of 111-322.
8. Hate Crimes. HR 1913 (Roll Call 223). The House passed

a bill expanding federal “hate crimes” law to include sexual
orientation, gender, or disability. ACU opposes this attempt to
criminalize thought, but it was approved April 29, 2009 by a
vote of 249-175.
9. ACORN Grant Eligibility. HR 1728 (Roll Call 238). The

House adopted an amendment to the Mortgage Lending
Standards bill that watered down an amendment approved in
committee to bar ACORN or other organizations which employ
people who have been convicted of election law violations
from access to funds under the bill. This version only applies
to executives of an organization that have been convicted
of a felony. ACU opposed this effort to protect ACORN but it
passed on May 7, 2009 by a vote of 245-176.
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10. Johnstown Airport. HR 915 (Roll Call 290). The House
defeated an attempt to delete an “earmark” in the Federal
Aviation Administration authorization requested by Rep.
John Murtha for an airport near Johnstown, Pa. named after
Rep. Murtha. This airport handles six flights a week and has
already received $150 million in taxpayer subsidies. ACU
opposes this kind of special funding, but the House rejected
the attempt May 21, 2009 by a vote of 154-263.
11. Parental Leave for Federal Employees. HR 626 (Roll Call

310). The House passed a bill providing that four of the 12
weeks of parental leave provided by the federal government
to its employees would be paid leave and removing the
requirement that employees demonstrate a medical need
for sick leave used. ACU opposes this special benefit for
government employees, but the House passed it June 4, 2009
by a vote of 258-154.
12. Cash for Clunkers. HR 2751 (Roll Call 314). The House
voted to establish a new $4 billion program under which the
Department of Transportation would buy old cars from people
for up to $4,500 each, so that people could buy new, more
fuel-efficient cars. ACU saw that this program would be as
wasteful and ineffective as it turned out to be, and so opposed
it. However, it passed June 9, 2009 by a vote of 298-119.
13. Legal Services Corporation. HR 2847 (Roll Call 359). The

House defeated an amendment that would have struck $440
million from the Commerce Department Appropriations Bill for
the Legal Services Corporation. ACU has always opposed this
wasteful program which has been used primarily to expand
the welfare state and was recently found by the GAO to be
rife with waste, fraud and abuse. The amendment failed June
18, 2009 by a vote of 105-323.
14. Missile Defense. HR 2647 (Roll Call 455). The House

defeated an amendment to the Defense Department
Authorization Bill that would have increased the amount
authorized for the Missile Defense Agency by $1.2 billion
and establish the policy of continued development of missile
defense systems. ACU has always supported missile defense
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as a justified constitutional duty of the government and
opposes major reductions by the Obama Administration.
However, the amendment was defeated June 25, 2009 by a
vote of 171-244.
15. Cap-and-Trade Emissions Limits. HR 2454 (Roll Call

477). The House passed a bill establishing a “cap-and-
trade” program for limiting greenhouse gas emission. The
program is a complicated system of emission allowances and
auctions, but its effect would be to roll back CO2 emissions to
17 percent of current levels, at enormous cost to individuals
and to the competitive position of the United States in the
world. ACU opposes these draconian measures as unneeded
and in fact counterproductive, but the bill passed June 26,
2009 by a vote of 219-212.
16. Spending Caps. HR 2920 (Roll Call 610). The House

defeated an amendment that would have established
spending caps through fiscal year 2014, limiting spending
and deficit limits to a percentage of Gross Domestic Product.
ACU favors restricting government growth to the growth in
the economy, but the amendment was defeated July 22, 2009
by a vote of 169-259.
17. Spending Cuts. HR 3288 (Roll Call 623). The House

defeated an amendment that would have cut discretionary
government spending in the appropriations for the
Departments of Housing and Transportation by 5 percent,
less than the recent annual increase in appropriations. ACU
supported this amendment, which was defeated July 23,
2009 by a vote of 181-252.
18. Planned Parenthood. HR 3293 (Roll Call 643). The

House defeated an amendment to the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations bill that would have eliminated funding
for Planned Parenthood family planning services, which
includes abortion services. ACU has always opposed
Planned Parenthood and federal involvement in this area as
unconstitutional, but the amendment was defeated July 24,
2009 by a vote of 183-247.
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19. Abortion Funding in the Health Care Bill. HR 3962
(Roll Call 884). The House adopted an amendment inserting
into the health care overhaul bill the traditional ban on using
taxpayer funds to provide abortion services. ACU supports this
ban, which was accepted by the House November 7, 2009 by
a vote of 240-194.
20. Health Care Overhaul—Republican Substitute. HR

3962 (Roll Call 885). The House defeated the Republican
substitute to the health care overhaul bill. The substitute
would create state high-risk pools for uninsurable individuals,
permit competition in health insurance across state lines,
reform medical malpractice law, and allow small business
to pool employees to get low-cost insurance. ACU strongly
supported this substitute, but it was defeated by the House
November 7, 2009 by a vote of 176-258.
21. Health Care Overhaul. HR 3962 (Roll Call 887). The

House passed a massive overhaul to the nation’s health care
and health insurance industry, by creating a government-run
insurance program, forcing everyone to purchase insurance
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
or pay a steep tax, taxing companies that do not provide
insurance, and requiring insurers to accept individuals
who are already sick. The bill also imposed an income
tax surcharge to help cover costs. ACU opposed what was
essentially a nationalization of the insurance industry, but it
passed narrowly November 7, 2009 by a vote of 220-215.
22. Estate Tax Repeal. HR 4154 (Roll Call 928). The House
defeated an attempt to extend the repeal of the estate
(“death”) tax through 2011, instead of re-instituting it at the
end of 2010. ACU supports permanent repeal of the death
tax, and so supported this amendment, which was defeated
December 3, 2009 by a vote of 187-233.
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23. Estate Tax Extension. HR 4154 (Roll Call 929). The
House passed a bill making permanent the estate and gift tax
levels now in the law. ACU opposes these taxes and opposed
the effort to make them permanent. However, it passed the
House December 3, 2009 by a vote of 225-200.
24. Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). HR 4173 (Roll

Call 967). The House defeated an attempt to repeal the
Troubled Asset Relief Program and lower the national debt
limit. ACU supports both these goals, but the attempt failed
December 11, 2009 by a vote of 190-232.
25. Financial Industry Regulation. HR 4173 (Roll Call 968).

The House passed an overhaul of regulation of the financial
industry that creates an entirely new government agency. The
bill also sets national mortgage standards, federal registration
of investment advisers, overrules state consumer financial
laws, and authorizes the use of TARP funds for housing relief.
ACU opposed this massive expansion of federal regulation
without clear limits and definitions as to what would be
regulated or how. However, the bill passed December 11,
2009 by a vote of 223-202.
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1. Pay Discrimination lawsuits
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Vote Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life
Alabama 2. SCHIP expansion
1 BONNER + + + + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 83 7 90.43
2 Bright + + + + - + - + + + - - - + + - + + + - + + + + + 72.00 NA 1 72.00 3. Prevent further TARP spending
3 ROGERS Mike + - + + + + - + + + - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 80.00 50 7 80.21

4. Stimulus bill
4 ADERHOLT + + + + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 92 13 89.85
5 Griffith* + - + + - + - + - - - - - + + - - + + - + + + + + 56.00 NA 1 56.00 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
6 BACHUS (+) + + + (+) + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 17 92.38

6. Mortgage Loan Modification
7 Davis Artur - - - - - - - + - - - - - + + - - - + - + - - - - 20.00 12 7 23.43 Program
Alaska
7. Conservative Budget Proposal
AL YOUNG Don - - X + - + + + + - + + + + + + - + + + + X X X X 75.00 71 37 76.41
Arizona 8. Hate Crimes
1 Kirkpatrick - - - - - - - - - + - + - + + - + - - - - + + + + 36.00 NA 1 36.00

2 FRANKS + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 7 98.86 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
3 SHADEGG X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + 100.00 96 15 98.22

10. Johnstown Airport subsidies
4 Pastor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 19 3.42
5 Mitchell - - + - + - - - + + - - - - + - + - - - - + + + + 40.00 32 3 26.67 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
6 FLAKE + + + + + + + + + X + + + X X + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 9 96.44
7 Grijalva - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 7 2.86 12. Cash for Clunkers
8 Giffords - - - - + - - - + - - + - - - - - - - - - + - + - 20.00 20 3 14.67
13. Legal Services Corporation
Arkansas
1 Berry X - - - - + - (+) X - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - + 22.00 13 13 35.67 14. Missile Defense
Vote Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2009 2008 YOS Life 15. Cap and Trade
2 Snyder X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 5 13 11.40

16. Spending caps
3 BOOZMAN + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 84 8 92.50
4 Ross - - - - - - - + - - - - - - + - - - + - + - - - + 20.00 12 9 36.00 17. Spending cuts
California
18. Planned Parenthood
1 Thompson Mike - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 11 10.34
2 HERGER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 88 23 96.22 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
3 LUNGREN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 88 15 92.67
20. Health Care—Republican
4 McCLINTOCK + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00 substitute
5 Matsui - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 5 0.80
6 Woolsey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 17 3.81 21. Health Care final passage
7 Miller George - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 35 4.37

22. Estate Tax repeal
8 Pelosi - - S - S - S - S S S - S S - S S S - S - S S S S 0.00 0 23 2.70
9 Lee - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 12 3.13 23. Estate Tax extension
10 Garamendi** I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00

24. End TARP
11 McNerney - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + + - - 12.00 13 3 9.67
12 Speier - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 0 2 2.00 25. Financial Industry overhaul
Legend: I indicates that the member was not eligible to vote ***Elected 14 July 2009 to replace Hilda Solis, who resigned to become Secretary

+ indicates a vote in accord with ACU’s position S By tradition, the Speaker of the House rarely votes of Labor
- indicates a vote against ACU’s position *Listed here as a Democrat, Griffith has since changed his party ****Elected 31 March 2009 to replace Kirsten Gillibrand, who was
(+) indicates the member formally announced a position in accord registration to Republican appointed to the U.S. Senate
with ACU’s **Elected 3 November 2009 to replace Ellen Tauscher, who resigned to *****Elected 3 November 2009 to replace John McHugh, who resigned
(-) indicates the member formally announced a position against ACU’s take a State Department position to become Secretary of the Army
X indicates the member did not cast a vote
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13 Stark - - - - X X - X X X - - - - + - - - - - - - + - - 10.00 13 37 4.08 2. SCHIP expansion
14 Eshoo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 4.49
15 Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 9 3.11 3. Prevent further TARP spending
16 Lofgren - - - - - - - - - X - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - (-) (-) 0.00 0 15 4.15

4. Stimulus bill
17 Farr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 3.36
18 Cardoza - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 8 7 25.57 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
19 RADANOVICH + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 87 15 94.46

20 Costa - - - - + - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - 12.00 9 5 22.60 Program
21 NUNES + + + + + + - + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 100 7 93.14
22 McCARTHY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 3 100.00
23 Capps - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 12 6.47 8. Hate Crimes
24 GALLEGLY X + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 23 88.80

25 McKEON + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 88 17 90.31 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
26 DREIER + + + + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 86 29 91.04

27 Sherman - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 9 13 5.36
28 Berman - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 27 5.37 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
29 Schiff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 9 7.61
30 Waxman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 35 4.56 12. Cash for Clunkers
31 Becerra - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 8 17 3.13
32 Chu*** I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00
33 Watson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 9 2.62 14. Missile Defense
34 Roybal-Allard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 17 2.66

16. Spending caps
35 Waters - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 19 3.17
36 Harman - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 15 17.20 17. Spending cuts
37 Richardson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00

38 Napolitano - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 11 3.00
39 Sanchez Linda - - - - - - - - - X X X X - - - - - - - - - + - - 5.00 8 7 3.57 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
40 ROYCE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + 100.00 100 17 98.17
41 LEWIS + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + 84.00 84 31 82.34 substitute
42 MILLER Gary X + + + X X X + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 90.00 81 11 94.03
43 Baca - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 8 10 15.20 21. Health Care final passage
44 CALVERT + + + + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 83 17 89.14

45 BONO MACK + - + + - + - - + + + X + + - + + + + + + + + + + 79.00 74 12 72.30
46 ROHRABACHER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 21 95.01 23. Estate Tax extension
47 Sanchez Loretta - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 13 9.49

24. End TARP
48 CAMPBELL + + - (+) (+) + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 86 5 91.60
49 ISSA + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 9 91.00 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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50 BILBRAY + + + + + + - + + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + 88.00 92 10 79.20 2. SCHIP expansion
51 Filner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 17 4.57
52 HUNTER Duncan D. + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 NA 1 96.00 3. Prevent further TARP spending
53 Davis Susan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 9 5.33

4. Stimulus bill
Colorado
1 DeGette - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 13 3.36 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
2 Polis - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00

3 Salazar J - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 12 5 23.20 Program
4 Markey - - - - - + - - - X - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00
5 LAMBORN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 3 100.00
6 COFFMAN + + + + + (+) + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 NA 1 92.00 8. Hate Crimes
7 Perlmutter - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 1.33

Connecticut 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
1 Larson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 11 5.55

2 Courtney - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 3 2.67
3 DeLauro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 19 4.08 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
4 Himes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00
5 Murphy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 0 3 1.33 12. Cash for Clunkers
Delaware
AL CASTLE + - + + - - - - + + - - - - - + + - + + + + + + + 56.00 28 17 52.49
Florida 14. Missile Defense
1 MILLER Jeff + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 8 96.46

16. Spending caps
2 Boyd + - - - - - - - - X (-) + - - - - - - - - + - - - - 13.00 12 13 33.79
3 Brown Corrine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 7.12 17. Spending cuts
4 CRENSHAW + + + + + + - + + - + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + 84.00 90 9 89.44

5 BROWN-WAITE + + + + - + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 84.00 77 7 84.49
6 STEARNS + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 100 21 94.53 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
7 MICA + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + 100.00 100 17 94.07
8 Grayson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 substitute
9 BILIRAKIS + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 88 3 89.33
10 YOUNG Bill + - + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 88 39 88.47 21. Health Care final passage
11 Castor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 9 3 3.00

12 PUTNAM + + + + + + - + + + + X + X + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 83 9 91.67
13 BUCHANAN + - + + + + - + + + + X - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 60 3 77.33 23. Estate Tax extension
14 MACK + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 92.80

24. End TARP
15 POSEY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00
16 ROONEY + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 NA 1 96.00 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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17 Meek - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 7 7.57 2. SCHIP expansion
18 ROS-LEHTINEN + - + + + - - - + + - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 72.00 32 21 73.38
19 Wexler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 5 13 6.27 3. Prevent further TARP spending
20 Wasserman-Schultz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 5 0.80

4. Stimulus bill
21 DIAZ-BALART Lincoln + - + + + - - - + + - - - X + + + + + + + + + + + 71.00 52 17 72.00
22 Klein - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 3 1.33 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
23 Hastings Alcee - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 5.13

24 Kosmas - - - - - - - - - + + - - - - - - - - - + - + + - 20.00 NA 1 20.00 Program
25 DIAZ-BALART Mario + - + + + - - - + + - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 72.00 52 7 75.38
Georgia
1 KINGSTON + + + + + + + + + X + + - + + X + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 17 96.30 8. Hate Crimes
2 Bishop Sanford - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - 8.00 4 17 30.87

3 WESTMORELAND + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 97.53 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
4 Johnson - - - - - - - - X - (-) - - - - - X - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 3 2.67

5 Lewis - - - - - - - - - - - X X X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 23 2.24
6 PRICE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 97.60 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
7 LINDER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + 100.00 100 17 95.67
8 Marshall - + - - + - - - - - - + - + + - - + + - + - - - - 32.00 28 7 44.98 12. Cash for Clunkers
9 DEAL + + + + + + + + + X + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 17 90.00
10 BROUN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 3 100.00
11 GINGREY + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 7 95.43 14. Missile Defense
12 Barrow - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - + X X - - 17.00 24 5 36.20

16. Spending caps
13 Scott David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 7 20.50
Hawaii 17. Spending cuts
1 Abercrombie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 19 7.21

2 Hirono - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 3 1.33
Idaho 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
1 Minick - - + + + - - - + + + - + - + - - - - - + + - + - 44.00 NA 1 44.00
2 SIMPSON + - + + + + + + + - + + + - + - + + + + + + + + + 84.00 80 11 85.77 substitute
Illinois
1 Rush - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 13 17 4.01 21. Health Care final passage
2 Jackson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 14 2.92

3 Lipinski - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - - - - - 8.00 8 5 17.00
4 Gutierrez - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 4.73 23. Estate Tax extension
5 Quigley I I I I I I I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00

24. End TARP
6 ROSKAM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + 100.00 96 3 97.33
7 Davis Danny - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 13 2.69 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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8 Bean - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - + - - - - - + - - 16.00 20 5 23.40 2. SCHIP expansion
9 Schakowsky - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 11 1.55
10 KIRK + - + + + + - - + + - + - + - + + - + + + + + + + 72.00 48 9 57.50 3. Prevent further TARP spending
11 Halvorson - - + - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - - - - + + 20.00 NA 1 20.00

4. Stimulus bill
12 Costello - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - + + - - - - - - 12.00 13 22 31.80
13 BIGGERT + + + + + + - - + + + + - - + + + - + + + + + + + 80.00 84 11 70.45 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
14 Foster - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 13 2 8.50

15 JOHNSON Tim + + + + + + - + + + - - - + + + + + + - + + + + + 80.00 68 9 67.56 Program
16 MANZULLO + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 17 95.92
17 Hare - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00
18 SCHOCK + + + + + + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 NA 1 92.00 8. Hate Crimes
19 SHIMKUS + + + + + + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 91 13 88.51

Indiana 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
1 Visclosky - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - + 8.00 8 25 10.63

2 Donnelly - - - - + - - + - - - - - - + - + + + - - - - - - 24.00 28 3 32.00
3 SOUDER + + X + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + X + 91.00 72 15 89.95 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
4 BUYER + + + + + + - + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 84 17 90.99
5 BURTON + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 100 27 97.06 12. Cash for Clunkers
6 PENCE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 9 99.56
7 Carson Andre - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 2 2.00
8 Ellsworth - - + - - + - + - - - - - - + - + + + - - + - - - 32.00 16 3 28.00 14. Missile Defense
9 Hill - - + - + + - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - + 20.00 20 3 20.00

16. Spending caps
Iowa
1 Braley - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 3 1.33 17. Spending cuts
2 Loebsack - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00

3 Boswell - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 13 25.40
4 LATHAM + + + + + + - + + + + - - + + - - + + + + + + + + 80.00 88 15 85.66 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
5 KING Steve + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 7 97.14
Kansas substitute
1 MORAN Jerry + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 13 91.74
2 JENKINS + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + 92.00 NA 1 92.00 21. Health Care final passage
3 Moore - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 11 15.55

4 TIAHRT X + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 91 15 95.27
Kentucky 23. Estate Tax extension
1 WHITFIELD - + + + - + + + + - + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 78 15 88.25

24. End TARP
2 GUTHRIE + + + + + + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00
3 Yarmuth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 3 1.33 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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4 DAVIS + + + + + + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 96 5 91.20 2. SCHIP expansion
5 ROGERS Harold + + + + + + - + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 84 29 84.84
6 Chandler - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - + - - + + 20.00 12 5 25.20 3. Prevent further TARP spending
Louisiana
4. Stimulus bill
1 SCALISE + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 2 100.00
2 CAO + - + + - X - - + - - - - X + + - + + + - + + X + 55.00 NA 1 55.00 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
3 Melancon - - + - - X - + - - - - - - + - - + + - + X X - - 27.00 12 5 42.37

4 FLEMING + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00 Program
5 ALEXANDER + + + + + + + + + - + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + 88.00 84 7 76.57
6 CASSIDY + + + + X + + - + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00
7 BOUSTANY + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 83 5 91.00 8. Hate Crimes
Maine

1 Pingree - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
2 Michaud - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 12 7 14.86

Maryland
1 Kratovil - - + - + + - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - + + - 28.00 NA 1 28.00 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
2 Ruppersberger - - - - - - - (-) - - X X - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 4 7 14.29
3 Sarbanes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00 12. Cash for Clunkers
4 Edwards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 7 2 3.50
5 Hoyer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 29 7.48
6 BARTLETT + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 17 93.77 14. Missile Defense
7 Cummings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 5 14 3.60

16. Spending caps
8 Van Hollen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 7 2.86
Massachusetts 17. Spending cuts
1 Olver - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 19 2.00

2 Neal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 21 8.19
3 McGovern - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X - - 0.00 0 13 2.26 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
4 Frank - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 29 4.27
5 Tsongas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00 substitute
6 Tierney - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 13 3.33
7 Markey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 33 3.42 21. Health Care final passage
8 Capuano - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - (-) - - - - - - - X (-) - - 0.00 4 11 4.09

9 Lynch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - X 4.00 8 8 14.27
10 Delahunt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 10 13 3.87 23. Estate Tax extension
Michigan
24. End TARP
1 Stupak - - - - - + - - - - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - + 16.00 12 17 21.10
2 HOEKSTRA + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 88 17 90.84 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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3 EHLERS + - + + + (+) - + + + + - - - + + - + + + + + + + + 76.00 61 16 69.86 2. SCHIP expansion
4 CAMP + + + + + + - + + + X - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 83 19 88.70
5 Kildee - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 33 12.00 3. Prevent further TARP spending
6 UPTON + - + + - + - + + + - - - + + + + - + + + + + + + 72.00 44 23 72.42

4. Stimulus bill
7 Schauer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00
8 ROGERS Michael + + + + + + + + + + X - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 9 90.67 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
9 Peters - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - + - - - - - - - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00

10 MILLER Candice + - + + - + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 80.00 63 7 79.21 Program
11 McCOTTER + - + + + + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 84.00 72 7 84.43
12 Levin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 27 3.22
13 Kilpatrick - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 4 13 4.26 8. Hate Crimes
14 Conyers - - - - - - - - - - - X - (-) - X - - - - - - - - - 0.00 9 45 4.85

15 Dingell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 55 11.41 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
Minnesota
1 Walz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 20 3 8.00
2 KLINE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 88 7 94.29 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
3 PAULSEN + - + + + + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00
4 McCollum - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 9 2.44 12. Cash for Clunkers
5 Ellison - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00
6 BACHMANN + + + + + + + + + X + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 3 100.00
7 Peterson Collin - - - + + - - + - - - - - - - - - + + - + - - - - 24.00 20 19 44.28 14. Missile Defense
8 Oberstar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - X X 4.00 4 35 10.73

16. Spending caps
Mississippi
1 Childers + - + - + + - + - - - - - - + - - + + - + - - + - 40.00 41 2 40.50 17. Spending cuts
2 Thompson Bennie - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 17 9.69

3 HARPER + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 NA 1 96.00
4 Taylor Gene - - + + + + - + - - - + - - + + + + + - + - - + + 56.00 24 21 65.63 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
Missouri
1 Clay - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - 4.00 8 9 10.08 substitute
2 AKIN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 9 97.56
3 Carnahan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 5 3.20 21. Health Care final passage
4 Skelton - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - + + - + + - - + 21.00 4 33 45.71

5 Cleaver - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 5 4.00
6 GRAVES (+) + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 88 9 90.83 23. Estate Tax extension
7 BLUNT + + + + + + + + X + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 88 13 93.18

24. End TARP
8 EMERSON + - + + - + - + + - + - - + + - + + + + + + + + + 72.00 56 13 80.71
9 LUETKEMEYER + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 NA 1 96.00 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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Montana 2. SCHIP expansion
AL REHBERG + - + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 9 90.33
Nebraska 3. Prevent further TARP spending
1 FORTENBERRY + + + + + + - + (+) + - + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 84 5 87.20

4. Stimulus bill
2 TERRY + + + + + + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 92 11 89.82
3 SMITH Adrian + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 3 97.33 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
Nevada
1 Berkley - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 11 12.02 Program
2 HELLER + + + + + + - + (+) + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + 92.00 80 3 89.33
3 Titus - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00
New Hampshire 8. Hate Crimes
1 Shea-Porter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 3 4.00

2 Hodes - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 12 3 5.33 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
New Jersey
1 Andrews - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 19 15.43
2 LoBIONDO + - + + - + - - + - - - - + - + - + + + + + + + + 60.00 52 15 66.17 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
3 Adler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - - + + - - - 16.00 NA 1 16.00
4 SMITH Chris - - + + + + - + + - - - - + - + - + + + + + + + + 64.00 28 29 60.42 12. Cash for Clunkers
5 GARRETT + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 7 100.00
6 Pallone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 21 12.14
7 Lance + - + + + + - - + + - - - + - + + - + + + + + + + 68.00 NA 1 68.00 14. Missile Defense
8 Pascrell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 13 12.21

16. Spending caps
9 Rothman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 13 8.54
10 Payne - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 21 2.96 17. Spending cuts
11 FRELINGHUYSEN + - + + + + - - + - + - - + + - + - + + + + + + + 68.00 80 15 64.05

12 Holt - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 11 4.82
13 Sires - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
New Mexico
1 Heinrich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00 substitute
2 Teague - - + - - + - X - - - - - - - - - - + - + + - + + 29.00 NA 1 29.00
3 Lujan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 21. Health Care final passage
New York
1 Bishop - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 7 2.86
2 Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 9 12.33 23. Estate Tax extension
3 KING Peter + - + + + + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 50 17 75.42

24. End TARP
4 McCarthy Carolyn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) (-) (-) - - - - - - - 0.00 0 13 15.71
5 Ackerman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 27 4.19 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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6 Meeks - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 11 6.25 2. SCHIP expansion
7 Crowley - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 11 9.34
8 Nadler - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 2.61 3. Prevent further TARP spending
9 Weiner - - - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - - - - X - 0.00 0 11 5.14

4. Stimulus bill
10 Towns - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 27 4.15
11 Clarke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
12 Velazquez - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 3.15

13 McMahon - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - + - - - - + + - - - 16.00 NA 1 16.00 Program
14 Maloney - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 4.19
15 Rangel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - X 0.00 0 39 3.60
16 Serrano - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 20 2.91 8. Hate Crimes
17 Engel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 21 6.31

18 Lowey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 21 4.35 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
19 Hall - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00

20 Murphy**** I I I I I I I - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - 11.00 NA 1 11.00
21 Tonko - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
22 Hinchey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 17 4.43
23 Owens***** I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - + - - 14.00 NA 1 14.00 12. Cash for Clunkers
24 Arcuri - - + - - + - - - - - - - - + - + - - - - - - - - 16.00 4 3 6.67
25 Maffei - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00
26 LEE + - + (+) + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00 14. Missile Defense
27 Higgins - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 5 8.00

16. Spending caps
28 Slaughter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + X X 4.00 0 23 5.25
29 Massa - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - + - - + + 20.00 NA 1 20.00 17. Spending cuts
North Carolina 0.00 1 0.00

1 Butterfield - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 7 8.00
2 Etheridge - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 13 22.36 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
3 JONES Walter X + + + + - + + + - + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + 83.00 58 15 87.65
4 Price - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 21 8.10 substitute
5 FOXX + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 99.20
6 COBLE + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 88 25 89.48 21. Health Care final passage
7 McIntyre - - + - - - - + X - - - - - + - - + + - + + - + + 38.00 32 13 50.46

8 Kissell - - - - - + - - - + - - - - + - - - - - + + - - - 20.00 NA 1 20.00
9 MYRICK + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + X + 96.00 91 15 94.82 23. Estate Tax extension
10 McHENRY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 98.40

24. End TARP
11 Shuler - - + + - - - + - - - - - - - - - + + - + - - - - 24.00 24 3 30.67
12 Watt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 3.06 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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13 Miller Brad - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 7 4.71 2. SCHIP expansion
North Dakota
AL Pomeroy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 4 17 22.19 3. Prevent further TARP spending
Ohio
4. Stimulus bill
1 Driehaus - - - - + - - - - (-) - - - - - - + - + - - - - - - 12.00 NA 1 12.00
2 SCHMIDT + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 87 5 90.90 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
3 TURNER + - + + + - - + + + - - - + + + - + + + + + + + + 72.00 63 7 79.29

4 JORDAN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 3 100.00 Program
5 LATTA + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 3 98.67
6 Wilson - - - - - - - - - - X - - - + - - + + - - - - - - 13.00 4 3 12.67
7 AUSTRIA + - + + + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00 8. Hate Crimes
8 BOEHNER + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + X + + + (+) + + + 96.00 92 19 94.00

9 Kaptur - - + - - - - - - X X - - - - - - - + - - - + - + 17.00 13 27 15.31 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
10 Kucinich - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - + - - - + 12.00 8 13 9.77

11 Fudge - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 2 0.00
12 TIBERI + - X + + + - + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 83.00 72 9 87.83 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
13 Sutton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 3 1.33
14 LaTOURETTE + - + + + + - + + - - - - + + - - + + + + + + + + 68.00 52 15 69.11 12. Cash for Clunkers
15 Kilroy - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 NA 1 4.00
16 Boccieri - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - + - - - - 8.00 NA 1 8.00
17 Ryan Tim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 4 7 15.14 14. Missile Defense
18 Space - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - - + + - + 20.00 12 3 17.33

16. Spending caps
Oklahoma
1 SULLIVAN + X + + + + + + + + X X X X (+) + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 92 7 96.52 17. Spending cuts
2 Boren + - - - - + - + - - - - - - + - + + + - + + - + + 44.00 24 5 52.20

3 LUCAS Frank + + + + + + - + + + + + - + + + + + + + + X X + + 91.00 96 16 94.02
4 COLE + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + 92.00 88 7 92.57 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
5 FALLIN + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 3 96.00
Oregon substitute
1 Wu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 11 10.12
2 WALDEN + + + + + + - - + + + - - + + + + - + + + + + + + 80.00 75 11 81.18 21. Health Care final passage
3 Blumenauer - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 14 4.92

4 DeFazio - - + + - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - 12.00 20 23 14.15
5 Schrader - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - + 8.00 NA 1 8.00 23. Estate Tax extension
Pennsylvania
24. End TARP
1 Brady - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 12 6.74
2 Fattah - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 15 2.45 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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3 Dahlkemper - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - X + - - - - - - 13.00 NA 1 13.00 2. SCHIP expansion
4 Altmire - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + - + - + - + - - - - 20.00 24 3 24.00
5 THOMPSON + - + + + + + + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 NA 1 88.00 3. Prevent further TARP spending
6 GERLACH + - + + - + - - + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 76.00 48 7 62.57

4. Stimulus bill
7 Sestak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00
8 Murphy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - 4.00 12 3 6.67 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
9 SHUSTER + + + + + + - + + - + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 88.00 92 9 92.96

10 Carney - - + - - + - + - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - - 20.00 20 3 22.67 Program
11 Kanjorski - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 8.00 12 25 20.58
12 Murtha - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 4 36 30.93
13 Schwartz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 5 4.80 8. Hate Crimes
14 Doyle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 15 18.25

15 DENT + - + + - + - - + - + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + 72.00 56 5 65.60 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
16 PITTS + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 100 13 96.72

17 Holden - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - + - + - - - - 16.00 16 17 38.80
18 MURPHY + - + + - + - + + - - - - + + + - + + + + + + + + 68.00 48 7 76.00 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
19 PLATTS + - + + + + - - + - - + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 76.00 68 9 75.57
Rhode Island 12. Cash for Clunkers
1 Kennedy Patrick - - - - - - - - - - - X X X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 15 8.88
2 Langevin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 9 11.22
South Carolina 14. Missile Defense
1 BROWN Henry X + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 83 9 92.33

16. Spending caps
2 WILSON Joe + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 8 93.88
3 BARRETT + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + - + + (+) (+) + + + + + + + 96.00 96 7 97.71 17. Spending cuts
4 INGLIS + + - + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 11 93.45

5 Spratt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - + - - - - - - 4.00 4 27 21.63
6 Clyburn - - - X - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 8.71 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
South Dakota
AL Herseth Sandlin (-) - + - - - - - - - - + - + + - - - - - + - - - - 20.00 28 6 30.07 substitute
Tennessee
1 ROE + + + + + + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 NA 1 92.00 21. Health Care final passage
2 DUNCAN + + + + + + - + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 21 87.27

3 WAMP + + + + + + + + X + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 15 92.38
4 Davis Lincoln - - - - - + - + - - - - - X + - - + + - + - - - + 29.00 12 7 49.17 23. Estate Tax extension
5 Cooper - - - - + - - - - + - - - - - - + - + - - - - - - 16.00 20 7 23.00

24. End TARP
6 Gordon - - - - - + - + - - - - - - - - - - + - + - - - - 16.00 4 25 28.25
7 BLACKBURN + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 7 97.71 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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8 Tanner - - - - + - - + - - - - - - + - - - + - + - - - - 20.00 13 21 40.47 2. SCHIP expansion
9 Cohen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 3 0.00
Texas 3. Prevent further TARP spending
1 GOHMERT + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 5 97.60

4. Stimulus bill
2 POE + + + + + + + + + + + - - + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 96 5 92.00
3 JOHNSON Sam + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 19 98.14 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
4 HALL + + + + + + + + + - + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 84 29 83.76

5 HENSARLING + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 7 98.81 Program
6 BARTON + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 25 94.14
7 CULBERSON + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 9 97.07
8 BRADY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 86 13 95.23 8. Hate Crimes
9 Green, A. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 5 8.80

10 McCAUL + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 5 93.40 9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
11 CONAWAY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 92 5 94.40

12 GRANGER (+) + + + + + - X + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + 92.00 92 13 86.59
13 THORNBERRY + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 92 15 95.12 11. Parental leave for federal
employees
14 PAUL + + + + + + + + + - + + + - + + X X + + + X + + + 91.00 90 19 82.85
15 Hinojosa - - - - - - X - X - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 9 13 18.68 12. Cash for Clunkers
16 Reyes - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 8 13 22.99
17 Edwards - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - + - - - + 16.00 8 19 30.21
18 Jackson-Lee - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - (-) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 15 6.26 14. Missile Defense
19 NEUGEBAUER + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 7 96.48

16. Spending caps
20 Gonzalez - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - X X - - 0.00 8 11 8.73
21 SMITH Lamar + + + + + + + + + + - + + X + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 88 23 92.14 17. Spending cuts
22 OLSON + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00

23 Rodriguez - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - + - 12.00 24 3 14.67
24 MARCHANT + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100 5 96.00 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
25 Doggett - - + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - + - - 12.00 8 15 7.08
26 BURGESS + + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 7 94.71 substitute
27 Ortiz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - + 12.00 17 27 31.36
28 Cuellar - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - + - - - - - + 12.00 12 5 32.88 21. Health Care final passage
29 Green Gene - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 26 17 22.53

30 Johnson Eddie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 17 6.27
Bernice
23. Estate Tax extension
31 CARTER + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + - + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 7 94.29
32 SESSIONS + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + X X 100.00 92 13 97.38 24. End TARP
Utah
25. Financial Industry overhaul

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1 BISHOP Rob + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + X X + + + X X + + 100.00 100 7 96.95 2. SCHIP expansion

2 Matheson - - + - + + - - - - - - - - + - - - + - + - - - - 24.00 36 9 40.67
3 CHAFFETZ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00 3. Prevent further TARP spending
Vermont
4. Stimulus bill
AL Welch - - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 8 3 2.67
Virginia 5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
1 WITTMAN + + + + + + - + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 92 3 94.67

2 Nye - - + - + - - - - - - - - - + - + - - - + + + + - 32.00 NA 1 32.00 Program
3 Scott Bobby - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 8 17 6.80
4 FORBES + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 91 9 94.74
5 Perriello - - - - X X - X - + - - - - - + - - + - - - - - + 18.00 NA 1 18.00 8. Hate Crimes
6 GOODLATTE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 17 94.92

9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
7 CANTOR + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 92 9 96.67
8 Moran Jim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 0.00 0 19 13.04 10. Johnstown Airport subsidies
9 Boucher X X X - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - + 14.00 8 27 15.90
11. Parental leave for federal
10 WOLF + - + + + + - + + + - + - + + + - + + + + + + + + 80.00 79 29 80.27
employees
11 Connolly - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 NA 1 0.00
Washington 12. Cash for Clunkers
1 Inslee - - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 12 13 8.87

2 Larsen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 9 12.89
3 Baird (-) - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - + - + - - 12.00 4 11 10.79 14. Missile Defense
4 HASTINGS Doc + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 96 15 94.83
16. Spending caps
5 McMORRIS RODGERS + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 92 5 93.80
6 Dicks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0 33 9.48 17. Spending cuts
7 McDermott - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 4.00 8 21 2.59
8 REICHERT + - + + - + - - + + - - - - - + - + + + + + + + + 60.00 56 5 56.80
9 Smith Adam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 13 14.94 19. Taxpayer funded abortion
West Virginia
1 Mollohan - - - - - - - - X - - - - - + - - + + - - - - - - 13.00 4 27 30.67
substitute
2 CAPITO + - + + - + - + + + - - - + + + + X + + + + + + + 75.00 48 9 70.11
3 Rahall - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - + + - - - - - - 12.00 8 33 21.12 21. Health Care final passage
Wisconsin
1 RYAN Paul + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 96.00 84 11 92.36
2 Baldwin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X 0.00 0 11 1.91 23. Estate Tax extension
3 Kind - - - - + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.00 8 13 14.69

24. End TARP
4 Moore X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 4 5 1.60
5 SENSENBRENNER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 96 31 88.94 25. Financial Industry overhaul

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6 PETRI + - + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + 92.00 80 31 77.03 2. SCHIP expansion

7 Obey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - 4.00 0 39 9.17
8 Kagen (-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.00 16 3 6.67 3. Prevent further TARP spending
Wyoming
4. Stimulus bill
AL LUMMIS + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 NA 1 100.00
5. 2009 Omnibus Appropriations

Program
8. Hate Crimes

9. ACORN Grant Eligibility
11. Parental leave for federal

employees
14. Missile Defense

15. Cap and Trade
16. Spending caps
17. Spending cuts
19. Taxpayer funded abortion

substitute
23. Estate Tax extension
24. End TARP
25. Financial Industry overhaul

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Charts and Summary Ratings ...................................... 3

ACU Public Policy Staff ................................................. 4

Analysis of the Ratings ................................................. 5

How We Pick the Votes ................................................. 7

Defenders of Liberty .................................................... 8

True Liberals ................................................................ 9

ACU Conservatives ..................................................... 10

Senate Vote Descriptions ........................................... 13

Senate Scores ........................................................... 19

House Vote Descriptions ............................................. 29

House Scores ............................................................. 37

Dear Conservative Friends:

This year marks the American Conservative Union’s 46th

You hold in your hand the 39th Edition of ACU’s Ratings

Soon after the 2008 election, liberal Washington Post

Of course, he was right about where the Obama

But a funny thing happened on the way to this “new era.”

Through all this the Republicans in Congress, though weak

The oﬀ-year elections produced Republican governors in

Once again, the pronounced death of the conservative

At ACU, these challenges only make us more determined to

On behalf of the ACU Board of Directors, oﬃcers and

2009 Overall Averages

Senate Democrats 8.63

Senate Republicans 88.63

(2008 comparison: Republicans 72.45% Democrats 7.36%)

House Democrats 6.79

House Republicans 91.19

(2008 comparison: Republicans 82.65% Democrats 8%)

ACU Foundation Board

It did not seem possible after 58 more members than the

As the nation’s largest and strongest grassroots conservative

The American Conservative Union tracks a wide range of issues

As a result, the ACU Ratings of Congress has throughout its 39

The votes selected in this edition of the ACU Ratings of Congress

These ratings have throughout the years become a go-to guide

ACU’s purpose in this guide is to inform the public, in an

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Senate Vote Descriptions

2. Abortion Promotion. HR 2 (Roll Call 19). The Senate de-

3. Unborn Children Health Care. HR 2 (Roll Call 26). The

4. State Children’s Health Insurance (SCHIP). HR 2 (Roll

5. Confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General. Roll

6. Tax Cuts. HR 1 (Roll Call 38). The Senate rejected a

7. “Earmarks.” HR 1 (Roll Call 46). The Senate rejected an

8. ACORN Funding. HR 1 (Roll Call 56). The Senate re-

9. Economic Stimulus—Cloture. HR 1 (Roll Call 59). The

13. “Fairness Doctrine.” HR 1105 (Roll Call 92). The Senate

15. Legislative Transparency. S.Con.Res. 13 (Roll Call 144).

16. International Monetary Fund (IMF). HR 2346 (Roll Call

17. Sonia Sotomayor Nomination. Roll Call 262. The Senate

19. Firearms on AMTRAK. HR 3288 (Roll Call 279). The Sen-

20. Terrorist Detention Facilities. HR 3082 (Roll Call

21. Health Care Overhaul Procedure. HR 3590 (Roll Call

22. Community Living Support. HR 3590 (Roll Call 360).

24. Medical Malpractice. HR 3590 (Roll Call 366). The Sen-

25. Health Care Overhaul—Passage. HR 3590 (Roll Call

2009 ACU Ratings of Congress