AUSTIN, TX — Americans for Prosperity (AFP) – Texas director Peggy Venable today commended the six Texas Congressional members who rated highest on the AFP Scorecard.
“These members who rated well on this important scorecard are defending the American dream and protecting Economic freedom,” said Venable.
Rating A-plus are: Congressmen Kenny Marchant and Randy Neugebauer
Members who rated an A are: Senator John Cornyn, Congressmen Joe Barton, Jeb Hensarling, and Ted Poe.
Other Texas Members and their scores are can be found by clicking here.
With 1.9 million members, over 110,000 in Texas, AFP is the premier free market grassroots organization committed to smaller government and free enterprise, it is important that citizens know how their Congressional members voted on the most important economic issues in the first session of the 112th Congress. The scorecard included critical votes on such issues as the repeal of President Obama’s new health care law, preempting EPA’s purported authority to regulate greenhouse gases, Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget framework, ending ethanol subsidies, several Congressional Review Act resolutions of disapproval to overturn new regulations and the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills.
Click here to view the 112th Congress mid-term key vote scorecard (pdf).
“This was an important session of Congress because it was the first after dozens of conservative legislators from all across the country swept into office after the 2010 elections. This session was a response to the country roundly rejecting the unified so-called progressive style of governance that advocates more centralized decision making and fewer individual economic freedoms,” said AFP Director of Government Affairs James Valvo. ”Not surprisingly, there was a stark difference in performance between congressional Democrats and Republicans. While many important substantive and procedural reforms were passed in House, Democratic control of the Senate and poor free market voting patterns blocked nearly all of these much-needed changes.”
While five senators and 39 representatives received a perfect 100-percent score, one senator and 128 representatives received a score of zero, voting against AFP’s stated position on every vote.
All Members of Congress were given notice that AFP would be scoring a specific vote before the vote took place, as well as AFP’s policy rationale for supporting or opposing the vote. All votes are given equal weight in the scorecard; AFP also includes signature of theNoClimateTax.com pledge in its congressional rankings.
A vote-by-vote breakdown of how each Member fared as well as past congressional scorecards can be found here:
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/scorecard
To interview Americans for Prosperity Texas Director Peggy Venable or for a more in-depth analysis, contact Peggy Venable at (512) 476-5905.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best way to safeguard individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP has more than 1.8 million members, including members in all 50 states, and 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 85,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial investment in AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org
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