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July 21, 2006
Taxpayer Superheroes
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has released its 2005 Congressional Ratings:
For 17 years, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending....
The entire House had an average of 45%, a 6 point increase over 2004. House Republicans averaged 73%; House Democrats averaged 13%. The entire Senate had an average of 46% also a 6 point increase over 2004. Senate Republicans averaged 68%; Senate Democrats averaged 18%.
There were two Taxpayer Super Heroes with a score of 100%: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in the Senate and Ed Royce (R-Calif.) in the House. Taxpayer Heroes are members who scored between 80 and 99%. The total number of Heroes and Super Heroes in the House dropped from 59 in 2004 to 52 in 2005. The number of Heroes and Super Heroes in the Senate remained the same at 10.
Update: The Club for Growth has just issued its 2005 Congressional Scorecard that rates every member of Congress on a variety of issues, including support for making the Bush tax cuts permanent and repealing the estate tax:
Interestingly, Sen. Kyl and Rep. Royce -- the "Taxpayer Super Heroes" in CCAGW's formulation -- also scored perfect 100s in the Club for Growth's formulation (along with two other Senators and six other Representatives).
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