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ACUs 2011RATINGS OF CONGRESS | 112th Congress, First Session
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1331 H Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005 Tel: (202) 347-9388 Fax: (202) 347-9389www.conservative.org
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Dear Fellow Conservatives,
On behal o our entire Board o Directors, I am pleased to present The AmericanConservative Unions 2011 ACU Ratings o Congress, our 41st annual edition o theconservative ratings guide.
Americas oldest and largest grassroots organization rst began rating members oCongress on key conservative voting issues in 1971, and since then, our ratings systemhas become the most important conservative measuring stick in American politics.Throughout the history o our Conservative Ratings program, the ACU has becomethe go-to source or determining whether an elected ocials philosophical rhetoric
matches his or her record.
There could not be a more critical time or conservatives to evaluate and hold accountable Americasleadership. Our country has withered or three years under the ailed stewardship o President Barack Obama.Our economy, our international standing, our very moral ber are weaker because his Administration has putus on a course to bigger government, less reedom and an abandonment o traditional valuesthe same policiesthat have triggered economic crisis and decline in nations across Europe.
With the growth o government expanding aster than at any time in the history o our country, the ACUintends to continue to play a major role in giving the American people the tools they need to make inormedvoting decisions at every level o government.
The 2010 midterms were a shining example o the American people holding Washington accountable. Thanks
in great part to the energy and enthusiasm among the conservative base, many liberals the same members whorammed Obamacare and cap-and-trade policies through the House o Representatives were sent packing. Usheredinto oce was a new breed o strong, unaraid conservative leaders. Under new leadership, the House o Representativesbecame a massive, welcome roadblock between President Obama and the realization o his tax-laden agenda.
November o this year is the voters next opportunity to deliver a reerendum on the work o the President andCongress. With numerous open seats in both chambers, contested primaries and competitive general electionchallenges, we hope our 2011 Ratings o Congress is a critical source o inormation or conservatives, voters,the general public and media.
Thank you or your continued support. I know that, together, we can ensure Americas best days are still ahead.
Sincerely,
Al CardenasChairman, American Conservative Union
Al Cardenas,ACU Chairman
2011 ACU Ratings Guide Annual Overview
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ACUs 2011RATINGS OF CONGRESS | 112th Congress, First Session
Al Cardenas, ChairmanThomas S. Winter, First ViceChairman
Donald J. Devine, Second ViceChairmanJameson G. Campaigne, Jr.,SecretaryBecky Norton Dunlop, TreasurerJoe BastJerey BellMorton C. BlackwellAmbassador John Bolton
Floyd BrownMuriel ColemanDr. Larry Eastland
Paul EricksonCarly FiorinaCharlie GerowAlan M. GottliebVan D. Hipp, Jr.Asa HutchinsonDavid A. KeeneSuhail A. KhanJames V. Lacy
Michael R. LongHonorable Serphin MalteseCarolyn D. Meadows
Cleta MitchellJoseph A. MorrisGrover G. NorquistRon RobinsonAllen RothMatt SchlappFred L. Smith, Jr.Lewis K. UhlerKirby Wilbur
ACU Board Members
Cleta Mitchell, ChairmanVan D. Hipp, Jr. Treasurer
Al CardenasMillie HallowRobert Luddy
Carolyn MeadowsThomas S. Winter
ACU Foundation Board Members
Gregg Keller,National Executive Director
Larry Hart,Director of Government Relations
To Contact us on a policy issue, call 202-347-9388 or email [email protected]
ACU Public Policy Staff
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2011RATINGS OFCONGRESS112th United States Congress
First Session
2011 Averages & Trends
OVERALL AVERAGES
2011 2010
SENATE 62.14% 41.55%
HOUSE 48.26% 41.45%
2011 PARTISAN BREAKDOWN
U.S. SENATE
2011
Democrat Average 5.30%
Republican Average 83.45%
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2011
Republican Average 81.52%
Democrat Average 6.58%
Lowest Republican:Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski at 50%
Highest Democrat:Ben Nelson at 25%
Highest Democrat:Boren at 48%
Lowest Republican:Hanna at 40%
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2011RATINGS OFCONGRESS112th United States Congress
First Session
Boehner Opens House, Senate Still Under Reid Control:House Voting Shows Change, Senate Shows Continuity
Gone are the days o Speaker Nancy Pelosi suppressingvotes in the House so that she could keep political control.Elections do make a dierence, which is also why SenateMajority Leader Harry Reid remains as czar o the upperbody, not even allowing a budget to go to the foorthis year.
Speaker Pelosi achieved her and Presi-dent Barack Obamas transormationalagenda by using a wide range o aggressivelegislative tactics, routinely using closedrules to deny oering bills or amend-ments in the House. Even in the normallypro-orma lame duck session ater
Democrats were repudiated by the voters,she was able to run roughshod over theminority and with remarkable party unity pass additionalmajor legislation along strict ideological and party lines.Senate Leader Reid even invoked the notorious llingthe amendment tree procedure denying Republicans theability to oer amendments more than 40 times, morethan any time in history.
Representative John Boehner ran or Speaker on thepledge to open the House, to allow the members toexpress their will on the issues they deemed important.
While the Republican leadership did limit amendmentson critical matters, the House has not seen such a widerange o votes on dierent issues in a very long time. Onthe other hand, the Senate still oered very ew votes onthe most controversial issues. In act, Boehner openedthe House with a vengeance as shown clearly in thisyears foor voting. The votes o both Republicans andDemocrats have ranged over a wider variety o issues and
resulted in a broader distribution o scores than in many,many years.
The number o House Republicans earning a perect ACUconservative rating o 100% dropped dramatically rom56 members in 2009 and 77 in 2010 to a mere 14 in
2011. The number with a minimally conservative 80% orhigher score decline marginally rom 161 to 159 but thenumber voting as moderates shot up to 80 members andnine Republicans did not even vote a majority conserva-tive in their ACU score. The lowest ranking Republicanswere Dave Reichert (WA) with a 41% score and RichardHanna (NY) at 40%. The highest scoring Democrats wereDan Boren (OK) at 48% and Jim Matheson (UT) at 42%.
House voting changed signicantly or House Democrats
too. The number o those earning a perect liberalismscore o zero went rom last years record 150 membersto only 52 in 2011, but still resulting in many more trueliberals than perect conservatives. In 2010, a record 240House Members earned a liberal rating an ACU con-servatism score o 20 or lessbut not surprising givenDemocratic loss o the majority this declined to 175 liber-als in 2011 but still more liberal than conservative House
by Dr. Donald J. Devine, ACU Vice Chairman
Only the 2012 election could possibly break this deadlock.
It is clear that the transformational phase of the Obama
period has passed and even if he wins reelection it is
unlikely he would gain the 60 votes necessary in the
Senate to repeat his earlier success.
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members over all. The greatest change in Congressionalvoting in 2011 compared to past years or both parties wasthe increase in moderate Republican voting.
Majority Leader Reid made sure voting patterns in theSenate remained similar to earlier years. The total num-ber o liberals (scoring 20 or less) was exactly the same asthe previous year, a majority o 52 Senators. The numbero perect liberal scores decreased only marginally rom28 to 19 Senators. Those earning a perect liberal ratingincluded Sherrod Brown o Ohio, Bob Casey o Penn-sylvania, Al Franken o Minnesota, Carl Levin o Michi-gan, and Claire McCaskill o Missouri. The least liberalDemocrat was Ben Nelson (NE) with a 25% rating,voting much more liberal than in previous years and laterannouncing he would not seek reelection.
Senators who scored 80% conservative or better, allRepublicans, declined marginally rom 34 conservativesin 2010 to 31 in 2011. Sixteen were rated moderate. Thenumber with perect 100% conservative ratings stayedpretty much the same, declining rom a dozen in 2010to nine: Tom Coburn (OK), Jim DeMint (SC), OrrinHatch (UT), James Inhoe (OK), Ron Johnson (WI),Mike Lee (UT), Rand Paul (KY), Marco Rubio (FL),and David Vitter (LA). The least conservative Republi-cans were Maines Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe at
55%, and Massachusetts Scott Brown and Alaskas LisaMurkowski at a mere 50%.
Elections do make a dierence. Democrats lost 63 seatsallowing Republicans to take control o the House andthis is demonstrated dramatically changed voting pat-terns. The Tea Party demanded tough votes and they gotthem. The perverse result, however, was less conserva-tive voting but at least it became more visible to voters.Democrats remained in control o the Senate and it wasbusiness as usual even with six additional Republicans.With President Barack Obama retaining his veto andDemocratic control o the Senate, the predictable resultwas deadlock and that was precisely what took place.
Only the 2012 election could possibly break this dead-lock. It is clear that the transormational phase o the
Obama period has passed and even i he wins reelectionit is unlikely he would gain the 60 votes necessary inthe Senate to repeat his earlier success. But it is unlikelyRepublicans could obtain ull Senate control either sovestiges o deadlock will continue regardless. Still, as theparty change in the House demonstrates and even thestability in the Senate conrms, majority control doesmake a dierence. A change in party or the president orthe Senate would be ar rom inconsequential.
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2011RATINGS OFCONGRESS112th United States Congress
First Session
How We Selected the Votes
As the nations largest grassroots conservative organization, the American Conservative Union serves as anumbrella organization or conservatives in America.
The ACU tracks a wide range o issues beore Congress and State Legislatures to determine which issues andvotes serve as a clear litmus test separating those representatives who deend liberty and liberal members whohave turned their backs on our ounding principles constitutionally limited government, individual liberty,
ree markets, a strong national deense and traditional values.
As a result, the ACU Ratings o Congress has or more than 40 years included a wide variety o issues coveringvotes on taxes, wasteul government spending, cultural issues, deense and oreign policy.
The votes selected by the ACU are not always considered the most important votes as dened by others,instead the votes selected are chosen to create a clear ideological distinction among those casting them.
With our annual ratings, ACUs mission is inorming grassroots conservatives and the public in an unbiased,transparent manner on where individual members o Congress all on the ideological spectrum.
CoburnDeMintHatch
InhoeRon JohnsonLee
Rand PaulRubioVitter
SENATE DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY
SENATE ACU CONSERVATIVES
AyotteCrapoRischBurrBoozmanCoats
CornynGrassleyKylSessionsShelbyToomey
BarrassoEnziHellerCorkerMcConnellMoran
ChamblissHoevenMcCainRoberts
2011 Winners & Losers
Those Members who scored a perfect 100%
Those Members who scored 80% or higher
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BrounChabotComanJe DuncanJohn DuncanGarrettGoodlatteGowdyLandryMcHenryGary MillerNeugebauerPoeRoyceSchweikertTim ScottSoutherland
StearnsWalbergWestmorelandJoe WilsonHallLabradorRokitaRob BishopHergerBachmannBradyFlores
GohmertHensarlingHuelskampHuizengaHunterHurtBill JohnsonSteve King
KingstonLongLummisMackManzulloJe MillerPearcePencePoseyPriceScaliseAustin ScottSensenbrennerSessionsTiptonWalshWoodall
AkinAmashBurtonRibbleCampbellMarchantAdamsBenishekBrooksConawayCravaackDesJarlais
DuyFincherFleischmannFoxxHarrisHartzlerHultgrenKline
LattaPompeoRoeRohrabacherRooneyAdrian SmithTerryThornberryWestTodd YoungBlackburnCobleSam JohnsonBartonCantorCulbersonBerg
Diane BlackBucshonCalvertCarterDenhamEllmersForbesGalleglyGardnerGosarGrangerGrith
GuintaIssaJenkinsLankordLungrenMarinoNoemNugent
NunesOlsonPalazzoPaulsenPittsRobyLamar SmithYoderBoustanyBurgessMicaMyrickNunneleeWebsterSullivanAustriaBachus
CansecoColeGeo DavisDreierFarentholdKellyJerry LewisFrank LucasMcCarthyMcKeonMcMorris RodgersRehberg
RenacciRigellMike Rogers (MI)Paul RyanSchmidt
HOUSE DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY
HOUSE ACU CONSERVATIVES
BuerkleChaetzFlake
FlemingFranks
GingreyTom GravesJordan
LambornMcClintock
MulvaneyQuayleDennis Ross
Stutzman
Those Members who scored a perfect 100%
Those Members who scored 80% or higher
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2011RATINGS OFCONGRESS112th United States Congress
First Session
Senate Vote Descriptions
1. Health Care Repeal. S223 (Roll Call 9)The Senate rejected an amendment that would have repealedthe Obama health care overhaul and restore laws amended orrepealed by the law. ACU strongly opposed this governmenttakeover o the U.S. health care system and supported thisamendment. 60 votes were required or the amendment topass. The amendment ailed on February 2, 2011 by a voteo 47-51.
2. Davis-Bacon. S 223 (Roll Call 11)The Senate rejected an amendment to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) authorization bill that would limit theapplication o the Davis-Bacon Act to ederal projects. Davis-Bacon requires contractors to pay prevailing wages usuallyunion wages on a project, usually well above the market rateand adding billions o dollars in cost to ederal projects andadding to the decit.. ACU opposes this ederal mandate andsupported this amendment. The Senate agreed to table orkill the amendment on February 3, 2011 by a vote o 55-42.
3. Air Service Subsidies. S 223 (Roll Call 21)The Senate rejected an amendment to the FAA authorizationbill that would have eliminated the so-called Essential AirService program that spends taxpayer money to subsidizeair service to rural airports with little passenger trac. ACUopposes this wasteul spending and intererence in the reemarket and supported this amendment. The Senate votedto table, or kill the amendment on February 17, 2011 by avote o 61-38.
4. Greenhouse Gas Regulation. S 493 (Roll Call 54)The Senate rejected an amendment to the small business sub-sidy bill that would have prohibited the EPA rom regulatinggreenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide. ACU opposesthis eort to impose a de acto energy tax in the name oglobal warming and supported this amendment. 60 votes
were required to pass this amendment. The amendmentailed on April 5, 2011 by a vote o 50-50 on April 5, 2011.
5. Planned Parenthood. H. Con. Res. 36 (Roll Call 60)The Senate rejected an amendment to the appropriations orFiscal Year 2011 barring unds or Planned Parenthood whichoers abortion services. ACU has always opposed ederalunding o abortions and thereore opposed unding o PlannedParenthood. The amendment ailed on April 14, 2011 by avote o 42-58.
6. Judicial nomination. (Roll Call 65)The Senate cut o debate by invoking cloture on the nomina-tion o John J. McConnell or District Court Judge in RhodeIsland. McDonnells career was built as an anti-businesstrial lawyer whose primary qualication seemed to be thecontributions o McConnell and his wie o $700,000 to theDemocratic Party and their candidates. ACU opposed thisnomination and opposed the cloture motion, which required60 votes to pass. The Senate passed the motion on May 4,
2011 by a vote o 63-33.
7. Judicial nomination. Roll Call 74)The Senate rejected a motion to cut o debate by invokingcloture on the nomination o Goodwin Liu or the 9th Cir-cuit ederal court o appeals based in Caliornia. Liu had no
judicial experience or trial experience as an attorney. Liu saidhe envisioned the judiciary as a culturally situated interpretero social meaning and judges should act to create a constitu-tional right to welare, housing, education and medical care.Liu helped the ght against the conrmations o Chie Justice
John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. ACU opposed thisnomination and the motion to cut o debate. The cloturemotion required 60 votes to pass but ailed on May 19, 2011by a vote o 52-43.
8. Ethanol subsidies and tariff. S 782 (Roll Call 89).The Senate reused to cut o debate by invoking cloture onan amendment to an economic development subsidy billthat would have repealed the Ethanol tax credit and a tarion imported ethanol. ACU opposes the government picking
winners and losers in the marketplace and supported thisamendment and supported cloture. The attempt to cut odebate ailed on June 14, 2011 by a vote o 40-59.
9. International Monetary Fund. S 679 (Roll Call 99)The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill reducing thenumber o Senate-conrmed executive positions that wouldhave rescinded $108 billion in taxpayer unds committed tothe International Monetary Fund and the authority or otherloans. ACU opposes increasing American liability or theEuropean Union bailout and supported this amendment. Theamendment ailed on June 29, 2011 by a vote o 44-55.
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10. Executive branch nominations. S 679 (Roll Call 101)The Senate passed a bill eliminating hundreds o executivepositions rom congressional conrmation and allowingothers to be on a ast-track procedure to speed Senateconrmation. ACU opposes this transer o congressional au-thority to the executive and opposed this bill. The bill passedthe Senate on June 29, 2011 by a vote o 79-20.
11. Debt Limit Increase. S 365 (Roll Call 123)The Senate passed a bill that allowed a debt increase o up to$2.5 trillion with no spending reduction required in Fiscal
Year 2012. The bill also sep up a supercommittee o twelvemembers o Congress that would meet in secret to negotiatea decit reduction o $1.2 trillion over ten years. The billalso requires a sequestration or automatic reduction o $1.2trillion over ten years i no other agreement is reached by2013. ACU opposes automatic debt limit increases with nocongressional action required and opposed this bill. The billpassed the Senate on August 2, 2011 by a vote o 74-26.
12. Trade Adjustment Assistance. HR 2832 (Roll Call 146)The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill extending tradepreerences that would have restricted the use o Trade Adjust-ment Assistance (TAA) unds to workers aected by countries
with an existing ree trade agreement with the United States.ACU opposes the TAA program as a wasteul program thatadds to 67 existing job training programs and supported thisreasonable attempt to reduce its size. The amendment ailedon September 22, 2011 by a vote o 34-62.
13. Support for Taiwan. HR 2832 (Roll Call 148)The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill extending tradepreerences that would have provided U.S. built multi-roleaircrat to Taiwan to strengthen its deense capability to any
military threat rom China. ACU has always supportedeorts to keep Taiwan independent o China and supportedthis amendment. The amendment ailed on September 22,2011 by a vote o 48-48. Under parliamentary rules, a tievote means the motion is deeated.
14. Columbia Free Trade Agreement. HR 3078 (Roll Call 163)The Senate approved a ree trade agreement between the Unit-ed States and Columbia. ACU supports eorts to expand reetrade and supported this agreement. The bill to implement theagreement passed on October 12, 2011 by a vote o 66-33.
15. Bryson Nomination. (Roll Call 176)The Senate conrmed the nomination o John Bryson as Secre-
tary o Commerce. ACU strongly opposed this nomination tothe agency charged with promoting ree enterprise as Brysonco-ounded the Natural Resources Deense Council, a radicalenvironmental group which has attacked businesses throughlawsuits and promoted draconian ederal regulation o businessto promote its goals. Nevertheless, the Senate conrmed thenomination on October 20, 2011 by a vote o 74-26.
16. Public Employee Jobs Funding. S 1723 (Roll Call 177)The Senate reused to cut o debate by invoking clotureon a bill to give $35 billion o taxpayer money to state andlocal governments paid or by an income tax surcharge. ACUopposes these attempts to bail out those state and local gov-ernments who have been overspending and opposed this bill.Cloture motions require 60 votes to pass. The motion to cuto debate ailed on October 20, 2011 by a vote o 50-50.
17. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Bailout. HR 2112 (Roll Call 179)The Senate rejected an amendment to an appropriations billthat would have limited the taxpayer liability or the govern-ment sponsored enterprises (GSE) o Fannie Mae and FreddieMac to a total o $200 billion. ACU opposed this bailout in2008 and supported this attempt to cap taxpayer liability. Theamendment ailed on October 20, 2011 by a vote o 41-57.
18. Government Backed Mortgage Limits. HR 2112Roll Call 180)The Senate passed an amendment to an appropriations billto renew an increase in the allowable limits on governmentbacked mortgages to well over $700,000. ACU opposedthis attempt to increase taxpayer liability to a program thathas cost $150 billion in bailout money to Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac and opposed this amendment. The amendmentrequired 60 votes to pass and passed on October 20, 2011 bya vote o 60-38.
19. Judicial Nomination. (Roll Call 222)The Senate rejected a motion to cut o debate by invokingcloture on the nomination o Caitlin Halligan or theDisctrict o Columbia Circuit Court. Halligan had shownher opposition to Second Amendment rights by working tomake gun manuacturers liable or actions by gun owners.
This seat once held by Chie Justice John Roberts had beenlet vacant by the reusal o Senate Democrats to vote onnominees put orward by George W. Bush. ACU opposedthis nomination and opposed the cloture motion whichrequired 60 votes to pass. It was deeated on December 6,2011 by a vote o 54-45.
20. Balanced Budget Amendment S J Res 10(Roll Call 229)The Senate ailed to pass a balanced budget amendment tothe constitution which requires a two-thirds vote. TheSenate vote was the only one in either house o Congresson an amendment which required a super-majority or taxincreases and protected against judicial intererence in how
Congress would balance the budget. The amendment ailedon December 14, 2011 by a vote o 47-53.
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ACUs 2011RATINGS OF CONGRESS | 112th Congress, First Session
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SENATEVOTES
VOTE#
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8
9
10
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12
13
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2011
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Alabama
SHELBY
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
90
.00
96.00
33
76
.49
SESSIONS
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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90
.00
100
.00
15
95
.07
Alaska
MURKOWSKI
+
-
-
+
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
-
-
+
50
.00
73.00
9
68
.26
Begich
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
4.0
0
3
5.3
3
Arizona
McCAIN
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
-
-
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-
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80
.00
100
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29
82
.52
KYL
+
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+
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+
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-
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+
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90
.00
96.00
25
96
.45
Arkansas
Pryor
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-
-
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-
-
-
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-
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29.00
9
18
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BOOZMAN
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-
+
+
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+
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+
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.00
100
.00
10
93
.00
Caliornia
Feinstein
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2
Boxer
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-
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-
-
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-
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-
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29
2.7
5
Colorado
UdallMark
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-
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-
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-
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4
Bennet
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Connecticut
Lieberman
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-
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Blumenthal
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Delaware
Carper
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-
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5.0
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11
.30
Coons
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-
-
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-
-
-
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-
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0
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0
Florida
NelsonBill
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RUBIO
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-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
35
6.3
8
Idaho
CRAPO
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
95
.00
100
.00
19
92
.82
RISCH
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
95
.00
100
.00
3
97
.00
Illinois
Durbin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
29
5.7
0
KIRK
+
-
+
+
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
60
.00
62.5
0
11
58
.18
Indiana
LUGAR
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
75
.00
71.0
0
35
77
.02
COATS
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
90
.00
N
A
19
90
.00
Iowa
GRASSLEY
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
90
.00
88.0
0
37
83
.79
Harkin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.00
37
7.9
1
Kansas
ROBERTS
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
80
.00
96.0
0
31
86
.94
MORAN
+
+
-
+
+
+
(+)
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
85
.00
100
.00
15
91
.84
Kentucky
McCONNELL
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
85
.00
96.0
0
27
89
.73
PAULRand
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
X
X
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
N
A
1
100
.00
Louisiana
Landrieu
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
.00
8.00
15
20
.83
VITTER
+
+
+
+
+
+
X
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
95.0
0
13
94
.38
Maine
SNOWE
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
-
-
+
-
-
+
+
-
+
+
55
.00
64.0
0
33
48
.59
COLLINS
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
-
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
55
.00
64.0
0
15
50
.77
Maryland
Mikulski
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
35
5.4
2
Cardin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
25
5.0
5
2011
SENATEVOTES
Key:
+i
ndica
tesavo
tecas
tinfavoro
fthe
ACUpos
ition
-indica
tesavo
tecas
tinoppos
ition
tothe
ACUpos
ition
(+)indica
tesanannouncemen
tinfavo
ro
fthe
ACUpos
ition
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tesanannouncemen
tinoppos
ition
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ACUpos
ition
Xindica
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2011
20
10
YOS
Lie
Massachusetts
Kerry
-
-
(-)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.00
27
5.0
7
BROWN
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
50
.00
74.0
0
2
62
.00
Michigan
Levin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
33
6.1
8
Stabenow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
11
7.6
4
Minnesota
Klobuchar
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
4.00
5
7.2
0
Franken
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
3
0.0
0
Mississippi
COCHRAN
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
70
.00
88.0
0
39
80
.08
WICKER
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
75
.00
96.0
0
17
90
.18
Missouri
McCaskill
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
17.0
0
5
14
.60
BLUNT
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
+
+
70
.00
100
.00
15
92
.09
Montana
Baucus
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
12.0
0
37
13
.90
Tester
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
.00
20.0
0
5
15
.60
Nebraska
NelsonBen
-
-
-
+
-
-
+
-
-
-
+
-
-
+
-
+
-
-
-
-
25
.00
48.0
0
11
45
.01
JOHANNS
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
70
.00
80.0
0
3
81
.67
Nevada
Reid
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.00
29
17
.28
HELLER*
I
I
I
I
I
I
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
+
+
92
.00
88.0
0
5
89
.60
NewHampshire
Shaheen
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
.00
0.00
3
6.0
0
AYOTTE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
95
.00
N
A
1
95
.00
NewJersey
Lautenberg
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
.00
0.00
27
4.7
8
Menendez
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
.00
0.00
19
8.0
5
Key:
+i
ndica
tesavo
tecas
tinfavoro
fthe
ACUpos
ition
-indica
tesavo
tecas
tinoppos
ition
tothe
ACUpos
ition
(+)indica
tesanannouncemen
tinfavo
ro
fthe
ACUpos
ition
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tesanannouncemen
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ition
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ACUpos
ition
Xindica
tes
tha
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ber
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te
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tes
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bers
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te
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VOTE#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2011
20
10
YOS
Lie
NewMexico
Bingaman
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
4.0
0
29
10
.95
UdallTom
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
(+)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.0
0
13
4.5
0
NewYork
Schumer
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.0
0
31
5.3
5
Gillibrand
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.0
0
5
7.2
0
NorthCarolina
BURR
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
X
X
+
+
94
.00
92
.00
17
91
.24
Hagan
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
4.0
0
3
8.3
3
NorthDakota
Conrad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
4.0
0
25
18
.10
HOEVEN
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
80
.00
N
A
1
80
.00
Ohio
BrownSherrod
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.0
0
19
7.3
6
PORTMAN
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
-
-
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
75
.00
N
A
13
87
.92
Oklahoma
INHOFE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
96
.00
25
97
.68
COBURN
+
X
+
+
+
X
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
X
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
100
.00
13
98
.31
Oregon
Wyden
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
12
.00
31
9.0
9
Merkley
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
4.0
0
3
4.3
3
Pennsylvania
Casey
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.0
0
5
5.6
5
TOOMEY
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
90
.00
N
A
7
96
.00
RhodeIsland
Reed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.0
0
21
5.7
0
Whitehouse
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
0.0
0
5
1.6
0
SouthCarolina
GRAHAM
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
-
+
-
+
+
-
+
+
-
+
+
75
.00
92
.00
17
88
.95
DeMINT
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
100
.00
13
98
.77
Key:
+i
ndica
tesavo
tecas
tinfavoro
fthe
ACUpos
itio
n
-indica
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tecas
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ition
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ACUpos
ition
(+)indica
tesanannouncemen
tinfavo
ro
fthe
ACUpos
ition
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tesanannouncemen
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ACUpos
ition
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tes
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ber
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tes
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bers
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2011
20
10
YOS
Lie
SouthDakota
JohnsonTim
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.0
0
25
16
.67
THUNE
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
-
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
75
.00
100
.00
13
87
.90
Tennessee
ALEXANDER
+
+
-
+
+
-
+
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
75
.00
80
.00
9
78
.67
CORKER
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
(+)
(+)
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
85
.00
92
.00
5
85
.40
Texas
+
+
-
+
+
+
X
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
79
.00
96
.00
19
89
.53
HUTCHISON
+
+
-
+
+
+
X
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
79
.00
96
.00
19
89
.53
CORNYN
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
90
.00
100
.00
9
93
.56
Utah
HATCH
+
X
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
100
.00
35
89
.77
LEE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
N
A
1
100
.00
Vermont
Leahy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.0
0
37
5.7
0
Sanders
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
4.0
0
21
6.5
2
Virginia
Webb
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
X
X
-
-
11
.00
13
.00
5
13
.60
WarnerMark
(-)
(
-)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
8.0
0
3
12
.33
Washington
Murray
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
0.0
0
19
2.7
2
Cantwell
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
.00
12
.00
11
10
.27
WestVirginia
Rockeeller
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0
0
8.0
0
27
8.4
0
Manchin
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
.00
33
.00
2
24
.00
Wisconsin
Kohl
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.0
0
8.0
0
23
12
.76
JOHNSONRon
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
100
.00
N
A
1
100
.00
Wyoming
ENZI
+
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1. Legal Services Corporation. HR 1 (Roll Call 54)The House deeated an amendment to the 2011 appropria-tions bill that would have struck all unding or the LegalServices Corporation rom the budget bill. ACU has alwaysopposed this wasteul program which has been used primarilyto expand the welare state and was ound by a GAO studyto be rie with waste, raud and abuse and supported thisamendment. The amendment ailed February 16, 2011 by avote o 171-259.
2. National Endowment for the Arts. HR 1 (Roll Call 68)The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropria-tions bill reducing unding or the National Endowment orthe Arts by $20.6 million. This program had received majorincreases in unding since 2008. ACU supported thisamendment to reduce wasteul spending. The amendmentpassed on February 17, 2011 by a vote o 217-209.
3. Planned Parenthood. HR 1 (Roll Call 93)The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropria-tions bill prohibiting ederal unding or Planned Parenthood
which oers abortion services. ACU has always opposedederal unding o abortions and thereore opposed undingo Planned Parenthood. The amendment passed on February18, 2011 by a vote o 240-185.
4. Firearm reporting requirements. HR 1 (Roll Call 115)The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropriationsbill barring the use o unds or licensed rearm dealers to re-port certain types o multiple rearm purchases to the JusticeDepartment. ACU opposes this backdoor approach to gunregistration and supports this amendment. The amendmentpassed on February 18, 2011 by a vote o 277-149.
5. Project Labor Agreements. HR 1 (Roll Call 126)The House deeated an amendment to the 2011 appropria-tions bill that would bar unds to enorce Project Labor
Agreements, which orce companies that seek governmentcontracts to agree to union demands. ACU opposes thesediscriminatory rules and supports this amendment. Theamendment ailed on February 19, 2011 by a vote o210-210. Parliamentary rules say that a motion is deeatedon a tie vote.
6. Federal Pay Freeze. HR 1 (Roll Call 133)The House deeated an amendment to include ederal paystep increases given or seniority. They have been exemptrom the current ederal pay reeze as have pay increases givenor living or working in high cost cities, such as Washington,DC. ACU supports a pay reeze that actually reezes ederalpay and supports this amendment. The amendment ailed onFebruary 19, 2011 by a vote o 191-230.
7. Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Requirements. HR 1(Roll Call 144)The House deeated an amendment to the 2011 appropria-tions bill barring the use o unds to enorce the Davis-Bacon
Act. This requires ederal projects to pay workers the prevail-ing wage, usually union rage rates which are oten well abovethe local market rate. This adds billions o dollars in cost toederal programs and adds to the decit. ACU opposes thisederal mandate and supports this amendment. The amend-ment ailed on February 19, 2011 by a vote o 189-233.
8. D.C. School Voucher Program. HR 471 (Roll Call 204)Passage o a bill that revives the District o Columbias schoolvoucher program which had been deunded by the Obama
Administration. ACU supports school choice and supportsthis bill. The bill passed the House on March 30, 2011 by avote o 225-195.
9. Union Elections. HR 658 (Roll Call 217)The House deeated an amendment that would have elimi-nated rom the Federal Aviation Administration authorizationbill a provision restoring majority rule in union organizingelections. Obama Administration appointees to the NationalMediation Board overturned a 75 year old rule requiring amajority o the workers aected to approve union representa-tion. The new rule only requires a majority o those voting.
ACU opposes this change and opposes this amendment. Theamendment ailed on April 1, 2011 by a vote o 206-220.
10. Net Neutrality. HJ Res 37 (Roll Call 252)The House passed a joint resolution that would nulliy theFederal Communications Commission net neutrality rule
which puts the ederal government in charge o managingtrac on the Internet. ACU has long opposed this ederalintervention in the ree market and supported this resolutiono disapproval. The resolution passed the House on April 8,2011 by a vote o 240-179.
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11. Conservative Budget. H Con Res 34 (Roll Call 275)The House deeated a conservative alternative to the budgetthat would reeze total discretionary spending at 2008 levelsbeginning in 2013 and balanced the budget within ten years.The bill cut mandatory spending by $1.9 trillion over 10 yearsThe bill assumed the repeal o the Obama health care bill anda gradual increase in the retirement age or Social Security andMedicare. ACU supports this alternative as a reasonable attemptto eliminate our annual decits. The amendment ailed on April15, 2011 by a vote o 119-136. 172 Democrats voted Presenteven though they opposed the bill and their votes are rated inopposition.
12. Offshore Drilling Expansion. HR 1229 (Roll Call 320)The House passed a bill requiring the Interior Department toexpand the area o the outer continental shel available or oiland natural gas drilling. ACU opposes the Obama Administra-tions eorts to reduce domestic energy production and supportsthis bill. The bill passed the House on May 12, 2011 by a voteo 243-179.
13. Medical Training for Abortions. HR 1216(Roll Call 338)The House passed an amendment to a bill aecting graduatemedical education unding to bar unds or training in abortionprocedures. It would also bar unds to support institutions thatdiscriminate against health care providers that reuse to provideabortions. ACU opposes ederal unding o abortions and sup-ported this amendment. The amendment passed on May 25,2011 by a vote o 234-182.
14. Terrorist Trials. HR 1540 (Roll Call 357)The House passed an amendment to the Deense Policy Bill that
would require all oreign terror suspects accused o attacking theUnited States or its personnel to be tried by a military commis-sion. ACU opposes treating oreign terror suspects as commoncriminals and supported this amendment. The House passedthis amendment on May 26, 2011 by a vote o 246-173.
15. Insourcing. HR 2917 (Roll Call 390)The House passed an amendment to the Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill that removes a section barring the use oprivate contractors or certain positions. This would aect theObama Administrations eorts throughout the ederal govern-ment to reduce the number o contracts available to privateenterprise and greatly increase the ederal workorce, a processknown as insourcing. ACU opposes insourcing and sup-
ported this amendment. The amendment passed on June 2,2011 by a vote o 218-204.
16. Foreign Agricultural Service. HR 2112 (Roll Call 432)The House rejected an amendment to the Agricultural Appro-priations Bill to eliminate the Foreign Agricultural Service. Thisagency uses taxpayer money to und 98 oces around the worldto help nd export opportunities or large corporations. ACUopposes this wasteul spending when our national debt stands at$15 trillion and supported this amendment. The amendment
was deeated on June 15, 2011 by a vote o 99-324.
17. Defense of Marriage Act. HR 2219 (Roll Call 516)The House passed an amendment to the Deense Appropria-tions Bill which would bar the use o unds to contravene theDeense o Marriage Act. ACU supports the Deense o Mar-riage Act and supported this amendment. The House passedthe amendment on July 7, 2011 by a vote o 248-175.
18. Dont Ask, Dont Tell. HR 2219 (Roll Call 528)The House passed an amendment to the Deense Appropria-tions Bill to bar the use o unds to train military Chaplainsin implementing the repeal o Dont Ask, Dont Tell. ACUopposed the repeal o this policy and supported this amend-ment. The amendment passed on July 8, 2011 by a vote o236-184.
19. Light Bulb Ban Repeal HR 2417 (Roll Call 563)The House deeated an attempt to repeal a de acto ban onthe manuacture o incandescent light bulbs mandated by the2007 energy bill. ACU opposed the 2007 energy bill and thelight bulb ban and supported this bill. Under the ast trackprocedure used, the bill required a two-thirds vote or passageand thus ailed on July 12, 2011 by a vote o 233-193.
20. Vehicle Subsidies. HR 2354 (Roll Call 580)The House rejected an amendment to the Energy and Water
Appropriations bill that would eliminate unding or theAdvanced Manuacturing Loan Program and apply the undssaved to the ederal decit. This program gives taxpayer mon-ey to manuacturers who work on vehicle programs avoredby the government. ACU opposes government programs thatpick winners and losers in the marketplace and supported thisamendment. The amendment ailed on July 14, 2011 by avote o 114-309.
21. Spending increase. HR 2354 (Roll Call 586)The House passed an amendment to the Energy and Water
Appropriations bill increasing spending on renewable energyand energy eciency programs by $10 million. These pro-grams had received massive increases in the 2009 budget andthe Obama stimulus program. ACU opposes these attemptsto reverse modest spending cuts and opposed this amend-ment. Nevertheless, the House passed the amendment on
July 15, 2011 by a vote o 212-210.
22. Cut, Cap and Balance. HR 2560 (Roll Call 606)The House passed a bill that would raise the debt limit con-
tingent on Congress placing a cap on ederal spending andsending a constitutional amendment to the states that wouldrequire a balanced ederal budget, a cap on ederal spendingand require a two-third vote o Congress to raise taxes. ACUstrongly supported this eort to get the U.S. scal house inorder and supported this bill. The House passed the bill on
July 19, 2011 by a vote o 234-190.
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23. Endangered Species Act. HR 2584 (Roll Call 652)The House rejected an amendment to eliminate a provision inthe Interior Appropriations Bill that would place a mora-torium on new listings under the Endangered Species Act.
ACU supports a moratorium on a program that has been usedas a vehicle to stop development and harass private propertyowners and opposed this amendment. The amendment ailedon July 28, 2011 by a vote o 181-240.
24. Debt Limit Increase. S 365. (Roll Call 690)The House passed a bill that allowed a debt increase o up to$2.5 trillion with no spending reductions required in Fiscal
Year 2012. The bill also set up a supercommittee o twelvemembers o Congress who were to meet in secret to negoti-ate a decit reduction o $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The billalso requires a sequestration or automatic reduction o $1.2trillion in spending over 10 years i no other agreement isreached by 2013. ACU opposes automatic debt limit increas-es with no congressional action required and opposed this bill.
The bill passed on August 1, 2011 by a vote o 269-161.
25. Catch-All Appropriations. HR 2055 (Roll Call 941)The House passed a year-end appropriations bill, known asthe Omnibus bill that unded $915 billion dollars in one2,300 page bill or Fiscal Year 2012 The bill avoided limitsimposed in the debt-limit negotiations by labeling additionalspending as emergency spending so the total spending orthe year is an increase over Fiscal Year 2011. ACU opposesthese massive bills that are written in secret and passed withno amendments allowed. Nevertheless the bill passed theHouse on December 16, 2011 by a vote o 296-121.
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80
.00
95
.00
5
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23
Capps
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-
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-
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0
0.0
0
14
5.5
4
24
GALLEGLY
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McKEON
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26
DREIER
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27
Sherman
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15
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28
Berman
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30
Waxman
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Roybal-Allard
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DavisSusan
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Polis
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