The Club for Growth has released it's annual report card that measures how often members of Congress vote against Pork Projects that are before Congress. My Congressman, Heath Shuler, scored a mere 1% on the report card that was issued by the fiscally conservative group...nearly the same as Nancy Pelosi.
Here is how the North Carolina delegation scored:
100% Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05)
99% Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10)
97% Sue Myrick (R-NC-09)
84% Howard Coble (R-NC-06)
22% Walter Jones (R-NC-03)
1% Heath Shuler (R-NC-11)
0% GK Butterfield (D-N-NC-01)
0% Bob Etheridge (D-NC-02)
0% David Price (D-NC-04)
0% Mike McIntyre (D-NC-07)
0% Larry Kissell (D-NC-08)
0% Mel Watt (D-NC-12)
0% Brad Miller (D-NC-13)
Here are the members of Congress who deserve special recognition for receiving a perfect score of 100%:
| Broun (R-GA-10) | ||
| Campbell (R-CA-48) | ||
| Cassidy (R-LA-6) | ||
| Flake (R-AZ-6) | ||
| Foxx (R-NC-5) | ||
| Garrett (R-NJ-5) | ||
| Hensarling (R-TX-5) | ||
| Jenkins (R-KS-2) | ||
| Kline, J. (R-MN-2) | ||
| Lamborn (R-CO-5) | ||
| Linder (R-GA-7) | ||
| Lummis (R-WY-AL) | ||
| McClintock (R-CA-4) | ||
| Minnick (D-ID-1) | ||
| Pence (R-IN-6) | ||
| Petri (R-WI-6) | ||
| Pitts (R-PA-16) | ||
| Price, T. (R-GA-6) | ||
| Ryan, P. (R-WI-1) | ||
| Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) | ||
| Shadegg (R-AZ-3) | ||
| Westmoreland (R-GA-3) |
Back to my Congressman. He is part of the Blue Dog Coalition...and in fact, serves on the leadership team as Blue Dog Whip, charged with encouraging others in the coalition to stick with the group on votes where the Coalition has taken a position.
Let's take a look at the Blue Dog Coalition to see just how fiscally conservative they are, or are not.
The overwhelming majority of Blue Dogs scored either 0% or 1% on the report, and only 9 scored more than that, and three more than 50%, with Cooper (TN-05) scoring 97% and Minnick (ID-01) scoring a perfect 100% on the report.
I have them listed below with their score on the anti-pork report card arranged by name and by score:
Blue Dog Leadership Team
0% Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
0% Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
0% Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-03), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
1% Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), Blue Dog Whip
Blue Dog Members
1% Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
0% Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
0% Baca, Joe (CA-43)
1% Barrow, John (GA-12)
0% Berry, Marion (AR-01)
0% Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
0% Boren, Dan (OK-02)
0% Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
0% Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
61% Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
0% Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
0% Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
0% Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
0% Childers, Travis (MS-01)
97% Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
0% Costa, Jim (CA-20)
0% Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
1% Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
0% Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
0% Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
0% Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
19% Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)
0% Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
0% Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
0% Harman, Jane (CA-36)
0% Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)
0% Hill, Baron (IN-09)
0% Holden, Tim (PA-17)
1% Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
0% McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
4% Marshall, Jim (GA-03)
6% Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
0% Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
0% Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
100% Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
25% Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
0% Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
0% Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
22% Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
0% Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
0% Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
0% Ross, Mike (AR-04)
0% Salazar, John (CO-03)
0% Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
0% Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
0% Scott, David (GA-13)
1% Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
0% Space, Zack (OH-18)
0% Tanner, John (TN-08)
5% Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
0% Thompson, Mike (CA-01)
0% Wilson, Charles (OH-06)
100% Minnick, Walt (ID-01) a rare feat for a Blue Dog, as well as a member of Congress. I congratulate Congressman Minnick.
97% Cooper, Jim (TN-05) Congressman Cooper scored higher than most Republicans!
61% Bright, Bobby (AL-02) Even at 61% Congressman Bright manages to score higher than most of his fellow Congress Critters.
25% Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
22% Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
19% Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)
6% Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
5% Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
4% Marshall, Jim (GA-03)
1% Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
1% Barrow, John (GA-12)
1% Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
1% Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
1% Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
0% Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
0% Baca, Joe (CA-43)
0% Berry, Marion (AR-01)
0% Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
0% Boren, Dan (OK-02)
0% Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
0% Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
0% Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
0% Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
0% Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
0% Childers, Travis (MS-01)
0% Costa, Jim (CA-20)
0% Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
0% Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
0% Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
0% Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
0% Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
0% Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
0% Harman, Jane (CA-36)
0% Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)
0% Hill, Baron (IN-09)
0% Holden, Tim (PA-17)
0% McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
0% Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
0% Michaud, Mike (ME-02) 0%
Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
0% Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
0% Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
0% Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
0% Ross, Mike (AR-04)
0% Salazar, John (CO-03)
0% Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
0% Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
0% Scott, David (GA-13)
0% Space, Zack (OH-18)
0% Tanner, John (TN-08)
0% Thompson, Mike (CA-01)
0% Wilson, Charles (OH-06)
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Ahhh . . The Club for Growth. What an outstanding organization that is. I think Mike Huckabee's reflections on the "Club" are worth repeating.
In an interview, Huckabee said, “The Club for Greed, I call them,” he said. “They hate that. Oh, they hate it. And I enjoy giggin’ them about it, because I think they’re a despicable political hit organization that takes people’s money and anonymously attacks candidates, with no integrity to say, ‘This person here is attacking this public official.’ And when you do it in hiding, from the trees, I just think it’s cowardly.”
And let's not forget that the Federal Election Commission filed suit against the Club for Growth for violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act for failing to register as a political action committee in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 congressional elections. In September, 2007 the Club for Growth agreed to pay $350,000 in civil penalties.
Real nice, upstanding group to use as a reference when talking abouty "Blue Dogs."
Yes, everyone knows that Huckabee hates the Club For Growth for pointing out that he was a liberal - or at least not fiscally conservative - as governor, and a liar as a presidential candidate. All he'd have to do is change his position on abortion and you Democrats would love him.