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Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Congressional Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how members of Congress are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about the constitutionality of their congressman's votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Congressional Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution
Scorecard 107-1

The Congressional Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how members of Congress are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about the constitutionality of their congressman's votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the 107th Congress (January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003) and ranks congressmen based on his or her fidelity to constitutional and limited-government principles.

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House of Representatives

1. Anti-Terrorism Authority

Good Vote: No

HR 3162 Anti-Terrorism Authority (Passed 357 to 66 on 10/24/2001, Roll Call 398). Would create the "USA Patriot Act," giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies vast new powers to combat terrorism. See U.S. Const., amend. 4.

2. Education

Good Vote: No

HR 1 Education (Passed 381 to 41 on 12/13/2001, Roll Call 497). Would, as the "No Child Left Behind Act," overhaul education proposals to increase school accountability and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for six years. See U.S. Const., amend. 10.

3. Illegal Aliens

Good Vote: No

HR 1885 Illegal Aliens (Passed 275 to 137 on 3/12/2002, Roll Call 53). Would allow certain illegal immigrants to remain in this country while applying for legal residency.

4. Debt Limit

Good Vote: No

S 2578 Debt Limit (Passed 215 to 214 on 6/27/2002, Roll Call 279). Would increase the public debt limit by $450 billion for a new ceiling of $6.4 trillion. See U.S. Const., Art. 1, Sec. 8.

5. Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

Good Vote: Yes

HR 4965 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban (Passed 274 to 151 on 7/24/2002, Roll Call 343). Would ban one type of abortion, known as partial-birth abortion.

6. War Authorization Against Iraq

Good Vote: No

HJR 114 War Authorization Against Iraq (Passed 296 to 133 on 10/10/2002, Roll Call 455). Authorizes the use of U.S. military force against Iraq, including to enforce any related UN Security Council resolutions.

Senate Member Scores

Legend:
Constitutional Vote Unconstitutional Vote Did not Vote
# Name Party State Score 123456
1 Neil Abercrombie D HI 40%
2 Gary Ackerman D NY 17%
3 Robert Aderholt R AL 33%
4 W. Akin R MO 50%
5 Thomas Allen D ME 33%
6 Robert Andrews D NJ 17%
7 Richard Armey R TX 17%
8 Joe Baca D CA 33%
9 Spencer Bachus R AL 33%
10 Brian Baird D WA 33%
11 Richard Baker R LA 33%
12 John Baldacci D ME 33%
13 Cass Ballenger R NC 33%
14 James Barcia D MI 50%
15 Bob Barr R GA 50%
16 Thomas Barrett D WI 60%
17 Roscoe Bartlett R MD 60%
18 Joe Barton R TX 20%
19 Charles Bass R NH 33%
20 Xavier Becerra D CA 33%
21 Ken Bentsen D TX 20%
22 Douglas Bereuter R NE 33%
23 Shelley Berkley D NV 17%
24 Howard Berman D CA 17%
25 Robert Berry D AR 33%
26 Judy Biggert R IL 17%
27 Michael Bilirakis R FL 40%
28 Sanford Bishop D GA 33%
29 Rod Blagojevich D IL 20%
30 Earl Blumenauer D OR 50%
31 Sherwood Boehlert R NY 0%
32 John Boehner R OH 17%
33 Henry Bonilla R TX 17%
34 David Bonior D MI 60%
35 Sonny Bono R CA 17%
36 Robert Borski D PA 33%
37 Leonard Boswell D IA 33%
38 Frederick Boucher D VA 33%
39 Allen Boyd D FL 50%
40 Kevin Brady R TX 40%
41 Robert Brady D PA 33%
42 Henry Brown R SC 33%
43 Corrine Brown D FL 33%
44 Ed Bryant R TN 33%
45 Dan Burton R IN 50%
46 Stephen Buyer R IN 17%
47 H. Callahan R AL 33%
48 Ken Calvert R CA 17%
49 Dave Camp R MI 33%
50 Christopher Cannon R UT 17%
51 Eric Cantor R VA 33%
52 Lois Capps D CA 33%
53 Michael Capuano D MA 67%
54 Brad Carson D OK 33%
55 Julia Carson D IN 40%
56 Michael Castle R DE 17%
57 Steve Chabot R OH 17%
58 Wm. Clay D MO 40%
59 Eva Clayton D NC 50%
60 Robert Clement D TN 50%
61 James Clyburn D SC 33%
62 Howard Coble R NC 33%
63 Michael Collins R GA 33%
64 Larry Combest R TX 33%
65 Gary Condit D CA 40%
66 John Conyers D MI 50%
67 John Cooksey R LA 33%
68 Jerry Costello D IL 50%
69 C. Cox R CA 17%
70 William Coyne D PA 50%
71 Robert Cramer D AL 33%
72 Philip Crane R IL 50%
73 Ander Crenshaw R FL 33%
74 Joseph Crowley D NY 33%
75 Barbara Cubin R WY 50%
76 John Culberson R TX 50%
77 Elijah Cummings D MD 50%
78 Randall Cunningham R CA 0%
79 James Davis D FL 33%
80 Jo Ann Davis R VA 33%
81 Thomas Davis R VA 17%
82 Danny Davis D IL 60%
83 Susan Davis D CA 33%
84 Nathan Deal R GA 33%
85 Peter DeFazio D OR 50%
86 Diana DeGette D CO 50%
87 William Delahunt D MA 33%
88 Rosa DeLauro D CT 33%
89 Thomas DeLay R TX 33%
90 Peter Deutsch D FL 17%
91 Lincoln Diaz-Balart R FL 17%
92 Norman Dicks D WA 17%
93 John Dingell D MI 67%
94 Lloyd Doggett D TX 33%
95 Calvin Dooley D CA 17%
96 John Doolittle R CA 20%
97 Michael Doyle D PA 50%
98 David Dreier R CA 17%
99 John Duncan R TN 83%
100 Jennifer Dunn R WA 17%
101 Thomas Edwards D TX 17%
102 Vernon Ehlers R MI 17%
103 Robert Ehrlich R MD 17%
104 Jo Ann Emerson R MO 33%
105 Eliot Engel D NY 0%
106 Philip English R PA 17%
107 Anna Eshoo D CA 40%
108 Bob Etheridge D NC 33%
109 Lane Evans D IL 33%
110 Terry Everett R AL 33%
111 Sam Farr D CA 50%
112 Chaka Fattah D PA 33%
113 Michael Ferguson R NJ 33%
114 Bob Filner D CA 67%
115 Ernest Fletcher R KY 17%
116 Mark Foley R FL 17%
117 J. Forbes R VA 33%
118 Harold Ford Jr. D TN 33%
119 Vito Fossella R NY 17%
120 Barney Frank D MA 67%
121 Rodney Frelinghuysen R NJ 33%
122 Jonas Frost D TX 17%
123 Elton Gallegly R CA 33%
124 Greg Ganske R IA 33%
125 George Gekas R PA 33%
126 Richard Gephardt D MO 33%
127 James Gibbons R NV 17%
128 Wayne Gilchrest R MD 33%
129 Paul Gillmor R OH 17%
130 Benjamin Gilman R NY 0%
131 Charles Gonzalez D TX 40%
132 Virgil Goode R VA 67%
133 Bob Goodlatte R VA 33%
134 Barton Gordon D TN 50%
135 Porter Goss R FL 17%
136 Kay Granger R TX 33%
137 Sam Graves R MO 33%
138 Mark Green R WI 17%
139 Gene Green D TX 17%
140 James Greenwood R PA 17%
141 Felix Grucci R NY 17%
142 Luis Gutierrez D IL 33%
143 Gilbert Gutknecht R MN 50%
144 Tony Hall D OH 40%
145 Ralph Hall R TX 33%
146 James Hansen R UT 40%
147 Jane Harman D CA 17%
148 Melissa Hart R PA 17%
149 J. Hastert R IL 0%
150 Alcee Hastings D FL 50%
151 Doc Hastings R WA 17%
152 Robin Hayes R NC 40%
153 John Hayworth R AZ 33%
154 Joel Hefley R CO 50%
155 Walter Herger R CA 33%
156 Baron Hill D IN 40%
157 Van Hilleary R TN 20%
158 Earl Hilliard D AL 67%
159 Maurice Hinchey D NY 33%
160 Ruben Hinojosa D TX 60%
161 David Hobson R OH 17%
162 Joseph Hoeffel D PA 17%
163 Peter Hoekstra R MI 50%
164 Tim Holden D PA 33%
165 Rush Holt D NJ 33%
166 Michael Honda D CA 50%
167 Darlene Hooley D OR 33%
168 Stephen Horn R CA 17%
169 John Hostettler R IN 60%
170 Amory Houghton R NY 33%
171 Steny Hoyer D MD 17%
172 Kenny Hulshof R MO 33%
173 Duncan Hunter R CA 33%
174 Asa Hutchinson R AR NA
175 Henry Hyde R IL 17%
176 Jay Inslee D WA 33%
177 Steve Israel D NY 17%
178 Darrell Issa R CA 17%
179 Ernest Istook R OK 33%
180 Jesse Jackson D IL 50%
181 Sheila Jackson-Lee D TX 60%
182 William Jefferson D LA 33%
183 William Jenkins R TN 33%
184 Christopher John D LA 33%
185 Nancy Johnson R CT 0%
186 Timothy Johnson R IL 17%
187 Eddie Johnson D TX 50%
188 Sam Johnson R TX 20%
189 Stephanie Jones D OH 50%
190 Walter Jones Jr. R NC 67%
191 Paul Kanjorski D PA 33%
192 Marcy Kaptur D OH 67%
193 Ric Keller R FL 33%
194 Sue Kelly R NY 17%
195 Mark Kennedy R MN 33%
196 Patrick Kennedy D RI 33%
197 Brian Kerns R IN 50%
198 Dale Kildee D MI 50%
199 Carolyn Kilpatrick D MI 40%
200 Ron Kind D WI 17%
201 Peter King R NY 17%
202 Jack Kingston R GA 33%
203 Gerald Kleczka D WI 50%
204 Joseph Knollenberg R MI 0%
205 James Kolbe R AZ 0%
206 Dennis Kucinich D OH 40%
207 John LaFalce D NY 50%
208 Ray LaHood R IL 33%
209 Nicholas Lampson D TX 33%
210 James Langevin D RI 50%
211 Tom Lantos D CA 17%
212 Steve Largent R OK 0%
213 Rick Larsen D WA 33%
214 John Larson D CT 40%
215 Tom Latham R IA 17%
216 Steven LaTourette R OH 17%
217 James Leach R IA 33%
218 Barbara Lee D CA 50%
219 Sander Levin D MI 33%
220 Ron Lewis R KY 50%
221 Jerry Lewis R CA 17%
222 John Lewis D GA 50%
223 John Linder R GA 33%
224 William Lipinski D IL 60%
225 Frank LoBiondo R NJ 33%
226 Zoe Lofgren D CA 33%
227 Nita Lowey D NY 20%
228 Kenneth Lucas D KY 33%
229 Frank Lucas R OK 33%
230 William Luther D MN 20%
231 Stephen Lynch D MA 33%
232 James Maloney D CT 50%
233 Carolyn Maloney D NY 17%
234 Donald Manzullo R IL 50%
235 Frank Mascara D PA 33%
236 Jim Matheson D UT 17%
237 Robert Matsui D CA 33%
238 Karen McCarthy D MO 33%
239 Carolyn McCarthy D NY 17%
240 Betty McCollum D MN 50%
241 James McCrery R LA 33%
242 Jim McDermott D WA 50%
243 James McGovern D MA 50%
244 John McHugh R NY 17%
245 Scott McInnis R CO 33%
246 Mike McIntyre D NC 33%
247 Howard McKeon R CA 17%
248 Cynthia McKinney D GA 50%
249 Michael McNulty D NY 33%
250 Martin Meehan D MA 17%
251 Carrie Meek D FL 60%
252 Gregory Meeks D NY 33%
253 John Mica R FL 33%
254 Juanita Millender-McDonald D CA 33%
255 Dan Miller R FL 33%
256 Gary Miller R CA 33%
257 George Miller D CA 50%
258 Jeff Miller R FL 33%
259 Patsy Mink D HI 40%
260 John Moakley D MA NA
261 Alan Mollohan D WV 67%
262 Dennis Moore D KS 17%
263 James Moran D VA 50%
264 Constance Morella R MD 17%
265 John Murtha D PA 33%
266 Sue Myrick R NC 33%
267 Jerrold Nadler D NY 50%
268 Grace Napolitano D CA 33%
269 Richard Neal D MA 60%
270 George Nethercutt R WA 17%
271 Robert Ney R OH 33%
272 Anne Northup R KY 17%
273 Charles Norwood R GA 33%
274 James Nussle R IA 17%
275 James Oberstar D MN 67%
276 David Obey D WI 50%
277 John Olver D MA 60%
278 Solomon Ortiz D TX 50%
279 Thomas Osborne R NE 17%
280 Doug Ose R CA 17%
281 C.L. Otter R ID 33%
282 Major Owens D NY 50%
283 Michael Oxley R OH 20%
284 Frank Pallone D NJ 33%
285 Bill Pascrell D NJ 33%
286 Ed Pastor D AZ 50%
287 Ron Paul R TX 83%
288 Donald Payne D NJ 50%
289 Nancy Pelosi D CA 33%
290 Mike Pence R IN 50%
291 John Peterson R PA 33%
292 Collin Peterson D MN 83%
293 Thomas Petri R WI 17%
294 David Phelps D IL 20%
295 Charles Pickering R MS 33%
296 Joseph Pitts R PA 50%
297 Todd Platts R PA 33%
298 Richard Pombo R CA 33%
299 Earl Pomeroy D ND 33%
300 David Price D NC 33%
301 Deborah Pryce R OH 17%
302 Adam Putnam R FL 33%
303 Jack Quinn R NY 17%
304 George Radanovich R CA 17%
305 Nick Rahall D WV 67%
306 James Ramstad R MN 50%
307 Charles Rangel D NY 33%
308 Ralph Regula R OH 17%
309 Dennis Rehberg R MT 33%
310 Silvestre Reyes D TX 50%
311 Thomas Reynolds R NY 17%
312 Bob Riley R AL 33%
313 Lynn Rivers D MI 50%
314 Ciro Rodriguez D TX 33%
315 Timothy Roemer D IN 33%
316 Harold Rogers R KY 17%
317 Mike Rogers R MI 33%
318 Dana Rohrabacher R CA 50%
319 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R FL 20%
320 Mike Ross D AR 33%
321 Steven Rothman D NJ 17%
322 Marge Roukema R NJ 50%
323 Lucille Roybal-Allard D CA 33%
324 Edward Royce R CA 33%
325 Bobby Rush D IL 50%
326 Paul Ryan R WI 17%
327 Jim Ryun R KS 50%
328 Martin Sabo D MN 67%
329 Loretta Sanchez D CA 50%
330 Max Sandlin D TX 33%
331 Thomas Sawyer D OH 33%
332 H. Saxton R NJ 33%
333 Joe Scarborough R FL NA
334 Bob Schaffer R CO 50%
335 Janice Schakowsky D IL 50%
336 Edward Schrock R VA 33%
337 Robert Scott D VA 50%
338 F. Sensenbrenner R WI 33%
339 José Serrano D NY 50%
340 Pete Sessions R TX 50%
341 John Shadegg R AZ 50%
342 E. Shaw R FL 17%
343 Christopher Shays R CT 17%
344 Brad Sherman D CA 17%
345 Donald Sherwood R PA 33%
346 John Shimkus R IL 33%
347 Ronnie Shows D MS 50%
348 Bill Shuster R PA 33%
349 Robert Simmons R CT 0%
350 Mike Simpson R ID 17%
351 Norman Sisisky D VA NA
352 Joseph Skeen R NM 17%
353 Ike Skelton D MO 33%
354 Louise Slaughter D NY 33%
355 Nick Smith R MI 33%
356 Adam Smith D WA 0%
357 Christopher Smith R NJ 17%
358 Lamar Smith R TX 17%
359 Victor Snyder D AR 33%
360 Hilda Solis D CA 33%
361 Mark Souder R IN 17%
362 Floyd Spence R SC NA
363 John Spratt D SC 33%
364 Fortney Stark D CA 50%
365 Clifford Stearns R FL 40%
366 Charles Stenholm D TX 33%
367 Ted Strickland D OH 50%
368 Robert Stump R AZ 40%
369 Bart Stupak D MI 67%
370 John Sullivan R OK 50%
371 John Sweeney R NY 20%
372 Thomas Tancredo R CO 50%
373 John Tanner D TN 33%
374 Ellen Tauscher D CA 17%
375 William Tauzin R LA 17%
376 Charles Taylor R NC 50%
377 Gene Taylor D MS 50%
378 Lee Terry R NE 17%
379 William Thomas R CA 17%
380 Bennie Thompson D MS 60%
381 Mike Thompson D CA 33%
382 Mac Thornberry R TX 17%
383 Karen Thurman D FL 33%
384 Todd Tiahrt R KS 33%
385 Patrick Tiberi R OH 17%
386 John Tierney D MA 50%
387 Edolphus Towns D NY 33%
388 James Traficant D OH 0%
389 James Turner D TX 33%
390 Fred Upton R MI 33%
391 Nydia Velázquez D NY 50%
392 Peter Visclosky D IN 83%
393 Greg Walden R OR 33%
394 James Walsh R NY 17%
395 Zach Wamp R TN 50%
396 Maxine Waters D CA 60%
397 Wes Watkins R OK 17%
398 Diane Watson D CA 50%
399 Melvin Watt D NC 50%
400 J.C. Watts R OK 17%
401 Henry Waxman D CA 17%
402 Anthony Weiner D NY 20%
403 W. Weldon R PA 20%
404 David Weldon R FL 50%
405 Gerald Weller R IL 17%
406 Robert Wexler D FL 20%
407 Ed Whitfield R KY 33%
408 Heather Wilson R NM 17%
409 Joe Wilson R SC 50%
410 Frank Wolf R VA 33%
411 Lynn Woolsey D CA 50%
412 David Wu D OR 50%
413 Albert Wynn D MD 17%
414 C. Young R FL 33%
415 Don Young R AK 50%

Senate Member Scores

38.8%
Democrat
29.1%
Republican