112th Congress

Mid-Term Review
Key Vote Scorecard
U.S. Representatives (39) U.S. Senators (5)
Tom Coburn
Mike Crapo
Orin Hatch
Marco Rubio
Ron Johnson
Todd Akin
Justin Amash
Mo Brooks
Ann Marie Buerkle
Dan Burton
Steve Chabot
Jason Chaffetz
Mike Coffman
Jeff Flake
John Fleming
Trent Franks
Scott Garrett
Trey Gowdy
Tom Graves
Andy Harris
Wally Herger
Tim Huelskamp
Bill Huizenga
Jim Jordan
Raul Labrador
Doug Lamborn
Jeff Landry
Cynthia Lummis
Tom McClintock
Patrick McHenry
Donald Manzullo
Kenny Marchant
Mick Mulvaney
Randy Neugebauer
Mike Pence
Benjamin Quayle
Reid Ribble
Jean Schmidt
Dave Schweikert
Steve Southerland
Marlin Stutzman
Tim Walberg
Joe Wilson
Members of Congress with A+ Grade (100%) for the First Session of the 112th Congress
Green = Lifetime 100% Score
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
Americans for Prosperity, the nations premier free market grassroots
group, scored the most important economic votes oI the frst session oI
the 112th Congress. This session was a pivotal one as dozens of
conservatives were swept into oIfce in the 2010 Midterm elections in
response to the overreach by unifed 'progressive governance.
Critical votes included the repeal of President Obamas new health
care law, preempting EPAs purported authority to regulate greenhouse
gases, the Ryan Budget, ending ethanol subsidies, several Congressio-
nal Review Act resolutions and the FY2012 appropriations bills.
All Members of Congress were given notice that AFP would be
scoring a specifc vote beIore that vote took place. All votes are given
equal weight. AFP also includes signature of the NoClimateTax.com
pledge in its congressional rankings.
For a complete list oI votes that were scored in the frst session and
how each Member of Congress performed on each vote, visit:
www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard.
Alabama
Name
Jeff Sessions
Richard Shelby
Robert Aderholt
Spencer Bachus
Jo Bonner
Mo Brooks
Martha Roby
Mike Rogers
Terri Sewell
Party
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
A
B
C
B
C
A+
B
C
D-
Alaska
Name
Mark Begich
Lisa Murkowski
Don Young
Party
D
R
R
Grade
D
C
C
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Arizona
Name
Jon Kyl
John McCain
Jeff Flake
Trent Franks
Gabrielle Giffords
Paul Gosar
Raul Grijalva
Ed Pastor
Benjamin Quayle
Dave Schweikert
Party
R
R
R
R
D
R
D
D
R
R
Grade
B
A
A+
A+
*
B
D
F
A+
A+
Arkansas
Name
John Boozman
Mark Pryor
Rick Crawford
Tim GriIfn
Mike Ross
Steve Womack
Party
R
D
R
R
D
R
Grade
B
D
B
B
C
B
California
Name
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein
Joe Baca
Karen Bass
Xavier Becerra
Howard Berman
Brian Bilbray
Mary Bono Mack
Ken Calvert
John Campbell
Lois Capps
Dennis Cardoza
Judy Chu
Jim Costa
Susan Davis
Jeff Denham
David Dreier
Anna Eshoo
Sam Farr
Bob Filner
Elton Gallegly
John Garamendi
Party
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
D
D
D
R
D
Grade
D
D
F
F
F
F
C
B
B
A
F
F
F
D-
F
B
C
F
F
F
B
F
California, cont.
Name
Janice Hahn
Wally Herger
Michael Honda
Duncan Hunter
Darrell Issa
Barbara Lee
Jerry Lewis
Zoe Lofgren
Daniel Lungren
Kevin McCarthy
Tom McClintock
Buck McKeon
Jerry McNerney
Doris Matsui
Gary Miller
George Miller
Grace Napolitano
Devin Nunes
Party
D
R
D
R
R
D
R
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
D
D
R
Grade
D
A+
F
B
B
D
C
D-
C
B
A+
C
F
F
A
F
F
C
California, cont.
Name
Nancy Pelosi
Laura Richardson
Dana Rohrabacher
Lucille Roybal-
Allard
Edward Royce
Linda Snchez
Loretta Sanchez
Adam Schiff
Brad Sherman
Jackie Speier
Pete Stark
Mike Thompson
Maxine Waters
Henry Waxman
Lynn Woolsey
Party
D
D
R
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Grade
F
D-
B
F
A
F
F
F
F
F
D
D-
D
D-
D
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard * Congresswoman Giords
did not cast any rated votes.
Colorado
Name
Michael Bennet
Mark Udall
Mike Coffman
Diana DeGette
Cory Gardner
Doug Lamborn
Ed Perlmutter
Jared Polis
Scott Tipton
Party
D
D
R
D
R
R
D
D
R
Grade
D
D
A+
F
A
A+
F
D
B
Connecticut
Name
Richard Blumenthal
Joe Lieberman
Joe Courtney
Rosa DeLauro
James Himes
John Larson
Chris Murphy
Party
D
I-D
D
D
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
F
F
F
F
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Delaware
Name
Tom Carper
Chris Coons
John Carney
Party
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
Florida
Name
Bill Nelson
Marco Rubio
Sandy Adams
Gus Bilirakis
Corrine Brown
Vern Buchanan
Kathy Castor
Ander Crenshaw
Theodore Deutch
Mario Diaz-Balart
Alcee Hastings
Connie Mack
John Mica
Jeff Miller
Richard Nugent
Bill Posey
David Rivera
Thomas Rooney
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Dennis Ross
Steve Southerland
Cliff Stearns
Debbie Wasserman
Schultz
Daniel Webster
Allen West
Frederica Wilson
C. W. Bill Young
Party
D
R
R
R
D
R
D
R
D
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
D
R
Grade
D
A+
B
B
D-
B
F
C
F
C
D-
A
B
A
B
A
B
C
C
A+
A+
A
F
B
C
F
B
Georgia
Name
Saxby Chambliss
Johnny Isakson
John Barrow
Sanford Bishop
Paul Broun
Phil Gingrey
Tom Graves
Hank Johnson
Jack Kingston
John Lewis
Tom Price
Austin Scott
David Scott
Lynn Westmoreland
Rob Woodall
Party
R
R
D
D
R
R
R
D
R
D
R
R
D
R
R
Grade
B
B
C
D
A
A
A+
F
B
D-
A
A
D
A
B
Hawaii
Name
Daniel Akaka
Daniel Inouye
Colleen Hanabusa
Mazie Hirono
Party
D
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
F
Idaho
Name
Mike Crapo
Jim Risch
Raul Labrador
Mike Simpson
Party
R
R
R
R
Grade
A+
A
A+
C
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
Illinois
Name
Richard Durbin
Mark Kirk
Judy Biggert
Jerry Costello
Danny Davis
Robert Dold
Luis Gutierrez
Randy Hultgren
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Timothy Johnson
Adam Kinzinger
Daniel Lipinski
Donald Manzullo
Mike Quigley
Peter Roskam
Bobby Rush
Janice Schakowsky
Robert Schilling
Aaron Schock
John Shimkus
Joe Walsh
Party
D
R
R
D
D
R
D
R
D
R
R
D
R
D
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
Grade
D
B
B
D
D-
C
F
B
F
B
B
D-
A+
D-
B
D-
D
B
B
B
A
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Indiana
Name
Dan Coats
Dick Lugar
Larry Bucshon
Dan Burton
Andr Carson
Joe Donnelly
Mike Pence
Party
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
Grade
B
B
A
A+
F
D-
A+
Indiana, cont.
Name
Todd Rokita
Marlin Stutzman
Peter Visclosky
Todd Young
Party
R
R
D
R
Grade
B
A+
F
B
Kentucky
Name
Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul
Ben Chandler
Geoff Davis
Brett Guthrie
Harold Rogers
Ed Whitfeld
John Yarmuth
Party
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
B
B
D
B
B
C
B
F
Louisiana
Name
Mary Landrieu
David Vitter
Rodney Alexander
Charles Boustany
Party
D
R
R
R
Grade
D
A
C
B
Louisiana, cont.
Name
Bill Cassidy
John Fleming
Jeff Landry
Cedric Richmond
Steve Scalise
Party
R
R
R
D
R
Grade
B
A+
A+
F
B
Iowa
Name
Chuck Grassley
Tom Harkin
Leonard Boswell
Bruce Braley
Steve King
Tom Latham
David Loebsack
Party
R
D
D
D
R
R
D
Grade
B
D
D
F
A
B
F
Kansas
Name
Jerry Moran
Pat Roberts
Tim Huelskamp
Lynn Jenkins
Mike Pompeo
Kevin Yoder
Party
R
R
R
R
R
R
Grade
B
B
A+
B
A
B
Maine
Name
Susan Collins
Olympia Snowe
Michael Michaud
Chellie Pingree
Party
R
R
D
D
Grade
C
C
F
D-
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
Maryland
Name
Ben Cardin
Barbara Mikulski
Roscoe Bartlett
Elijah Cummings
Donna Edwards
Andy Harris
Steny Hoyer
Dutch Ruppersberger
John Sarbanes
Chris Van Hollen
Party
D
D
R
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
A
F
F
A+
F
F
F
F
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Massachusetts
Name
Scott Brown
John Kerry
Michael Capuano
Barney Frank
William Keating
Stephen Lynch
James McGovern
Edward Markey
Richard Neal
John Oliver
John Tierney
Niki Tsongas
Party
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Grade
C
D
D-
D-
F
F
F
D-
F
F
F
F
Mississippi
Name
Thad Cochran
Roger Wicker
Gregg Harper
Alan Nunnelee
Steve Palazzo
Bennie Thompson
Party
R
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
B
B
B
B
B
D-
Missouri
Name
Roy Blunt
Claire McCaskill
Todd Akin
Russ Carnahan
Wm. Lacy Clay
Emanuel Cleaver
Jo Ann Emerson
Party
R
D
R
D
D
D
R
Grade
B
D
A+
F
F
D-
B
Missouri, cont.
Name
Sam Graves
Vicky Hartzler
Billy Long
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Party
R
R
R
R
Grade
B
B
B
B
Michigan
Name
Carl Levin
Debbie Stabenow
Justin Amash
Dan Benishek
Dave Camp
Hansen Clarke
John Conyers
John Dingell
Bill Huizenga
Dale Kildee
Sander Levin
Thaddeus McCotter
Candice Miller
Gary Peters
Mike Rogers
Fred Upton
Tim Walberg
Party
D
D
R
R
R
D
D
D
R
D
D
R
R
D
R
R
R
Grade
D-
D
A+
B
C
D-
D-
F
A+
F
F
B
B
F
B
B
A+
Minnesota
Name
Al Franken
Amy Klobucher
Michele Bachmann
Chip Cravaack
Keith Ellison
John Kline
Betty McCollum
Erik Paulsen
Collin Peterson
Timothy Walz
Party
D
D
R
R
D
R
D
R
D
D
Grade
D
D-
B
B
D
B
F
C
C
F
Montana
Name
Max Baucus
Jon Tester
Denny Rehberg
Party
D
D
R
Grade
D
D
C
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
Nebraska
Name
Mike Johanns
Ben Nelson
Jeff Fortenberry
Adrian Smith
Lee Terry
Party
R
D
R
R
R
Grade
B
D
C
B
A
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Nevada
Name
Dean Heller
Harry Reid
Mark Amodei
Shelley Berkley
Joe Heck
Party
R
D
R
D
D
Grade
B
D
B
F
B
New York, cont.
Name
Steve Israel
Peter King
Nita Lowey
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn Maloney
Gregory Meeks
Jerrold Nadler
William Owens
Charles Rangel
Tom Reed
Jos Serrano
Louise Slaughter
Paul Tonko
Edolphus Towns
Bob Turner
Nydia Velzquez
Party
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
R
D
Grade
F
C
F
F
F
D
F
F
D-
A
F
F
F
D
C
D
New Mexico
Name
Jeff Bingaman
Tom Udall
Martin Heinrich
Ben Ray Lujan
Steve Pearce
Party
D
D
D
D
R
Grade
D
D
F
F
B
New Hampshire
Name
Kelly Ayotte
Jeanne Shaheen
Charlie Bass
Frank Guinta
Party
R
D
R
R
Grade
B
D
C
A
New Jersey
Name
Frank Lautenberg
Robert Menendez
Robert Andrews
R. Frelinghuysen
Scott Garrett
Rush Holt
Leonard Lance
Frank LoBiondo
Frank Pallone
Bill Pascrell
Donald Payne
Steven Rothman
Jon Runyan
Albio Sires
Chris Smith
Party
R
D
D
R
R
D
R
R
D
D
D
D
R
D
R
Grade
B
D
F
C
A+
F
C
C
F
F
F
F
B
F
C
New York
Name
Kirsten Gillibrand
Chuck Schumer
Gary Ackerman
Timothy Bishop
Ann Marie Buerkle
Yvette Clarke
Joseph Crowley
Eliot Engel
Chris Gibson
Michael Grimm
Richard Hanna
Nan Hayworth
Brian Higgins
Maurice Hinchey
Kathleen Hochul

Party
D
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
F
A+
D
F
F
C
C
C
B
F
F
F
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
North Carolina
Name
Ben Cardin
Barbara Mikulski
G. K. Butterfeld
Howard Coble
Renee Ellmers
Virginia Foxx
Walter Jones
Larry Kissell
Patrick McHenry
Mike McIntyre
Brad Miller
Sue Myrick
David Price
Heath Shuler
Melvin Watt
Party
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
R
D
D
R
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
A
B
A
C
D-
A+
C
F
A
F
D
F
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
North Dakota
Name
Kent Conrad
John Hoeven
Rick Berg
Party
D
R
R
Grade
F
B
B
Oregon, cont.
Name
Kurt Schrader
Greg Walden
David Wu
Party
D
R
D
Grade
D
C
F
Pennsylvania
Name
Bob Casey
Pat Tommey
Jason Altmire
Lou Barletta
Robert Brady
Mark Critz
Charles Dent
Michael Doyle
Chaka Fattah
Mike Fitzpatrick
Jim Gerlach
Party
D
R
D
R
D
D
R
D
D
R
R
Grade
D
A
D
B
F
D
C
D-
F
C
C
Pennsylvania, cont.
Name
Tim Holden
Mike Kelly
Tom Marino
Patrick Meehan
Tim Murphy
Joseph Pitts
Todd Platts
Allyson Schwartz
Bill Shuster
Glenn Thompson
Party
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
Grade
C
B
B
C
B
B
B
F
C
C
Ohio, cont.
Name
Bob Gibbs
Bill Johnson
Jim Jordan
Marcy Kaptur
Dennis Kucinich
Steven LaTourette
Robert Latta
James Renacci
Tim Ryan
Jean Schmidt
Steve Stivers
Betty Sutton
Patrick Tiberi
Michael Turner
Party
R
R
R
D
D
R
R
R
D
R
R
D
R
R
Grade
B
B
A+
F
D
C
B
B
D
A+
B
F
B
B
Oklahoma
Name
Tom Coburn
Jim Inhofe
Dan Boren
Tom Cole
James Lankford
Frank Lucas
John Sullivan
Party
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
Grade
A+
A
C
B
A
B
B
Rhode Island
Name
Jack Reed
Sheldon Whitehouse
David Cicilline
James Langevin
Party
D
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
F
Ohio
Name
Sherrod Brown
Rob Portman
Steve Austria
John Boehner
Steve Chabot
Marcia Fudge
Party
D
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
D
B
A
*
A+
D
Oregon
Name
Jeff Merkley
Ron Wyden
Earl Blumenauer
Peter Defazio
Party
D
D
D
D
Grade
D
D
F
D-
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard * In occordance with tradition, the Speaker
of the House did not vote on most bills.
South Carolina
Name
Jim DeMint
Lindsey Graham
James Clyburn
Jeff Duncan
Trey Gowdy
Mick Mulvaney
Tim Scott
Joe Wilson
Party
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
Grade
B
C
F
A
A+
A+
A
A+
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
South Dakota
Name
Tim Johnson
John Thune
Kristi Noem
Party
D
R
R
Grade
D-
B
B
Utah
Name
Orin Hatch
Mike Lee
Rob Bishop
Jason Chaffetz
Jim Matheson
Party
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
A+
A
A
A+
C
Texas
Name
Jon Cornyn
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Joe Barton
Kevin Brady
Michael Burgess
Francisco Canseco
John Carter
Michael Conaway
Henry Cuellar
John Culberson
Lloyd Doggett
Blake Farenthold
Bill Flores
Louie Gohmert
Charles Gonzalez
Kay Granger
Al Green
Gene Green
Ralph Hall
Jeb Hensarling
Rubn Hinojosa
Sheila Jackson Lee
Eddie Bernice
Johnson
Sam Johnson
Michael McCaul
Kenny Marchant
Randy Neugebauer
Pete Olson
Ron Paul
Ted Poe
Silvestre Reyes
Party
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
D
R
R
R
D
R
D
D
R
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
Grade
A
B
A
B
B
B
B
B
D
B
F
B
B
B
F
B
F
F
B
A
D-
F
F
B
B
A+
A+
B
B
A
D-
Vermont
Name
Pat Leahy
Bernie Sanders
Peter Welch
Party
D
I-D
D
Grade
D
D
F
Tennessee
Name
Lamar Alexander
Bob Corker
Diane Black
Marsha Blackburn
Steve Cohen
Jim Cooper
Scott DesJarlais
John Duncan
Stephen Fincher
Chuck Fleischmann
David Roe
Party
R
R
R
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
Grade
B
A
B
B
F
D
B
A
B
B
B
Texas, cont.
Name
Pete Sessions
Lamar Smith
Mac Thornberry
Party
R
R
R
Grade
B
B
B
For a vote-by-vote breakdown, visit: www.AmericansforProsperity.org/Scorecard
Virginia
Name
Mark Warner
Jim Webb
Eric Cantor
Gerald Connolly
Randy Forbes
Bob Goodlatte
Morgan GriIfth
Robert Hurt
James Moran
Scott Rigell
Bobby Scott
Robert Wittman
Frank Wolf
Party
D
D
R
D
R
R
R
R
D
R
D
R
R
Grade
D
D
B
F
B
B
B
B
F
B
F
B
C
Vote Scorecard Key
Grade Scale
100%................................ A+
99% - 90%....................... A
89% - 70%....................... B
69% - 31%....................... C
30% - 11%....................... D
10% - 1%......................... D-
0%.................................... F
Wisconsin
Name
Ron Johnson
Herb Kohl
Tammy Baldwin
Sean Duffy
Ron Kind
Gwen Moore
Thomas Petri
Reid Ribble
Paul Ryan
Jim Sensenbrenner
Party
R
D
D
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
Grade
A+
D
F
B
D-
F
B
A+
B
B
West Virginia
Name
Joe Machin
Jay Rockefeller
Shelley Moore
Capito
David McKinley
Nick Rahall
Party
D
D
R
R
D
Grade
D
D
C
C
D
Wyoming
Name
John Barrasso
Mike Enzi
Cynthia Lummis
Party
R
R
R
Grade
B
B
A+
Washington
Name
Maria Cantwell
Patty Murray
Norman Dicks
Doc Hastings
Jaime Herrera
Jay Inslee
Rick Larsen
Jim McDermott
Cathy McMorris
Rodgers
David Reichert
Adam Smith
Party
D
D
D
R
R
D
D
D
R
R
D
Grade
D
D
F
B
B
F
D-
F
B
C
F
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