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Annual Overview by Chairman Al Cardenas ACU & ACUF Board Members ACU Public Policy Staff 2011 Averages & Trends A Congress Divided: Analysis by Dr. Don Devine, ACU Vice Chairman How We Selected the Votes 2 3 3 4 5 7 2011 Winners: Defenders of Liberty and ACU Conservatives Senate Vote Descriptions Senate Scores House Vote Descriptions House Scores 7 9 11 16 19

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2011 ACU Ratings Guide Annual Overview

Dear Fellow Conservatives, On behalf of our entire Board of Directors, I am pleased to present The American Conservative Unions 2011 ACU Ratings of Congress, our 41st annual edition of the conservative ratings guide. Americas oldest and largest grassroots organization first began rating members of Congress on key conservative voting issues in 1971, and since then, our ratings system has become the most important conservative measuring stick in American politics. Throughout the history of our Conservative Ratings program, the ACU has become the go-to source for determining whether an elected officials philosophical rhetoric matches his or her record.

Al Cardenas, ACU Chairman

There could not be a more critical time for conservatives to evaluate and hold accountable Americas leadership. Our country has withered for three years under the failed stewardship of President Barack Obama. Our economy, our international standing, our very moral fiber are weaker because his Administration has put us on a course to bigger government, less freedom and an abandonment of traditional valuesthe same policies that have triggered economic crisis and decline in nations across Europe. With the growth of government expanding faster than at any time in the history of our country, the ACU intends to continue to play a major role in giving the American people the tools they need to make informed voting decisions at every level of government. The 2010 midterms were a shining example of the American people holding Washington accountable. Thanks in great part to the energy and enthusiasm among the conservative base, many liberals the same members who rammed Obamacare and cap-and-trade policies through the House of Representatives were sent packing. Ushered into office was a new breed of strong, unafraid conservative leaders. Under new leadership, the House of Representatives became a massive, welcome roadblock between President Obama and the realization of his tax-laden agenda. November of this year is the voters next opportunity to deliver a referendum on the work of the President and Congress. With numerous open seats in both chambers, contested primaries and competitive general election challenges, we hope our 2011 Ratings of Congress is a critical source of information for conservatives, voters, the general public and media. Thank you for your continued support. I know that, together, we can ensure Americas best days are still ahead. Sincerely, Al Cardenas Chairman, American Conservative Union
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ACU Board Members

Al Cardenas, Chairman Thomas S. Winter, First Vice Chairman Donald J. Devine, Second Vice Chairman Jameson G. Campaigne, Jr., Secretary Becky Norton Dunlop, Treasurer Joe Bast Jeffrey Bell Morton C. Blackwell Ambassador John Bolton Floyd Brown Muriel Coleman Dr. Larry Eastland Paul Erickson Carly Fiorina Charlie Gerow Alan M. Gottlieb Van D. Hipp, Jr. Asa Hutchinson David A. Keene Suhail A. Khan James V. Lacy Michael R. Long Honorable Serphin Maltese Carolyn D. Meadows Cleta Mitchell Joseph A. Morris Grover G. Norquist Ron Robinson Allen Roth Matt Schlapp Fred L. Smith, Jr. Lewis K. Uhler Kirby Wilbur

ACU Foundation Board Members

Cleta Mitchell, Chairman Van D. Hipp, Jr. Treasurer Al Cardenas Millie Hallow Robert Luddy Carolyn Meadows Thomas S. Winter

ACU Public Policy Staff

Gregg Keller, National Executive Director Larry Hart, Director of Government Relations To Contact us on a policy issue, call 202-347-9388 or email lhart@conservative.org

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2011 Averages & Trends

OVERALL AVERAGES

SENATE HOUSE

2011 62.14% 48.26%

2010 41.55% 41.45%

2011 PARTISAN BREAKDOWN

U.S. SENATE

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Democrat Average Republican Average

2011 5.30% 83.45%

Republican Average Democrat Average

Highest Democrat: Boren at 48% Lowest Republican: Hanna at 40%

2011 81.52% 6.58%

Lowest Republican: Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski at 50% Highest Democrat: Ben Nelson at 25%

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Boehner Opens House, Senate Still Under Reid Control: House Voting Shows Change, Senate Shows Continuity
by Dr. Donald J. Devine, ACU Vice Chairman
Gone are the days of Speaker Nancy Pelosi suppressing votes in the House so that she could keep political control. Elections do make a difference, which is also why Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remains as czar of the upper body, not even allowing a budget to go to the floor this year. resulted in a broader distribution of scores than in many, many years. The number of House Republicans earning a perfect ACU conservative rating of 100% dropped dramatically from 56 members in 2009 and 77 in 2010 to a mere 14 in

Only the 2012 election could possibly break this deadlock. Speaker Pelosi achieved her and President Barack Obamas transformational It is clear that the transformational phase of the Obama agenda by using a wide range of aggressive period has passed and even if he wins reelection it is legislative tactics, routinely using closed rules to deny offering bills or amendunlikely he would gain the 60 votes necessary in the ments in the House. Even in the normally Senate to repeat his earlier success. pro-forma lame duck session after Democrats were repudiated by the voters, she was able to run roughshod over the minority and with remarkable party unity pass additional 2011. The number with a minimally conservative 80% or major legislation along strict ideological and party lines. higher score decline marginally from 161 to 159 but the Senate Leader Reid even invoked the notorious filling number voting as moderates shot up to 80 members and the amendment tree procedure denying Republicans the nine Republicans did not even vote a majority conservaability to offer amendments more than 40 times, more tive in their ACU score. The lowest ranking Republicans than any time in history. were Dave Reichert (WA) with a 41% score and Richard Hanna (NY) at 40%. The highest scoring Democrats were Representative John Boehner ran for Speaker on the Dan Boren (OK) at 48% and Jim Matheson (UT) at 42%. pledge to open the House, to allow the members to express their will on the issues they deemed important. House voting changed significantly for House Democrats While the Republican leadership did limit amendments too. The number of those earning a perfect liberalism on critical matters, the House has not seen such a wide score of zero went from last years record 150 members range of votes on different issues in a very long time. On to only 52 in 2011, but still resulting in many more true the other hand, the Senate still offered very few votes on liberals than perfect conservatives. In 2010, a record 240 the most controversial issues. In fact, Boehner opened House Members earned a liberal rating an ACU conthe House with a vengeance as shown clearly in this servatism score of 20 or lessbut not surprising given years floor voting. The votes of both Republicans and Democratic loss of the majority this declined to 175 liberDemocrats have ranged over a wider variety of issues and als in 2011 but still more liberal than conservative House

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members over all. The greatest change in Congressional voting in 2011 compared to past years for both parties was the increase in moderate Republican voting. Majority Leader Reid made sure voting patterns in the Senate remained similar to earlier years. The total number of liberals (scoring 20 or less) was exactly the same as the previous year, a majority of 52 Senators. The number of perfect liberal scores decreased only marginally from 28 to 19 Senators. Those earning a perfect liberal rating included Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Al Franken of Minnesota, Carl Levin of Michigan, and Claire McCaskill of Missouri. The least liberal Democrat was Ben Nelson (NE) with a 25% rating, voting much more liberal than in previous years and later announcing he would not seek reelection. Senators who scored 80% conservative or better, all Republicans, declined marginally from 34 conservatives in 2010 to 31 in 2011. Sixteen were rated moderate. The number with perfect 100% conservative ratings stayed pretty much the same, declining from a dozen in 2010 to nine: Tom Coburn (OK), Jim DeMint (SC), Orrin Hatch (UT), James Inhofe (OK), Ron Johnson (WI), Mike Lee (UT), Rand Paul (KY), Marco Rubio (FL), and David Vitter (LA). The least conservative Republicans were Maines Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe at

55%, and Massachusetts Scott Brown and Alaskas Lisa Murkowski at a mere 50%. Elections do make a difference. Democrats lost 63 seats allowing Republicans to take control of the House and this is demonstrated dramatically changed voting patterns. The Tea Party demanded tough votes and they got them. The perverse result, however, was less conservative voting but at least it became more visible to voters. Democrats remained in control of the Senate and it was business as usual even with six additional Republicans. With President Barack Obama retaining his veto and Democratic control of the Senate, the predictable result was deadlock and that was precisely what took place. 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. But it is unlikely Republicans could obtain full Senate control either so vestiges of deadlock will continue regardless. Still, as the party change in the House demonstrates and even the stability in the Senate confirms, majority control does make a difference. A change in party for the president or the Senate would be far from inconsequential.

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How We Selected the Votes

As the nations largest grassroots conservative organization, the American Conservative Union serves as an umbrella organization for conservatives in America. The ACU tracks a wide range of issues before Congress and State Legislatures to determine which issues and votes serve as a clear litmus test separating those representatives who defend liberty and liberal members who have turned their backs on our founding principles constitutionally limited government, individual liberty, free markets, a strong national defense and traditional values. As a result, the ACU Ratings of Congress has for more than 40 years included a wide variety of issues covering votes on taxes, wasteful government spending, cultural issues, defense and foreign policy. The votes selected by the ACU are not always considered the most important votes as defined 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 informing grassroots conservatives and the public in an unbiased, transparent manner on where individual members of Congress fall on the ideological spectrum.

2011 Winners & Losers

SENATE DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY

Those Members who scored a perfect 100% Inhofe Ron Johnson Lee Rand Paul Rubio Vitter

Coburn DeMint Hatch

SENATE ACU CONSERVATIVES Those Members who scored 80% or higher

Ayotte Crapo Risch Burr Boozman Coats

Cornyn Grassley Kyl Sessions Shelby Toomey

Barrasso Enzi Heller Corker McConnell Moran

Chambliss Hoeven McCain Roberts

ACUs 2011 RATINGS OF CONGRESS | 112th Congress, First Session HOUSE DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY

Those Members who scored a perfect 100% Gingrey Tom Graves Jordan Lamborn McClintock Mulvaney Quayle Dennis Ross Stutzman

Buerkle Chaffetz Flake Fleming Franks

HOUSE ACU CONSERVATIVES

Those Members who scored 80% or higher

Latta Pompeo Roe Rohrabacher Rooney Adrian Smith Terry Thornberry West Todd Young Blackburn Coble Sam Johnson Barton Cantor Culberson Berg Diane Black Bucshon Calvert Carter Denham Ellmers Forbes Gallegly Gardner Gosar Granger Griffith Guinta Issa Jenkins Lankford Lungren Marino Noem Nugent Nunes Olson Palazzo Paulsen Pitts Roby Lamar Smith Yoder Boustany Burgess Mica Myrick Nunnelee Webster Sullivan Austria Bachus Canseco Cole Geoff Davis Dreier Farenthold Kelly Jerry Lewis Frank Lucas McCarthy McKeon McMorris Rodgers Rehberg Renacci Rigell Mike Rogers (MI) Paul Ryan Schmidt

Broun Chabot Coffman Jeff Duncan John Duncan Garrett Goodlatte Gowdy Landry McHenry Gary Miller Neugebauer Poe Royce Schweikert Tim Scott Southerland Stearns Walberg Westmoreland Joe Wilson Hall Labrador Rokita Rob Bishop Herger Bachmann Brady Flores Gohmert Hensarling Huelskamp Huizenga Hunter Hurt Bill Johnson Steve King

Kingston Long Lummis Mack Manzullo Jeff Miller Pearce Pence Posey Price Scalise Austin Scott Sensenbrenner Sessions Tipton Walsh Woodall Akin Amash Burton Ribble Campbell Marchant Adams Benishek Brooks Conaway Cravaack DesJarlais Duffy Fincher Fleischmann Foxx Harris Hartzler Hultgren Kline

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Senate Vote Descriptions

1. Health Care Repeal. S223 (Roll Call 9) The Senate rejected an amendment that would have repealed the Obama health care overhaul and restore laws amended or repealed by the law. ACU strongly opposed this government takeover of the U.S. health care system and supported this amendment. 60 votes were required for the amendment to pass. The amendment failed on February 2, 2011 by a vote of 47-51. Davis-Bacon. S 223 (Roll Call 11) The Senate rejected an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization bill that would limit the application of the Davis-Bacon Act to federal projects. DavisBacon requires contractors to pay prevailing wages usually union wages on a project, usually well above the market rate and adding billions of dollars in cost to federal projects and adding to the deficit.. ACU opposes this federal mandate and supported this amendment. The Senate agreed to table or kill the amendment on February 3, 2011 by a vote of 55-42. Air Service Subsidies. S 223 (Roll Call 21) The Senate rejected an amendment to the FAA authorization bill that would have eliminated the so-called Essential Air Service program that spends taxpayer money to subsidize air service to rural airports with little passenger traffic. ACU opposes this wasteful spending and interference in the free market and supported this amendment. The Senate voted to table, or kill the amendment on February 17, 2011 by a vote of 61-38. Greenhouse Gas Regulation. S 493 (Roll Call 54) The Senate rejected an amendment to the small business subsidy bill that would have prohibited the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide. ACU opposes this effort to impose a de facto energy tax in the name of global warming and supported this amendment. 60 votes were required to pass this amendment. The amendment failed on April 5, 2011 by a vote of 50-50 on April 5, 2011. Planned Parenthood. H. Con. Res. 36 (Roll Call 60) The Senate rejected an amendment to the appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 barring funds for Planned Parenthood which offers abortion services. ACU has always opposed federal funding of abortions and therefore opposed funding of Planned Parenthood. The amendment failed on April 14, 2011 by a vote of 42-58. 6. Judicial nomination. (Roll Call 65) The Senate cut off debate by invoking cloture on the nomination of John J. McConnell for District Court Judge in Rhode Island. McDonnells career was built as an anti-business trial lawyer whose primary qualification seemed to be the contributions of McConnell and his wife of $700,000 to the Democratic Party and their candidates. ACU opposed this nomination and opposed the cloture motion, which required 60 votes to pass. The Senate passed the motion on May 4, 2011 by a vote of 63-33. Judicial nomination. Roll Call 74) The Senate rejected a motion to cut off debate by invoking cloture on the nomination of Goodwin Liu for the 9th Circuit federal court of appeals based in California. Liu had no judicial experience or trial experience as an attorney. Liu said he envisioned the judiciary as a culturally situated interpreter of social meaning and judges should act to create a constitutional right to welfare, housing, education and medical care. Liu helped the fight against the confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. ACU opposed this nomination and the motion to cut off debate. The cloture motion required 60 votes to pass but failed on May 19, 2011 by a vote of 52-43. Ethanol subsidies and tariff. S 782 (Roll Call 89). The Senate refused to cut off debate by invoking cloture on an amendment to an economic development subsidy bill that would have repealed the Ethanol tax credit and a tariff on imported ethanol. ACU opposes the government picking winners and losers in the marketplace and supported this amendment and supported cloture. The attempt to cut off debate failed on June 14, 2011 by a vote of 40-59. International Monetary Fund. S 679 (Roll Call 99) The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill reducing the number of Senate-confirmed executive positions that would have rescinded $108 billion in taxpayer funds committed to the International Monetary Fund and the authority for other loans. ACU opposes increasing American liability for the European Union bailout and supported this amendment. The amendment failed on June 29, 2011 by a vote of 44-55.

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10. Executive branch nominations. S 679 (Roll Call 101) The Senate passed a bill eliminating hundreds of executive positions from congressional confirmation and allowing others to be on a fast-track procedure to speed Senate confirmation. ACU opposes this transfer of congressional authority to the executive and opposed this bill. The bill passed the Senate on June 29, 2011 by a vote of 79-20. 11. Debt Limit Increase. S 365 (Roll Call 123) The Senate passed a bill that allowed a debt increase of up to $2.5 trillion with no spending reduction required in Fiscal Year 2012. The bill also sep up a supercommittee of twelve members of Congress that would meet in secret to negotiate a deficit reduction of $1.2 trillion over ten years. The bill also requires a sequestration or automatic reduction of $1.2 trillion over ten years if no other agreement is reached by 2013. ACU opposes automatic debt limit increases with no congressional action required and opposed this bill. The bill passed the Senate on August 2, 2011 by a vote of 74-26. 12. Trade Adjustment Assistance. HR 2832 (Roll Call 146) The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill extending trade preferences that would have restricted the use of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) funds to workers affected by countries with an existing free trade agreement with the United States. ACU opposes the TAA program as a wasteful program that adds to 67 existing job training programs and supported this reasonable attempt to reduce its size. The amendment failed on September 22, 2011 by a vote of 34-62. 13. Support for Taiwan. HR 2832 (Roll Call 148) The Senate rejected an amendment to a bill extending trade preferences that would have provided U.S. built multi-role aircraft to Taiwan to strengthen its defense capability to any military threat from China. ACU has always supported efforts to keep Taiwan independent of China and supported this amendment. The amendment failed on September 22, 2011 by a vote of 48-48. Under parliamentary rules, a tie vote means the motion is defeated. 14. Columbia Free Trade Agreement. HR 3078 (Roll Call 163) The Senate approved a free trade agreement between the United States and Columbia. ACU supports efforts to expand free trade and supported this agreement. The bill to implement the agreement passed on October 12, 2011 by a vote of 66-33. 15. Bryson Nomination. (Roll Call 176) The Senate confirmed the nomination of John Bryson as Secretary of Commerce. ACU strongly opposed this nomination to the agency charged with promoting free enterprise as Bryson co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, a radical environmental group which has attacked businesses through lawsuits and promoted draconian federal regulation of business to promote its goals. Nevertheless, the Senate confirmed the nomination on October 20, 2011 by a vote of 74-26. 16. Public Employee Jobs Funding. S 1723 (Roll Call 177) The Senate refused to cut off debate by invoking cloture on a bill to give $35 billion of taxpayer money to state and local governments paid for by an income tax surcharge. ACU opposes these attempts to bail out those state and local governments who have been overspending and opposed this bill. Cloture motions require 60 votes to pass. The motion to cut off debate failed on October 20, 2011 by a vote of 50-50. 17. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Bailout. HR 2112 (Roll Call 179) The Senate rejected an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have limited the taxpayer liability for the government sponsored enterprises (GSE) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to a total of $200 billion. ACU opposed this bailout in 2008 and supported this attempt to cap taxpayer liability. The amendment failed on October 20, 2011 by a vote of 41-57. 18. Government Backed Mortgage Limits. HR 2112 Roll Call 180) The Senate passed an amendment to an appropriations bill to renew an increase in the allowable limits on government backed mortgages to well over $700,000. ACU opposed this attempt to increase taxpayer liability to a program that has cost $150 billion in bailout money to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and opposed this amendment. The amendment required 60 votes to pass and passed on October 20, 2011 by a vote of 60-38. 19. Judicial Nomination. (Roll Call 222) The Senate rejected a motion to cut off debate by invoking cloture on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan for the Disctrict of Columbia Circuit Court. Halligan had shown her opposition to Second Amendment rights by working to make gun manufacturers liable for actions by gun owners. This seat once held by Chief Justice John Roberts had been left vacant by the refusal of Senate Democrats to vote on nominees put forward by George W. Bush. ACU opposed this nomination and opposed the cloture motion which required 60 votes to pass. It was defeated on December 6, 2011 by a vote of 54-45. 20. Balanced Budget Amendment S J Res 10 (Roll Call 229) The Senate failed to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution which requires a two-thirds vote. The Senate vote was the only one in either house of Congress on an amendment which required a super-majority for tax increases and protected against judicial interference in how Congress would balance the budget. The amendment failed on December 14, 2011 by a vote of 47-53.

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VOTE #

Alabama

SHELBY

SESSIONS

Alaska
0.00 4.00 + + + + + + + + + 50.00 73.00 9 3 68.26 5.33

MURKOWSKI

Begich

Arizona
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 90.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + 80.00 100.00 96.00 29 25 82.52 96.45

McCAIN

KYL

Arkansas
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 20.00 90.00 29.00 100.00 9 10 18.56 93.00

Pryor

BOOZMAN

California
+ 5.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 19 29 8.32 2.75

Feinstein

Boxer

Colorado
+ + 5.00 5.00 8.00 8.00 13 3 8.74 7.00

Udall Mark

Bennet

Connecticut
+ + + + + 20.00 5.00 4.00 NA 23 1 15.79 5.00

Lieberman

(-)

Blumenthal

Delaware
+ 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21 2 11.30 0.00

Carper

Coons

Florida
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 15.00 100.00 8.00 NA 21 1 33.24 100.00

Nelson Bill

RUBIO

Georgia
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 80.00 75.00 100.00 91.00 17 13 92.50 88.15

CHAMBLISS

ISAKSON

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Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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2 X 0.00 0.00 35 + 5.00 0.00 41 6.47 6.38 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2011 2010 YOS Life

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12 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 95.00 100.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 95.00 100.00 19 3 92.82 97.00 + + + + + + + + + + + 60.00 0.00 0.00 62.50 29 11 5.70 58.18 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 75.00 90.00 71.00 NA 35 19 77.02 90.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 90.00 5.00 88.00 0.00 37 37 83.79 7.91 + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 80.00 85.00 96.00 100.00 31 15 86.94 91.84 + + + + + + + + + X X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 85.00 100.00 96.00 NA 27 1 89.73 100.00 + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 10.00 100.00 8.00 95.00 15 13 20.83 94.38 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 55.00 55.00 64.00 64.00 33 15 48.59 50.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35 25 5.42 5.05 Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

VOTE #

Hawaii

Inouye

Akaka

Idaho

CRAPO

RISCH

Illinois

Durbin

KIRK

Indiana

LUGAR

COATS

Iowa

GRASSLEY

Harkin

Kansas

ROBERTS

MORAN

Kentucky

McCONNELL

PAUL Rand

Louisiana

Landrieu

VITTER

Maine

SNOWE

COLLINS

Maryland

Mikulski

Cardin

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2 + + + + + + + + 50.00 74.00 2 (-) + 5.00 0.00 27 5.07 62.00 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2011 2010 YOS Life

VOTE #

Massachusetts

Kerry

BROWN

Michigan
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33 11 6.18 7.64

Levin

Stabenow

Minnesota
0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 5 3 7.20 0.00

Klobuchar

Franken

Mississippi
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 70.00 75.00 88.00 96.00 39 17 80.08 90.18

COCHRAN

WICKER

Missouri
+ + + + + + + + + + + + 0.00 70.00 17.00 100.00 5 15 14.60 92.09

McCaskill

BLUNT

Montana
+ + X + 5.00 10.00 12.00 20.00 37 5 13.90 15.60

Baucus

Tester

Nebraska
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 25.00 70.00 48.00 80.00 11 3 45.01 81.67

Nelson Ben

JOHANNS

Nevada
I I I I I + + + + + + + + + + + + 0.00 92.00 0.00 88.00 29 5 17.28 89.60

Reid

HELLER*

New Hampshire
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 10.00 95.00 0.00 NA 3 1 6.00 95.00

Shaheen

AYOTTE

New Jersey
+ + + + + 10.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 27 19 4.78 8.05

Lautenberg

Menendez

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Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

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X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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2 X (+) 5.00 0.00 13 + 5.00 4.00 29 10.95 4.50 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2011 2010 YOS Life

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14 + 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 5 5.35 7.20 + + 5.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + X X + + 94.00 92.00 4.00 17 3 91.24 8.33 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5.00 80.00 4.00 NA 25 1 18.10 80.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 0.00 75.00 0.00 NA 19 13 7.36 87.92 + X + + + X + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100.00 96.00 100.00 25 13 97.68 98.31 + + 5.00 5.00 12.00 4.00 31 3 9.09 4.33 + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + 0.00 90.00 0.00 NA 5 7 5.65 96.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21 5 5.70 1.60 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 75.00 100.00 92.00 100.00 17 13 88.95 98.77 Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

VOTE #

New Mexico

Bingaman

Udall Tom

New York

Schumer

Gillibrand

North Carolina

BURR

Hagan

North Dakota

Conrad

HOEVEN

Ohio

Brown Sherrod

PORTMAN

Oklahoma

INHOFE

COBURN

Oregon

Wyden

Merkley

Pennsylvania

Casey

TOOMEY

Rhode Island

Reed

Whitehouse

South Carolina

GRAHAM

DeMINT

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VOTE #

South Dakota

Johnson Tim

THUNE

Tennessee
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + 79.00 90.00 + + + X + + + + + + + + + + 79.00 + + + + + + + (+) (+) + + + + + + 85.00 92.00 96.00 96.00 100.00 + + + + + + + + + + + + + 75.00 80.00 9 5 19 19 9 78.67 85.40 89.53 89.53 93.56

ALEXANDER

CORKER

Texas

HUTCHISON

CORNYN

Utah
X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100.00 100.00 100.00 NA 35 1 89.77 100.00

HATCH

LEE

Vermont
+ + 5.00 5.00 0.00 4.00 37 21 5.70 6.52

Leahy

Sanders

Virginia
(-) + + + X X 11.00 5.00 13.00 8.00 5 3 13.60 12.33

Webb

Warner Mark

(-)

Washington
+ + + 5.00 10.00 0.00 12.00 19 11 2.72 10.27

Murray

Cantwell

West Virginia
+ + + 0.00 15.00 8.00 33.00 27 2 8.40 24.00

Rockefeller

Manchin

Wisconsin
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5.00 100.00 8.00 NA 23 1 12.76 100.00

Kohl

JOHNSON Ron

Wyoming
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ENZI

BARRASSO

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House Vote Descriptions

1. Legal Services Corporation. HR 1 (Roll Call 54) The House defeated an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill that would have struck all funding for the Legal Services Corporation from the budget bill. ACU has always opposed this wasteful program which has been used primarily to expand the welfare state and was found by a GAO study to be rife with waste, fraud and abuse and supported this amendment. The amendment failed February 16, 2011 by a vote of 171-259. National Endowment for the Arts. HR 1 (Roll Call 68) The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill reducing funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $20.6 million. This program had received major increases in funding since 2008. ACU supported this amendment to reduce wasteful spending. The amendment passed on February 17, 2011 by a vote of 217-209. Planned Parenthood. HR 1 (Roll Call 93) The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill prohibiting federal funding for Planned Parenthood which offers abortion services. ACU has always opposed federal funding of abortions and therefore opposed funding of Planned Parenthood. The amendment passed on February 18, 2011 by a vote of 240-185. Firearm reporting requirements. HR 1 (Roll Call 115) The House passed an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill barring the use of funds for licensed firearm dealers to report certain types of multiple firearm purchases to the Justice Department. ACU opposes this backdoor approach to gun registration and supports this amendment. The amendment passed on February 18, 2011 by a vote of 277-149. Project Labor Agreements. HR 1 (Roll Call 126) The House defeated an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill that would bar funds to enforce Project Labor Agreements, which force companies that seek government contracts to agree to union demands. ACU opposes these discriminatory rules and supports this amendment. The amendment failed on February 19, 2011 by a vote of 210-210. Parliamentary rules say that a motion is defeated on a tie vote. 6. Federal Pay Freeze. HR 1 (Roll Call 133) The House defeated an amendment to include federal pay step increases given for seniority. They have been exempt from the current federal pay freeze as have pay increases given for living or working in high cost cities, such as Washington, DC. ACU supports a pay freeze that actually freezes federal pay and supports this amendment. The amendment failed on February 19, 2011 by a vote of 191-230. Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Requirements. HR 1 (Roll Call 144) The House defeated an amendment to the 2011 appropriations bill barring the use of funds to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. This requires federal projects to pay workers the prevailing wage, usually union rage rates which are often well above the local market rate. This adds billions of dollars in cost to federal programs and adds to the deficit. ACU opposes this federal mandate and supports this amendment. The amendment failed on February 19, 2011 by a vote of 189-233. D.C. School Voucher Program. HR 471 (Roll Call 204) Passage of a bill that revives the District of Columbias school voucher program which had been defunded by the Obama Administration. ACU supports school choice and supports this bill. The bill passed the House on March 30, 2011 by a vote of 225-195. Union Elections. HR 658 (Roll Call 217) The House defeated an amendment that would have eliminated from the Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill a provision restoring majority rule in union organizing elections. Obama Administration appointees to the National Mediation Board overturned a 75 year old rule requiring a majority of the workers affected to approve union representation. The new rule only requires a majority of those voting. ACU opposes this change and opposes this amendment. The amendment failed on April 1, 2011 by a vote of 206-220.

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11. Conservative Budget. H Con Res 34 (Roll Call 275) The House defeated a conservative alternative to the budget that would freeze total discretionary spending at 2008 levels beginning in 2013 and balanced the budget within ten years. The bill cut mandatory spending by $1.9 trillion over 10 years The bill assumed the repeal of the Obama health care bill and a gradual increase in the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare. ACU supports this alternative as a reasonable attempt to eliminate our annual deficits. The amendment failed on April 15, 2011 by a vote of 119-136. 172 Democrats voted Present even though they opposed the bill and their votes are rated in opposition. 12. Offshore Drilling Expansion. HR 1229 (Roll Call 320) The House passed a bill requiring the Interior Department to expand the area of the outer continental shelf available for oil and natural gas drilling. ACU opposes the Obama Administrations efforts to reduce domestic energy production and supports this bill. The bill passed the House on May 12, 2011 by a vote of 243-179. 13. Medical Training for Abortions. HR 1216 (Roll Call 338) The House passed an amendment to a bill affecting graduate medical education funding to bar funds for training in abortion procedures. It would also bar funds to support institutions that discriminate against health care providers that refuse to provide abortions. ACU opposes federal funding of abortions and supported this amendment. The amendment passed on May 25, 2011 by a vote of 234-182. 14. Terrorist Trials. HR 1540 (Roll Call 357) The House passed an amendment to the Defense Policy Bill that would require all foreign terror suspects accused of attacking the United States or its personnel to be tried by a military commission. ACU opposes treating foreign terror suspects as common criminals and supported this amendment. The House passed this amendment on May 26, 2011 by a vote of 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 of private contractors for certain positions. This would affect the Obama Administrations efforts throughout the federal government to reduce the number of contracts available to private enterprise and greatly increase the federal workforce, a process known as insourcing. ACU opposes insourcing and supported this amendment. The amendment passed on June 2, 2011 by a vote of 218-204. 16. Foreign Agricultural Service. HR 2112 (Roll Call 432) The House rejected an amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill to eliminate the Foreign Agricultural Service. This agency uses taxpayer money to fund 98 offices around the world to help find export opportunities for large corporations. ACU opposes this wasteful spending when our national debt stands at $15 trillion and supported this amendment. The amendment was defeated on June 15, 2011 by a vote of 99-324.

17. Defense of Marriage Act. HR 2219 (Roll Call 516) The House passed an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill which would bar the use of funds to contravene the Defense of Marriage Act. ACU supports the Defense of Marriage Act and supported this amendment. The House passed the amendment on July 7, 2011 by a vote of 248-175. 18. Dont Ask, Dont Tell. HR 2219 (Roll Call 528) The House passed an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill to bar the use of funds to train military Chaplains in implementing the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell. ACU opposed the repeal of this policy and supported this amendment. The amendment passed on July 8, 2011 by a vote of 236-184. 19. Light Bulb Ban Repeal HR 2417 (Roll Call 563) The House defeated an attempt to repeal a de facto ban on the manufacture of incandescent light bulbs mandated by the 2007 energy bill. ACU opposed the 2007 energy bill and the light bulb ban and supported this bill. Under the fast track procedure used, the bill required a two-thirds vote for passage and thus failed on July 12, 2011 by a vote of 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 funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Loan Program and apply the funds saved to the federal deficit. This program gives taxpayer money to manufacturers who work on vehicle programs favored by the government. ACU opposes government programs that pick winners and losers in the marketplace and supported this amendment. The amendment failed on July 14, 2011 by a vote of 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 energy and energy efficiency programs by $10 million. These programs had received massive increases in the 2009 budget and the Obama stimulus program. ACU opposes these attempts to reverse modest spending cuts and opposed this amendment. Nevertheless, the House passed the amendment on July 15, 2011 by a vote of 212-210. 22. Cut, Cap and Balance. HR 2560 (Roll Call 606) The House passed a bill that would raise the debt limit contingent on Congress placing a cap on federal spending and sending a constitutional amendment to the states that would require a balanced federal budget, a cap on federal spending and require a two-third vote of Congress to raise taxes. ACU strongly supported this effort to get the U.S. fiscal house in order and supported this bill. The House passed the bill on July 19, 2011 by a vote of 234-190.

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23. Endangered Species Act. HR 2584 (Roll Call 652) The House rejected an amendment to eliminate a provision in the Interior Appropriations Bill that would place a moratorium on new listings under the Endangered Species Act. ACU supports a moratorium on a program that has been used as a vehicle to stop development and harass private property owners and opposed this amendment. The amendment failed on July 28, 2011 by a vote of 181-240. 24. Debt Limit Increase. S 365. (Roll Call 690) The House passed a bill that allowed a debt increase of up to $2.5 trillion with no spending reductions required in Fiscal Year 2012. The bill also set up a supercommittee of twelve members of Congress who were to meet in secret to negotiate a deficit reduction of $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The bill also requires a sequestration or automatic reduction of $1.2 trillion in spending over 10 years if no other agreement is reached by 2013. ACU opposes automatic debt limit increases with no congressional action required and opposed this bill. The bill passed on August 1, 2011 by a vote of 269-161.

25. Catch-All Appropriations. HR 2055 (Roll Call 941) The House passed a year-end appropriations bill, known as the Omnibus bill that funded $915 billion dollars in one 2,300 page bill for Fiscal Year 2012 The bill avoided limits imposed in the debt-limit negotiations by labeling additional spending as emergency spending so the total spending for the year is an increase over Fiscal Year 2011. ACU opposes these massive bills that are written in secret and passed with no amendments allowed. Nevertheless the bill passed the House on December 16, 2011 by a vote of 296-121.

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QUAYLE

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Grijalva

Giffords

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WOMACK

Ross

California
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HERGER

LUNGREN

McCLINTOCK

Matsui

Woolsey

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VOTE #

Miller George

Pelosi

Lee

10

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Speier

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Stark

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Eshoo

15

Honda

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Lofgren

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Farr

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Cardoza

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DENHAM

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Costa

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McCARTHY

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Capps

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GALLEGLY

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McKEON

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DREIER

27

Sherman

28

Berman

29

Schiff

30

Waxman

31

Becerra

32

Chu

33

Bass

34

Roybal-Allard

35

Waters

36

Hahn*

37

Richardson

38

Napolitano

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Baca

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CALVERT

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BONO MACK

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ROHRABACHER

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CAMPBELL

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ISSA

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Filner

52

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Colorado
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Polis

TIPTON

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COFFMAN

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Connecticut
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DeLauro

Himes

Murphy

Delaware
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Florida
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MILLER Jeff

SOUTHERLAND

Brown Corrine

CRENSHAW

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WEBSTER

BILIRAKIS

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Wilson

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Wasserman Schultz

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WEST

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ADAMS

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Georgia
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Bishop Sanford

WESTMORELAND

Johnson

Lewis

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Lipinski

Gutierrez

Quigley

ROSKAM

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WALSH

Schakowsky

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Costello

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SCHILLING

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SCHOCK

19

SHIMKUS

Indiana
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Visclosky

Donnelly

STUTZMAN

ROKITA

BURTON

PENCE

Carson Andre

BUCSHON

YOUNG

Iowa
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Braley

4.00 4.00 12.00 76.00 92.00

0.00 4.00 0.00 91.00 96.00

5 5 15 17 9

1.60 1.60 22.81 85.40 96.44

Loebsack

Boswell

LATHAM

KING Steve

Kansas
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

HUELSKAMP

92.00 84.00 84.00 88.00

NA 100.00 NA NA

1 3 1 1

92.00 92.00 84.00 88.00

JENKINS

YODER

POMPEO

Kentucky
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (-) (-) -

WHITFIELD

72.00 76.00 4.00 80.00 72.00 12.00

77.00 95.00 0.00 96.00 96.00 17.00

17 3 5 7 31 7

86.63 86.33 1.60 90.29 84.79 22.14

GUTHRIE

Yarmuth

DAVIS, Geoff

ROGERS Harold

Chandler

Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

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VOTE # 92.00 0.00 96.00 100.00 68.00 76.00 83.33 100.00 91.00 100.00 96.00 NA 1 3 9 3 7 NA 1 96.00 4 97.00 0.00 96.00 98.67 78.22 85.00 91.19

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SCALISE

Richmond

LANDRY

FLEMING

ALEXANDER

CASSIDY

BOUSTANY

Maine
+ X + + -

Pingree

8.33 4.00

0.00 0.00

3 9

2.78 12.00

Michaud

Maryland
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

HARRIS

88.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 76.00 4.00 0.00

NA 0.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 92.00 0.00 0.00

1 9 5 4 31 19 16 9

88.00 11.56 0.80 4.00 7.13 92.74 3.40 2.22

Ruppersberger

Sarbanes

Edwards

Hoyer

BARTLETT

Cummings

Van Hollen

Massachusetts
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Olver

4.35 4.17 4.00 8.00 0.00 4.00 8.00 8.00 0.00 0.00

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21 23 15 31 5 15 35 13 10 1

2.02 7.66 2.22 4.25 0.00 3.16 3.46 4.08 11.42 0.00

Neal

McGovern

Frank

Tsongas

Tierney

Markey

Capuano

Lynch

10

Keating

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(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

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VOTE #

Michigan

BENISHEK

HUIZENGA

AMASH

CAMP

Kildee

UPTON

WALBERG

ROGERS Michael

Peters

10

MILLER Candice

11

McCOTTER

12

Levin

13

Clarke

14

Conyers

15

Dingell

Minnesota
8.00 88.00 84.00 5.00 8.00 95.45 40.00 88.00 4.00 96.00 92.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 21.00 NA 5 9 3 11 5 5 21 1 7.20 93.78 88.00 2.45 1.60 99.09 42.97 88.00

Walz

KLINE

PAULSEN

McCollum

Ellison

BACHMANN

Peterson Collin

CRAVAAK

Mississippi
+ X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X -

NUNNELEE

83.33 8.00 79.17 84.00

NA 4.00 96.00 NA

1 19 3 1

83.33 9.31 90.39 84.00

Thompson Bennie

HARPER

PALAZZO

Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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VOTE # 0.00 91.67 0.00 88.00 8.33 76.00 92.00 56.00 76.00 0.00 100.00 NA 88.00 100.00 NA 0.00 7 1 7 11 1 15 3 100.00 11 0.00 11 8.25 97.24 2.29 88.00 4.05 90.32 92.00 79.54 90.67

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Missouri

Clay

AKIN

Carnahan

HARTZLER

Cleaver

GRAVES Sam

LONG

EMERSON

LUETKEMEYER

Montana
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

AL

REHBERG

80.00

96.00

11

89.91

Nebraska
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

FORTENBERRY

72.00 88.00 88.00

96.00 92.00 100.00

7 13 5

86.29 89.85 96.00

TERRY

SMITH Adrian

Nevada
I + + + + + + + + + + I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I + + X I + I I I + I + I + -

Berkley

4.17 NA 60.00

0.00 NA NA

13 1 1

10.49 NA 60.00

AMODEI*

HECK

New Hampshire
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

GUINTA

84.00 52.00

NA NA

1 13

84.00 68.74

BASS

New Jersey
+ + + + + + + (-) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + -

Andrews

0.00 44.00 64.00 44.00 96.00 4.00 44.00 0.00 (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

0.00 67.00 NA 67.00 100.00 0.00 88.00 4.00

21 17 1 31 9 23 3 15 X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

13.96 64.91 64.00 60.10 99.56 11.25 66.67 10.84

LoBIONDO

RUNYAN

SMITH Chris

GARRETT

Pallone

Lance

Pascrell

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28 4 0.00 4.55 60.87 4.00 0.00 0.00 5 0.00 13 88.00 17 5.00 23 0.00 15 7.40 3.12 65.27 4.38 0.00 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2011 2010 YOS Life
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VOTE #

Rothman

10

Payne

11

FRELINGHUYSEN

12

Holt

13

Sires

New Mexico
4.00 92.00 8.00 0.00 NA 0.00 3 7 3 2.67 93.69 2.67

Heinrich

PEARCE

Lujn

New York
+ I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X X X + + I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I + X + X I + + + X (-) I + X X X X X I + X + X (-) (-) X X I + (-) + + X + + + + + + + + + + + I X + + + I + + + + + + + + X + + + + -

Bishop

0.00 0.00 56.00 0.00 4.17 0.00 4.00 4.00 NA 8.33 8.00 8.33 52.00 4.00 8.70 4.00 4.17 0.00 72.00 52.00 4.00 5.88

0.00 0.00 92.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 4.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA NA 0.00 0.00

9 11 19 15 29 13 13 19 1 29 5 19 1 19 41 22 23 23 1 1 3 19

2.22 10.09 75.27 13.88 4.04 5.29 8.21 2.55 NA 4.15 2.40 3.25 52.00 3.96 3.64 2.83 5.95 3.98 72.00 52.00 1.33 4.28

Israel

KING Peter

McCarthy Carolyn

Ackerman

Meeks

Crowley

Nadler

TURNER*

10

Towns

11

Clarke

12

Velzquez

13

GRIMM

14

Maloney

15

Rangel

16

Serrano

17

Engel

18

Lowey

19

HAYWORTH

20

GIBSON

21

Tonko

22

Hinchey

Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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+ I I + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + (-) + I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

VOTE # 8.00 40.00 100.00 NA NA 4.00 76.00 0.00 100.00 NA NA 1 1 25 2 NA 1 NA 1 21.00 3 14.33 40.00 100.00 NA NA 4.99 88.00

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Owens

24

HANNA

25

BUERKLE

26

Hochul*

27

LEE*

28

Slaughter

29

REED

North Carolina
+ + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + -

Butterfield

4.00 84.00 60.00 4.00 88.00 87.50 40.00 16.00 83.33 96.00 25.00 4.00 4.00

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7.22 84.00 84.69 7.57 97.71 89.65 48.93 14.67 94.45 97.71 27.80 3.16 4.11

ELLMERS

JONES Walter

Price

FOXX

COBLE

McIntyre

Kissell

MYRICK

10

McHENRY

11

Shuler

12

Watt

13

Miller Brad

North Dakota
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

AL

BERG

84.00

NA

84.00

Ohio
+ + + + + + + S S S S S + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + S + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + S + + + + + + + + S

CHABOT

96.00 80.00 72.00 100.00 88.00 92.00 80.00 NA (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

NA 100.00 82.00 100.00 100.00 NA 100.00 100.00

15 7 9 5 5 1 3 21 X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

97.74 90.64 78.78 100.00 96.80 92.00 89.33 89.81

SCHMIDT

TURNER

JORDAN

LATTA

JOHNSON B

AUSTRIA

BOEHNER

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VOTE #

Kaptur

10

Kucinich

11

Fudge

12

TIBERI

13

Sutton

14

LaTOURETTE

15

STIVERS

16

RENACCI

17

Ryan Tim

18

GIBBS

Oklahoma
82.61 48.00 80.00 80.00 84.00 100.00 38.00 100.00 96.00 NA 9 7 18 9 1 95.36 49.57 93.58 91.56 84.00

SULLIVAN

Boren

LUCAS Frank

COLE

LANKFORD

Oregon
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + (-) + + + I + -

Wu

0.00 68.00 4.00 12.00 8.33

0.00 96.00 5.00 0.00 17.00

13 13 16 25 3

8.56 81.31 4.87 13.50 11.11

WALDEN

Blumenauer

DeFazio

Schrader

Pennsylvania
+ + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

Brady

0.00 0.00 80.00 20.00 68.00 52.00 52.00 64.00 75.00 (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

0.00 0.00 NA 21.00 100.00 67.00 NA NA 100.00

14 17 1 5 3 9 1 3 11 X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

5.77 2.16 80.00 22.60 85.33 61.89 52.00 56.67 91.97

Fattah

KELLY

Altmire

THOMPSON

GERLACH

MEEHAN

FITZPATRICK

SHUSTER

Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

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VOTE # 84.00 76.00 16.00 0.00 8.00 52.00 84.00 28.00 76.00 48.00 61.00 100.00 17.00 50.00 67.00 0.00 7 15 19 9 11 0.00 7 17 36.00 2 NA 1 NA 1 84.00 76.00 26.00 3.43 16.57 63.00 96.09 37.08 73.11 72.29

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MARINO

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12

Critz

13

Schwartz

14

Doyle

15

DENT

16

PITTS

17

Holden

18

MURPHY

19

PLATTS

Rhode Island
-

Cicilline

0.00 0.00

NA 0.00

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0.00 9.18

Langevin

South Carolina
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (+) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

SCOTT T

96.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 100.00 0.00

NA 96.00 NA NA NA 0.00

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WILSON Joe

DUNCAN, Jeff

GOWDY

MULVANEY

Clyburn

South Dakota
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

AL

NOEM

84.00

NA

84.00

Tennessee
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

ROE

88.00 96.00 88.00 88.00 16.00 84.00 87.50 88.00 4.00 (+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

96.00 100.00 NA NA 35.00 NA 100.00 NA 0.00

3 23 1 1 9 1 9 1 5 X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

92.00 88.20 88.00 88.00 23.56 84.00 96.83 88.00 0.80

DUNCAN, John

FLEISCHMANN

DesJARLAIS

Cooper

BLACK D

BLACKBURN

FINCHER

Cohen

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VOTE #

Texas

GOHMERT

POE

JOHNSON Sam

HALL

HENSARLING

BARTON

CULBERSON

BRADY

Green, A.

10

McCAUL

11

CONAWAY

12

GRANGER

13

THORNBERRY

14

PAUL

15

Hinojosa

16

Reyes

17

FLORES

18

Jackson-Lee

19

NEUGEBAUER

20

Gonzalez

21

SMITH Lamar

22

OLSON

23

CANSECO

24

MARCHANT

25

Doggett

26

BURGESS

27

FARENTHOLD

28

Cuellar

29

Green Gene

30

Johnson Eddie Bernice

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

VOTE # 84.00 92.00 100.00 15 100.00 9 93.78 97.20

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

2011

2010

YOS

Life

31

CARTER

32

SESSIONS

Utah
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + +

1 95.65 41.67 100.00 100.00 17.00 100.00

BISHOP Rob

9 11 3

97.15 38.61 100.00

Matheson

CHAFFETZ

Vermont
+ + -

AL

Welch

8.00

4.00

4.00

Virginia
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

WITTMAN

(+)

72.00 80.00 4.00 84.00 92.00 96.00 86.96 4.00 84.00 64.00 4.00

92.00 NA 0.00 100.00 NA 100.00 100.00 8.00 NA 92.00 4.00

5 1 19 11 1 19 11 21 1 31 3

89.60 80.00 6.29 94.24 92.00 95.24 96.09 12.37 84.00 80.12 2.67

RIGELL

Scott Bobby

FORBES

HURT

GOODLATTE

CANTOR

Moran Jim

GRIFFITH

10

WOLF

11

Connolly

Washington
+ + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + X X + + + X + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

Inslee

0.00 0.00 66.67 77.27 80.00 0.00 4.00 41.67 12.00

4.00 0.00 NA 100.00 96.00 0.00 0.00 67.00 8.00

15 11 1 17 7 35 23 7 15

7.96 10.55 66.67 94.10 92.14 8.94 2.54 56.10 14.28

Larsen

HERRERA BEUTLER

HASTINGS Doc

McMORRIS RODGERS

Dicks

McDermott

REICHERT

Smith Adam

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Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

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34 4 64.00 60.00 24.00 8.00 35 82.00 11 NA 1 64.00 70.27 20.83 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2011 2010 YOS Life
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + X + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (-) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -

VOTE #

Wast Virginia

McKINLEY

CAPITO

Rahall

Wisconsin
80.00 4.00 8.00 0.00 92.00 72.00 88.00 91.67 96.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 100.00 88.00 NA NA 13 13 15 7 33 33 1 1 91.69 1.92 13.53 1.14 89.37 77.21 88.00 91.67

RYAN Paul

Baldwin

Kind

Moore

SENSENBRENNER

PETRI

DUFFY

RIBBLE

Wyoming
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

AL LUMMIS

92.00

100.00

97.33

Key: + indicates a vote cast in favor of the ACU position - indicates a vote cast in opposition to the ACU position

(+) indicates an announcement in favor of the ACU position (-) indicates an announcement in opposition to the ACU position

X indicates that the member did not vote I indicates that the members was not eligible to vote

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