Pro-Growth members of Congress
The Club for Growth has released its scorecard from the 2007 session on Congress:
Today, the Club for Growth released its 2007 annual scorecard, awarding the Defender of Economic Freedom award to six senators and forty-nine representatives who scored a 90 or above on the Club's scorecard.You can view the results for the House and Senate here and here. At the bottom of each page, the Club lists the votes that were weighted in determining the score."These top-scoring members of Congress are staunch defenders of American taxpayers," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "Their votes are critical to lowering taxes, cutting wasteful spending, and promoting economic growth for all Americans. The Club for Growth scorecard allows taxpayers to see how their senators and representatives are performing in Congress and find out who is truly fighting for pro-growth, limited-government policies. We hope that support for pro-growth principles will continue to grow, allowing more members to earn this award and more Americans to benefit."
Six House members from Georgia won the Defender of Economic Freedom award from the Club. They are Paul Broun (99%), John Linder (98%), Tom Price (98%), Nathan Deal (92%), Lynn Westmoreland (92%) and Jack Kingston (90%). Phil Gingrey didn't quite make the cut on the award, he was at 89%.
Neither of our Senators won awards, however, they were in the top twenty. Chambliss scored an 81%. Isakson scored 79%.