Saturday, 30th June 2007

CCAGW Releases 2006 Congressional Ratings

CCAGW Releases 2006 Congressional Ratings
Source: Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2006 Congressional Ratings. Since 1991, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending.

The 2006 Congressional Ratings cover the voting year 2006, or the second session of the 109th Congress. CCAGW rated 44 key votes in the House. Significantly, 19 amendments in the House offered by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) that would have removed $35.3 million worth of pork-barrel projects from appropriations bills were rated. On average, 68 members voted for Rep. Flake’s amendments, which contributed to the entire House dipping to a new low of 29 percent a 16 point decrease from 2005. House Republicans averaged 46 percent a drop of 27 points from 2005; House Democrats averaged 9 percent a drop of 4 points since 2005. Other key House votes included the legislative line-item veto, a tax reconciliation bill that would have extended about $70 billion in tax cuts over five years, a budget that would have saved $6.8 billion over five years by reducing the rate of growth in mandatory spending, a reduction in the estate tax, oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and “net neutrality.”
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There was only one Taxpayer Super Hero with a score of 100 percent: Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). Taxpayer Heroes are members who scored between 80 and 99 percent. The total number of Heroes in the House dropped from 51 in 2005 to 39 in 2006. The number of Heroes in the Senate rose from 9 in 2005 to 19 in 2006.

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