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CPAC Foundation Releases 53rd Edition of the Ratings of Congress CPAC Foundation Releases 53rd Edition of the Ratings of Congress Alexandria, VA – CPAC Foundation has released the 53rd Edition of its annual Ratings of Congress. This report, widely considered the “gold standard” on evaluating political ideology, includes an exhaustive compilation of 76 key roll call votes in the House and 41 key roll call votes in the Senate. This comprehensive report evaluates more than 35,000 individual votes cast by all 535 members of Congress across the full spectrum of policy issues. “CPAC is excited to present the 53rd edition of CPAC Foundation’s Ratings of Congress. We are proud to carry on the responsibility of holding our representatives in Washington D.C. accountable to the American public,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Freed from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, conservatives finally received the chance to promote and vote on a wide array of amendments. The incredible diversity of issues touched on by these amendments has helped differentiate establishment Republicanism from the true constitutional conservatives more than ever.” Lawmakers receiving the Award for Conservative Excellence for Conservative Ratings of 90% or above: Lawmakers receiving the Award for Conservative Achievement for Conservative Ratings of 80% to 89%: To produce this year’s scorecard, CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability analyzed every vote taken last session and selected a wide array of issues relating to fiscal matters, taxation, regulation, education, the environment, Second Amendment rights, election security, life, and government integrity. All lawmakers in America at the federal and state levels are scored on a 100-point scale. Among the lowest scoring Republican Members of the U.S. Senate were Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY-68%), Mitt Romney (R-UT-59%), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK-55%), and Susan Collins (R-ME-54%). Despite being touted by the media as ‘moderates,’ the highest scoring Democrats in the U.S. Senate received the following paltry scores: Joe Manchin (D-WV-30%), Jon Tester (D-MT-15%), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ-12%). Congress became even more polarized during President Biden’s third year in office. Democrats only voted with the conservative position an average of 2% of the time, demonstrating a level of cohesion not found among Republicans, the likes of whom average an 80%. In total, Congress votes with the conservative position just 41% of the time. CPAC Foundation is the first and only organization in America to annually publish individual ratings for all the nearly 8,000 federal and state lawmakers in America. CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability is also home to the nation’s most comprehensive conservative policy database, containing over 23,000 detailed bill analyses which span 50 years of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving

American Conservative Union Strongly Opposes the Wasteful & Ineffective “Infrastructure and Jobs Act” American Conservative Union Strongly Opposes the Wasteful & Ineffective “Infrastructure and Jobs Act” The American Conservative Union stands strongly against the dubiously titled “Infrastructure and Jobs Act”, a 2,702-page bill that wastes trillions of dollars, blows out the deficit, and includes countless provisions that have nothing to do with investing in American infrastructure. Our nation’s infrastructure is in dire need of repair, yet Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his leftist cronies have put forth legislation that leaves our roads and bridges to crumble while steering taxpayer resources to partisan special interests. Now is a time for honesty from our leadership and for all Senators to stand against this bill’s ridiculous allocation of government funding and flagrant disregard of how our government invests tax dollars. The American Conservative Union Foundation will be closely watching the Senate as this bill reaches its final vote and will be grading legislators accordingly for 2021’s ratings term. ### NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Statement on Report of CIA Election Interference CPAC Statement on Report of CIA Election Interference For years, the radical left has partnered with the deep state to attack President Trump and his allies by interfering in elections, attempting bogus impeachments, and abusing prosecutorial power. Despite the lies of those in the mainstream media, we now know that officials from our own government colluded with campaign advisors to interfere in the 2020 election in order to prop up their preferred candidate, Joe Biden. The New York Post’s factual reporting on the discovery of Hunter Biden’s laptop and its contents was suppressed almost immediately by Joe Biden’s cronies in the media, in part due to a letter submitted by current Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and 51 other intelligence officers claiming the story bared the classic hallmarks of “Russian disinformation.” This falsehood was pedaled just days before the final Presidential debate of 2020 and was used to discredit the legitimate concerns that Hunter Biden was using the relationship with his father to obtain a personal fortune and curry favor with hostile powers such as China. Today’s Interim Joint Staff Report exposed the full extent of these lies, revealing how senior staff formerly of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) abused their office by actively coordinating with Anthony Blinken and other Biden campaign officials to draft, edit, and release the phony statement weeks prior to the 2020 Presidential election.CPAC applauds Chairman Jim Jordan and his colleagues on the House Judiciary’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government for bringing these shocking revelations to light. In the critical moments before the 2020 presidential election, mainstream media, corrupt liberal advocates, and those from our own Federal Government conspired with the Biden campaign to peddle disinformation that would alter the course of a presidential race. As polling has previously indicated, 16% of Biden voters would have voted differently if the Hunter Biden laptop revaluations were not suppressed by the media and big tech. We look forward to working alongside the Republican majority to hold accountable those individuals who abused their positions of authority to engage in election interference. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Releases Kansas Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Fierce Battle Between the Republican Legislature and the Leftist Governor Laura Kelly. CPAC Releases Kansas Legislative Scorecard, Revealing a Fierce Battle Between the Republican Legislature and the Leftist Governor Laura Kelly. ALEXANDRIA, VA (February 7, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals the Republican majority legislature in Kansas passed a multitude of conservative bills, earning Republican members an average score in the mid-80s. However, their slim supermajority in the legislature turned the session into a frustrating struggle to cobble together enough votes to defeat most of Governor Laura Kelly’s vetoes. SEE SCORECARD HERE “Governor Laura Kelly is a hard left Democrat trying to disguise herself as a moderate, which is why she sounds reasonable from time-to-time. However, she is the main to impediment to passing commonsense legislation,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. CPAC recognizes the following members of the Kansas State Legislature for earning CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session. Senate: Virgil Peck (100%) Mark Steffen (100%) Alicia Straub (100%) Caryn Tyson (100%) Mike Thompson (95%) Beverly Gossage (95%) Kellie Warren (95%) Molly Baumgardner (90%) Renee Erickson (90%) House: Brett Fairchild (100%) Randy Garber (100%) Michael Houser (100%) Bill Rhiley (100%) Francis Awerkamp (95%) Brian Bergkamp (95%) Doug Blex (95%) Ron Bryce (95%) Leo Delperdang (95%) Duane Droge (95%) Susan Estes (95%) Fred Gardner (95%) Scott Hill (95%) Kyle Hoffman (95%) Cyndi Howerton (95%) Trevor Jacobs (95%) Brenda Landwehr (95%) Bob Lewis (95%) Carl Maughan (95%) Stephen Owens (95%) Webster Roth (95%) Clarke Sanders (95%) Kenny Titus (95%) Adam Turk (95%) Carl Turner (95%) Paul Waggoner (95%) Barbara Wasinger (95%) Timothy Johnson (95%) Kristey Williams (95%) Tom Kessler (94%) Carrie Barth (90%) Emil Bergquist (90%) Lewis Bloom (90%) Ken Corbet (90%) Owen Donohoe (90%) Ronald Ellis (90%) Robyn Essex (90%) Steven Howe (90%) Leah Howell (90%) Susan Humphries (90%) Les Mason (90%) Lisa Moser (90%) Michael Murphy (90%) Lance Neely (90%) Patrick Penn (90%) Pat Proctor (90%) Joe Seiwert (90%) Charles Smith (90%) Sean Tarwater (90%) Jeff Underhill (90%) Additionally, many lawmakers in the Kansas State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session. Their names are highlighted in gray on the scorecard. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Kansas address election security, radical gender ideology, and taxes. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and upholding the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Kansas legislature. The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Giving M E N U Home Giving

SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade Alexandria, VA — CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp released the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson: Today’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a truly historic victory in our decades-long fight to defend the dignity and worth of every human life. We believe the issue of abortion has rightfully been returned to the people. President Trump selected Justices who were willing, amidst intimidation and assassination attempts, to simply do what was constitutionally correct. It is a tribute to the former President and to the character of these Justices, as well as the stalwart Justices, who joined them in this historic and joyous moment in our history. America just came off the heels of celebrating another historically significant event – the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by our first Republican President Abraham Lincoln. These moments are rare in our history and it’s now critically important for the health of our Republic for states to consider how to handle the responsibility that has been passed off to them. With today’s ruling, our work is not yet finished. CPAC will now focus on the states, where we will continue championing human dignity and the precious gift of Life. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Unidos and Bienvenido Action PAC Unite to Launch Latinas for Freedom CPAC Unidos and Bienvenido Action PAC Unite to Launch Latinas for Freedom NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

American Conservative Union Rebukes Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Power Grab American Conservative Union Rebukes Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Power Grab Today’s undemocratic power grab by Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats is further evidence of their goal to create a one-party system and bypass the legislative process. The Speaker of the House used procedural tactics to not only limit debate to one hour in total for H.R. 4 (The John Lewis Act) a federal government takeover of our elections, but she also passed a budget resolution that gives Congress the right to spend $3.5T without allowing debate, discussion, or amendments. Democrats have crossed the line. They know their policies of making our election system less secure and spending our future away won’t stand up to scrutiny. The American Conservative Union rejects the dangerous actions of the Speaker of the House and socialist Democrats who are focused on undermining the legislative process. We will continue to stand strong to protect voter integrity and sensible taxpayer spending. NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Matt Schlapp on FoxNews: “The Biden gig is up” Matt Schlapp on FoxNews: “The Biden gig is up” CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp penned a new op-ed for FoxNews.com that lays out the difficult road ahead for Joe Biden as his approval ratings continue to sink and his policies continue to stink. As Joe Biden ’s presidential approval numbers continue to slip, it is reasonable to ask at what point is the Biden administration politically unsalvageable. The clear evidence is that the Biden policies are not working well for most, including for Biden voters. A trend of buyer’s remorse is developing among young, independent, women (you don’t have to be a biologist to read poll numbers either), and minority voters. Tellingly, Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign pollster, John Anzalone, is lowering expectations ahead of the bloodbath by saying it is “the worst political environment” he’s seen in three decades. Democrats on the Hill have doubled down on the most radically left policy agenda including cheerleading the end of American energy independence, inflation-inducing runaway government spending and a cornucopia of perverse woke cultural oddities. Even if a voter likes the new lefty policies, the overall numbers are sobering. Read more on Foxnews.com or see more of Matt’s op-eds here . NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

ACU Foundation Releases Scores of Illinois General Assembly ACU Foundation Releases Scores of Illinois General Assembly Speaker Madigan Radicalized Illinois Democrats, Resulting in Pritzker’s “Fair Tax” Proposal Alexandria, VA— Over the 35 years Speaker Madigan has presided over the lower chamber, Democrats have increasingly voted more liberally , according to new analysis from the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF), host of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). This new radical Left regime has since passed Governor J.B. Pritzker’s “soak the rich” progressive income tax regime which Illinoisans will consider on the November 2020 ballot. In 2012 when ACUF first began analyzing the voting records of the General Assembly, House Democrats earned an average conservative score of 35%. However, as Speaker Madigan began turning in scores of 16%, 6% and 5% over the next few sessions, House Democrats followed suit and earned average scores of 19%, 14% and 11%. “While Speaker Madigan’s near-five-decade reign appears to be coming to a disgraceful end, the Illinois Democrats he helped convert into socialists have so far survived his criminal scandal,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Throughout his 47 years in power, Illinois has earned the lowest credit rating in the country, weathered the most severe pension crisis in U.S. history and suffered the worst population decline in the last 10 years. Is there a more damning indictment of liberalism than Madigan’s tenure in government?” House Democrats earned a 17.92% average compared to Senate Democrats with 14.09%. A greater share of senators (10%) earned awards for conservative voting records than representatives (7%). The Illinois General Assembly matched its overall average score compared to the previous session (35.6%). ACUF’s Ratings of Congress and Ratings of the States are initiatives of ACUF’s Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA). These ratings are designed to reflect how over 8,000 elected officials across the nation view the role of government while illustrating the differences between chambers of the legislature and revealing lawmakers’ positions on a wide variety of issues that directly affect citizens. ACU Foundation reviewed each piece of legislation voted on in both chambers of the legislature to produce average scores of each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member. Click Here to view the 2019 Ratings of Illinois online and Click Here to visit our website . ### NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Navarro: J6 Committee Is Trying To Stop Trump 2024 Run Navarro: J6 Committee Is Trying To Stop Trump 2024 Run Breitbart : “This committee is really a kangaroo court,” Navarro said on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow. “It’s set to hold primetime hearings tonight for the sole purpose of trying to build some kind of criminal case against Donald Trump to prevent him from running for president in 2024, an election he would certainly win based on the Biden regime’s performance.” NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

CPAC Endorses Tudor Dixon CPAC Endorses Tudor Dixon The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced its endorsement of Tudor Dixon for Governor of Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The American Conservative Union, the organizers of CPAC, endorsed Tudor Dixon for governor on Wednesday. ACU chairman Matt Schlapp tweeted the news: “Pleased to announce that CPAC is supporting Tudor Dixon, an inspiring, conservative, new voice in Michigan politics,” Schlapp wrote. “Tudor will make an outstanding governor who will help bring Michigan back.” Dixon made the following statement after the announcement: I am proud to be endorsed by the American Conservative Union, the leading organization advancing and defending America First policies. From protecting individual rights to promoting election integrity, educational freedom, and limited government, the ACU is an important voice in the debate. I am glad to have them as an ally in the fight to end Gretchen Whitmer’s awful reign of punishing lockdowns and cruel incompetence. Founded in 1964, the American Conservative Union is the nation’s oldest conservative grassroots organization and seeks to preserve and protect the values of life, liberty, and property for every American. ### NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

Vermont Lawmakers Ranked 5th Most Liberal – New 50 State Analysis Vermont Lawmakers Ranked 5th Most Liberal – New 50 State Analysis The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation, conducts an annual, in-depth analysis to rate all 8,000 lawmakers in America, revealing their positions on a wide variety of issues directly affecting our communities and families. Check out the press release below with more details and please take action ! It only takes three minutes to let your legislators know that their score from the CPAC Foundation is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. Vermont Lawmakers Ranked 5th Most Liberal – New 50 State Analysis CPAC Presents 95 Lawmakers “Coalition of Radical Left” Awards ALEXANDRIA, VA (October 13, 2022) — The voting of Vermont’s state lawmakers has placed the legislature as the 5th most liberal in America according to a new 50 state analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. In CPAC’s analysis of all 7,400 state lawmakers in America, the Vermont legislature earned a conservative rating of 26%, tying New York and Maryland, and trailing only Hawaii (23%), Rhode Island (20%), and Massachusetts (15%) as most liberal in America. Only 3 Vermont Republican lawmakers earned CPAC’s highest Award for Conservative Excellence (90% and above conservative ratings), and 23 earned the Award for Conservative Achievement (80-89% conservative ratings). An astounding 95 lawmakers earned CPAC’s “Coalition of the Radical Left” award for conservative ratings of 10% or below. The conservative rating is calculated through CPAC’s scorecards and is based on lawmaker voting across 186 policy areas ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal, and regulatory policies. Each year the CLA tallies over 260,000 votes to generate the scores. VERMONT SCORECARD (Web Version) VERMONT SCORECARD (PDF Version) The ratings have also been incorporated into CPAC’s new Lawmaker Comparison Tool which runs head-to-head comparisons on lawmaker’s strongest and weakest policy areas.The CLA is the first and only organization to annually publish individual ratings for all 8,000 federal and state lawmakers in America. The CLA is also home to the nation’s most comprehensive conservative policy database containing over 19,000 detailed bill analyses which span 50 years of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. For media inquiries, contact the CPAC Communications Team at comms@conservative.org or 202-347-9388. xxx Update: True North Reports has covered the latest Vermont state ratings. Vermont Daily Chronicle has covered the latest Vermont state ratings. Chip in to support CLA’s Ratings Our staff spends thousands of hours analyzing more than 105,000 pieces of legislation voted on by Congress and every state legislature in the country. Your support is critical to be able to provide this level of insight and transparency. Will you please make a tax-deductible donation today to support transparency and ratings of Vermont legislators? NEWS & RELEASES . Read More → View More → Menu Close Home Giving Centers Nolan Center for Justice Center for Legislative Accountability Center for Combating Human Trafficking Center for Regulatory Freedom Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Get Involved About Home Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home