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CPAC Releases Scorecard of South Carolina Lawmakers CPAC Releases Scorecard of South Carolina Lawmakers 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. CPAC Releases South Carolina Lawmaker Scorecard South Carolina Continues to Trail its Neighbors in Conservative Rankings ALEXANDRIA, VA (May 24, 2022) — South Carolina lawmakers have once again missed the mark in upholding conservative principles in their voting, according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. Despite being known as a Republican stronghold, the South Carolina state legislature earned a conservative rating of 54% in 2021, only slightly above the national average (49%). South Carolina also significantly underperformed when compared to its neighbors North Carolina and Georgia which both earned conservative ratings of 66%. The conservative rating is calculated through CLA’s scorecards and is based on lawmaker voting across 186 policy areas ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal and regulatory policies. SOUTH CAROLINA SCORECARD (Web Version) SOUTH CAROLINA 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 17,500 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 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 South Carolina 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving

CPAC Endorses Rep. Clay Higgins CPAC Endorses Rep. Clay Higgins The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced its endorsement of Rep. Clay Higgins for Congress (LA). 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

CPAC and ACUF Release Scorecard of North Dakota Lawmakers CPAC and ACUF Release Scorecard of North Dakota Lawmakers 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 American Conservative Union Foundation is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. ACU to Present Awards to Top-Scoring North Dakota Lawmakers at CPAC CPAC and ACUF Release North Dakota Legislative Scorecard ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 20, 2022) — Several North Dakota legislators are set to be recognized at CPAC for their conservative voting records based off of a just released analysis from ACUF’s Center for Legislative Accountability. Lawmakers received high marks for their efforts to limit excessive COVID-19 “emergency” orders and advance conservative legislation protecting Second Amendment rights and banning “critical race theory.” Click Here to view the 2021 Ratings of North Dakota The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will be taking place in Orlando, Florida from February 24-27, 2022. To earn an invitation, a lawmaker must vote with the conservative position at least 80% of the time, as calculated by the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability. The following members received the highest scores in their respective chambers: Senate: Oley Larsen (98%) Jason Heitkamp (88%) Jordan Kannianen (85%) Janne Myrdal (85%) Doug Larsen (83%) Scott Meyer (83%) Michael Wobbema (83%) House: Rick Becker (100%) Larry Bellew (98%) Nathan Toman (96%) Dan Ruby (93%) Mike Schatz (93%) Cole Christensen (91%) Scott Louser (91%) Matthew Ruby (91%) Claire Cory (90%) Click Here to view the PDF version of the ratings Among the 87 roll call votes scored by the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) is the legislation meant to help secure elections (HB 1256), efforts to protect the Second Amendment (HB 1248, HB 1297, HB 1383, SB 2344), legislation preventing excessive “emergency” COVID-19 orders (HB 1118, SB 2181), and the bill banning “critical race theory” in schools (HB 1508). ACUF’s Ratings of Congress and Ratings of the States are initiatives of American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF)’s Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA). These ratings are designed to reflect how more than 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 across 186 policy areas that directly affect citizens. xxx Chip in to support ACUF’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 North Dakota 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving

Daily Wire: “Full-On Battle Mode”: Conservative Leaders Put Walmart On Notice For Promising To Pay For Abortions Daily Wire: “Full-On Battle Mode”: Conservative Leaders Put Walmart On Notice For Promising To Pay For Abortions Conservative groups are condemning Walmart’s funding of “woke policies,” warning that “no self-proclaimed conservative official or conservative organization should accept funding from Walmart while it supports the policies of the woke left.” In the letter, sent Wednesday to Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Walmart, leaders of some of the top conservative groups in the nation slammed news that the nation’s largest retailer has begun paying for employee abortions. That list of leaders includes CPAC Executive Board Member William L. Walton, Penny Nance, CEO and president of Concerned Woman for America (CWA), former U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, the chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute, the Heritage Foundation’s President Kevin Roberts, and Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. Read more on DailyWire.com . 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

CPAC Calls for Investigation of Black Lives Matter, Inc. and Related Antisemitic Groups CPAC Calls for Investigation of Black Lives Matter, Inc. and Related Antisemitic Groups Dear Attorney General Miyares: During the summer of 2020, far-Left agitators and activist groups mobilized throughout the streets of America's biggest cities causing a record-setting $2 billion in damages. Major corporations, scared of becoming the next target of militant cancel culture, paid ransome to the tune of $99 billion to the "Black Lives Matter (BLM)" movement and related causes. Unfortunately, there has been a major failure on behalf of the media to investigate and hold the shadow-network of Leftist extremist groups to account for how the money was spent. Now, following the terrorist attack from Hamas, where hundreds of civilians were brutally murdered in Israel, BLM-affiliated groups have triumphantly shared out their support of the terrorist actions. There support remains even as up to 150 hostages, including American citizens, are being held captive. This came as a surprise to many in the media, but it did mot to those who have been calling out these domestic terror groups for what they were from the beginning. The antisemitism and hatred of the Zionist state was always apparent from BLM and the Left. As BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors said at Harvard Law School in 2015, "if we don't step up boldy and courageoulsy to end the imperialist project called Israel, we're doomed." CPAC (Conservative Political Action Coalition), the nation's original conservative grassroots organization, has always been a proud supporter of Israel. CPAC has brought together prominent conservatives from both countries at events both domestically and internationally, including bringing CPAC to Israel. In this vein, we outright reject the BLM movement's antisemitism and call for the immediate investigation of their financial records to determine if they have, in any way, funded the terrorist actions against Israel. We call for State Attorney General to immediately begin reviewing BLM-affiliated groups operating in their state's and their ties to terrorism. We have also called on Members of Congress to begin holding hearings to investigate if any of the $99 billion has been used to fund or promote terrorism domestically and across the globe. In defense of America, Matt Schlapp CPAC Chairman 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

CPAC Releases North Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Plummeting Scores Amongst Democrats. CPAC Releases North Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Plummeting Scores Amongst Democrats. ALEXANDRIA, VA (August 2, 2023) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals that Republican lawmakers in North Carolina voted conservatively at rates that were consistent with previous sessions. Meanwhile, Democrats earned their lowest scores in over a decade, experiencing a 23-point drop from the previous session. SEE THE SCORECARD HERE Several North Carolina state legislators are recognized by CPAC for their conservative voting records based on a just-released analysis from CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability. The following members of the North Carolina State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2022 session: Senate: Deanna Ballard (100%) Norman Sanderson (100%) Steve Jarvis (100%) House: John Bell (100%) Hugh Blackwell (100%) George Cleveland (100%) Julia Howard (100%) Tim Moffitt (100%) Ben Moss (100%) John Szoka (100%) Additionally, a large number of lawmakers in the North Carolina State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2022 session. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2022 Ratings of North Carolina address Second Amendment rights, parental rights, burdensome environmental restrictions, and taxes. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the North Carolina 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. # # # Contact: comms@conservative.org (202) 347-9388 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

Congressional Parents Bill of Rights Statement Congressional Parents Bill of Rights Statement Alexandria, VA — Today, the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced their support of H.R. 5 , the “Parents Bill of Rights,” sponsored by Congresswoman Julia Letlow, Ph.D. (LA-05): “The radical left and their cronies at morally corrupt teachers unions are trying to take away the right for parents to direct the upbringing of their children. The left has been steadily advancing anti-American “Critical Race Theory” and promoting radical gender indoctrination in schools, all behind the backs of parents. It is imperative parents are aware of what is happening to their children after they are dropped off at school. We at the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) support H.R. 5, the aptly named “Parents Bill of Rights,” which will empower parents to make the best decision for their children’s education through crucial transparency improvements.” ### 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

ACU Foundation Releases Latest Scores of Hawaii State Legislature ACU Foundation Releases Latest Scores of Hawaii State Legislature 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 American Conservative Union Foundation is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. Hawaii Ranked 3rd Most Liberal In Nation New CPAC and ACUF scorecard evaluates lawmakers across 186 policies ALEXANDRIA, VA (October 28, 2021) —The Hawaii legislature has been named the most liberal in the nation. That’s according to a new analysis conducted by the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and the American Conservative Union Foundation, (ACUF). The analysis reviewed the voting records of over 8,000 elected officials across all 50 states, and found that only 23 percent of votes cast by Hawaii lawmakers were aligned with the conservative position. Hawaii trailed only behind Vermont (21%) and Massachusetts (16%). View the Hawaii Analysis Here ACUF’s Ratings of Congress and Ratings of the States are initiatives of American Conservative Union Foundation (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 across 186 policy areas that directly affect citizens. For the 50th anniversary of ACUF’s ratings program, the CLA has launched a new platform to help activists: Run head to head comparisons of state and federal lawmakers Learn the conservative policy position through the system’s 15,000 bill database Breakdown every lawmaker’s strongest and weakest policy area ### Chip in to support ACUF’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 Hawaii 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving

Media Alert: Ukrainian Refugee Escapes to America, Speaks Exclusively with CPAC Media Alert: Ukrainian Refugee Escapes to America, Speaks Exclusively with CPAC ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 15, 2022) – A CPAC exclusive, a family in crisis: Mercedes Schlapp’s one-on-one interview with a Ukrainian National, and mother of three daughters. She escaped with her life, leaving her partner and two sisters in Ukraine; while her two daughters are in Russia. “They have been brainwashed,” says Svitlana. Hear Svitlana’s firsthand experience of the horror, pain and agony many of her people are facing in her homeland of Ukraine. WHAT: CPAC Exclusive, Escaped Ukrainian Mother Breaks Silence WHEN: CPAC Now, America Un-Canceled, Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m. WHERE: www.conservative.org WHO: Ukrainian Refugee, escapes with her life WATCH PREVIEW Download PDF version 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving

CPAC Releases Scorecard of Arkansas Lawmakers CPAC Releases Scorecard of Arkansas Lawmakers 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. CPAC Releases Arkansas Lawmaker Scorecard Arkansas Top 5 Most Conservative State ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 8, 2022) — Arkansas state lawmakers are among the most conservative in the nation according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. The Arkansas state legislature earned a conservative rating of 71% in 2021, far above the national average (49%). Arkansas tied Florida (71%) as the fifth most conservative state, trailing only South Dakota (72%), Indiana (73%), Tennessee (73%) and Alabama (74%) in conservative voting. 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. ARKANSAS SCORECARD (Web Version) ARKANSAS 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 17,500 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 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 Arkansas 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving

RIP, Energy Independence RIP, Energy Independence On the opening day of 2020’s Republican National Convention in Charlotte, President Trump championed the remarkable achievement of American energy independence. “We have achieved American energy independence. We’re now #1 in the world by far. . . These phonies, they want to end everything we have done. . . We have done things nobody thought was possible, for example, the Keystone pipeline. . . Basically, [Democrats] want no fossil fuel whatsoever. No gas, no oil, no coal, no nothing,” he said. After years of dependence on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), for half our oil, America has become largely independent. We now export as much oil as we import. Further, as of 2019, Saudi Arabia provided a mere 6% of our oil. If Joe Biden had his way, we would still be dependent on OPEC countries like Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. In 1981, Joe Biden voted to nullify President Reagan’s plan that started us on the path to energy independence. Reagan’s plan to deregulate oil and natural gas prices survived despite Biden’s foolish vote. As a result, our oil imports dropped from 45% to 28%. Unfortunately, Biden did not learn from experience. In a debate with socialist Bernie Sanders in March of this year, he admitted—then backtracked the next day—that he would ban new fracking. Fracking, of course, is among the greatest innovations in oil drilling that contributes to the ongoing effort to achieve complete energy independence. In Biden’s America, it would be only a matter of time before we‘re back to relying on foreign producers to keep our economy moving. 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

Washington Legislature Rises in National Conservative Rankings Washington Legislature Rises in National Conservative Rankings 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. Washington Rises in National Conservative Rankings CPAC Presents 40 Lawmakers Awards for Conservative Voting ALEXANDRIA, VA (August 1, 2022) — The voting of Washington’s Republican state lawmakers is trending more conservative according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), a project of CPAC Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation. This year, 40 state lawmakers have earned awards from CPAC for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time, a significant increase compared to last year where just 23 lawmakers earned awards. Additionally, the work of Republicans to reject the increasingly radical agenda of Governor Jay Inslee raised the conservative rating of the legislature from 35% to 39%. This rating places Washington as the 34th ranked conservative legislature. CPAC analyzes the voting records of all 7,400 state lawmakers in America to determine the rankings. 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. WASHINGTON SCORECARD (Web Version) WASHINGTON 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 17,500 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 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 Washington 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 Giving M E N U Home Giving