CPAC Releases North Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Conservative Wins Despite Liberal Governor Roy Cooper. CPAC Releases North Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Revealing Conservative Wins Despite Liberal Governor Roy Cooper. ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 19, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s latest analysis reveals that Republicans were successful at banding together against Governor Cooper’s vetoes and passed numerous conservative policy items. With an average score of 90% across both chambers, Republicans secured tax cuts, universal school choice, protections on girls sports, and much more for voters this past session. SEE SCORECARD HERE “North Carolina passed tax cuts and expanded school choice without special interest giveaways,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “For that, voters should feel optimistic about the performance of their Republican lawmakers in Raleigh.” CPAC recognizes several North Carolina legislators for their conservative voting records. 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 2023 session. Senate: Steve Jarvis (93%) Timothy Moffitt (93%) Bill Rabon (93%) Norman Sanderson (93%) Eddie Settle (93%) Robert Hanig (92%) Kevin Corbin (90%) House: John Bell (100%) George Cleveland (100%) Kelly Hastings (100%) Keith Kidwell (100%) Mitchell Setzer (100%) Carson Smith (100%) Frank Sossamon (100%) Jay Adams (94%) Jennifer Balkcom (94%) Brian Biggs (94%) John Bradford (94%) Mark Brody (94%) Celeste Cairns (94%) Jimmy Dixon (94%) Jeffrey Elmore (94%) Ken Fontenot (94%) Destin Hall (94%) Kyle Hall (94%) Chris Humphrey (94%) Neal Jackson (94%) Jake Johnson (94%) Brenden Jones (94%) Donnie Loftis (94%) Jeffrey McNeely (94%) Grey Mills (94%) Ben Moss (94%) Dennis Riddell (94%) Jason Saine (94%) John Torbett (94%) Harry Warren (94%) Jeff Zenger (94%) Hugh Blackwell (93%) Jarrod Lowery (93%) David Willis (93%) Matthew Winslow (93%) Tricia Cotham (93%) Julia Howard (93%) Sarah Stevens (93%) Sam Watford (93%) Additionally, many 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 2023 session. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of North Carolina address school choice, protecting girls sports, and removing flawed ESG metrics from state pensions. 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 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. 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 Georgia Lawmakers CPAC and ACUF Release Scorecard of Georgia 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 Georgia Lawmakers at CPAC CPAC and ACUF Release Georgia Legislative Scorecard ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 26, 2022) — Several Georgia 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 pass legislation enhancing election safeguards, as well as for advancing conservative legislation expanding school choice and providing $140 Million in tax relief. Georgia’s republicans voted significantly more with the conservative position over previous year’s ratings. American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) analysis shows a 17.29% point increase on average for members of the Republican Party, (70.60% GOP average in 2020, 87.89% GOP average in 2021). Click Here to view the 2021 Ratings of Georgia 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 the Georgia legislature: Sen. Jason Anavitarte (96%) Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick (96%) Rep. Trey Rhodes (95%) Rep. Clint Crowe (95%) Sen. Ben Watson (95%) Sen. Greg Dolezal (95%) Rep. Chuck Efstration (95%) Rep. Don Parsons (95%) Sen. John Albers (95%) Sen. Lee Anderson (95%) Sen. Frank Ginn (95%) Rep. Brad Thomas (95%) Rep. Rick Williams (95%) Rep. Jan Jones (94%) Rep. Todd Jones (94%) Rep. Charles Martin (94%) Rep. Jason Ridley (94%) Sen. Dean Burke (94%) Rep. Dave Belton (94%) Rep. David Clark (94%) Click Here to view the PDF version of the ratings Among the 43 roll call votes scored by the ACUF is the legislation meant to help secure elections (SB 202, HB 531, SB 67, SB 72), efforts to protect the Second Amendment (HB 218), legislation expanding school choice (SB 27, SB 59, HB 153, HB 517), and the bill providing $140 Million in tax relief (HB 593). 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 Georgia 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

“God Bless the U.S.A” Singer Lee Greenwood to be Inducted into CPAC Hall of Fame Sunday “God Bless the U.S.A” Singer Lee Greenwood to be Inducted into CPAC Hall of Fame Sunday “God Bless the U.S.A” Singer Lee Greenwoodto be Inducted into CPAC Hall of Fame Sunday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orlando, Fla. (February 26, 2022) — On Sunday, singer Lee Greenwood will be honored at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida as the third individual inducted into the CPAC Hall of Fame. Lee Greenwood is best known for his hit song “God Bless The U.S.A” which was released in 1983 and has become one of the most recognizeable patriotic songs in America. Artist Lee Greenwood was nominated by President George W. Bush to sit on the National Endowment to the Arts Council and has served in that capacity under four U.S. Presidents. Lee will be presented with an award and inducted into the CPAC Hall of Fame on the main stage at CPAC on Sunday. “We are honored to bestow this award to a true patriot, Lee Greenwood,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp . “This is only the third time we have inducted someone into the CPAC Hall of Fame, and there is no one more patriotic and deserving than Lee Greenwood and his American ballad ‘God Bless the U.S.A.'” Throughout his extensive career, international country music icon Lee Greenwood has earned multiple CMA and ACM Awards, including a Grammy Award for Top Male Vocal Performance on “I.O.U,” in 1985, and numerous prestigious awards and nominations. Known for his stand-out patriotism and support of the U.S. military, Greenwood has been honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Patriot Award and entertained troops on more than 30 USO Tours. “Being inducted into the CPAC Hall of Fame would make Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush and their respective wives First Lady Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush so proud. They were dear friends and believed in me, my career, and what ‘God Bless The U.S.A’ stood for,” said Lee Greenwood . “I am honored and thankful for this moment as hit records and yearly award shows come and go, but the Hall of Fame is forever!” Greenwood’s discography includes twenty-two studio albums, seven compilation albums, seven No. 1 hits, and thirty-eight singles including songs like “It Turns Me Inside Out,” “Ring On Her Finger Time on Her Hands,” “She’s Lyin’,” “I Don’t Mind the Thorns if You’re the Rose,” “Dixie Road,” “Somebody’s Gonna Love You,” “Going Going Gone,” “You Got A Good Love Comin’,” among others. Lee Greenwood will be inducted and perform his song at CPAC Florida 2022 on Sunday, February 27. In addition to his performance, Greenwood will discuss his new book, “God Bless The U.S.A Bible”, which features a full King James Version of the Holy Bible, The U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence and The Pledge of Allegiance, and the handwritten chorus to “God Bless The USA”. For more information about the “God Bless the U.S.A. Bible”, visit godblesstheusabible.com . For more information about CPAC visit, https://cpac.conservative.org/ . ### 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

Mercedes Schlapp joins protest at National School Boards Association HQ Mercedes Schlapp joins protest at National School Boards Association HQ A group of mothers gathered to protest at the headquarters of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday. Moms for America , which says it is “a national movement of mothers reclaiming our culture for truth, family, freedom and the Constitution,” according to their website, joined together at the NSBA headquarters to protest the organization’s recent call for the Biden administration to get involved in school board disputes. “Moms for America, @CPAC and parents stand together against the corruption and tyrannical behavior of the National School Boards Association,” tweeted Mercedes Schlapp, a former senior Donald Trump White House aide who attended the event. “Calling parents domestic terrorists is a grave insult, and their apology is not enough. Fight for our schools. Protect our students.” Read the full article at FoxNews.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 Releases Wyoming Legislative Scorecard, Revealing New Members Making the Legislature More Conservative CPAC Releases Wyoming Legislative Scorecard, Revealing New Members Making the Legislature More Conservative ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 9, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals Wyoming’s Republican legislators voted more conservatively than they did in previous years. This shift can mostly be attributed to an influx of conservative legislators into both chambers. On average, new Republican legislators in both the House and the Senate voted with the conservative position over 20% more of the time than those they replaced. However, the analysis finds the legislature passed few conservative priorities. SEE SCORECARD HERE “Wyoming’s Republican supermajority is being held back by a weak Speaker, Albert Sommers (CPAC Lifetime 50%),” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Wyoming’s legislature had few victories last session and failed to join other red states in passing school choice, limits on radical gender surgeries for minors, or an end to destructive government promotion of ESG.” CPAC recognizes several Wyoming state legislators for their conservative voting records. The following members of the Wyoming State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session: Senate: Evie Brennan (100%) Tim French (100%) Lynn Hutchings (100%) Bob Ide (100%) Cheri Steinmetz (100%) Bo Biteman (94%) Larry Hicks (94%) Dan Laursen (94%) Tim Salazar (94%) Dan Dockstader (94%) Troy McKeown (94%) House: Bill Allemand (100%) John Bear (100%) Scot Heiner (100%) Mark Jennings (100%) Christopher Knapp (100%) Tony Locke (100%) Chip Neiman (100%) Pepper Ottman (100%) Ken Pendergraft (100%) Sarah Penn (100%) Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (100%) Allen Slagle (100%) Scott Smith (100%) Tomi Strock (100%) Clarence Styvar (100%) Reuben Tarver (100%) Jeanette Ward (100%) John Winter (100%) Abby Angelos (93%) Dalton Banks (93%) Jeremy Haroldson (93%) Ben Hornok (93%) Daniel Singh (93%) Tamara Trujillo (93%)   Additionally, some lawmakers in the Wyoming 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. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Wyoming address national security, government spending, parental rights in education, and Second Amendment freedoms. 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 Wyoming 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

Joe Biden didn’t even watch the January 6th TV special Joe Biden didn’t even watch the January 6th TV special From The Washington Post : President Biden said he didn’t watch the first Jan. 6 hearing Thursday night, but stressed that the select House committee’s work is key to secure the future of America’s democracy.“The insurrection of Jan. 6 is one of the darkest periods of our nation’s history,” Biden said during an event here at Port of Los Angeles. “The same forces that allowed Jan. 6 remain today.” 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 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Uncovering a Broken Supermajority. CPAC Releases South Carolina Legislative Scorecard, Uncovering a Broken Supermajority. ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 19, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s latest analysis reveals large gaps in the voting patterns of Republicans in South Carolina. For example, while rank and file House Republicans overwhelmingly scored between 50-70%%, a small minority of members broke away from this range and scored higher than 90%. SEE SCORECARD HERE “South Carolina is consistently disappointing as most elected Republicans fail to deliver and spend too much time fighting each other instead of the Left,“ said CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp. CPAC recognizes several South Carolina state legislators for their conservative voting records. The following members of the South Carolina State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session Senate: Ronnie Cromer (100%) Mike Reichenbach (100%) Richard Cash (90%) Thomas Corbin (90%) Daniel Verdin (90%) House: Thomas Beach (100%) April Cromer (100%) Stewart Jones (100%) Jay Kilmartin (100%) Josiah Magnuson (100%) RJ May (100%) Adam Morgan (100%) T. Alan Morgan (100%) Jordan Pace (100%) Ashley Trantham (100%) Joe White (100%) James Burns (92%) Donald McCabe Jr. (92%) Robert Harris (91%) Additionally, many lawmakers in the South Carolina 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 in the scorecard. The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of South Carolina address school choice, the protection of life, and national security. 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 South 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. 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 Statement on the Indictment of President Donald J. Trump CPAC Statement on the Indictment of President Donald J. Trump The same day that new polls are released showing President Donald Trump tied in a matchup with President Joe Biden and being the clear leader in the Republican Party presidential primary, the deep state and their henchman-of-the-hour, Special Counsel Jack Smith, are colluding to drum up even more bogus charges against President Trump. The corrupt beltway insiders know President Trump is a threat to the Washington Swamp. He represents their end to a business-as-usual which robs the American people, makes us dependent on the globalists, and puts our young men and women in their permanent wars. Earlier this year, in a fiery speech from the CPAC stage President Trump confirmed his next administration would fight back, declaring “I am your retribution!” Now Merrick Garland and the Washington Uniparty want to deprive you from having a voice. As these scam charges are nothing more than an attempt kick President Trump off the ballot. The American people will not accept this charade. We at the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), the nation’s original grassroots conservative organization, will continue to use our voice to fight these dishonest charges and will work to hold the deep state accountable. 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

New York Rated 7th Most Liberal – Plunges in Conservative Rankings New York Rated 7th Most Liberal – Plunges in 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. New York Rated 7th Most Liberal – Plunges in Conservative Rankings New CPAC 50 State Analysis Finds NY Legislature Trending Even Further Left ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 27, 2022) — The voting of New York state lawmakers has become significantly more liberal according to a new 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, New York’s legislature earned a conservative rating of a mere 26% last year, compared to a 28% rating in 2020. The state tied Maryland (26%) as 7th most liberal, trailing only California (25%), Oregon (24%), Rhode Island (24%), Hawaii (23%), Vermont (20%) and Massachusetts (16%). Of the state’s 213 lawmakers only 13 members of the legislature earned awards from CPAC for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time. The conservative rating is based on lawmaker voting across 186 policy areas ranging from cultural and life issues to tax, fiscal and regulatory policies. NEW YORK SCORECARD (Web 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 New York 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 Statement on SCOTUS Decision on U.S. v. Skrmetti CPAC Statement on SCOTUS Decision on U.S. v. Skrmetti This morning, the United States Supreme Court upheld the right of states to regulate medical procedures involving minors, delivering a significant victory for child safety and parental rights. The issue of gender affirming care was adjudicated in the 2024 Presidential election when President Trump took a hard stance in favor of protecting our youth. Now, the Untied States Supreme Court has sided with sanity and affirmed that states have the right to stop these dangerous medical procedures from occurring. Thank you, President Trump and the United States Supreme Court, for standing up and protecting the most vulnerable in our society, our children. 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

Matt Schlapp’s Fox News op-ed: Big Tech won’t stop until we stop them Matt Schlapp’s Fox News op-ed: Big Tech won’t stop until we stop them Today CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp penned an op-ed for FoxNews.com to call out Big Tech platforms like YouTube for censoring conservatives, and to lay out solutions to stop these would be online hall monitors. While the eyes of the world focus on the suffering of Ukraine and the threat of war between nuclear powers, Big Tech oligarchs have quietly been scrubbing their platforms of content they consider to be “misinformation.” While Russian President Vladimir Putin tramples on the rights of free Ukrainians and cracks down on dissent within Russia, Silicon Valley elites are using the same playbook to stifle the free exchange of thoughts and ideas here in the United States. Ironic, isn’t it? Last week, the American Conservative Union, where I serve as chairman and which hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), discovered that YouTube had once again banned President Donald Trump’s 2022 CPAC speech from its platform. The liberal cowards who run America’s Big Tech companies and serve as online hall monitors on behalf of the globalist establishment have silenced President Trump in the past. He repeatedly exposed the dangers their Marxist ideology poses to the country, and his ability to speak directly to the people threatened their planned socialist takeover of America. …First, Big Tech leaders tried to silence President Trump. Now, they’re trying to silence CPAC. Next, they’re going to come after you. Read more on FoxNews.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 Releases Massachusetts Legislative Scorecard and Dubs it the Second Most Leftist State in the Nation. CPAC Releases Massachusetts Legislative Scorecard and Dubs it the Second Most Leftist State in the Nation. 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