CPAC Releases Scorecard of Alaska Lawmakers CPAC Releases Scorecard of Alaska Lawmakers 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 and ACUF Release Scorecard of Kansas Lawmakers CPAC and ACUF Release Scorecard of Kansas 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. New CPAC Analysis – KS Legislature’s Battle Against Gov. Laura Kelly Awards to be Presented to Top-Scoring Kansas Lawmakers at CPAC ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 13, 2022) — As the state’s legislative session kicks off, a number of Kansas 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 combatting Gov. Laura Kelly’s excessive COVID-19 shutdown policies and for their efforts to advance conservative legislation protecting life and securing elections. Click Here to view the 2021 Ratings of Kansas “Gov. Kelly’s politics are more in line with California than Kansas. That is why it is so crucial Kansas legislators continue to fight against her disastrous administration,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp . “I look forward to presenting awards at CPAC next month to my fellow Kansans who are leading the fight for our shared conservative values.” 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. Members receiving ACU’s highest award, the Award for Conservative Excellence , for voting with the conservative position at least 90% include: Senate: Richard Hilderbrand (100%) Renee Erickson (96%) Virgil Peck (96%) Dennis Pyle (96%) Caryn Tyson (96%) Alicia Straub (96%) Kellie Warren (95%) Molly Baumgardner (92%) Mike Thompson (92%) Mark Steffen (91%) Rick Billinger (90%) House: Samantha Poetter (100%) Brett Fairchild (97%) Francis Awerkamp (97%) Brian Bergkamp (93%) Blake Carpenter (93%) Jesse Burris (90%) Leo Delperdang (90%) Trevor Jacobs (90%) Patrick Penn (90%) Sean Tarwater (90%) Adam Thomas (90%) Paul Waggoner (90%) Randy Garber (90%) Steve Huebert (90%) Brenda Landwehr (90%) Click Here to view the PDF version of the ratings Among the 54 roll call votes scored by the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) is the legislation meant to help secure elections (HB 2183, HB 2332), efforts to protect life (HCR 5003), legislation limiting Gov. Kelly’s excessive “State of Emergency” powers (SB 63, HB 2416), and the attempts to improve educational outcomes through school choice (SB 61, SB 175). 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 Kansas 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

ACU Launches Ad Campaign Urging President Biden to Reverse Course on WTO TRIPS Waiver ACU Launches Ad Campaign Urging President Biden to Reverse Course on WTO TRIPS Waiver 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 Endorses Rik Mehta ACU Endorses Rik Mehta The American Conservative Union (ACU) today announced its endorsement of Rik Mehta for election in New Jersey to the United States Senate. “Rik Mehta is driven to give the people of New Jersey a Senator they can be proud of,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp. “As a pharmacist and a lawyer, Rik worked hard at the FDA to keep illegal drugs off our streets and demonstrated the strong leadership that New Jersey needs. Today, Rik understands the unique challenges that New Jersey faces and knows it’s time to reverse the harmful and radical policies that are being implemented. A strong conservative, Rik wants to lead the way on fixing our healthcare system, criminal justice reform, and protecting Americans’ right to life and bear arms. ACU urges all voters in New Jersey to vote for Rik Mehta for the United States Senate.” Founded in 1964, the American Conservative Union (ACU) is the nation’s original conservative organization. For more than fifty years, ACU has served as an umbrella organization harnessing the collective strength of conservative organizations fighting for Americans who are concerned with liberty, personal responsibility, traditional values, and strong national defense. As one of America’s premier conservative voices, ACU promotes a conservative vision on issues before Congress, the Executive Branch, State Legislatures, the media, political candidates, and the public. 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 Calls on Lockheed Martin to End Divisive “Critical Race Theory” Training ACU Calls on Lockheed Martin to End Divisive “Critical Race Theory” Training 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 ‘China Week’ Legislation to Combat China’s Communist Party: CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp and CPAC Board Member Gordon Chang CPAC Statement on ‘China Week’ Legislation to Combat China’s Communist Party: CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp and CPAC Board Member Gordon Chang 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

Mercedes Schlapp’s Fox News op-ed: Republican Latina playbook can help GOP win Hispanic voters in midterm elections Mercedes Schlapp’s Fox News op-ed: Republican Latina playbook can help GOP win Hispanic voters in midterm elections In a new column for FoxNews.com , CPAC Foundation Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp talks about the influence Republican Latinas have to lead conservative victories in the midterms. For too long, Republicans have pandered to Hispanics voters with promises of open borders and amnesty. Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and John McCain advocated for comprehensive immigration reform that would incentivize unending waves of illegal immigration. In 2013, the Republican National Committee doubled down on the identity politics with an autopsy of the 2012 midterm elections that concluded the GOP could win only with a softened stance on immigration, after Republicans half-heartedly embraced stronger borders that election cycle. Times have changed as Hispanic Republican candidates, especially Latinas, are embracing President Donald Trump’s America First blueprint and executing their own law and order playbook. Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress, and the first-ever Republican to represent the Rio Grande Valley, campaigned on liberating south Texas from the scourge of illegal immigration, human trafficking and criminal gangs. 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 Home Home Home Home Home M E N U Home Home Home Home Home Home

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

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

CPAC Statement on Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger’s attempt implement the failed Ranked Choice Voting System. CPAC Statement on Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger’s attempt implement the failed Ranked Choice Voting System. Alexandria, VA — CPAC released the following statement on Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger’s attempt implement the failed Ranked Choice Voting System. “Georgia’s legislature enhanced their election laws to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. As a result, all elections this cycle saw high turnout for both parties. In his vain attempt to garner attention from the media and the socialist left, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is looking to disenfranchise voters by making it harder and more confusing to vote by seeking to change the Georgia voting system to Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). “Replacing a proven and effective voting system for no good reason other than to wield power over the people is disingenuous and wrong. “Ranked choice voting is wrought with issues . RCV is confusing to the average voter which leads to less voter participation, especially in off year or non-marquee races. RCV is a much more arduous process to tabulate delaying the final results for days and even weeks. “When all legal votes are counted and each voter is given one choice and one vote, our system works. Secretary Raffensperger is looking to take the place of former Congresswoman Liz Cheney as the “Republican” darling of the left. He should instead do his job by seeking ways to increase voter turnout, not suppress the vote by implementing an onerous process that only hurts the people he was elected to serve. “CPAC calls on Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia legislature to reject Secretary Raffensperger’s attempt to upend Georgia’s successful election reforms by implementing the failed Ranked Choice Voting System.” ### 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 51st Ratings of Congress CPAC Releases 51st Ratings of Congress The CPAC 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 the CPAC scorecard is important to you, and you expect them to support more conservative policies. 51st Edition of Scorecard Released – Most Conservative Freshmen Class in Decades ALEXANDRIA, VA — The current Congress has more conservatives in the freshmen class than almost anytime since the 1994 Gingrich Revolution, according to the just-released 51st Edition of the Ratings of Congress from the CPAC Foundation. “The good news for Americans is that there are already dozens of conservative leaders in Congress, ready to implement policies that will reverse the disasters of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “These ratings are the most comprehensive measure of how committed elected officials are to advancing freedom and opportunity, and we look forward to welcoming more conservative lawmakers next year.” The CPAC Scorecard, widely considered the “gold standard” to evaluate political ideology, includes an exhaustive compilation of over 20,000 votes cast last session by all 535 members of Congress across the full spectrum of policy issues. Award for Conservative Excellence 74 Lawmakers earned the Award for Conservative Excellence Conservative Ratings of 90% or above: Rep. Jim Jordan (100%) Sen. Rand Paul (100%) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (100%) *Rep. Lauren Boebert (100%) *Rep. Byron Donalds (100%) *Sen. Mike Lee (97%) Rep. Jim Banks (97%) Sen. Ted Cruz (95%) Rep. Ronny Jackson (95%) Rep. Ken Buck (95%) Rep. Madison Cawthorn (94%) Rep. Matt Gaetz (92%) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (92%) Sen. Tommy Tuberville (92%) Sen. Rick Scott (90%) View Other “Excellence” Awardees Here * Nine freshmen earned 100% ratings, tying the 2007 congress as the largest number of freshmen earning perfect scores since the 1994 Gingrich revolution. Award for Conservative Achievement 63 Lawmakers earned the Award for Conservative Achievement Conservative Ratings of 80% or above : Sen. Ron Johnson (89%) Sen. Pat Toomey (86%) Rep. Kevin Brady (86%) Sen. Josh Hawley (85%) Rep. Tom Rice (85%) Whip. Steve Scalise (82%) Sen. Tom Cotton (82%) Sen. Tim Scott (82%) Sen. Joni Ernst (82%) View “Achievement” Awardees Here Conservative Ratings of 70% – 79%: Sen. John Kennedy (79%) Sen. Chuck Grassley (77%) Sen. Marco Rubio (77%) Rep. Elise Stefanik (77%) Rep. Dan Crenshaw (76%) Leader Kevin McCarthy (74%) Sen. Ben Sasse (73%) Rep. Liz Cheney (71%) Conservative Ratings of 50% – 69%: Sen. Bill Cassidy (67%) Sen. Lindsey Graham (66%) Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (64%) Leader Mitch McConnell (64%) Sen. Rob Portman (59%) Sen. Mitt Romney (56%) Rep. Jeff Van Drew (56%) Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (51%) Conservative Ratings of 20% – 49%: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (49%) Rep. Adam Kinzinger (42%) Sen. Susan Collins (41%) Rep. Fred Upton (38%) Sen. Joe Manchin (32%) Sen. Jon Tester (21%) Conservative Ratings of 10% – 19%: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (16%) Sen. Mark Kelly (13%) Rep. Jason Crow (11%) Rep. Bennie Thompson (10%) Rep. Pete Aguilar (10%) Leader. Steny Hoyer (10%) Rep. Val Demings (10%) Rep. Sharice Davids (10%) Conservative Ratings of 5% – 9%: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (8%) Sen. Raphael Warnock (8%) Rep. Eric Swalwell (8%) Whip. Jim Clyburn (8%) Rep. Mike Thompson (8%) Sen. Jon Ossoff (5%) Sen. Michael Bennet (5%) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (5%) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (5%) Rep. Connor Lamb (5%) The Coalition of the Radical Left 92 Lawmakers placed in the Coalition of the Radical Left Conservative Ratings of 0% – 4%: Leader Chuck Schumer (3%) Rep. Karen Bass (3%) Sen. Cory Booker (3%) Rep. Katie Porter (3%) Rep. Jamie Raskin (3%) Rep. Adam Schiff (3%) Sen. Bernie Sanders (3%) Rep. Ted Lieu (3%) Rep. Maxine Waters (0%) Rep. Mark Pocan (0%) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (0%) Rep. Ayanna Pressley (0%) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (0%) Rep. Ilhan Omar (0%) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (0%) View the other “Radical Left” Here The ratings have been incorporated into CPAC’s new Lawmaker Comparison Tool which runs head-to-head comparisons on lawmaker’s strongest and weakest policy areas. The system has been deployed to help direct support to the most conservative candidates in the upcoming primary and general elections. To produce this year’s scorecard, the ACUF’s Center for Legislative Accountability analyzed every vote taken last session, and selected a wide-array of issues relating to fiscal, tax, regulatory, education, defense, environment, Second Amendment rights, election security, life, and government integrity. All U.S. lawmakers at the federal and state levels are scored on a 100-point scale. ACUF is the first and only organization in America to annually publish individual ratings for all 8,000 federal and state lawmakers in America. ACUF’s Center for Legislative Accountability 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. CLICK HERE for the PDF Guide of the Ratings CLICK HERE for the Web Version of the Ratings For media inquiries, contact the CPAC Communications Team at comms@conservative.org or 202-347-9388. ### Note: The PDF Guide of the Ratings accidentally includes Rep. Ami Bera (CA-D) in the Coalition of the Radical Left. 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 Minnesota State Legislature ACU Foundation Releases Latest Scores of Minnesota State Legislature The Minnesota State Legislature has gotten more conservative over the past year, according to the American Conservative Union Foundation’s annual ratings of state legislatures. 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. Republicans in Minnesota stood strong and opposed Governor Walz’s excessively harsh economic lockdown. These lawmakers were a vital voice for economic freedom and personal liberty in the midst of heavy-handed government policies from the governor’s office. The state’s overall score improved by four points from last year, with the Minnesota House of Representatives leading the way in conservative leadership . The Minnesota legislature is moving in the right direction, and we need your help to keep it that way. 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. New Minnesota Legislature Rises in Conservative Rankings in New Analysis Alexandria, VA—New analysis from ACUF, the host of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), reveals that the Minnesota Legislature will rise in ACUF’s rankings of the nation’s Most Conservative Legislatures. The improvement in Minnesota’s performance is partly due to a majority of lawmakers who opposed Governor Tim Walz’s economic shutdowns and restrictions of individual liberties. Review the scorecard to see the ratings of all Minnesota state lawmakers and find out which votes ACUF (American Conservative Union Foundation) scored. “After more than a year of shuttering businesses and banning children from learning in the classroom, Governor Walz has suggested that ‘normalcy is on the horizon,’ without actually lifting the lion’s share of his edicts,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp. “These vague and empty promises were never enough for conservatives of the Minnesota Legislature, who fought to restore individual liberties from the outset. We hope these lawmakers will apply this same tenacity to opposing the governor’s leftist spending proposals.” 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 2020 Ratings of Minnesota online and Click Here to visit our website. ### 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 Minnesota 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