What would be your 2012 House ACU rating?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

ACU= American Conservative Union.  It's been doing its famous ratings for Congress for many years. These are the votes that the ACU used for their 2012 ratings of the House, found here.
+ = voted in favor of ACU position
- = voted against ACU position
X = did not vote

Mark and/or color code what your position is.  Divide the number of votes in favor of ACU position by total (25). If you're not sure of an issue, you can abstain, and subtract that vote from the denominator.

you can also find a list of the ratings of Reps (and Senators) here.

1. Domestic Energy Production (ANWR, KXL) - HR 3408
open up portion of ANWR, approve Kestone XL (bypass State Dept) passed 237-197. ACU supported.

2. Conservative Alternative Budget amendment to H Con Res 112
freeze discretionary spending below 2008 levels, balance budget in 5 years, cut corporate rate from 35 to 25%, eliminate inheritance tax, move Medicare to premium support system and block grant Medicaid. failed 136-285. ACU supported.

3. Federal Land Management (Sportsmen’s Heritage Act) HR 4089
“requires federal officials to facilitate the use of and access to federal lands for the purpose of recreational shooting and hunting” and “prohibits a national monument designation by presidential proclamation from being valid until each affected state approves the designation.”  passed 274-146. ACU supported.

4. Elimination funding for Economic Development Administration - Pompeo Amendment to HR 5326
eliminates funding for EDA  in the Commerce Dept . ACU criticizes this agency for using “taxpayer money to pick winners and losers across the country”  failed 129-279. ACU supported.

5. Public-Private Competition (FPI) - Huizenga amendment to HR 5326
allow competition with private companies for products and services the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prisons Industries sells to other government agencies. failed 199-211. ACU supported.

6. Elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation - Austin Scott amendment to HR 5326. (opponents of LSC  claim funds are used by groups for political purposes and to expand welfare benefits.) failed 122-289. ACU supported.

7. Healthcare Law Litigation - Blackburn amendment to HR 5326
bars the use of taxpayer funds to defend PPACA (Obamacare) in court. passed 229-194. ACU supported.

8. DOMA adherence - Huelskamp amendemnt to HR 5326
bar the use of funds for activities that would violate the Defense of Marriage Act. passed 245-171. ACU supported.

9. NSF Political Science Funding - Flake amendment to HR 5326
prohibits NSF funds to go to political science research. passed 218-208. ACU supported.

10. Afghanistan Defense Spending - Lee amendment to HR 4310
bars defense funds for any purpose in Afghanistan other than withdrawal of troops. failed 113-303. ACU opposed.

11. Terror Suspect Trials - Rooney amendment to HR 4310
directs Defense Dept to try suspected terrorists at military tribunals at Gitmo rather than civilian courts in US. passed 249-171. ACU supported.

12. Missile Defense -  Polis amendment to HR 4310
cuts $400 million from missile defense. failed 165-252. ACU opposed.

13. Public-Private Competition (DoD) - Coffman amendment to HR 4310
repeal moratorium on DoD putting contracts up for bidding to outside contractors. failed 209-211. ACU supported.

14. Sex-Selection Abortion - HR 3541
ban on abortion for sex selection. failed to reach 2/3, 246-168. ACU supported.

15. Project Labor Agreements - Grimm amendment to HR 5854
allows federal government construction contracts to require a PLA. passed 218-198. ACU opposed.

16. Science/Renewable Energy Funding - Hultgren amendment to HR 5325
“would have reduced increases in funding for renewable energy projects and applied the funds to basic scientific research and deficit reduction.” failed 130-256. ACU supported.

17. Davis-Bacon Act - King amendment to HR 5326
Would bar funds in the Energy and Water Appropriation bill from being used to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act that requires a prevailing wage rate for federal projects. failed 184-235. ACU supported.

18. Border Security/Environment - Grijalva amendment to HR 2578
would have eliminated language exempting border security programs from environmental and land use laws. failed 177-247. ACU opposed.

19. Air Service Subsidies. - McClintock amendment to HR 5972
would have eliminated $200 million program that subsidizes air service to rural airports. failed 164-238. ACU supported.

20. Elimination of Community Development Block Grants - MClintock amendment to HR 5972.  eliminates the HUD $3.4 billion CDBG program. failed 80-342. ACU supported (claims program is “used primarily as a slush fund for pet projects of local politicians”)

21. Healthcare Bill Repeal.  HR 6079
repeal of PPACA (Obamacare). passed 244-185. ACU supported.

22. Offshore Oil and Gas - HR 6082
“replace the Interior Dept’s current offshore oil and gas drilling plan with a timeline to nearly double the current number of leases.” passed 253-170. ACU supported.

23. Energy Project Loan Guarantees - Waxman amendment to HR 6213
would reinstate loan guarantee program for energy projects (“... that led to Solyndra scandal.”) failed 170-241. ACU opposed.

24. Welfare Reform Waivers - HJ Res 118
resolution opposing HHS ruling allowing waivers for states to modify work requirements for welfare (ACU claims it “guts the work requirement”).  passed 250-164. ACU supports.

25. Climate and Water Regulations - HR 3409
bars EPA from issuing greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of fighting climate change and transfers authority from EPA to the states on water quality standards. passed 233-175. ACU supported.

[H. Ross Peron]

3/25 (10, 14, 19)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

1. Domestic Energy Production (ANWR, KXL) -
2. Conservative Alternative Budget -
3. Federal Land Management (Sportsmen’s Heritage Act)  -
4. Elimination funding for Economic Development Administration  +
5. Public-Private Competition (FPI) +
6. Elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation -
7. Healthcare Law Litigation -
8. DOMA adherence -
9. NSF Political Science Funding -
10. Afghanistan Defense Spending +
11. Terror Suspect Trials -
12. Missile Defense +
13. Public-Private Competition (DoD) +
14. Sex-Selection Abortion +
15. Project Labor Agreements +
16. Science/Renewable Energy Funding -
17. Davis-Bacon Act +
18. Border Security/Environment -
19. Air Service Subsidies -
20. Elimination of Community Development Block Grants -
21. Healthcare Bill Repeal +
22. Offshore Oil and Gas -
23. Energy Project Loan Guarantees +
24. Welfare Reform Waivers -
25. Climate and Water Regulations -

10/25= 40

similar scores:
Heath Shuler (D-NC) 45
Charlie Bass (R-NH) 40
Chris Gibson (R-NY) 40
Henry Cuellar (D-TX) 36
Robert Dold (R-NY) 36
Bill Owens (D-NY) 36

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

0/25

[Miles]

11/25= 44%

(1,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,24,25)

Matches:

John Hoeven (44)
Larry Kissell (48)
Ben Chandler (46)
Heath Shuler (45)

[Vosem]

1. Domestic Energy Production (ANWR, KXL) -
2. Conservative Alternative Budget +
3. Federal Land Management (Sportsmen’s Heritage Act) +
4. Elimination funding for Economic Development Administration +
5. Public-Private Competition (FPI) +
6. Elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation -
7. Healthcare Law Litigation +
8. DOMA adherence -
9. NSF Political Science Funding +
10. Afghanistan Defense Spending +
11. Terror Suspect Trials +
12. Missile Defense +
13. Public-Private Competition (DoD) +
14. Sex-Selection Abortion -
15. Project Labor Agreements +
16. Science/Renewable Energy Funding -
17. Davis-Bacon Act +
18. Border Security/Environment -
19. Air Service Subsidies +
20. Elimination of Community Development Block Grants -
21. Healthcare Bill Repeal +
22. Offshore Oil and Gas +
23. Energy Project Loan Guarantees -
24. Welfare Reform Waivers +
25. Climate and Water Regulations -

16/25 = 64.0% -- the exact same amount as Mike Grimm, Richard Hanna, Frank Lucas, Jerry Moran, Mike Turner, Roger Wicker, and Frank Wolf. Some of the votes I only read about glancingly, so I might be persuaded to change some of these/might've voted differently were I actually in Congress.

[Marnetmar]

1. -
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
7. -
8. -
9. -
10. -
11. -
12. -
13. +
14. -
15. -
16. -
17. +
18. -
19. -
20. -
21. -
22. -
23. -
24. +
25. -

3/25: 12%

Like Vosem, I only briefly glanced at these.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Like Vosem, I only briefly glanced at these.

well then you're doing it realistically as if you were in Congress

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

44 = 11/25 (1,4,9,10,13,14,17,19,20,23)

I'm disappointed that so far only one other person so far has supported number 9.  Folks, political science is about as much a science as is creation science. Even by the lax standards of the social sciences it is flabby and the portions of it with any degree of scientific rigor are covered more generally under other disciplines.  Political science should not be funded thru the NSF.  Maybe the NEH, but definitely not the NSF.  Indeed, the funding of political science thru the NSF has no doubt distorted the study of political science into an over emphasis upon quasi-scientific statistical analysis.

[TNF]

1/25 - 0.04%

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

1. +
2. +
3. +
4. +
5. +
6. +
7. +
8. X
9. +
10. +
11. -
12. +
13. +
14. +
15. +
16. +
17. +
18. +
19. +
20. +
21. +
22. +
23. +
24. +
25. +

23/25, or 92%, although like Vosem, a couple of these might be different if I were a Congressman.

Politicians in a similar league to myself:
Tom Coburn
Mike Enzi
Lindsey Graham
Cory Gardner
Darrell Issa

[hawkeye59]

1/25 or 4% (agree with 10)

Notable Representatives with same rating (where they agreed with ACU)
Nancy Pelosi (10)
Jared Polis (2)
Steny Hoyer (10)
Sander Levin (10)
Allyson Schwartz (10)
Jim Clyburn (16)

[Grumpier Than Thou]

0%

Notable similarities:

Tammy Baldwin
Sherrod Brown
Bob Filner ()
Kirsten Gillibrand
Rush Holt
Ron Wyden

[RogueBeaver]

1. +
2. +
3. +
4. +
5. +
6. +
7. +
8. +
9. +
10. -
11. +
12. -
13. +
14. +
15. +
16. +
17. +
18. +
19. -
20. +
21. +
22. +
23. -
24. +
25. +

24/25.

[Maxwell]

14/25 (56%)

EWWWWWWWWW
People like Me:
Peter King (60%)
Joe Donnelly (58%)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (56%)
Jim Runyan (56%)
Thad Cochran (52%)

[Donerail]

I support 3, 4, 13, 14, 19, and 24, for a 24% rating. The closest member of the Florida delegation is... Corrine Brown. Wonderful.

[traininthedistance]

Support 13, undecided on 19.  So... either 4% or 8%.  I guess I can imagine a situation where I'd vote with the ACU on 10 as well, but it would take some convincing.

44 = 11/25 (1,4,9,10,13,14,17,19,20,23)

I'm disappointed that so far only one other person so far has supported number 9.  Folks, political science is about as much a science as is creation science. Even by the lax standards of the social sciences it is flabby and the portions of it with any degree of scientific rigor are covered more generally under other disciplines.  Political science should not be funded thru the NSF.  Maybe the NEH, but definitely not the NSF.  Indeed, the funding of political science thru the NSF has no doubt distorted the study of political science into an over emphasis upon quasi-scientific statistical analysis.

I do agree that the NEH would be a better source of funding for poli sci research than the NSF... but academic research as a whole is so woefully underfunded compared to its value that I pretty much feel obligated to oppose any attempt to defund any of it, on principle.

[Horus]

1. +
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
7. +
8. -
9. -
10. +
11. -
12. +
13. -
14. -
15. X
16. -
17. -
18. -
19. -
20. -
21. -
22. +
23. +
24. -
25. +

21%

Politicians Like Me:
Susan Collins
John Garamendi
Claire McCaskill
Ben Nelson?!
Gerry Connolly

I guess I can live with that.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Sheilak, voting with the ACA on 7 but not on 21, means you do not want to repeal the PPACA but you would not let the government defend it in court. To me the reverse makes more sense.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Like Vosem and Abbott, some of these might be different (depending on the circumstances) if I were really a Congressman:

1. + (As long as it's done in an environmentally friendly way)
2. +
3. +
4. - (Reform is better than elimination)
5. +
6. - (See 4)
7. +
8. +
9. - (I think we should have funding, though probably not through the NSF)
10. -
11. + (Though I don't think it really matters)
12. - (Normally I might be open to this, but with the state of the world right now, it's probably not smart at this time)
13. +
14. +
15. -
16. +
17. +
18. - (I support conservation, but this seems a little extreme)
19. - (See 4)
20. - (See 4)
21. +
22. + (See 1)
23. - (It would essentially defeat the purpose of the bill, and I would rather leave it as is and vote on that)
24. +
25. - (I'm not a fan of regulation, but I think some is necessary)

84% (21/25)

Members with identical scores (there are so many that I don't need similar ones):
Justin Amash
Rick Berg
Mike Bilirakis
Dave Camp
John Carter
David Dreier
Sean Duffy
Blake Farenthold
Sam Graves
Ralph Hall
Doc Hastings
James Lankford
Bob Latta
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Kristi Noem
Steven Palazzo
Erik Paulsen
Scott Rigell
Paul Ryan
Adrian Smith
Steve Sutherland
Scott Tipton
Rob Wittman

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

1. + (with reservations, like Oldiesfreak)
2. -
3. +
4. -
5. + (no strong feelings either way, really)
6. -
7. -
8. -
9. + (I also don't believe the NSF should necessarily be in charge of funding this)
10. +
11. +
12. +
13. X
14. -
15. +
16. -
17. -
18. +
19. -
20. -
21. -
22. + (provided that comes with a conscious effort to transition to renewable fuel sources and the implementation of environmentally friendly safety standards)
23. +
24. - (I support the concept of a work requirement, but there should be flexibility to this rule)
25. -

(20%) 5/25

People with similar scores:
Jim Cooper (24%)
Daniel Lipinski (24%)
Nick Rahall II (24%)
Susan Collins (20%)
John Garamendi (20%)
Claire McCaskill (20%)
Ben Nelson (20%)
Gerry Connolly (17%)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1. Domestic Energy Production (ANWR, KXL) +
2. Conservative Alternative Budget +
3. Federal Land Management (Sportsmen’s Heritage Act)  +
4. Elimination funding for Economic Development Administration  +
5. Public-Private Competition (FPI)-
6. Elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation -
7. Healthcare Law Litigation +
8. DOMA adherence -
9. NSF Political Science Funding -
10. Afghanistan Defense Spending -
11. Terror Suspect Trials -
12. Missile Defense +
13. Public-Private Competition (DoD) +
14. Sex-Selection Abortion +
15. Project Labor Agreements +
16. Science/Renewable Energy Funding +
17. Davis-Bacon Act -
18. Border Security/Environment +
19. Air Service Subsidies +
20. Elimination of Community Development Block Grants +
21. Healthcare Bill Repeal +
22. Offshore Oil and Gas +
23. Energy Project Loan Guarantees +
24. Welfare Reform Waivers +
25. Climate and Water Regulations +

18/25=72%

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I do agree that the NEH would be a better source of funding for poli sci research than the NSF... but academic research as a whole is so woefully underfunded compared to its value that I pretty much feel obligated to oppose any attempt to defund any of it, on principle.

Thing is, funding the social sciences via the NSF, even those with a better claim to the title of science than polisci serves to reduce support for NSF funding overall.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

1. + (with reservations, like Oldiesfreak)
2. -
3. +
4. -
5. + (no strong feelings either way, really)
6. -
7. -
8. -
9. + (I also don't believe the NSF should necessarily be in charge of funding this)
10. +
11. +
12. +
13. X
14. -
15. +
16. -
17. -
18. +
19. -
20. -
21. -
22. + (provided that comes with a conscious effort to transition to renewable fuel sources and the implementation of environmentally friendly safety standards)
23. +
24. - (I support the concept of a work requirement, but there should be flexibility to this rule)
25. -

(20%) 5/25

Do you agree with the ACU position on all the ones you marked with a "+" or only 5 of those?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

1. + (with reservations, like Oldiesfreak)
2. -
3. +
4. -
5. + (no strong feelings either way, really)
6. -
7. -
8. -
9. + (I also don't believe the NSF should necessarily be in charge of funding this)
10. +
11. +
12. +
13. X
14. -
15. +
16. -
17. -
18. +
19. -
20. -
21. -
22. + (provided that comes with a conscious effort to transition to renewable fuel sources and the implementation of environmentally friendly safety standards)
23. +
24. - (I support the concept of a work requirement, but there should be flexibility to this rule)
25. -

(20%) 5/25

Do you agree with the ACU position on all the ones you marked with a "+" or only 5 of those?

Only five.