Freedom Activist Network's Guide To
US Officeholder & Candidate Surveys
of Interest to Freedom Activists

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Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF): workerfreedom.org
2008 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=4698
2008 US Representatives workerfreedom.org/userfiles/file/AWF_Ratings_HOUSE_110_2ndSession.pdf
2008 US Senators workerfreedom.org/userfiles/file/AWF_Ratings_SENATE_110_2ndSession.pdf

American Civil Liberites Union (ACLU): National Freedom Scorecard action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList, scorecard.aclu.org, votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003415M
US Senators action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?JServSessionIdr011=1moyjmy2j3.app23a&congress=109&location=S&page=congScorecard
US Representatives action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?JServSessionIdr011=1moyjmy2j3.app23a&congress=109&location=H&page=congScorecard

American Conservative Union (ACU)

acuratings.org, conservative.org
2004-2005 US Congress acuratings.org/2005all.htm
2004-2005 US Senators acuratings.org/2005Senate.htm

2005 US Senate Standouts conservative.org/archive2/senate.asp
2005 "Best and Brightest": 100% George Allen, Samuel D Brownback, Conrad Burns, Thomas Allen Coburn, Michael D Crapo, John Ensign, James M Inhofe, John H Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mel Martinez, Mitch McConnell, Jefferson B Sessions
2005 "Worst of the Worst": 0% Jon Corzine, Richard Durbin, Edward M Kennedy, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Paul Sarbanes

2004-2005 US Representatives acuratings.org/2005House.htm

2005 US House Standouts conservative.org/archive2/house.asp
2005 "Best and Brightest": 100% (38)
2005 "Worst of the Worst": 0% (65)

2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004177M

American Family Association (AFP): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1497

American Land Rights Association (ALRA)

2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=002953M

Median: 57%
Most Favorable: 100% (118)
Least Favorable: 0% (131)

American Library Association (ALA): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=766

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA): 2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004110M

Americans for Fair Taxation (AFT): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1862

Americans For Prosperity (AFP): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=310

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)

US Congress Ratings and Awards atr.org/national/ratings/index.html
2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004235M&sort=namelastname

Median: 75%
Most Favorable: 100% Roscoe G Bartlett, John A Boehner, Charles T Hage, John D Hayworth, Mel Martinez, Stevan E Pearce, George P Radanovich, Mark E Souder
Least Favorable: 0% Leonard L Boswell, Kent Conrad, Byron L Dorgan, Richard J Durbin, Barack H Obama

John Birch Society (JBS)

Center for Trade Policy Studies of Cato Institute (CATO)

Christian Coalition (CC): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1467
US Congress cc.org/scorecards/scorecards98.html, email coalition@cc.org

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)

votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=13
US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003857M

Median: 40%
Most Favorable: 100% Tom C Feeney, Jeff Flake; 98% Steven J Chabot, Edward R Royce; 97% Jim W DeMint, E Scott Garrett, Jeb Hensarling, John B Shedegg
Least Favorable: 0% (26)

Citizens for Limited Taxation (CLT): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1483

Club For Growth (CFG)

2006 US Senators clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/the_2006_congressional_scoreca_1.php

Median: 43%
Most Favorable: 100% Thomas Allen Coburn, Jim W DeMint, John E Sununu; 99% Michael B Enzi; 98% Samuel D Brownback; 94% (4)
Least Favorable: 0% (17)

2006 US Representatives clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/the_2006_congressional_scoreca.php

Median: 39%
Most Favorable: 100% Jeff Flake, Jeb Hensarling, John B Shedegg; 98% Trent Franks; 97% Mike Pence; 94% Steve A King
Least Favorable: 0% Tammy Baldwin, Janice D Schakowsky, David Wu; 1% Diane E Watson; 4% (15)

Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)

Congressional Quarterly: Vote Watch pathfinder.com/@@c9GgYQcAFLAE9o@8/CQ/index.html

CongressionalReportCards.org: service of Voter Information Service
vis.org/crc/default.aspx, congressionalreportcards.org

Democrats.com

Drug Policy Alliance Network (DPAN) formerly Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)

US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3175

Median: 50%
Most Favorable: 100% (28); 83% (63)
Least Favorable: 17% (49)

Family Research Council (FRC): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=718

Freedom Democrats (FD)

freedomdemocrats.org
2005-2006 Economic Issues US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3406

Median: 18%
Most Favorable: 100% Jeff Flake; 98% Ronald Ernest Paul; 93% Scott Garnett, Jeb Hensarling, James Sensenbrenner
Least Favorable: 3% John Murtha, Solomon Ortiz; 5% (7)

2005-2006 Social Issues US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3405

Median: 50%
Most Favorable: 97% William Clay; 93% Barney Frank, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren; 90% (11)
Least Favorable: 7% Nathan Deal, Phil Gingrey, Samuel Johnson, John Linder, Jeff Miller; 10% (17)

2005 US Senators freedomdemocrats.org/node/526
2005 US Representatives freedomdemocrats.org/HouseScorecard01Total

FreedomWorks (FW): freedomworks.org/capitol_watch/candidate/index.php, cse.org/capitol_watch/candidate/index.php, email cse@cse.org

Goldwater Institute (GI)

Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana (GSMM): Medical Marijuana Voting Guide granitestaters.com/candidates
Most Favorable: A+ Maurice Robert Gravel, Dennis J Kucinich, Ronald Ernest Paul, William Richardson, Thomas Gerald Tancredo
Least Favorable: F Rudolph W Guiliani, Michael Dale Huckabee, Duncan L Hunter, John Sidney McCain, Willard Mitt Romney

Gun Owners of America (GOA)

votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004054M, gunowners.org/activism.htm

Median: %
Most Favorable: 100%
Least Favorable: 0%

Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1933

Human Rights Campaign (HRC): Congressional Scorecards hrc.org/congress/votrecrd.html, votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1256

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: Voting Records Database lccr.org/vote, policy.net/cgi-bin/scorecard/searchform.cgi?ORG=Leadership+Conference+on+Civil+Rights&x=13&y=6

League of Private Property Voters: Congressional Vote Index landrights.org/_private/lppvhome.htm, policy.net/cgi-bin/scorecard/searchform.cgi?ORG=League+of+Private+Property+Voters&x=19&y=8

Liberty Committee (LC)

thelibertycommittee.org
2006 US Representatives freedomdemocrats.org/node/739, freedomdemocrats.org/files/LibertyCommitteeScorecard01.html

Median: 40
Most Favorable: 130 Ronald Ernest Paul, 110 Cynthia Ann McKinney, 100 Neil Abercrombie, Bernard Sanders, Barney Frank
Least Favorable: 0 Jo Ann Emerson, Katherine Harris, Darrell E Issa, John R Kuhl Jr, John L Mica, W Curtis Weldon

Marijuana Policy Project: Members of Congress Who Have Co-Sponsored Medical Marijuana Bills mpp.org/mmj_support.html

MichiganVotes.org: michiganvotes.org

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)

2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004074M

Median: 10%
Most Favorable: 100% (175)
Least Favorable: 0% (264)

National Hispanic Leadership Agenda: Congressional Scorecard hispanicagenda.org, lulac.org/NHLA.html

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)

2006 US Representatives votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3367, issues2000.org/Notebook/Note_06n-NORML.htm

Median: -15
Most Favorable: +30 (18); +25 (10); +20 (38)
Least Favorable: -30 (95); -25 (11); -20 (69)

2005 US Representatives votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=2081

Median: -3
Most Favorable: +19 James A McDermott, George Miller, Fortney H Stark; +18 Maurice D Hinchey ; +16 (16); +14 (2); +13 (8)
Least Favorable: -10 Mark E Souder, F James Sensenbrenner; -3 (251)

2004 Presidential Candidate Report Card norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5895

National Organization for Women (NOW)

National Rifle Association (NRA)

2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003284M

Median: A-
Most Favorable: A+ (19)
Least Favorable: F (131)

National Right To Life Committee (NRLC)

capwiz.com/nrlc/scorecard.xc?chamber=H&state=US&session=111&x=8&y=14
2005-2006 US Representatives capwiz.com/nrlc/scorecard/?chamber=H&session=109&x=11&y=10
2005-2006 US Senators capwiz.com/nrlc/scorecard/?chamber=S&session=109&x=9&y=10
2003-2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003163M

Median: 64%
Most Favorable: 100% (160)
Least Favorable: 0% (140)

National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC): limittaxes.org, votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=23

National Taxpayers Union (NTU)

ntu.org/main/misc.php?MiscID=13, ntu.org/main/misc.php?MiscID=12, ntu.org/main/components/ratescongress
2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004117M

Median: 49%
Most Favorable: 91% Jeff Flake, John E Sununu; 87% Jon Kyl; 85% Jim W DeMint; 84% Ronald Ernest Paul
Least Favorable: 4% Richard J Durbin; 5% Barbara A Mikulski, Harry M Reid, Paul S Sarbanes; 6% Barack H Obama, Debbie Ann Stabenow; 7% (10)

On The Issues

Peace Action: "Peace Voter" peace-action.org/pv98.html

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1578

Policy.net: "Scorecard" policy.net/scorecard

Project Vote Smart: votesmart.org, vote-smart.org

Public Citizen: "Congress Watch" citizen.org/congress, policy.net/cgi-bin/scorecard/searchform.cgi?ORG=Public+Citizen&x=14&y=7

Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC)

2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004156M
2005 US Congress Economic Issues votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004154M
2005 US Congress Personal Liberties votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004155M

Median: %
Most Favorable: 100%
Least Favorable: 0%

SelectSmart.com: American Presidential Candidate Selector selectsmart.com/PRESIDENT

Sentencing Project: 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Platforms on Criminal Justice sentencingproject.org/tmp/File/PresidentialCandidatesPlatforms.pdf

Sportsmen's and Animal Owner's Voting Alliance (SAOVA): saova.org

Thats My Congress (TMC)

thatsmycongress.com
House thatsmycongress.com/house

2011 Most Conservative: 89% Doug Lamborn; 86% Michael Conaway, Vicky Hartzler
2011 Least Conservative: 0% (17)
2011 Most Liberal: 94% Rush Holt; 91% Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey
2011 Least Liberal: 0% (16)

Senate thatsmycongress.com/senate

2011 Most Conservative: 78% John Barrasso, Michael Enzi, James Inhofe
2011 Least Conservative: 0% (8)
2011 Most Liberal: 90% Sharrod Brown, Thomas Harkin, Jeff Merkley, Bernard Sanders
2011 Least Liberal: 0% (31)

Traditional Values Coalition (TVC): votesmart.org/issue_group_detail.php?sig_id=1671

USA Votes: usavotes.org

Vote Hemp: 2008 Presidential Candidate Report Card votehemp.com/voter_guide.html
2002 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=2061

Freedom Activist Network's Guide To US Officeholder & Candidate Surveys of Interest to Freedom Activists

Freedom Activist Network's Guide To
US Officeholder & Candidate Surveys
of Interest to Freedom Activists