Defender of Economic Freedom Awards - Arkansas delegation economic score cards

By Rachel Kapochunas, Congressional Quarterly: The highly assertive conservative political action organization Club for Growth is best known for letting the world know which congressional Republicans it least likes — namely moderates who the group labels as Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). But the club also takes the time to laud the business-oriented conservatives who score highest on its legislative scorecard. The report from the group on its 2006 congressional ratings, released Wednesday, awarded 22 members of Congress, all of them Republicans, its “Defender of Economic Freedom” award for racking up a 90 percent score or higher. [Read More & Review List of Award winners]


What about Arkansas congressional delegation? A review of the legislative scorecard revealed: For 2006 [2005 in brackets]:
For House: Best Score -- Rank 1/437 Score 100/100=%
Boozman (R-3rd Dist) Rank 94 Score 61% [in 2005: rank 110 score 63%]
Ross (D-4th Dist) Rank 246 Score 27% [in 2005: rank 262 score 16&]
Berry (D-1st Dist) Rank 248 Score 26% [in 2005: rank 235 score 28%]
Snyder (D-2nd Dist) Rank 292 Score 14% [in 2005:rank 261 score 16%]
For Senate: Best Score -- Rank 1/100 Score 100/100=%
Pryor (D) Rank 57 Score 18% [in 2005: rank 69 score 6%]
Lincoln (D) Rank 60 Score 12% [in 2005: rank 63 score 11%]

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