National Taxpayer Union Scorecard

John Campbell | April 24, 2008 11:00 AM

The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) recently unveiled their Congressional ratings for the first session of the 110^th Congress. They derive “ratings” by measuring the strength of support for reducing spending and regulation and opposing higher taxes. The higher the score, the better. Interestingly enough, no single legislator has scored a perfect 100 in the several years NTU has been conducting its scorecard. Between 2006 and 2007, the average "Taxpayer Score" in the House fell from 39 percent to 35 percent. While the Senate's average plummeted by 11 points, from 48 percent to 37 percent.

Only 52 lawmakers attained scores sufficient to receive an ‘A’ and be dubbed friend of the taxpayer. Below you will find a list of those receiving an ‘A’ in the House:

Flake	Arizona	A
Franks	Arizona	A
Royce	California	A
Tancredo*	Colorado	A
Hensarling	Texas	A
Lamborn	Colorado	A
Shadegg	Arizona	A
Barrett	South Carolina	A
Sensenbrenner	Wisconsin	A
Paul*	Texas	A
Pence	Indiana	A
Jordan	Ohio	A
Blackburn	Tennessee	A
Westmoreland	Georgia	A
Deal	Georgia	A
Foxx	North Carolina	A
Johnson, S.	Texas	A
Campbell	California	A
Linder	Georgia	A
Garrett	New Jersey	A
Price	Georgia	A
Myrick	North Carolina	A
Pitts	Pennsylvania	A
Boehner	Ohio	A
McHenry	North Carolina	A
Sali	Idaho	A
Cantor	Virginia	A
Feeney	Florida	A
Duncan	Tennessee	A
Rohrabacher	California	A
Akin	Missouri	A
Miller	Florida	A
Cannon	Utah	A
Bachmann	Minnesota	A
Gingrey	Georgia	A
Issa	California	A
Wilson	South Carolina	A
Neugebauer	Texas	A
Ryan	Wisconsin	A
Burton	Indiana	A
King	Iowa	A
Chabot	Ohio	A