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CCAGW 2005 Congressional Ratings

J.J. Jackson* | July 24, 2006 

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has just released its 2005 Congressional
Ratings,
evaluating the first session of the 109^th Congress!  For 17 years, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to distinguish between those members of Congress who are friends of the taxpayer and those who are foes. 
    

For 2005, CCAGW rated 34 key votes in the House and 24 key votes in the Senate.  The entire House posted an average rating of 45 percent, a six-point increase over 2004, while the Senate averaged 46 percent, also a six-point increase over the prior year.      

Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Representative Ed Royce (R-Calif.) earned Taxpayer Super Hero status with scores of 100 percent.  The number of Taxpayer Heroes, those scoring between 80 and 99 percent, dropped from 57 in the House in 2004 to 51 in 2005.  The number of Heroes in the Senate dropped to nine, as Sen. Kyl upgraded to Super Hero status, becoming the first Senate Super Hero in four years.       

Read the complete 2005 Congressional Ratings online, including vote descriptions, scorecards for the House and Senate, personalized scorecards for each member of Congress, historical comparisons, and averages by chamber, party, and state delegation.***
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s largest taxpayer watchdog organization with more than one million members and supporters nationwide. CCAGW is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that lobbies for legislation to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. 

For more information about CCAGW, visit www.ccagw.org. 
Make a contribution to support CCAGW?s war on government waste today. 

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