The National Taxpayers Union annual report card on Congress is out and it has Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky at the top, and all Democrats anchoring the bottom of the class.
Massie earned a score of 96% and earned the “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.” The overall House score was 43, with the Republican majority average at 74%.
Alaska’s only congressional representative, Rep. Mary Peltola, earned an F, just 20%, in the “Big Spender” category.
The scores, on a scale of 1-100, are given based on votes taken on spending and taxes, and votes that increase government debt.
The National Taxpayers’ Union is a nonprofit fiscally conservative taxpayer advocacy organization working for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom.
For this year’s report, based on actions taken in 2023, Senators who received a score of 81% or above and Representatives who received a score of 87% or above earned an ‘A’ grade and a Taxpayers’ Friend Award. In more than 40 years of rating Congress, no legislator has earned a perfect 100 percent score from the group. The average in both chambers was only 43 percent.
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan received a 68% score, close to the Senate Republican average, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski was scored 59%, below average for Republicans.
“It is essential for Americans to be informed as to how their elected officials vote, not just what they say,” said Pete Sepp, President of NTU. “Average citizens and families need to make fiscally sound decisions and we expected nothing less from Congress. NTU’s rating holds our lawmakers accountable, and we are grateful for those Taxpayers’ Friend award winners who made an extra effort to remember taxpayers when voting on the floor.”
Peltola was low, but not the lowest. That ranking belonged to Democrat Rep. Robert Cortez Scott of Virginia who had a score of just 5%. During the fiscal 2024 appropriations process, Scott requested several million dollars’ worth of earmarked spending in appropriations bills.
The National Taxpayers Union, “The Voice of America’s Taxpayers,” is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels. More information on NTU’s work is available at www.ntu.org.
See the entire report and methodology at this link.
Apparently, these folks don’t grade politicians on their wish list, for instance, trump and that section twenty twenty five thing wanting to reduce the tax code to 2 Levels causing middle income people to foot the bill. Then there’s the whole tariff situation which will raise everyone’s spending a minimum of 10% and in most cases 60% if you shop at Walmart. Or amazon, or by anything else from China. Yes, if some republicans get their way, they had better have deep pockets or be prepared for famine. Trump’s revenge party, it’s going to be costly.
Your TDS is showing again Greg.
You still can’t argue for the spew coming out of Trumps mouth. It will hurt America. 70% of the country knows this.
70 percent of the people you talk to?
I listen.
Yeah my peeps!
Also check out NTU’s report on the office of the First Lady. It is interesting to see a comparison of all the first ladies spending and the tax dollar amount, which according to them has doubled for Dr. Jill! One wonders why Jill Biden needs 24 staff members (2021 staff 8) and spends over $2 million…oh never mind somebody has to run the government!
Shocking!!a democrat is a big spender!! Say it ain’t so!! It usually took a fake Republican. You hear me, Princess? To really rack up the bills for others to pay
So Mary is now rated at 20%, but imagine how much lower she could have gotten that rating if she actually showed up for work and did her job, instead of gallivanting around the bush doing fake photo ops of her “fishing”, with a fishing rod that the pics reveal she is awkwardly holding for the first time.
I will not make fun of her for absconding to Alaska to play, because she does more damage when she is at work.
As a far left extremist, it’s better for we taxpayers that we pay for her to play, rather than to actually be doing the job we’re paying her to do, because the rare times she’s at work…….she’s voting to spend vast amounts of our funds on worthless and costly budget items.