11 Federal Florida Lawmakers Earn Awards

Alexandria, VA – The American Conservative Union Foundation has just released its 47th Edition of its Annual Ratings of Congress. The guide ranks members of Congress based upon their commitment to conservative principles as demonstrated by their voting records in the first session of the 115th Congress. This session marks the first time in over a decade that Republicans control both chambers of the legislature and the presidency. 

“In the 2017 session, we saw Republicans come together to pass the most important corporate tax reform in decades, confirm a true conservative in Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and repeal the Obamacare individual mandate,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp. “But conservatives must not rest on their laurels. This is not the time for four corners defense. Congress must pass a rescissions bill to eliminate wasteful spending in the omnibus and finally confirm highly qualified presidential nominees to critical positions.”

This year eleven members of the Florida congressional delegation received awards from ACUF for earning scores of 80% or higher:

  • Rep. DeSantis—96%
  • Rep. Yoho—96%
  • Rep. Webster—96%
  • Rep. F. Rooney—96%
  • Rep. Gaetz—93%
  • Rep. Ross—90%
  • Rep. Posey—88%
  • Rep. Bilirakis—88%
  • Sen. Rubio– 84%
  • Rep. Dunn—84%
  • Rep. T. Rooney—81%

Florida’s other seventeen members received the following scores: Rutherford (76%), S. Buchanan (72%), Mast (63%), Diaz-Balart (63%), Curbelo (48%), Ros-Lehtinen (40%), Castor (8%), Lawson (8%),  Wasserman Schultz (5%), Deutch (4%), Crist (4%), Murphy (0%), F. Wilson (0%), Soto (0%), Demings (0%), Hastings (0%) and Frankel (0%). All of Florida’s democratic members qualified for ACUF’s “Coalition of the Radical Left” for receiving scores below 10%.

This year some of the key issues ACU Foundation scored include:

  • confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
  • repeal of Obamacare
  • passage of comprehensive tax reform
  • defunding of Planned Parenthood
  • repeal of Dodd-Frank
  • and key presidential nominations to cabinet positions.

ACUF is the sister organization of the American Conservative Union, the nation’s original conservative organization, and has for more than fifty years educated and activated the conservative movement through its ratings programs, policy centers and educational events such as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the nation.

CLICK HERE to view the 2017 Ratings online. CLICK HERE to visit our website.

For questions or media inquiries regarding ACUF ratings, email Luke Schneider, Public Affairs Coordinator for the American Conservative Union Foundation, at[email protected].

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