The Club For Growth's RePORK Card

Admitting to the fact that Club for Growth has a political agenda, the RePORK card doesn't hold very good news for most Congressmen or the American taxpayer:

The Club for Growth has compiled a RePORK Card of all members' votes on all 50 anti-pork amendments (see below). 'Taxpayers have a right to know which congressmen stand up for them and which stand up for the special interests,' said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. 'Unfortunately, the Club for Growth RePORK Card shows that most congressmen care more about lining their buddies' pockets than they care about protecting American taxpayers.' Some interesting numbers to consider:

• Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork amendments. They are all Republicans.
• The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.
• The average score for appropriators was 4%. The average score for non-appropriators was 25%.
• Kudos to Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who scored an admirable 98%-the only Democrat to score above 20%.
• Rep. David Obey (D-WI) did not vote for his own amendment to strike all earmarks in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Rep. Obey scored an embarrassing 0% overall.
• 105 congressmen scored an embarrassing 0%, voting against every single amendment. The Pork Hall of Shame includes 81 Democrats and 24 Republicans.
• The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.

Here is the list of zero percenters (Appropriations Committee members in Bold):
Abercrombie (D-HI-1)
Aderholt (R-AL-4)
Alexander, R. (R-LA-5)
Altmire (D-PA-4)
Andrews (D-NJ-1)
Arcuri (D-NY-24)
Baca (D-CA-43)
Baker (R-LA-6)
Baldwin (D-WI-2)
Becerra (D-CA-31)
Bishop, T. (D-NY-1)
Boucher (D-VA-9)
Boustany (R-LA-7)
Boyda, N. (D-KS-2)
Butterfield (D-NC-1)
Calvert (R-CA-44)
Capito (R-WV-2)
Capuano (D-MA-8)
Carson (D-IN-7)
Conyers (D-MI-14)
Costello (D-IL-12)
Cramer (D-AL-5)
DeLauro (D-CT-3)
Diaz-Balart, L. (R-FL-21)
Donnelly (D-IN-2)
Edwards (D-TX-17)
Ellsworth (D-IN-8)
Emerson (R-MO-8)
Etheridge (D-NC-2)
Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11)
Gilchrest (R-MD-1)
Gonzalez (D-TX-20)
Green, G. (D-TX-29)
Grijalva (D-AZ-7)
Hall, J. (D-NY-19)
Hastings, A. (D-FL-23)
Hinchey (D-NY-22)
Hinojosa (D-TX-15)
Hirono (D-HI-2)
Hodes (D-NH-2)
Holt (D-NJ-12)
Inslee (D-WA-1)
Israel (D-NY-2)
Jackson, J. (D-IL-2)
Kagen (D-WI-8)
Kaptur (D-OH-9)
Kennedy, P. (D-RI-1)
Kildee (D-MI-5)
Knollenberg (R-MI-9)
Kucinich (D-OH-10)
Kuhl (R-NY-29)
LaHood (R-IL-18)
Lampson (D-TX-22)
Levin, S. (D-MI-12)
Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41)
Lipinski (D-IL-3)
McCollum (D-MN-4)
McIntyre (D-NC-7)
McNulty (D-NY-21)
Michaud (D-ME-2)
Mollohan (D-WV-1)
Murphy, C. (D-CT-5)
Murphy, T. (R-PA-18)
Murtha (D-PA-12)
Napolitano (D-CA-38)
Obey (D-WI-7)
Olver (D-MA-1)
Ortiz (D-TX-27)
Pallone (D-NJ-6)
Pascrell (D-NJ-8)
Pastor (D-AZ-4)
Payne (D-NJ-10)
Peterson, C. (D-MN-7)
Peterson, J. (R-PA-5)
Price, D. (D-NC-4)
Rangel (D-NY-15)
Regula (R-OH-16)
Rehberg (R-MT-AL )
Renzi (R-AZ-1)
Reyes (D-TX-16)
Rogers, H. (R-KY-5)
Rogers, Mike D. (R-AL-3)
Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-18)
Roybal-Allard (D-CA-34)
Ruppersberger (D-MD-2)
Ryan, T. (D-OH-17)
Sarbanes (D-MD-3)
Serrano (D-NY-16)
Sherman (D-CA-27)
Shuler (D-NC-11)
Snyder (D-AR-2)
Thompson, B. (D-MS-2)
Tiahrt (R-KS-4)
Towns (D-NY-10)
Udall, T. (D-NM-3)
Van Hollen (D-MD-8)
Velazquez (D-NY-12)
Visclosky (D-IN-1)
Walsh (R-NY-25)
Walz (D-MN-1)
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL-20)
Watson (D-CA-33)
Watt (D-NC-12)
Welch (D-VT-AL )
Wilson, C. (D-OH-6)

It is the Appropriators that set the standard and when both the Chairman and the Ranking Members don't take to heart the need for fiscal restraint and reducing pork, do we really expect everyone else in Congress to do so?