Unlike other organization ratings, ACU selects 25 roll call votes on a wide variety of interests to conservatives, be they economic, social, or issues of national defense and foreign policy.
Each year since 1971, the American Conservative Union has published an annual “Rating of Congress.” The ratings are designed to show how members voted on all the major issues in order to gauge their adherence to conservative principles.
The American Conservative Union is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots conservative lobbying organization. ACU’s purpose is to communicate and advance the goals and principles of conservatism. Whether fighting for lower taxes and less government spending, supporting our military, or defending freedom, the American Conservative Union seeks to be the conservative voice in Washington.
“As a Congressman I am pleased to receive a rating of ‘100.’ I take very seriously my promise to hold firm to the conservative values that the voters sent me to Washington to defend. Voting matters and I will continue the conservative voting record that the people of the district can count on.”