Cross Posted from LLPH: http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/most-of-the-house-gop-committee-chairmen-are-pathetic-primaryhim-in-2014-tcot/
Yesterday, LLPH released our scorecard for the 113th Congress 1st Session January-June 2013. We will be doing another scorecard for July-December 2013, but this first official scorecard provided a glimpse at the way members are performing.
While we did score issues that some conservatives may disagree on, such as cuts to national defense, it was absolutely possible to receive a passing score without cutting a penny from any national defense program (just ask Rep. Bridenstine (R-OK 1) who scored an excellent 80% on our scorecard)!
You can see our scorecards here (look for the bolded one): http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/llph-scorecards/
This analysis is concerning the GOP chairmen, who for the most part, failed in our scorecard. The only passing chairmen were Chairmen Hensarling, Royce, and Goodlatte. See below:
|
Committee |
Chairman |
Score |
|
Agriculture |
Frank Lucas (OK-3) |
19%: F- |
|
Appropriations |
Hal Rogers (KY-5) |
28%: F- |
|
Armed Services |
Buck McKeon (CA-25) |
27%: F- |
|
Education and Workforce |
John Kline (MN-2) |
47%: F |
|
Energy and Commerce |
Fred Upton (MI-6) |
42%: F |
|
Ethics |
Mike Conaway (TX-11) |
39%: F |
|
Budget |
Paul Ryan (WI-1) |
56%: F |
|
Financial Services |
Jeb Hensarling (TX 5) |
64%: D |
|
Foreign Affairs |
Ed Royce (CA 39) |
62%: D |
|
Homeland Security |
Michael McCaul (TX 10) |
52%: F |
|
House Administration |
Candice Miller (MI 10) |
44%: F |
|
Judiciary |
Bob Goodlatte (VA 6) |
63%: D |
|
Natural Resources |
Doc Hastings (WA 4) |
39%: F |
|
Oversight and Government Reform |
Darrell Issa (CA 49) |
47%: F |
|
Rules |
Pete Sessions (TX 32) |
44%: F |
|
Science, Space, and Technology |
Lamar Smith (TX 21) |
48%: F |
|
Small Business |
Sam Graves (MO 6) |
38%: F |
|
Transportation and Infrastructure |
Bill Shuster (PA 9) |
50%: F |
|
Veterans Affairs |
Jeff Miller (FL 1) |
52%: F |
|
Ways and Means |
Dave Camp (MI 4) |
42%: F |
|
Special Intelligence Committee |
Mike Rogers (MI 8) |
42%: F |
In 2014, conservatives must make it our mission to fire most of these chairmen so that new and more conservative members can take their positions. It should be noted that chairmen like Issa and Ryan have been doing more than their scores would show, and they should be kept even though their scores are quite low. But 2014 is the year we must primary the RINOs! It is time to clean house!
