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"The Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution" rates congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements. The percentages below are cumulative scores based on key votes from 1999 to the first part of 2017. Click on a senator's or representative's name to get a detailed breakdown of his or her voting record.

Current Members of the 115th Congress


Alabama

Sen. Luther Strange - 57%
Sen. Richard Shelby - 65%
Dist.1: Bradley Byrne - 58%
Dist.2: Martha Roby - 56%
Dist.3: Mike Rogers - 55%
Dist.4: Robert Aderholt - 57%
Dist.5: Mo Brooks - 74%
Dist.6: Gary Palmer - 73%
Dist.7: Terri Sewell - 13%

Alaska

Sen. Lisa Murkowski - 48%
Sen. Dan Sullivan - 62%
Dist.: Don Young - 57%

Arizona

Sen. Jeff Flake - 79%
Sen. John McCain - 62%
Dist.1: Tom O'Halleran - 10%
Dist.2: Martha McSally - 52%
Dist.3: Raul Grijalva - 31%
Dist.4: Paul Gosar - 77%
Dist.5: Andy Biggs - 80%
Dist.6: David Schweikert - 78%
Dist.7: Ruben Gallego - 16%
Dist.8: Trent Franks - 73%
Dist.9: Kyrsten Sinema - 17%

Arkansas

Sen. Tom Cotton - 64%
Sen. John Boozman - 57%
Dist.1: Eric Crawford - 59%
Dist.2: French Hill - 56%
Dist.3: Steve Womack - 53%
Dist.4: Bruce Westerman - 62%

California

Sen. Kamala Harris - 10%
Sen. Dianne Feinstein - 11%
Dist.1: Doug LaMalfa - 63%
Dist.2: Jared Huffman - 26%
Dist.3: John Garamendi - 18%
Dist.4: Tom McClintock - 85%
Dist.5: Mike Thompson - 19%
Dist.6: Doris Matsui - 20%
Dist.7: Ami Bera - 7%
Dist.8: Paul Cook - 55%
Dist.9: Jerry McNerney - 17%
Dist.10: Jeff Denham - 54%
Dist.11: Mark DeSaulnier - 20%
Dist.12: Nancy Pelosi - 17%
Dist.13: Barbara Lee - 29%
Dist.14: Jackie Speier - 23%
Dist.15: Eric Swalwell - 23%
Dist.16: Jim Costa - 18%
Dist.17: Ro Khanna - 10%
Dist.18: Anna Eshoo - 20%
Dist.19: Zoe Lofgren - 24%
Dist.20: Jimmy Panetta - 10%
Dist.21: David Valadao - 44%
Dist.22: Devin Nunes - 53%
Dist.23: Kevin McCarthy - 61%
Dist.24: Salud Carbajal - 10%
Dist.25: Steve Knight - 60%
Dist.26: Julia Brownley - 11%
Dist.27: Judy Chu - 24%
Dist.28: Adam Schiff - 18%
Dist.29: Tony Cardenas - 26%
Dist.30: Brad Sherman - 19%
Dist.31: Pete Aguilar - 8%
Dist.32: Grace Napolitano - 23%
Dist.33: Ted Lieu - 30%
Dist.34: Jimmy Gomez - N/A
Dist.35: Norma Torres - 12%
Dist.36: Raul Ruiz - 16%
Dist.37: Karen Bass - 25%
Dist.38: Linda Sanchez - 25%
Dist.39: Edward Royce - 70%
Dist.40: Lucille Roybal-Allard - 20%
Dist.41: Mark Takano - 30%
Dist.42: Ken Calvert - 51%
Dist.43: Maxine Waters - 27%
Dist.44: Nanette Barragán - 20%
Dist.45: Mimi Walters - 51%
Dist.46: J. Correa - 30%
Dist.47: Alan Lowenthal - 24%
Dist.48: Dana Rohrabacher - 77%
Dist.49: Darrell Issa - 53%
Dist.50: Duncan Hunter - 70%
Dist.51: Juan Vargas - 20%
Dist.52: Scott Peters - 8%
Dist.53: Susan Davis - 15%

Colorado

Sen. Michael Bennet - 8%
Sen. Cory Gardner - 64%
Dist.1: Diana DeGette - 20%
Dist.2: Jared Polis - 24%
Dist.3: Scott Tipton - 68%
Dist.4: Ken Buck - 75%
Dist.5: Doug Lamborn - 74%
Dist.6: Mike Coffman - 67%
Dist.7: Ed Perlmutter - 16%

Connecticut

Sen. Christopher Murphy - 13%
Sen. Richard Blumenthal - 11%
Dist.1: John Larson - 21%
Dist.2: Joe Courtney - 19%
Dist.3: Rosa DeLauro - 20%
Dist.4: James Himes - 11%
Dist.5: Elizabeth Esty - 22%

Delaware

Sen. Chris Coons - 8%
Sen. Thomas Carper - 13%
Dist.: Lisa Blunt Rochester - 10%

Florida

Sen. Marco Rubio - 74%
Sen. Bill Nelson - 12%
Dist.1: Matt Gaetz - 80%
Dist.2: Neal Dunn - 60%
Dist.3: Ted Yoho - 75%
Dist.4: John Rutherford - 60%
Dist.5: Al Lawson - 10%
Dist.6: Ron DeSantis - 73%
Dist.7: Stephanie Murphy - 10%
Dist.8: Bill Posey - 85%
Dist.9: Darren Soto - 10%
Dist.10: Val Demings - 10%
Dist.11: Daniel Webster - 65%
Dist.12: Gus Bilirakis - 60%
Dist.13: Charlie Crist - 10%
Dist.14: Kathy Castor - 15%
Dist.15: Dennis Ross - 67%
Dist.16: Vern Buchanan - 57%
Dist.17: Thomas Rooney - 68%
Dist.18: Brian Mast - 60%
Dist.19: Francis Rooney - 70%
Dist.20: Alcee Hastings - 23%
Dist.21: Lois Frankel - 19%
Dist.22: Theodore Deutch - 17%
Dist.23: Debbie Wasserman Schultz - 14%
Dist.24: Frederica Wilson - 21%
Dist.25: Mario Diaz-Balart - 46%
Dist.26: Carlos Curbelo - 35%
Dist.27: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - 41%

Georgia

Sen. David Perdue - 64%
Sen. John Isakson - 54%
Dist.1: Buddy Carter - 57%
Dist.2: Sanford Bishop - 28%
Dist.3: A. Ferguson - 70%
Dist.4: Henry Johnson - 18%
Dist.5: John Lewis - 26%
Dist.6: Karen Handel - N/A
Dist.7: Rob Woodall - 65%
Dist.8: Austin Scott - 66%
Dist.9: Doug Collins - 64%
Dist.10: Jody Hice - 68%
Dist.11: Barry Loudermilk - 66%
Dist.12: Rick Allen - 60%
Dist.13: David Scott - 20%
Dist.14: Tom Graves - 71%

Hawaii

Sen. Brian Schatz - 9%
Sen. Mazie Hirono - 12%
Dist.1: Colleen Hanabusa - 21%
Dist.2: Tulsi Gabbard - 28%

Idaho

Sen. James Risch - 80%
Sen. Michael Crapo - 68%
Dist.1: Raul Labrador - 89%
Dist.2: Michael Simpson - 54%

Illinois

Sen. Richard Durbin - 11%
Sen. Tammy Duckworth - 12%
Dist.1: Bobby Rush - 23%
Dist.2: Robin Kelly - 23%
Dist.3: Daniel Lipinski - 20%
Dist.4: Luis Gutierrez - 23%
Dist.5: Mike Quigley - 14%
Dist.6: Peter Roskam - 63%
Dist.7: Danny Davis - 25%
Dist.8: Raja Krishnamoorthi - 10%
Dist.9: Janice Schakowsky - 24%
Dist.10: Bradley Schneider - 14%
Dist.11: Bill Foster - 14%
Dist.12: Mike Bost - 53%
Dist.13: Rodney Davis - 55%
Dist.14: Randy Hultgren - 66%
Dist.15: John Shimkus - 53%
Dist.16: Adam Kinzinger - 53%
Dist.17: Cheri Bustos - 13%
Dist.18: Darin LaHood - 61%

Indiana

Sen. Joe Donnelly - 22%
Sen. Todd Young - 58%
Dist.1: Peter Visclosky - 27%
Dist.2: Jackie Walorski - 55%
Dist.3: Jim Banks - 70%
Dist.4: Todd Rokita - 65%
Dist.5: Susan Brooks - 51%
Dist.6: Luke Messer - 58%
Dist.7: André Carson - 17%
Dist.8: Larry Bucshon - 59%
Dist.9: Trey Hollingsworth - 70%

Iowa

Sen. Charles Grassley - 62%
Sen. Joni Ernst - 57%
Dist.1: Rod Blum - 72%
Dist.2: David Loebsack - 20%
Dist.3: David Young - 56%
Dist.4: Steve King - 65%

Kansas

Sen. Jerry Moran - 64%
Sen. Pat Roberts - 61%
Dist.1: Roger Marshall - 70%
Dist.2: Lynn Jenkins - 69%
Dist.3: Kevin Yoder - 65%
Dist.4: Ron Estes - N/A

Kentucky

Sen. Mitch McConnell - 60%
Sen. Rand Paul - 93%
Dist.1: James Comer - 50%
Dist.2: Brett Guthrie - 63%
Dist.3: John Yarmuth - 21%
Dist.4: Thomas Massie - 98%
Dist.5: Harold Rogers - 52%
Dist.6: Garland Barr - 55%

Louisiana

Sen. John Kennedy - 70%
Sen. Bill Cassidy - 64%
Dist.1: Steve Scalise - 68%
Dist.2: Cedric Richmond - 22%
Dist.3: Clay Higgins - 66%
Dist.4: Mike Johnson - 70%
Dist.5: Ralph Abraham - 62%
Dist.6: Garret Graves - 66%

Maine

Sen. Susan Collins - 39%
Sen. Angus King - 13%
Dist.1: Chellie Pingree - 28%
Dist.2: Bruce Poliquin - 51%

Maryland

Sen. Benjamin Cardin - 15%
Sen. Chris Van Hollen - 19%
Dist.1: Andy Harris - 75%
Dist.2: C. Ruppersberger - 15%
Dist.3: John Sarbanes - 19%
Dist.4: Anthony Brown - 11%
Dist.5: Steny Hoyer - 15%
Dist.6: John Delaney - 11%
Dist.7: Elijah Cummings - 21%
Dist.8: Jamie Raskin - 10%

Massachusetts

Sen. Edward Markey - 21%
Sen. Elizabeth Warren - 12%
Dist.1: Richard Neal - 20%
Dist.2: James McGovern - 25%
Dist.3: Niki Tsongas - 20%
Dist.4: Joseph Kennedy - 22%
Dist.5: Katherine Clark - 27%
Dist.6: Seth Moulton - 10%
Dist.7: Michael Capuano - 28%
Dist.8: Stephen Lynch - 23%
Dist.9: William Keating - 21%

Michigan

Sen. Gary Peters - 14%
Sen. Debbie Stabenow - 16%
Dist.1: Jack Bergman - 60%
Dist.2: Bill Huizenga - 66%
Dist.3: Justin Amash - 94%
Dist.4: John Moolenaar - 54%
Dist.5: Daniel Kildee - 22%
Dist.6: Fred Upton - 48%
Dist.7: Tim Walberg - 64%
Dist.8: Mike Bishop - 57%
Dist.9: Sander Levin - 16%
Dist.10: Paul Mitchell - 60%
Dist.11: Dave Trott - 55%
Dist.12: Debbie Dingell - 12%
Dist.13: John Conyers - 28%
Dist.14: Brenda Lawrence - 18%

Minnesota

Sen. Al Franken - 9%
Sen. Amy Klobuchar - 8%
Dist.1: Timothy Walz - 19%
Dist.2: Jason Lewis - 70%
Dist.3: Erik Paulsen - 62%
Dist.4: Betty McCollum - 21%
Dist.5: Keith Ellison - 25%
Dist.6: Tom Emmer - 64%
Dist.7: Collin Peterson - 47%
Dist.8: Richard Nolan - 28%

Mississippi

Sen. Roger Wicker - 53%
Sen. Thad Cochran - 53%
Dist.1: Trent Kelly - 60%
Dist.2: Bennie Thompson - 26%
Dist.3: Gregg Harper - 60%
Dist.4: Steven Palazzo - 61%

Missouri

Sen. Claire McCaskill - 16%
Sen. Roy Blunt - 55%
Dist.1: Wm. Clay - 23%
Dist.2: Ann Wagner - 57%
Dist.3: Blaine Luetkemeyer - 62%
Dist.4: Vicky Hartzler - 56%
Dist.5: Emanuel Cleaver - 22%
Dist.6: Sam Graves - 55%
Dist.7: Billy Long - 59%
Dist.8: Jason Smith - 65%

Montana

Sen. Steve Daines - 65%
Sen. Jon Tester - 22%
Dist.: Greg Gianforte - N/A

Nebraska

Sen. Benjamin Sasse - 75%
Sen. Deb Fischer - 66%
Dist.1: Jeff Fortenberry - 56%
Dist.2: Don Bacon - 60%
Dist.3: Adrian Smith - 66%

Nevada

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto - 10%
Sen. Dean Heller - 70%
Dist.1: Dina Titus - 17%
Dist.2: Mark Amodei - 59%
Dist.3: Jacky Rosen - 10%
Dist.4: Ruben Kihuen - 10%

New Hampshire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen - 7%
Sen. Margaret Hassan - 10%
Dist.1: Carol Shea-Porter - 19%
Dist.2: Ann Kuster - 18%

New Jersey

Sen. Cory Booker - 12%
Sen. Robert Menendez - 17%
Dist.1: Donald Norcross - 11%
Dist.2: Frank LoBiondo - 44%
Dist.3: Tom MacArthur - 54%
Dist.4: Christopher Smith - 45%
Dist.5: Josh Gottheimer - 10%
Dist.6: Frank Pallone - 25%
Dist.7: Leonard Lance - 58%
Dist.8: Albio Sires - 14%
Dist.9: Bill Pascrell - 23%
Dist.10: Donald Payne - 22%
Dist.11: Rodney Frelinghuysen - 41%
Dist.12: Bonnie Watson Coleman - 26%

New Mexico

Sen. Martin Heinrich - 11%
Sen. Tom Udall - 19%
Dist.1: Michelle Lujan Grisham - 16%
Dist.2: Stevan Pearce - 57%
Dist.3: Ben Lujan - 18%

New York

Sen. Charles Schumer - 13%
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - 12%
Dist.1: Lee Zeldin - 60%
Dist.2: Peter King - 45%
Dist.3: Thomas Suozzi - 10%
Dist.4: Kathleen Rice - 8%
Dist.5: Gregory Meeks - 19%
Dist.6: Grace Meng - 22%
Dist.7: Nydia Velázquez - 26%
Dist.8: Hakeem Jeffries - 26%
Dist.9: Yvette Clarke - 25%
Dist.10: Jerrold Nadler - 24%
Dist.11: Daniel Donovan - 51%
Dist.12: Carolyn Maloney - 21%
Dist.13: Adriano Espaillat - 20%
Dist.14: Joseph Crowley - 20%
Dist.15: José Serrano - 24%
Dist.16: Eliot Engel - 18%
Dist.17: Nita Lowey - 15%
Dist.18: Sean Maloney - 17%
Dist.19: John Faso - 50%
Dist.20: Paul Tonko - 23%
Dist.21: Elise Stefanik - 46%
Dist.22: Claudia Tenney - 60%
Dist.23: Tom Reed - 57%
Dist.24: John Katko - 55%
Dist.25: Louise Slaughter - 20%
Dist.26: Brian Higgins - 17%
Dist.27: Chris Collins - 53%

North Carolina

Sen. Richard Burr - 57%
Sen. Thom Tillis - 56%
Dist.1: George Butterfield - 16%
Dist.2: George Holding - 66%
Dist.3: Walter Jones - 80%
Dist.4: David Price - 18%
Dist.5: Virginia Foxx - 68%
Dist.6: Bradley Walker - 67%
Dist.7: David Rouzer - 62%
Dist.8: Richard Hudson - 62%
Dist.9: Robert Pittenger - 56%
Dist.10: Patrick McHenry - 67%
Dist.11: Mark Meadows - 72%
Dist.12: Alma Adams - 15%
Dist.13: Ted Budd - 70%

North Dakota

Sen. John Hoeven - 54%
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp - 20%
Dist.: Kevin Cramer - 51%

Ohio

Sen. Robert Portman - 51%
Sen. Sherrod Brown - 21%
Dist.1: Steve Chabot - 64%
Dist.2: Brad Wenstrup - 62%
Dist.3: Joyce Beatty - 16%
Dist.4: Jim Jordan - 79%
Dist.5: Robert Latta - 68%
Dist.6: Bill Johnson - 58%
Dist.7: Bob Gibbs - 62%
Dist.8: Warren Davidson - 65%
Dist.9: Marcy Kaptur - 29%
Dist.10: Michael Turner - 48%
Dist.11: Marcia Fudge - 21%
Dist.12: Patrick Tiberi - 52%
Dist.13: Tim Ryan - 25%
Dist.14: David Joyce - 53%
Dist.15: Steve Stivers - 53%
Dist.16: James Renacci - 59%

Oklahoma

Sen. James Lankford - 66%
Sen. James Inhofe - 71%
Dist.1: Jim Bridenstine - 80%
Dist.2: Markwayne Mullin - 63%
Dist.3: Frank Lucas - 58%
Dist.4: Tom Cole - 52%
Dist.5: Steve Russell - 61%

Oregon

Sen. Ron Wyden - 16%
Sen. Jeff Merkley - 14%
Dist.1: Suzanne Bonamici - 21%
Dist.2: Greg Walden - 48%
Dist.3: Earl Blumenauer - 22%
Dist.4: Peter DeFazio - 31%
Dist.5: Kurt Schrader - 23%

Pennsylvania

Sen. Patrick Toomey - 66%
Sen. Robert Casey - 10%
Dist.1: Robert Brady - 21%
Dist.2: Dwight Evans - 8%
Dist.3: Mike Kelly - 55%
Dist.4: Scott Perry - 71%
Dist.5: Glenn Thompson - 61%
Dist.6: Ryan Costello - 50%
Dist.7: Patrick Meehan - 52%
Dist.8: Brian Fitzpatrick - 50%
Dist.9: Bill Shuster - 55%
Dist.10: Tom Marino - 54%
Dist.11: Lou Barletta - 56%
Dist.12: Keith Rothfus - 70%
Dist.13: Brendan Boyle - 14%
Dist.14: Michael Doyle - 29%
Dist.15: Charles Dent - 46%
Dist.16: Lloyd Smucker - 60%
Dist.17: Matthew Cartwright - 28%
Dist.18: Tim Murphy - 49%

Rhode Island

Sen. John Reed - 14%
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - 11%
Dist.1: David Cicilline - 26%
Dist.2: James Langevin - 19%

South Carolina

Sen. Tim Scott - 75%
Sen. Lindsey Graham - 60%
Dist.1: Marshall Sanford - 83%
Dist.2: Joe Wilson - 58%
Dist.3: Jeff Duncan - 81%
Dist.4: Trey Gowdy - 74%
Dist.5: Ralph Norman - N/A
Dist.6: James Clyburn - 20%
Dist.7: Tom Rice - 63%

South Dakota

Sen. John Thune - 58%
Sen. Mike Rounds - 53%
Dist.: Kristi Noem - 62%

Tennessee

Sen. Lamar Alexander - 51%
Sen. Bob Corker - 64%
Dist.1: David Roe - 69%
Dist.2: John Duncan - 82%
Dist.3: Charles Fleischmann - 62%
Dist.4: Scott DesJarlais - 78%
Dist.5: Jim Cooper - 20%
Dist.6: Diane Black - 63%
Dist.7: Marsha Blackburn - 63%
Dist.8: David Kustoff - 70%
Dist.9: Steve Cohen - 22%

Texas

Sen. Ted Cruz - 82%
Sen. John Cornyn - 66%
Dist.1: Louie Gohmert - 77%
Dist.2: Ted Poe - 70%
Dist.3: Sam Johnson - 66%
Dist.4: John Ratcliffe - 73%
Dist.5: Jeb Hensarling - 65%
Dist.6: Joe Barton - 60%
Dist.7: John Culberson - 63%
Dist.8: Kevin Brady - 56%
Dist.9: Al Green - 23%
Dist.10: Michael McCaul - 59%
Dist.11: K. Conaway - 60%
Dist.12: Kay Granger - 52%
Dist.13: Mac Thornberry - 54%
Dist.14: Randy Weber - 71%
Dist.15: Vicente Gonzalez - 30%
Dist.16: Beto O'Rourke - 24%
Dist.17: Bill Flores - 63%
Dist.18: Sheila Jackson-Lee - 24%
Dist.19: Jodey Arrington - 70%
Dist.20: Joaquin Castro - 24%
Dist.21: Lamar Smith - 55%
Dist.22: Pete Olson - 68%
Dist.23: Will Hurd - 57%
Dist.24: Kenny Marchant - 66%
Dist.25: Roger Williams - 68%
Dist.26: Michael Burgess - 69%
Dist.27: Blake Farenthold - 70%
Dist.28: Henry Cuellar - 23%
Dist.29: Gene Green - 27%
Dist.30: Eddie Johnson - 18%
Dist.31: John Carter - 56%
Dist.32: Pete Sessions - 60%
Dist.33: Marc Veasey - 21%
Dist.34: Filemon Vela - 22%
Dist.35: Lloyd Doggett - 25%
Dist.36: Brian Babin - 65%

Utah

Sen. Mike Lee - 92%
Sen. Orrin Hatch - 56%
Dist.1: Rob Bishop - 66%
Dist.2: Chris Stewart - 61%
Dist.4: Mia Love - 68%

Vermont

Sen. Patrick Leahy - 15%
Sen. Bernard Sanders - 27%
Dist.: Peter Welch - 26%

Virginia

Sen. Mark Warner - 10%
Sen. Timothy Kaine - 4%
Dist.1: Robert Wittman - 64%
Dist.2: Scott Taylor - 55%
Dist.3: Robert Scott - 23%
Dist.4: A. McEachin - 10%
Dist.5: Thomas Garrett - 80%
Dist.6: Bob Goodlatte - 60%
Dist.7: David Brat - 82%
Dist.8: Donald Beyer - 14%
Dist.9: H. Griffith - 76%
Dist.10: Barbara Comstock - 51%
Dist.11: Gerald Connolly - 15%

Washington

Sen. Maria Cantwell - 12%
Sen. Patty Murray - 11%
Dist.1: Suzan DelBene - 18%
Dist.2: Rick Larsen - 17%
Dist.3: Jaime Herrera Beutler - 63%
Dist.4: Dan Newhouse - 57%
Dist.5: Cathy McMorris Rodgers - 61%
Dist.6: Derek Kilmer - 17%
Dist.7: Pramila Jayapal - 10%
Dist.8: David Reichert - 40%
Dist.9: Adam Smith - 20%
Dist.10: Denny Heck - 16%

West Virginia

Sen. Shelley Capito - 47%
Sen. Joe Manchin - 33%
Dist.1: David McKinley - 62%
Dist.2: Alex Mooney - 72%
Dist.3: Evan Jenkins - 60%

Wisconsin

Sen. Ron Johnson - 70%
Sen. Tammy Baldwin - 24%
Dist.1: Paul Ryan - 58%
Dist.2: Mark Pocan - 34%
Dist.3: Ron Kind - 22%
Dist.4: Gwen Moore - 25%
Dist.5: F. Sensenbrenner - 76%
Dist.6: Glenn Grothman - 64%
Dist.7: Sean Duffy - 63%
Dist.8: Mike Gallagher - 70%

Wyoming

Sen. Michael Enzi - 69%
Sen. John Barrasso - 72%
Dist.: Liz Cheney - 70%