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January 19, 2012 815-394-1992
“Over the last several months, my freshman classmates and I have been fighting to shake things up in Washington and change the conversation from how much to spend to how much to cut.”
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger — Dec. 15, 2011
IF THE FRESHMEN ARE CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON SPENDING, REP. KINZINGER HASN’T BEEN LISTENING
Rep. Don Manzullo votes more often with freshmen conservatives
[WASHINGTON] – U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-11), who often touts the power of the conservative freshman class to “change the conversation” on spending in Washington, has actually opposed his classmates on many of the conservative votes they have taken to cut spending, a vote analysis shows.
Based on the 2011 legislative scorecard from Heritage for America (the political arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation), Kinzinger ranks #65 out of 85 GOP freshmen in the strength of his conservative rating. Rep. Don Manzullo (R-16), whom Kinzinger is challenging in the March primary, is ranked #14 in the same analysis and compares much more similarly to the strong, conservative freshmen that Kinzinger claims to be.
The Heritage rankings that give Manzullo a much higher conservative score than Kinzinger confirm a previous analysis of all 949 roll call votes last year that shows Kinzinger voted 79 more times to spend an additional $209 billion more than Manzullo in 2011. It also confirms why Manzullo was recently endorsed by the Illinois Conservatives, a group of 4,000 conservatives under age 35, and Illinois Family PAC, the largest conservative pro-family group in Illinois. Manzullo also received a higher conservative score than Kinzinger in the 2011 legislative scorecard released last week by Americans for Prosperity, the premier free market grassroots organization committed to smaller government and free enterprise.
See below for the entire list of the Freshman class, along with Rep. Manzullo, and their conservative vote ratings:
|
District |
Representative |
Heritage Score |
Conservative |
| South Carolina 3 | Jeff Duncan |
98 |
1 |
| Illinois 8 | Joe Walsh |
95 |
2 |
| South Carolina 4 | Trey Gowdy |
95 |
2 |
| Kansas 1 | Tim Huelskamp |
93 |
4 |
| South Carolina 5 | Mike Mulvaney |
93 |
4 |
| Michigan 3 | Justin Amash |
92 |
6 |
| Arizona 5 | David Schweikert |
91 |
7 |
| Florida 2 | Steve Southerland |
89 |
8 |
| Florida 12 | Dennis Ross |
88 |
9 |
| Louisiana 3 | Jeff Landry |
87 |
10 |
| Idaho 1 | Raul Labrador |
86 |
11 |
| Michigan 2 | Bill Huizenga |
86 |
11 |
| South Carolina 1 | Tim Scott |
86 |
11 |
| ILLINOIS 16 | DON MANZULLO |
83 |
14 |
| Kansas 4 | Mike Pompeo |
83 |
14 |
| Alabama 5 | Mo Brooks |
82 |
16 |
| Arizona 3 | Ben Quayle |
82 |
16 |
| Ohio 1 | Steve Chabot |
82 |
16 |
| Georgia 8 | Austin Scott |
81 |
19 |
| Maryland 1 | Andy Harris |
81 |
19 |
| Michigan 7 | Tim Walberg |
81 |
19 |
| New York 25 | Ann Marie Buerkle |
81 |
19 |
| Illinois 14 | Randy Hultgren |
80 |
23 |
| Indiana 4 | Todd Rokita |
80 |
23 |
| New Mexico 2 | Steve Pearce |
80 |
23 |
| Oklahoma 5 | James Lankford |
79 |
26 |
| Tennessee 3 | Chuck Fleischmann |
79 |
26 |
| Wisconsin 8 | Reid Ribble |
79 |
26 |
| Missouri 7 | Billy Long |
78 |
29 |
| Michigan 1 | Dan Benishek |
77 |
30 |
| Texas 17 | Bill Flores |
77 |
30 |
| Florida 24 | Sandy Adams |
76 |
32 |
| Georgia 7 | Rob Woodall |
76 |
32 |
| Tennessee 4 | Scott DesJarlais |
76 |
32 |
| Florida 5 | Rich Nugent |
75 |
35 |
| Florida 22 | Allen West |
75 |
35 |
| Indiana 9 | Todd Young |
75 |
35 |
| Kansas 3 | Kevin Yoder |
74 |
38 |
| Missouri 4 | Vicky Hartzler |
74 |
38 |
| New Hampshire 1 | Frank Guinta |
73 |
40 |
| Virginia 2 | Scott Rigell |
73 |
40 |
| Mississippi 1 | Alan Nunnelee |
72 |
42 |
| Tennessee 8 | Stephen Fincher |
72 |
42 |
| Arizona 1 | Paul Gosar |
70 |
44 |
| Florida 8 | Daniel Webster |
70 |
44 |
| Texas 23 | Quico Canseco |
70 |
44 |
| Colorado 3 | Scott Tipton |
69 |
47 |
| Indiana 8 | Larry Bucshon |
69 |
47 |
| Tennessee 6 | Diane Black |
69 |
47 |
| Texas 27 | Blake Farenthold |
69 |
47 |
| Virginia 5 | Robert Hurt |
69 |
47 |
| Colorado 4 | Cory Gardner |
68 |
52 |
| Arkansas 2 | Tim Griffin |
67 |
53 |
| California 19 | Jeff Denham |
67 |
53 |
| North Carolina 2 | Renee Ellmers |
66 |
55 |
| Alabama 2 | Martha Roby |
63 |
56 |
| Mississippi 4 | Steven Palazzo |
63 |
56 |
| Ohio 18 | Bob Gibbs |
63 |
56 |
| Washington 3 | Jamie Herrera Beutler |
63 |
56 |
| Minnesota 8 | Chip Cravaack |
62 |
60 |
| New York 19 | Nan Hayworth |
62 |
60 |
| Ohio 6 | Bill Johnson |
62 |
60 |
| Virginia 9 | Morgan Griffith |
62 |
60 |
| North Dakota AL | Rick Berg |
61 |
64 |
| South Dakota AL | Kristi Noem |
60 |
65 |
| ILLINOIS 11 | ADAM KINZINGER |
60 |
65 |
| Ohio 16 | Jim Renacci |
59 |
67 |
| Arkansas 1 | Rick Crawford |
58 |
68 |
| Arkansas 3 | Steve Womack |
58 |
68 |
| Pennsylvania 10 | Tom Marino |
58 |
68 |
| Wisconsin 7 | Sean Duffy |
57 |
71 |
| Nevada 3 | Joe Heck |
56 |
72 |
| Ohio 15 | Steve Stivers |
56 |
72 |
| Illinois 17 | Bobby Schilling |
55 |
74 |
| Pennsylvania 3 | Mike Kelly |
55 |
74 |
| New Hampshire | Charles Bass |
54 |
76 |
| Pennsylvania 11 | Lou Barletta |
54 |
76 |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Mike Fitzpatrick |
52 |
78 |
| Illinois 10 | Robert Dold |
49 |
79 |
| New York 20 | Chris Gibson |
49 |
79 |
| Pennsylvania 7 | Pat Meehan |
49 |
79 |
| Florida 25 | David Rivera |
47 |
82 |
| New Jersey 3 | Jon Runyan |
47 |
82 |
| New York 13 | Michael Grimm |
45 |
84 |
| New York 24 | Richard Hanna |
44 |
85 |
| West Virginia 1 | David McKinley |
42 |
86 |
