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2002 - US Congressional
Report Card for Texas:
Liberty Report Cards
2002
Session U.S. House Texas Member Ratings:
House 2002 Econ. Pers. Clas.
TX 01 Sandlin D 34 49 M
TX 02 Turner D 34 54 X
TX 03 Johnson, S. R 90 73 L*
TX 04 Hall D 59 69 E
TX 05 Sessions R 85 69 L*
TX 06 Barton R 84 59 E
TX 07 Culberson R 90 69 L*
TX 08 Brady R 90 79 L*
TX 09 Lampson D 26 44 M
TX 10 Doggett D 24 29 M
TX 11 Edwards D 34 57 X
TX 12 Granger R 74 59 E
TX 13 Thornberry R 85 73 L*
TX 14 Paul R 90 85 L*
TX 15 Hinojosa D 21 34 M
TX 16 Reyes D 17 46 M
TX 17 Stenholm D 49 49 M
TX 18 Jackson-Lee D 10 29 A
TX 19 Combest R 81 82 L*
TX 20 Gonzalez D 19 34 M
TX 21 Smith R 83 59 E
TX 22 DeLay R 89 64 L*
TX 23 Bonilla R 79 59 E
TX 24 Frost D 19 34 M
TX 25 Bentsen D 24 29 M
TX 26 Armey R 90 64 L*
TX 27 Ortiz D 16 47 M
TX 28 Rodriguez D 16 39 M
TX 29 Green D 5 34 A
TX 30 Johnson, E. D 15 34 A
Note:
Libertarian (L)
Enterpriser (E)
Moderate (M)
Liberal (X)
Conservative (C)
Authoritarian (A)
Economic Liberty
(Econ.)
Personal Liberty (Pers.)
* Note: These
congressmen are "Ron Paul" Republicans.
Definitions:
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Libertarians
- Fiscally conservative yet socially tolerant, libertarians favor lower
taxes, limited government and expanded personal liberty and
responsibility.
Enterprisers
- Free market conservatives who support economic freedom but are
inconsistent on civil liberties issues.
Conservatives
- Moderate free enterprisers who favor a large government role in
shaping society, particularly in social issues.
Liberals
- Favor strong government interference in economic affairs but are more laissez
faire on personal liberties issues.
Moderates
- Support moderate government intervention in economic and personal
affairs. Characterized by reliance on polls rather than principles.
Authoritarians
- Believe in a strong state apparatus intervening extensively in
economic and personal affairs. |
Note:
Pers%
- Personal freedom
Econ%
- Economic freedom
Comb%
- Combination of the two scores above.
Class
- Philosophical ranking of the Rep..
The
choices are Libertarian, Conservative, Liberal, Moderate, etc.. |
Information
on the Liberty Index:
The Liberty Index
is written by Professor Clifford F.
Thies. It rates members of Congress on their official roll call votes during each session of the House and Senate. For each Chamber, twenty votes on economic issues and twenty votes on personal liberty are selected to rank members for their support of individual liberties.
Rather than the traditional left-right political spectrum, the two types of votes are plotted on a two-dimensional
Graph, to indicate support for both personal and economic liberties. The resulting
Plot more accurately shows the political position of each member in both categories.
Each member of Congress has two percentage scores and a consolidated score, which indicates their standing in the totalitarian to libertarian axis (lower left to upper right).
The Roll Call Votes used to find Liberty Index scores:
This year’s Liberty Index, as past years’, is based on eighty roll call
votes, twenty in each of two areas (economic and personal liberties), in
each chamber of Congress. In the area of Economic Liberties, roll call votes
covered taxes, spending, energy policy, free trade and privatization. In the
area of Personal Liberties, roll call votes covered gun control, campaign
finance reform, drugs, and national sovereignty. The exact votes are
summarized below.
Selection of these votes involved input from several long-time,
well-respected members of the RLC, familiar with the construction of the
Liberty Index. As always, identification of a set of votes broadly
representative of economic freedom was not much of a problem. And, as
always, identification of a parallel set of votes concerning personal
liberties posed some challenges. -- Clifford F. Thies
LIST
OF ROLL CALL VOTES
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