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The Fourth Freedom Index for
the 112th Congress Has Just Been Published:
Hold Your Congressmen
Accountable for Their Votes
 In
order to preserve our freedom under the Constitution, We the People
must hold our elected representatives and senators in Congress
accountable for their votes on key issues. One good tool for doing
that is "The Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the
U.S. Constitution," which is published twice a year by The New
American magazine.
Each issue of the "Freedom Index"
scores all 435 representatives and all 100 senators on ten key votes
based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited
government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a
traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign
entanglements.
The fourth "Freedom Index" was published in
the October 22, 2012 issue of The New American. The scores
are derived by dividing a Congressman’s constitutional votes
(pluses) by the total number he cast (pluses and minuses) and
multiplying by 100. Therefore the constitutionally best score is a
100 percent and the worst score is 0 percent. The average House
score for this index (votes 31-40) is 47 percent, and the average
Senate score is 40 percent. Ten senators earned 100 percent scores;
three representatives did so in the House.
Please click here (or on the image above) to view the
current "Freedom Index" and look up your representative and senators
to see how well they scored. If you need to look up who your
senators and representative are based on your address, click here.
Next, we recommend that
you send an email to your representative and senators
and let them know whether you approve or disapprove of their
votes.
Of course, if one of your congressmen scores
a 100 percent, let him know you approve of his performance (assuming
you agree with the scoring, of course). However, a score of 90
percent or below means that they voted against the constitution one
or more times. Be sure you let them know in your email that you
disapprove of their incorrect votes, and ask them why they voted the
wrong way. We'll be sending the same message to all three of your
congressmen, so be sure to include a message to all three in your
email message. If you've looked up the score for all three, be sure
to mention each congressman by name with their corresponding score.
Nonetheless, we have written the message in a generic way, just in
case you don't have time to look up the individual scores.
Click here to purchase hard copies of this new
Freedom Index for distribution to others.
Thanks.
Your
Friends at The John Birch Society |
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