2001 - US Congressional Report Card for Texas:

 

The latest Congressional Report Card (or Liberty Index) is in.  The latest ranking is for the year 2001.  It usually takes over a year to get the full ranking, so this information is the latest available.  

 

2001  Session U.S. House Texas Member Ratings:

District | Name, Party

Pers% | Econ% | Comb% = Class

TX 03 |  Sam Johnson, Republican

p: 65 e: 85 c: 75 = Enterpriser

TX 05 |  Pete Sessions, Republican

p: 65 e: 75 c: 70 = Enterpriser

TX 06 |  Joe Barton, Republican

p: 74 e: 89 c: 82 = Libertarian * 

TX 07 |  John Culberson, Republican

p: 60 e: 95 c: 78 = Enterpriser

TX 08 |  Kevin Brady, Republican

p: 70 e: 85 c: 78 = Enterpriser

TX 12 |  Kay Granger, Republican

p: 55 e: 85 c: 70 = Enterpriser

TX 13 |  William Thornberry, Republican

p: 70 e: 85 c: 78 = Enterpriser

TX 14 |  Ron Paul, Republican

p: 82 e: 89 c: 86 = Libertarian *

TX 19 |  Larry Combest, Republican

p: 75 e: 80 c: 78 = Enterpriser

TX 21 |  Lamar Smith, Republican

p: 63 e: 84 c: 74 = Enterpriser

TX 22 |  Tom DeLay, Republican

p: 65 e: 90 c: 78 = Enterpriser

TX 23 |  Henry Bonilla, Republican

p: 65 e: 85 c: 75 = Enterpriser

TX 26 |  Richard Armey, Republican

p: 65 e:100 c: 82 = Libertarian *

 

 

TX 01 |  Max Sandlin, Democrat

p: 45 e: 25 c: 35 = Moderate (Statist)

TX 02 |  Jim Turner, Democrat

p: 45 e: 35 c: 40 = Moderate (Centrist)

TX 04 |  Ralph Hall, Democrat

p: 65 e: 49 c: 57 = Moderate (Centrist)

TX 09 |  Nick Lampson, Democrat

p: 35 e: 11 c: 23 = Authoritarian

TX 10 |  Lloyd Doggett, Democrat

p: 35 e: 25 c: 30 = Moderate (Statist)

TX 11 |  Chet Edwards, Democrat

p: 45 e: 39 c: 42 = Moderate (Centrist)

TX 15 |  Ruben Hinojosa, Democrat

p: 33 e: 30 c: 32 = Moderate (Statist)  

TX 16 |  Silvestre Reyes, Democrat

p: 32 e: 27 c: 30 = Moderate (Statist)  

TX 17 |  Charles Stenholm, Democrat

p: 50 e: 57 c: 54 = Enterpriser (Centrist)

TX 18 |  Sheila Jackson-Lee, Democrat

p: 40 e: 05 c: 22 = Authoritarian

TX 20 |  Henry Gonzalez, Democrat

p: 35 e: 21 c: 28 = Moderate (Statist)  

TX 24 |  Martin Frost, Democrat

p: 37 e: 20 c: 28 = Moderate (Statist)

TX 25 |  Kenneth Bentsen Jr., Democrat

p: 35 e: 35 c: 35 = Moderate (Statist)

TX 27 |  Solomon Ortiz, Democrat

p: 45 e: 35 c: 40 = Moderate (Centrist)

TX 28 |  Ciro Rodriguez, Democrat

p: 30 e: 20 c: 25 = Moderate (Statist)  

TX 29 |  Gene Green, Democrat

p: 30 e: 25 c: 28 = Moderate (Statist)

TX 30 |  Eddie Johnson, Democrat

p: 30 e: 20 c: 25 = Moderate (Statist)  

* Note: These congressman are "Ron Paul" Republicans.  The RLC of Texas uses a curve method to adjust the scores from the National RLC Liberty Index.

 

Definitions:

 

Note:
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). 


Professor Clifford F. Thies ( cthies@su.edu ) has compiled every Liberty Index for the past 12 years. The summary includes top scores and highlights of important votes. Thies is a Professor of Economics and Finance at Shenandoah University (Virginia) and a past Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus. 

Index ratings reflect the judgment of Professor Thies on each rollcall, not necessarily the official positions of the Republican Liberty Caucus.

 

To see the actual Roll Call votes that were used to score Congress visit the 2001 Liberty Index Rollcall Listing.  For more on congressional rankings, please visit the 2001 Liberty Index Overview.  


To see other years go to our US Congressional Report Cards for Texas page.

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