(Information courtesy of www.clubforgrowth.com)

Thanks to Congressman Jeff Flake’s 19 anti-pork amendments, we now have every House member on record regarding their positions on earmarks. Before now, House members have been able to avoid scrutiny because their pork was co-mingled with other projects and tucked into the dark corners of big spending bills. Or they were able to withstand the scrutiny because they were attacked as a whole chamber and not directly attacked themselves.

But because of Flake’s amendments, they were recently forced to cast up-or-down votes on specific projects. They could no longer deflect attention. Review the summary scorecard of how they voted. A “YES” vote on any of the Flake amendments is a good, anti-pork vote. A “NO” vote is a bad, pro-pork vote. Therefore a score of 19-for-19 is a perfect, pro-taxpayer record. A 0-for-19 record means hostility to taxpayers.

Here is a synopsis of how Louisiana Congressmen scored:

Bobby Jindal (R) 15 of 19 pro-taxpayer votes (This is the highest score among Louisiana’s Congressional Delegation. EVERY other Louisiana Congressman, Democrat and Republican alike, scored a ZERO.)
Baker (R) 0 of 19 Jefferson (D) 0 of 19 Melancon (D) 0 of 19 McCrery (R) 0 of 19 Alexander (R) 0 of 19 Boustany (R) 0 of 19