Grading House members according to their votes on 50 amendments offered to strike down various pieces of earmarks and pork, the Club For Growth has released a 2007 Congressional RePORK Card.

Some interesting numbers to consider:

* Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork amendments. They are all Republicans.

* The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.

* The average score for appropriators was 4%. The average score for non-appropriators was 25%.

* Kudos to Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who scored an admirable 98%-the only Democrat to score above 20%.

* Rep. David Obey (D-WI) did not vote for his own amendment to strike all earmarks in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Rep. Obey scored an embarrassing 0% overall.

* 105 congressmen scored an embarrassing 0%, voting against every single amendment. The Pork Hall of Shame includes 81 Democrats and 24 Republicans.

* The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.

Check the list to see how your Congressman did. Andrew Roth also provided a nice breakdown of the average scores by caucus. Note the significant difference between the conservative Republican Study Committee and the “moderate” Republican Main Street Partnership (which includes John McCain in its membership). This is the same Republican Main Street Partnership that moronically tried to blame the loss of the House to Democrats on conservatives, rather than on themselves where it properly belonged. Unfortunately, they haven’t learned their lesson.

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