One year since first elected to Congress

One year ago the Republicans won a landslide election sending 12 new members to the U.S. Senate and sending 44 new members to the U.S. House. The 12 new senators put the Republicans in the majority in the U.S. Senate, and the 44 new Representatives gave the Republicans their largest majority in the U.S. House since the 1920’s.

It’s bittersweet to look at things presently and see that the Republican establishment in DC completely ignored the promises made in the campaigns. Their cowardly instincts were to surrender first to Obama and the Democrats, and then play fight to fool all those rube voters who elected them to think they were still fighting for them.

One good thing that happened is enough of these new members joined with many current members to get John Boehner to vacate as Speaker and his lieutenant, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to not run for Speaker. The establishment and media tried to paint a narrative of them as reckless rabble rousers bent on dethroning the speaker, a genial deal-maker willing to work across the aisle. This is a false narrative. This was actually a revolt of backbenchers who called for restoration of regular order instead of dictates from the Speaker’s office. This is nothing new. Over the years, there have been similar insurrections by junior members who simply want to be players.

The tables below are the Conservative Review Liberty Scores for these new Senators and Representatives. There are 25 who scored an F, and 31 who scored a passing grade. The score for the senators is based on 8 key votes, and the score for representatives is based on 9 key votes.

The 12 Senators Liberty Scores

The 44 Representatives Liberty Scores

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I am retired after 36 years of being a state of Indiana employee. I enjoy writing and reading conservative blogs.