National Taxpayers Union Rates Congressman Wolf C-
April 30 , 2008
Contact: Brad Jansen
703-470-9893
vern@mckinleyforcongress.com
Congressman Wolf of the 10th Congressional District of Virginia received a C-, or 44 on a scale of 100, on the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) 2007 annual rating for members of Congress which was released earlier this month. The NTU rating is the most broad-based assessment of member voting records on fiscal and regulatory issues as the index assimilates 427 recorded votes in the House.
Congressman Wolf’s rating has seen a steady decline since it reached a peak of 80 in 1995 in the aftermath of the Contract with America and the Republican takeover of Congress and is now at its lowest point since the rating was created in 1992. Of the eight Republicans representing Virginia in the House, Congressman Wolf was dead last by far. Representative Cantor led the group with an A rating of 87. After being summarily defeated and losing their majority in the 2006 elections, Republican members improved their NTU rating from 60 in 2006 to 69 in 2007.
Vern McKinley is the Republican challenger to Congressman Wolf in the 10th Congressional District, which stretches from McLean to Winchester. “When you have an independent body review over 400 votes to come up with a rating on fiscal and regulatory responsibility, and a representative’s score is so embarrassingly low, it is a clear indication of how much Congressman Wolf has drifted since he was a signer of the Contract with America. If elected, it would be my goal to get an A rating each and every year from the NTU,” stated McKinley. Other taxpayer watchdogs have given Congressman Wolf similar poor grades: Citizens against Government Waste (20); and Club for Growth (36). “The Winchester Star, a prominent newspaper in the 10th District, had it right when they called the Congressman a tax-and-spend Republican,” McKinley concluded.
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