As we watch (often with disappointment, if not outright disgust) the performance of Congress and its inability to resolve (or at least battle effectively) the issues that actually matter, it is a wonder how they keep getting re-elected (85-98% in the House; 55-96% in the Senate, but it takes 3 election cycles for all of them to stand for re-election to their 6-yr term). At least you know that YOUR Representative and Senators reflect your values here in Missouri … right? According to the Heritage Foundation (HF) and American Conservative Union’s (ACU) Conservative report cards, here are how Missouri’s elected federal legislators stacked up in the just-previously-ended 2011-2012 session. Use the HF and ACU links above to review how each organization stands on key issues to better understand how they rate our Legislators:
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION CONSERVATIVE RATINGS | ||||
| DISTRICT | REPRESENTATIVE OR SENATOR | PARTY | HF% | |
| 2nd | Former Rep. Todd Akin (Repl. by Rep. Ann Wagner) |
R | 82% | |
| 7th | Rep. Billy Long | R | 75% | |
| US | SENATE REPUB AVERAGE | R | 73% | |
| 4th | Rep. Vicky Hartzler | R | 67% | |
| US | HOUSE REPUB AVERAGE | R | 66% | |
| MO | Sen. Roy Blunt | R | 64% | |
| 6th | Rep. Sam Graves | R | 57% | |
| was 9th now 3rd |
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer | R | 55% | |
| 8th | Retiring Rep. Jo Ann Emerson | R | 46% | |
| US | HOUSE DEM AVERAGE | D | 15% | |
| 5th | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 13% | |
| was 3rd now 1&2 |
Former Rep. Russ Carnahan | D | 12% | |
| MO | Sen. Claire McCaskill | D | 11% | |
| 1st | Rep. William Clay | D | 10% | |
| US | SENATE DEM AVERAGE | D | 6% | |
| AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION RATINGS | |||
| DIST | REPRESENTATIVE OR SENATOR | PARTY | ACU % 2011-2012 (Lifetime) |
| 2nd | Former Rep. Todd Akin (Repl. by Rep. Ann Wagner) |
R | 91.7% – 100% (97.5%) |
| 7th | Rep. Billy Long | R | 92% – 96% – (94%) |
| 6th | Rep. Sam Graves | R | 76% – 84% (89.8%) |
| MO | Sen. Roy Blunt | R | 70% – 72% (90.8%) |
| was 9th now 3rd |
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer | R | 76% – 80% (88%) |
| 4th | Rep. Vicky Hartzler | R | 80% – 88% (84%) |
| 8th | Retiring Rep. Jo Ann Emerson | R | 56% – 60% (78.3%) |
| MO | Sen. Claire McCaskill | D | 0% – 20% (15.5%) |
| 5th | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 8.3% – 0% (2.54%) |
| was 3rd now 1&2 |
Former Rep. Russ Carnahan | D | 0% – 4% (2.5%) |
| 1st | Rep. William Clay | D | 0% – 0% (7.6%) |