Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, the Club for Growth Foundation released its 2025 Congressional Economic Scorecard, providing a detailed insight into how each U.S. House Representative and U.S. Senator approaches the principles of economic freedom and limited government. George Caldwell from The Daily Signal covered the 2025 Scorecard in an exclusive report.
Click here to view the complete 2025 Congressional Economic Scorecard from the Club for Growth Foundation.
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
- Average Senate Republican Score: 83% (Up from 78% in 2024)
- Average Senate Democrat Score: 19% (Up from 5% in 2024)
- Average House Republican Score: 91% (Up from 71% in 2024)
- Average House Democrat Score: 12% (Up from 6% in 2024)
Senate Republican Leadership 2025 Ratings:
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune: 80% (Up from 68% in 2024)
- Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso: 80% (Down from 92% in 2024)
- Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton: 89% (Up from 63% in 2024)
- Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelly Moore Capito: 68% (Up from 55% in 2024)
House Republican Leadership 2025 Ratings:
- Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: 100% (Up from 50% in 2024)
- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise: 90% (Up from 49% in 2024)
- House Majority Whip Tom Emmer: 90% (Up from 58% in 2024)
- House Majority Conference Chair Lisa McClain: 83% (Up from 52% in 2024)
- House Majority Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler: 90% (Up from 58% in 2024)
- House Majority Conference Vice Chairman Blake Moore: 95% (Up from 54% in 2024)
- House Majority Conference Secretary Erin Houchin: 95% (Up from 64% in 2024)
- House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern: 100% (Up from 86% in 2024)
- National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson: 100% (Up from 58% in 2024)
Bottom 5 Republican Senators:
- Susan Collins: 43% (Down from 52% in 2024)
- Lis Murkowski: 58% (Up from 52% in 2024)
- Thom Tillis: 65% (No change from 2024)
- Shelley Moore Capito and Deb Fischer: 68% (55% and 69% respectively in 2024)
Bottom 5 Republican Representatives:
- Brian Fitzpatrick: 55% (Up from 42% in 2024)
- Thomas Massie: 73% (Down from 92% in 2024)
- Mark Amodei, Nicole Malliotakis, Michael Turner: 77% (53%, 68%, 51% respectively in 2024)
METHODOLOGY:
The Foundation conducted a comprehensive review of each lawmaker’s record on votes related to economic policy. Votes were then assigned point values based on importance and aggregated to generate an Economic Growth Score on a scale of 0–100. Lawmakers scoring a 90 or higher in 2025 with a lifetime rating of 90 or higher earned Club for Growth’s Defender of Economic Freedom Award. In 2025, the Club for Growth Foundation assessed 19 U.S. House votes and 17 U.S. Senate votes.
Absences are not counted, though the Foundation reserves the right to do so if, in its judgment, a Member’s position was otherwise discernible. Members absent for a sufficient number of votes were given an “N.A.” Years where members receive an “N.A.” do not impact their lifetime scores in the Foundation’s analysis. Scores cannot be directly compared between the two chambers, as different votes were taken in each body.
The Congressional Economic Scorecard has been produced and distributed since 2005.
EXCERPTS:
The Club for Growth (Foundation), an organization that promotes fiscal conservatism, has released its 2025 congressional scorecard grading everyone on Capitol Hill for their alignment with the group’s economic positions.
Founded in 1999, the Club for Growth advocates for cutting taxes and government spending. The scorecard is based on 19 House votes and 17 Senate votes. The group states that “lawmakers scoring a 90 or higher in 2025 with a lifetime rating of 90 or higher earned Club for Growth’s Defender of Economic Freedom Award.”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., who received a perfect score, praised the group’s work.
“The Club for Growth has been a strong partner for House Republicans, and I’m grateful they have recognized our efforts,” he told the Daily Signal. “The American people delivered a clear mandate in the 2024 election: secure the border, cut taxes and regulations, and grow our economy.
For the 119th Congress, the organization gave the average Senate Republican a score of 83%, compared to 19% for the average Senate Democrat.
The Club for Growth gives Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., a score of 80%, the same as Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., scored the highest in Senate leadership, with an 89% score. Meanwhile, Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., received a 68% score.
The lowest scoring Republican in the Senate was Susan Collins of Maine, with 43% approval, while Republican senators such as Ashley Moody of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah got perfect scores.
“Our government has little ability to build real wealth, but a lot of power to harm the hardworking Americans saving, planning, and creating it,” Lee told the Daily Signal. “I am proud to stand for growth, prosperity, and opportunity for American families, workers, and their businesses. They don’t need Washington taking their money and sending it to politically favored people and projects.”
Naturally, Democrats scored low in the conservative group’s estimation, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., scoring 17%.
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House Republicans fared better in the scorecard than Senate Republicans, with the average House Republican scoring 91%.
In addition to Johnson’s perfect score, other Republican leaders also scored well, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., both receiving 90% for 2025.
“I want to thank David McIntosh and Club for Growth for their support as we fight for free enterprise and a more prosperous economy,” Emmer told the Daily Signal in a statement, referencing the group’s leader. “After the Biden years of overregulation, wasteful government spending, and historic inflation, thanks to President Trump’s leadership we are getting our economy back on track.”
Emmer added, “Club for Growth is a key defender of the free market, and I appreciate all the work they do to keep House Republicans accountable to those principles. As the House Majority Whip, we look forward to our continued partnership as we look to the future.”
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House Democrats scored low, as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., got a 7% score, and dozens of Democrats received the minimum score of 0%.