U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) received a 2023 Taxpayers' Friend Award from the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) on Wednesday for his voting record in Congress.
NTU recently released its annual report card for the first session of the 118th Congress of the United States. In 2023, just three senators and 38 members of the House of Representatives earned an "A" grade from NTU for their voting records on fiscal issues, earning those members the Taxpayers' Friend Award for their dedication to taxpayer interests.
NTU's rating system assesses members' voting history on fiscal policy matters. Legislators are evaluated annually on every roll call vote that impacts taxes, spending, trade, and regulatory policies. The NTU rating is the sole system that includes every roll call vote affecting taxpayers (274 votes in both chambers last year).
Scores can range between zero and 100. In 2023, Senators who received a score of 81% or above and Representatives who received a score of 87% or above earned an "A" grade and a Taxpayers' Friend Award. In more than four decades of rating Congress, no legislator has earned a perfect 100 percent score. The average in both chambers was only 43%.
Moore scored 88% on the NTU report card. In the Senate, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) received a 62% and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) received a 73%.
Other Alabama delegation scores in the House were:
"It is essential for Americans to be informed as to how their elected officials vote, not just what they say," Pete Sepp, president of NTU, said. "Average citizens and families need to make fiscally sound decisions and we expected nothing less from Congress. NTU's rating holds our lawmakers accountable, and we are grateful for those Taxpayers' Friend award winners who made an extra effort to remember taxpayers when voting on the floor."
The National Taxpayers Union, "The Voice of America's Taxpayers," is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels.
View the full list of 2023 Taxpayers' Friend Award Winners here.
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