The Club for Growth has a new scorecard out looking at how the members of the House of Representatives voted on 19 anti-earmark amendments offered by Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona. I love this because of its purity, unlike the earlier scorecard from the Citizens Against Government Waste. Here are the votes:

House Vote 190 - Dairy education in Iowa ($229,000)

House Vote 191 - Hydroponic tomato production in Ohio ($180,000)

House Vote 192 - National Grape and Wine Initiative ($100,000)

House Vote 204 - Virginia Science Museum ($250,000)

House Vote 205 - Juniata Locomotive Demonstration ($1,000,000)

House Vote 277 - Swimming pool in Banning, CA ($500,000)

House Vote 278 - “Facilities” in Weirton, West Virginia ($100,000)

House Vote 279 - Multipurpose facility in Yucaipa, California ($500,000)

House Vote 280 - Strand Theater Arts Center in Plattsburgh, New York ($250,000)

House Vote 298 - Mystic Aquarium in New London, Conn. ($1,000,000)

House Vote 299 - The Jason Foundation in Ashburn, VA ($1,000,000)

House Vote 302 - Northwest Manufacturing Initiative ($2,500,000)

House Vote 303 - Lewis Center for Education Research ($4,000,000)

House Vote 304 - Leonard Wood Research Institute ($20,000,000)

House Vote 334 - Arthur Avenue Retail Market ($150,000)

House Vote 335 - Bronx Council for the Arts in Bronx, N.Y. ($300,000)

House Vote 336 - Johnstown Area Regional Industries ($800,000)

House Vote 337 - Fairmont State University ($900,000)

House Vote 338 - Tourism Development Association in Kentucky ($1,000,000)

According to one blog, the average for the Republicans was five votes against pork, while the average for the Democrats was not even one vote (0.55 of a vote). That's still marginal at best for the GOP, and I think it ignores that these votes (proposed by a conservative Republican) should have been easier for Republican to support than cutting other items (like subsidies to energy companies) that have been clogging up our country's fiscal arteries. The math is a bit surprising; the blog also observes that 112 Republicans had scores lower than the Democratic score. With 112 Republicans below 0.55, that means the remaining 118 Republicans must have had an average of about 9 votes. That would be a pretty big divide in the party, no?

Here are the Democrats scoring better than the Republican average:

Bean (IL-8) 19 of 19 100%
Cooper (TN-5) 19 of 19 100%
Matheson (UT-2) 14 of 19 74%
Ford (TN-9) 13 of 19 68%
Blumenauer (OR-3) 5 of 19 26%
Frank, B. (MA-4) 5 of 19 26%
Taylor, G. (MS-4) 5 of 19 26%
Udall, T. (NM-3) 5 of 19 26%

Some names (Blumenauer, Udall and Frank) that we've talked about before.