ACU Gives Platt's Poor Rating

The American Conservative Union gives Platts a 64 for his votes in 2007, even below his mediocre lifetime rating of 76.6.

Bad votes:

• For Minimum Wage Increase
• For federal funding of stem cell research
• Against cutting wasteful Amtrak routes
• To give DC a Congressional seat
• For additional penalties for "hate crimes" against racial, ethnic, sexual orientation
• For energy subsidies, more federal regulation of energy companies, and ban on incandescent light bulbs
  
• For new federal welfare program for "affordable housing"
• For health care and Medicare (SCHIP) expansion
  
• For new energy standards, subsidies and mandates for alternative fuels, and more federal energy regulations.