The annual American Conservative Union Congressional ratings are out for 2006.

Scoring a perfect 100% were five Republican Senators:

Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
John Ensign (R-NV)
James Inhofe (R-OK)
John Thune (R-SD)

And the following members of the House of Representatives:

Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Trent Franks (R-AZ)
Scott Garrett (R-NJ)
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Steve King (R-IA)
Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Mike Pence (R-IN)
John Shadegg (R-AZ)

The lowest scoring Republican Senator is no surprise because he has always been the lowest scoring Republican Senator, none other than Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island who scored a 24, but thankfully we have rid ourselves of him. Throwing him out would leave the honors going to Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, who scored a 36. The highest scoring Democrat was, as every other year, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska who scored a 64.

Some interesting scores as well from others. Presidential candidate John McCain scored a sad 65, only one point higher than the leading Democrat. George Voinovich is getting steadily worse, with a 56 last year. We can do so much better in Ohio. Same in Mississippi where Thad Cochran only managed to get a 67. Ted Stevens got a 64 and there is no reason why in such a conservative state like Alaska we shouldn’t have two 100s there.

In the House the lowest scoring Republican was Chris Shays (CT-4) with a 36. The highest scoring Democrat was John Barrow (GA-12) with a 76.

As for my representatives, it’s kind of a mixed bag:

• Jim Demint (R-SC) 100
• Lindsay Graham (R-SC) 83
• John Spratt (D-SC-5) 44

How do yours measure up?