Tancredo scores well and Paul gets failing grade in Club for Growth 2007 RePORK Card

The Club for Growth has released its 2007 RePORK Card. The scores reflect "reflect the percentage of YES votes on 50 anti-pork amendments".

Tom Tancredo scored well on the RePORK Card. He scored eighty-four percent (84%). Ron Paul received a failing grade of twenty-nine (29%).

News about Ron Paul's earmarks can be found at FOXNews.com under the heading "Ron Paul's $400 Million Earmarks". One can read there the following:

"Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul — who is campaigning as a critic of congressional overspending — has revealed that he is requesting $400 million worth of earmarks this year.

The Wall Street Journal reports Paul's office says those requests include $8 million for the marketing of wild American shrimp and $2.3 million to pay for research into shrimp fishing."