Lundstrum awarded for fiscally conservative voting record
State Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R-District 87) has received a “Calvin Coolidge Heroes of Freedom Award” from Conduit for Commerce for her outstanding voting record on fiscally conservative issues in the 91st General Assembly legislative session.
She was recognized at the Conduit for Commerce Calvin Coolidge Heroes of Freedom Awards dinner on July 21 at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock.
The awards are given every two years to the top fiscal conservative legislators in the state based on their voting records on the Conduit for Commerce legislative scorecard. Coolidge award winners represent the cream of the crop of fiscal conservative legislators who are committed to shrinking government, decreasing dependency on government, strengthening government ethics/transparency, and saving money for the state, according to a press release from the organization.
Lundstrum specifically received a “Freedom Bill Award” for sponsoring a top bill of the session. Lundstrum was the sponsor of a bill to cut Unemployment Insurance Taxes to help small businesses and was the sponsor of the Voter I.D. proposed constitutional amendment.
Conduit for Commerce is a non-profit organization educating the public and legislators on the benefits of economic freedom, limited government and individual liberty with an emphasis on small business. Conduit for Action is a sister organization of Conduit for Commerce and more information can be found at www. conduitforaction.org
The organization recently released its 91st Arkansas General Assembly scorecard rankings. These rankings show which legislators are fiscal conservatives and which are fiscal progressives. Conduit scored the votes of Arkansas legislators based on Conduit’s Economic Freedom Filter. This filter looks to see if a bill (1) shrinks or grows government, (2) increases or decreases dependency on government, and/or (3) spends more or saves money. Conduit also considers transparency bills.
Some bills have a greater impact on the state and were thus scored accordingly, receiving a higher weight. Both floor votes and roll call votes in committees were considered as well. In total, 33 Senate floor votes and three corresponding committee votes were scored. In the House, 35 floor votes and 12 committee votes were scored.
Legislators receiving the highest scores are our most fiscally conservative legislators and those with lower scores represent the more fiscally progressive.
The full rankings can be found at www.conduitforcommerce.org