Friend, did you know that Montana's and Oklahoma's House delegations received the lowest two scores on our 2021 Scorecard? Or that Nevada's Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto both received a perfect score? Do you know where your representatives stand on the issues that matter most to our democracy and our planet?

Find out now in LCV's 2021 National Environmental Scorecard. Click here »

Thanks to LCV's supporters, we've published the National Environmental Scorecard for more than 50 years to track the voting records of members of Congress.

The Scorecard pulls back the curtain and shows us who is on our side.

By keeping score, we're shining a light on our elected officials' policy positions and giving you the tools to see where they stand on issues you care about most: clean air and water, climate change, environmental justice, voting rights, racial justice, and democracy. See how your elected officials measure up on our environment and democracy, and remind them to prioritize a healthy climate and democracy for future votes »

  How it works:

LCV's Scorecard represents the consensus of experts from more than 20 respected environmental, environmental justice, and conservation organizations, who select key votes members of Congress have taken on the most important environmental issues of the year.

In the past 50 years, we have never scored the basic votes that uphold our country's peaceful transfer of power and electoral outcomes. This year was different.

With so many radical Republican members of Congress attacking the fundamental tenets of our democracy, this Scorecard includes a particularly high percentage of votes related to democracy.

Each of the votes included in this Scorecard presented members of Congress with a real choice, and reveal who in Congress is working for the environment and democracy.

What votes made it into the Scorecard calculation:

2021 Senate Votes
In 2021, we scored a record 34 Senate votes. This large number of votes reflects the many essential executive branch nominees approved (14 scored). We also included six critical justice and democracy votes, and eight anti-environmental amendments as part of three budget process-related "vote-a-ramas." We also scored the passage of the successful resolution that nullified the Trump administration's elimination of methane pollution standards for oil and gas operations.

2021 House Votes
In the House, we scored 22 votes, including pro-environment infrastructure and government funding packages, and protections against toxic PFAS. The crowning achievement was passage of the transformational Build Back Better Act, which for only the 10th time in the past 50 years, we decided to count twice. The historic bill would put our nation on track to meet the test of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030.

How does our scoring work? Here is an example:

UNDERMINING CLEAN WATER PROTECTIONS
Senator Shelley Capito (R-WV) sponsored an amendment to the Budget Resolution, which threatened to lock in place the Trump administration's dangerous "Dirty Water Rule" and prohibit the EPA from crafting stronger regulations to protect critical waterways like our streams and wetlands. The Dirty Water Rule represented the most severe weakening of federal Clean Water Act protections in the law's history, jeopardizing the waters our families and communities depend on.

"NO" IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.

On February 5, the Senate approved the Capito amendment by a vote of 51-49. Every senator who supported this attack on clean water gets noted with a red x and everyone who stood up for clean water gets a green check mark.This lets the public see whose side they are on and hold them accountable.

The result:

Each senator and each House member gets a total score based upon how many pro-environment votes they took. We also produce a handy graphic showing how each state's delegation fared.
Check out your members of Congress and their scores: do you know if you can count on them to vote for a healthier, safer, and more just future for all by voting to advance pro-environment, pro-democracy laws?

Time is running out to act on climate, and failure is not an option. By knowing and using the Scorecard, together, we can push our leaders and tell them to enact the bold, sweeping policy changes our communities and our planet so urgently need.

Thank you for your continued support of LCV,

Sara Chieffo
VP, Government Affairs
LCV