Nation's Largest Taxpayers Group Honors Tom Feeney with "Taxpayers' Friend Award"

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tom Feeney (R-Oviedo) deserves applause for a pro-taxpayer voting record last year, according to the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU). The nonpartisan citizen group today announced that Tom Feeney was one of only a few dozen lawmakers in the House and Senate to win the 2007 "Taxpayers' Friend Award."

"While many Members of Congress talked about reducing the size of government last year, Tom Feeney backed up those words with votes," NTU President Duane Parde said.

"This award proves that Tom Feeney is a staunch ally we can count on in our battle to restore fiscal responsibility to Washington." "If every Member of Congress had voted as responsibly as Tom Feeney did in 2007, Americans could have enjoyed much lower taxes and less waste in government,"

"Tom Feeney's pro-taxpayer score of 87 percent was one of the best in the entire House," Parde said. "By consistently voting to reduce federal spending, taxes, and debt, Tom Feeney has led by example in the fight to ease the burden on taxpayers everywhere. This is an achievement for which he should be proud." Parde concluded.

"Overburdened taxpayers in Florida and across the nation owe Tom Feeney a debt of gratitude for his hard work on their behalf. He has truly earned the title 'Taxpayers' Friend.’"

The award is presented to those Members who achieve an "A" grade in NTU's annual Rating of Congress. The Rating, which is based on every roll call vote affecting fiscal policy, assigns a "Taxpayer Score" to each Member of Congress that indicates his or her support for reducing or controlling federal spending, taxes, debt, and regulation.

NTU is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels. Note: The 2007 Rating and a searchable Rating database from 1992 to 2006 is available at www.ntu.org. For questions about the Rating, its history, or methodology, please contact NTU Vice President for Policy and Communications Pete Sepp or NTU Communications Manager Natasha Altamirano at (703) 683-5700.

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