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Congressional Ratings:

National Taxpayers Union ratings of Congress. Colorado delegation:

Name 2007 grade & % 2006 Grade & % 2005 Grade & %

Rep. Perlmutter F 6

Rep. DeGette F 6 F 14 F 15

Rep. Lamborn A 93

Rep. Musgrave B+ 83 A 75 A 70

Rep. Salazar, John F 5 D 24 D 26

Rep. Tancredo A 93 A 76 A 80

Rep. Udall, Mark F 5 F 16 F 16

Sen. Allard A 86 A 84 A 80

Sen. Ken Salazar F 9 F 20 F 14

Americans for Tax Reform ratings of Congress. Colorado delegation.

Name	2006 %	2005 %	2004 %
Rep. Beauprez	100	92	95
Rep. DeGette	5	8	20
Rep. Hefley	100	96	85
Rep. Musgrave	100	96	95
Rep. Salazar, John	27	21
Rep. Tancredo	95	88	95
Rep. Udall, Mark	14	12	20
Sen. Allard	95	95	100
Sen. Ken Salazar	10	10

Club for Growth RePORK Card.

Name	2007 %
Rep. Perlmutter	2
Rep. DeGette	2
Rep. Lamborn	100
Rep. Musgrave	94
Rep. Salazar, John	2
Rep. Tancredo	84
Rep. Udall, Mark	2
Sen. Allard	67
Sen. Ken Salazar	7

Colorado Union of Taxpayers

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Colorado Republican Business Coalition

Energy Forum

Sen. Josh Penry, Duane Zavadil, Dr. Robert Zubrin

When: Friday, June 20, 2008
11:30 a.m. (program begins promptly) - 1 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn's Restaurant
9th & Auraria Pkwy, across from Pepsi Center;
$1 parking Lot A

CUT & CRBC members: $17; non-members $20; elected officials and students $15. Menu choices.
RSVP (not required, but appreciated) jimnoon@centennialcontainer.com

Senator Josh Penry (R- Garfield, Mesa) is a legislative rising star rumored as a potential Senate minority leader next session. Sen. Penry was one of three lawmakers who carried this year's sweeping, bipartisan realignment of Colorado's K-12 education standards. He helped push through an overhaul of how the state invests its burgeoning mineral leasing revenue. He led efforts to kill legislation to form all-union shops as well as Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to freeze school district property tax rates. Senator Penry helped negotiate a compromise last year between the energy industry, conservationists and the governor's office on how to expand and reconstitute the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. He is a leader in the 2008 ballot initiative regarding severance tax.

Duane Zavadil is vice president for government and regulatory affairs for Bill Barrett Corporation, NYSE: BBG, a Rocky Mountain-region oil and gas company operating in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. From 1994 until July 2002, Mr. Zavadil served as the Environmental, Health and Safety Manager with Barrett Resources Corporation and its successor, The Williams Companies. Mr. Zavadil was a consultant providing environmental and regulatory services to the oil and gas industry from 1984 through 1994.

Dr. Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Astronautics and also president of the Mars Society. For many years he worked as a senior engineer for Lockheed Martin. He is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction books and science fiction novels. He has appeared on major media including CNN, C-SPAN, BBC, Discovery Channel, NBC, ABC, and NPR. Dr. Zubrin earned a B.A. in mathematics at the University of Rochester, an M.A. in nuclear engineering and an M.A. in aeronautics and astronomy, and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, all from the University of Washington.

Worth reading: Moralizing with other people's money, by former Colo. State Treasurer Mark Hillman. Hillman reports on the latest fiscal shenanigans at the State Capitol.

2007 CUT Ratings show every Colorado State Representative and State Senator's votes on every major tax or spending bill. See which legislators are the taxpayers' best friends. And which legislators are the best friends of tax consumers--the groups which want more and more of your money to go into their own pockets.