End Citizens United Action Fund, a leading anti-corruption reform group, announced that Rep. Derrick Van Orden earned an F on its scorecard for the 119th Congress. The scorecard grades members of Congress based on their votes and co-sponsorship of key legislation and procedural actions that would crack down on corruption in Washington, advance campaign finance reform, and protect and expand voting rights.
“Representative Van Orden’s record shows a consistent willingness to side with billionaire donors and corporate special interests, even when it means real harm to working families,” said End Citizens United Action Fund President Tiffany Muller. “He voted to strip health care from millions of working Americans in order to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, cut food assistance, and rubber stamped gutting critical consumer protections. Those votes were not isolated or accidental. They reflect a governing agenda shaped by donor interests and corporate lobbyists, not his constituents. That pattern of putting special interests first and enabling corruption is why Rep. Van Orden earned an F.”
The scorecard is based on several criteria, including cosponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, voting to prevent the SAVE Act from advancing as a restrictive voting measure, and rejecting corporate PAC money. Other criteria focused on protecting American families from historic attempts to weaken consumer and environmental protections, as well as opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which amounted to one of the most egregious transfers of wealth from the working class in order to reward GOP megadonors for their support.
