Representative Steve King  
5^th Congressional District of Iowa  

WASHINGTON – Iowa Congressman Steve King was recently named “Friend of the Taxpayers” for 2005 from the National Taxpayers Union, which ranked him in the top 30 Members of the House on votes for fiscal accountability.

The organization publishes a scorecard of hundreds of roll call votes by Congressional Members on federal tax, spending and regulatory issues for the year. According to the NTU, King received an “A” for consistently voting to reduce and control the burden on American taxpayers.

"Steve King's top-notch performance in 2005 is just the kind of fiscal discipline we need in the 109th Congress to make headway against the federal deficit while continuing to deliver the tax relief Iowans deserve,” said John Berthoud, President of the National Taxpayers Union.

“Congressman King's "A" grade should also serve as an inspiration to his House colleagues -- in the Iowa delegation and the rest of the House -- that limited government can be brought back to Washington if everyone is willing to make it their number one priority," added Berthoud.

The Congressional scorecard includes 201 House votes that could “significantly affect the amount of federal taxes, spending, debt or regulatory impact,” according to the organization.

King pushes colleagues to join him in voting for budget resolutions and requirements to spend wisely and not wastefully. He is a cosponsor of the Balance Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 58) to the U.S. Constitution, and a cosponsor of the Family Budget Protection Act (H.R. 2290) that would balance the budget in five years