The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council offers what I think are some of the better public policy rankings. In their 2005 Congressional Scorecard (just recently issued), they rank congressional delegations on how they voted on lowering taxes, simplifying regulations, and supporting of open and competitive markets.
Here are the top 10 and their scores:
1 Idaho 95.7
1 Oklahoma 95.7
3 Alaska 94.3
3 Wyoming 94.3
5 Utah 92.4
6 Kentucky 92.1
7 Alabama 91.0
8 Nebraska 90.6
9 Kansas 88.6
10 New Hampshire 87.0
And the bottom 10:
41 New Jersey 41.6
42 Connecticut 41.2
43 New York 38.9
44 Maryland 35.2
45 North Dakota 33.8
46 Maine 30.9
47 Hawaii 24.1
48 Rhode Island 18.1
49 Vermont 15.7
50 Massachusetts 12.2
