SBSC rates Alaska Congressmen tops for small business.

• Position: General - Small Business Survival Committee - Brief Article

The Small Business Survival Committee has released its annual scorecard that rates how members of Congress voted during 2001 on key small business issues.

In Alaska, U.S. Rep. Don Young scored a perfect 100 percent. Meanwhile U.S. Sens. Ted Stevens and Frank Murkowski both scored very well, with Stevens garnering a score of 100 percent and Murkowski 90 percent. Alaska's delegation claimed an average score of 97 percent, which ranked 2nd best among the 50 state congressional delegations.

SBSC's scorecard rates lawmakers based on 12 key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives and 12 votes in the U.S. Senate impacting small businesses. Included in this years ratings are votes on issues as reducing taxes and regulations, death tax elimination, capital gains tax...