Graded F: Maloy & Owens (Utah), Van Orden (Wisconsin)

Hovik rounds out the report card with three more Republicans: Celeste Maloy and Burgess Owens of Utah, and Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin. He asks Hamparian what links them, and the answer is simple: all three jumped on board Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna’s bill against Section 907, the restriction on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan.

Hamparian offers a plausible read on why. These lawmakers were very likely approached by the Azerbaijani government, or Luna herself may have asked for co-sponsorship as a favor, perhaps trading support for one of their own pieces of legislation. Whatever the mechanism, Hamparian is blunt that they should have known better, since the bill would clear away the entire framework of U.S. accountability toward Azerbaijan.

The clip closes the loop on a theme running through the episode. ANCA reached out to all three and asked them to withdraw their co-sponsorship, and all three declined. By refusing, Hamparian says, they placed themselves on the wrong side of the issue and earned F grades. The segment shows how co-sponsorship choices become a clear line in ANCA’s grading, and how the organization gives legislators a chance to reconsider before the grade is set.