# Does a group like this even exist?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664 "2018-07-10T17:13:19Z")
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### Author: ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664/1 "2018-07-10T17:13:19Z")

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The left has ADA (Americans for Democratic Action), the right has the ACU (American Conservative Union) both of which spotlight and reward legislators who stick most frequently with the “party line”. Is there a group out there (hypothetically called Americans for Principled Action or something like that) that spotlight and rewards legislators who most frequently _break_ with their respective party lines?

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### Author: ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664/2 "2018-07-10T17:18:22Z")

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[No Labels](https://www.nolabels.org/about/) might be what you’re looking for

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> In 2017, No Labels inspired the creation of the House Problem Solvers Caucus—featuring 48 members evenly divided between the parties—who in the last year aligned behind ambitious bipartisan proposals on healthcare reform, immigration and border security, infrastructure and gun safety.

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### Author: ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664/3 "2018-07-10T20:15:29Z")

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[Unite America](https://www.uniteamerica.org/)

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### Author: ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-group-like-this-even-exist/817664/4 "2018-07-11T00:23:54Z")

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If it did there isn’t anybody they could support.