	In 2011, Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, managed in Texas by Cathie Adams, a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Anderson 44 percent favorable; the Young Conservatives of Texas, 71 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 53 percent; the Sierra Club, 23 percent. Conservative advocacy group Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated Anderson 100 percent and declared him a "Taxpayer Champion" in 2011. The Texas Association of Business rated him 87 percent favorable. The National Rifle Association rated him "A".