The rest of the field is composed of governors, recycled presidential contenders (Lamar Alexander, Pat Buchanan and Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. among them) and a phalanx of current senators.
Previous honorees include: former President Ronald Reagan (1995), Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (1996), Senator Jon Kyl (1994), Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes (1993) and former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (1990).
Working with Malcolm in ACT are former AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal, Service Employees Union President Andy Stern and the Sierra Club's executive director, Carl Pope.