Sometimes complaining about your grades does pay off.

The Colorado chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), hit earlier this week with criticism from anti-tax allies like Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Freedom, has released a new “Champions of Economic Freedom” that is dramatically different than the version that came out a week ago.

In that version six Republicans in the state Senate were the only ones to earn an “A” from the conservative group, which was started by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

The six: Sens. John Cooke of Greeley; Vicki Marble of Fort Collins; Tim Neville of Littleton; Jim Smallwood of Parker; Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling, and Jack Tate of Centennial. Not one member of the House, including its 28 Republicans, got an “A” or an award from AFP. That’s led to some whining from House Republicans.

Adding fuel to the fire: On Tuesday Americans for Tax Reform sent out a statement criticizing both AFP and Sonnenberg for his sponsorship of the landmark legislation that removed the state’s hospital provider fee program from TABOR revenue calculations. Norquist criticized AFP for giving Sonnenberg an “A,” saying it didn’t “reflect well on a group that is traditionally an ally.”

AFP State Director Jesse Mallory quickly responded that the group was redoing the scorecard because it had left out a “major piece of legislation” that would change the grades, and he told Colorado Politics he had reached out to Norquist’s organization.

The major legislation that changed the scorecard was House Bill 17-1375, which requires school districts to share their property tax revenues with charter schools.

And change the scorecard it did. Thursday’s version had seven Republicans from the Senate and 10 more from the House. Notable in its absence: Sonnenberg lost his “A” and his award, moving to a “B,” which doesn’t make him a “Champion of Economic Freedom.” Sonnenberg, however, did vote in favor of 1375, both in the Senate State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and on the Senate floor.

New awardees in the Senate include HB1375 sponsor Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, who did vote for the provider fee bill in committee but against it on the Senate floor. Sen. Ray Scott of Grand Junction also got an “A.”

The 10 lawmakers from the House newly awarded an “A” are Republican Reps. Susan Beckman of Littleton, Paul Lundeen of Monument; Hugh McKean of Loveland, House Minority Leader Patrick Neville of Castle Rock, Dan Nordberg of Littleton, Kim Ransom of Lone Tree, Lori Saine of Firestone, Kevin Van Winkle of Highlands Ranch, Dave Williams of Colorado Springs and House Assistant Majority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial.

Missing from the list: the Republican House sponsor of 1375, Lang Sias of Arvada.

And still left off the “A” list: Joint Budget Committee members and fiscal conservatives Sens. Kent Lambert of Colorado Springs and Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud, both who supported the charter bill.

Patrick Neville told Colorado Politics the original scorecard had errors; it reversed scores tied to the hospital provider fee bill and omitted scores from another bill related to prevailing wages that AFP had opposed.

You just can’t please some people.