Rating Group: National Education Association

2007 Positions on Public Education Teaching Profession Issues

Issues: Education
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R B
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R C
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R D
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R F
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R F
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R F
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R F
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R F
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D A
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R F
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R F
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R F
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D A
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D A
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R F
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D A
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D A
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D A
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D A
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D A
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D A
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D A
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D A
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D A
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D A
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D A
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D A
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D A
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R F
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R F
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D A
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R F
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D A
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D A
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R F
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D A
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D A
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D A
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D A
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R F
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D A
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R F
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D A
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R F
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D A
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R F
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R F
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D A
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D A
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D A
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D A
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R F
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D A
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A A
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D A
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D A
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D A
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D A
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D A
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D A
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R F
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R F
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D A
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R F
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R C
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R D
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D A
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R C
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D A
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D A
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R D
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R C
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R F
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R F
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R D
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R F
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D A
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R F
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D A
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D A
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R F
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R F
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D A
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D A
GA Governor Nathan Deal R F
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D A
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D A
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R C
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D A
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D A
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D A
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R D
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R F
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R D
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R A
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D A
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R A
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D A
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D A
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D A
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R F
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D A
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D A
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R D
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D A
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D A
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D A
IN Governor Mike Pence R F
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R F
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R A
KS Governor Sam Brownback R F
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R F
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R C
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D A
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R F
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D A
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R F
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R F
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R F
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D A
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D A
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D A
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D A
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D A
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D A
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D A
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D A
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D A
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D A
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D A
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D A
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D A
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R A
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D A
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D A
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D A
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R F
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R B
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R F
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R F
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D A
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R B
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D A
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D A
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL A
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL A
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R F
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL A
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL A
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R F
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL A
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D A
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R F
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D A
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D A
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R A
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R D
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R F
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D A
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D A
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D A
NA President Barack Obama II D A
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D A
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R C
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D A
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R F
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D A
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R C
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D A
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R F
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R F
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D A
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R F
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D A
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R F
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R D
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R F
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D A
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D A
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D A
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D A
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R A
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R A
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R F
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D A
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D A
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D A
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R C
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D A
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D A
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R F
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D A
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R F
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D A
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D A
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D A
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R D
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D A
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D A
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D A
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D A
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D A
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D A
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D A
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D A
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D A
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D A
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D A
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D A
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D A
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D A
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D A
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R F
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R F
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R F
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D A
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R D
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R F
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D A
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R F
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R F
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R D
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R D
OK Governor Mary Fallin R F
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D A
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R C
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D A
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D A
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D A
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D A
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D A
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R A
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R F
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D A
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D A
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R A
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R F
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R A
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D A
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D A
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D A
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R F
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R F
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D A
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D A
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R F
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R F
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R D
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R F
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D A
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R F
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D A
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R F
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R F
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R F
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R F
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R F
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R F
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R F
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R F
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R F
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D A
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R F
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R F
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R F
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R F
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D A
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D A
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R F
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R F
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R F
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R F
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D A
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D A
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D A
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R F
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R F
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D A
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R D
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R F
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D A
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D A
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R F
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R F
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R F
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D A
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R C
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D A
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I A
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D A
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D A
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D A
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D A
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R F
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R D
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D A
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R A
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D A
WA Governor Jay Inslee D A
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D A
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R F
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D A
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D A
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R F
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R B
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D A
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R B
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D A
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R F
Gary Ackerman Other A
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other A
Todd Akin Other F
Wayne Allard Other F
Thomas Allen Other A
Jason Altmire Other A
Michael Arcuri Other A
Joe Baca, Sr. Other A
Brian Baird Other A
J. Gresham Barrett Other F
Roscoe Bartlett Other F
Evan Bayh Other A
Melissa Bean Other A
Bob Bennett Other D
Shelley Berkley Other A
Howard Berman Other A
Marion Berry Other A
Judy Biggert Other A
Brian Bilbray Other F
Jeff Bingaman Other A
Kit Bond Other F
Mary Bono Mack Other C
Dan Boren Other A
Leonard Boswell Other A
Rick Boucher Other A
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other A
Nancy Boyda Other A
Henry Brown, Jr. Other F
Ginny Brown-Waite Other D
Jim Bunning Other F
Dan Burton Other F
Steve Buyer Other F
Robert Byrd Other A
Chris Cannon Other F
Dennis Cardoza Other A
Russ Carnahan Other A
Christopher Carney Other A
Mike Castle Other A
Ben Chandler III Other A
Hillary Clinton Other A
Norm Coleman Other A
Kent Conrad Other A
Jerry Costello Other A
Larry Craig Other D
Robert Cramer Other A
Barbara Cubin Other F
Artur Davis Other A
David Davis Other F
Geoff Davis Other C
Lincoln Davis Other A
Thomas Davis III Other D
Bill Delahunt Other A
James DeMint Other F
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other C
Norm Dicks Other A
Chris Dodd Other A
Elizabeth Dole Other F
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other D
John Doolittle Other F
Byron Dorgan Other A
Thelma Drake Other F
David Dreier Other F
Chet Edwards Other A
Vern Ehlers Other D
Brad Ellsworth Other A
Jo Ann Emerson Other B
Philip English Other A
John Ensign Other F
Bob Etheridge Other A
Terry Everett Other F
Tom Feeney Other F
Russ Feingold Other A
Michael Ferguson Other A
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other C
Barney Frank Other A
Elton Gallegly Other F
Gabrielle Giffords Other A
Wayne Gilchrest Other B
Charlie Gonzalez Other A
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other D
Bart Gordon Other A
Judd Gregg Other F
John Hall Other A
Phil Hare Other A
Jane Harman Other A
Robert Hayes Other D
Wally Herger, Jr. Other F
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other A
Baron Hill Other A
Maurice Hinchey Other A
David Lee Hobson Other F
Paul Hodes Other A
Pete Hoekstra Other F
Thomas Holden Other A
Darlene Hooley Other A
Kenny Hulshof Other F
Duncan Hunter Other F
Kay Hutchison Other D
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other F
Daniel Inouye Other A
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other A
William Jefferson Other A
Tim Johnson Other B
Steve Kagen Other A
Paul Kanjorski Other A
Ric Keller Other F
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other A
Patrick Kennedy Other A
Dale Kildee Other A
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other A
Ron Klein Other A
Joseph Knollenberg Other F
Herb Kohl Other A
Dennis Kucinich Other A
John Kuhl, Jr. Other B
Jon Kyl Other F
Ray LaHood Other B
Nicholas Lampson Other A
Steve LaTourette Other B
Jerry Lewis Other F
Ron Lewis Other F
Joe Lieberman Other A
Blanche Lincoln Other A
John Linder Other F
Dick Lugar Other B
Dan Lungren Other F
Connie Mack IV Other F
Tim Mahoney Other A
Don Manzullo Other F
Jim Marshall Other A
Melquiades Martinez Other F
Thaddeus McCotter Other B
James McCrery III Other F
John McHugh Other A
Michael McNulty Other A
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other A
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other A
Brad Miller Other A
Harry Mitchell Other A
Alan Mollohan Other A
Dennis Moore Other A
Patrick Murphy Other A
Jack Murtha Other A
Marilyn Musgrave Other F
Sue Myrick Other F
Ben Nelson Other A
Jim Oberstar Other A
Dave Obey Other A
John Olver Other A
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other A
Ron Paul Other F
Donald Payne Other A
John Peterson Other D
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other F
Todd Platts Other A
Earl Pomeroy Other A
Jon Porter, Sr. Other B
Deborah Pryce Other B
George Radanovich Other F
James Ramstad Other A
Ralph Regula Other C
Denny Rehberg Other F
Richard Renzi Other B
Silvestre Reyes Other A
Thomas Reynolds Other D
Ciro Rodriguez Other A
Mike Ross Other A
Steve Rothman Other A
Ken Salazar Other A
William Sali Other F
Jim Saxton Other A
Jean Schmidt Other F
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other A
John Shadegg Other F
Christopher Shays Other A
Heath Shuler Other A
Ike Skelton Other A
Gordon Smith Other A
Olympia Snowe Other A
Vic Snyder Other A
Hilda Solis Other A
Mark Souder Other F
Zack Space Other A
Arlen Specter Other A
John Spratt, Jr. Other A
Pete Stark Other A
Cliff Stearns Other F
Ted Stevens Other D
Bart Stupak Other A
John Sullivan Other F
John Sununu Other D
Betty Sutton Other A
Tom Tancredo Other F
John Tanner Other A
Ellen Tauscher Other A
Gene Taylor Other B
Todd Tiahrt Other F
Ed Towns Other A
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other A
George Voinovich Other D
James Walsh Other A
Zach Wamp Other F
John Warner Other B
Diane Watson Other A
Jim Webb, Jr. Other A
Anthony Weiner Other A
David Weldon Other F
Gerald Weller Other D
Robert Wexler Other A
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other A
Heather Wilson Other B
Lynn Woolsey Other A
David Wu Other A
Albert Wynn Other A

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