Rating Group: National Education Association

2011 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R A
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D A
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R C
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R F
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R F
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R F
AL U.S. House-2 Martha Roby R F
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R F
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R F
AL U.S. House-5 Mo Brooks R F
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R F
AL U.S. House-7 Terri Sewell D A
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D A
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R F
AR U.S. House-1 Rick Crawford R F
AR U.S. House-2 Tim Griffin R F
AR U.S. House-3 Steve Womack 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-4 Paul Gosar R F
AZ U.S. House-6 David Schweikert R F
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-3 John Garamendi D A
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R F
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-10 Jeff Denham R F
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-14 Jackie Speier 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-27 Judy Chu D A
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-37 Karen Bass 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-50 Duncan Hunter 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. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D A
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D A
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D A
CO U.S. House-3 Scott Tipton R F
CO U.S. House-4 Cory Gardner R F
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R F
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R F
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D A
CT U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Blumenthal D 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
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D A
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D A
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D A
DE U.S. House-At-Large John Carney, Jr. D A
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D A
FL U.S. Senate-Jr Marco Rubio R F
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R F
FL U.S. House-2 Steve Southerland 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-8 Bill Posey R F
FL U.S. House-10 Daniel Webster R F
FL U.S. House-11 Rich Nugent R F
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R F
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R F
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D A
FL U.S. House-15 Dennis Ross R F
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R F
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R F
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D A
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D A
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D A
FL U.S. House-24 Frederica Wilson D A
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R D
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R C
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R F
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R F
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-7 Rob Woodall R F
GA U.S. House-8 Austin Scott R F
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun 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 U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R F
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D A
HI U.S. House-1 Colleen Hanabusa D A
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R F
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 F
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R F
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R F
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R F
ID U.S. House-1 Raúl Labrador R F
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R C
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D A
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R F
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-5 Mike Quigley D A
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R D
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D A
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D A
IL U.S. House-14 Randy Hultgren R F
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R D
IL U.S. House-16 Adam Kinzinger R F
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R C
IN U.S. Senate-Sr Daniel Coats R F
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D A
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D A
IN U.S. House-3 Marlin Stutzman R F
IN U.S. House-4 Todd Rokita R F
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D A
IN U.S. House-8 Larry Bucshon R F
IN U.S. House-9 Todd Young R F
IN Governor Mike Pence R F
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R F
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R F
KS U.S. House-1 Tim Huelskamp R F
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R F
KS U.S. House-3 Kevin Yoder R F
KS U.S. House-4 Mike Pompeo R F
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R F
KY U.S. Senate-Jr Rand Paul R F
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R C
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R F
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-1 Steve Scalise R F
LA U.S. House-2 Cedric Richmond D A
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R F
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R F
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R F
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R F
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D A
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D A
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas 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
MA U.S. House-9 Bill Keating D A
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D A
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D A
MD U.S. House-1 Andy Harris R F
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D A
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D A
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards 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 D
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 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-1 Dan Benishek R F
MI U.S. House-2 Bill Huizenga R F
MI U.S. House-3 Justin Amash R F
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R D
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R D
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 D
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D A
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D A
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D A
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL A
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL A
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL A
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R F
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen 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-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R F
MO U.S. House-4 Vicky Hartzler R F
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D A
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R B
MO U.S. House-7 Billy Long R F
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R F
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R F
MS U.S. House-1 Alan Nunnelee R F
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D A
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R F
MS U.S. House-4 Steven Palazzo R F
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D A
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D A
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D A
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R F
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D A
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D A
NC U.S. House-2 Renee Ellmers R F
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R F
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
ND U.S. Senate-Sr John Hoeven R F
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R D
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. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D A
NH U.S. Senate-Jr Kelly Ayotte R F
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-3 Jon Runyan R C
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R D
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R F
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D A
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R C
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 F
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D A
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D A
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D A
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R F
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D A
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D A
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R F
NV U.S. House-2 Mark Amodei R F
NV U.S. House-3 Joe Heck, Jr. R D
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-11 Michael Grimm R B
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-19 Chris Gibson R D
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D A
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D A
NY U.S. House-22 Richard Hanna R B
NY U.S. House-23 Tom Reed II R F
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. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R F
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R F
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R F
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R F
OH U.S. House-6 Bill Johnson R F
OH U.S. House-7 Bob Gibbs R F
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D A
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R F
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D A
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R D
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D A
OH U.S. House-15 Steve Stivers R D
OH U.S. House-16 Jim Renacci R F
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 F
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R F
OK U.S. House-5 James Lankford R F
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D A
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley 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
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D A
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D A
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R F
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D A
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D A
PA U.S. House-3 Mike Kelly R D
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R C
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R C
PA U.S. House-7 Pat Meehan R B
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R C
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R F
PA U.S. House-10 Tom Marino R F
PA U.S. House-11 Lou Barletta 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 D
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R F
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R C
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D A
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D A
RI U.S. House-1 David Cicilline D A
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D A
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R F
SC U.S. Senate-Jr Tim Scott R F
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R F
SC U.S. House-3 Jeff Duncan R F
SC U.S. House-4 Trey Gowdy R F
SC U.S. House-5 Michael Mulvaney 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
SD U.S. House-At-Large Kristi Noem R F
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R D
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R F
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R F
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R F
TN U.S. House-3 Chuck Fleischmann R F
TN U.S. House-4 Scott DesJarlais R F
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D A
TN U.S. House-6 Diane Black R F
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R F
TN U.S. House-8 Stephen Fincher 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-17 Bill Flores R F
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-22 Pete Olson R F
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R F
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R F
TX U.S. House-27 Blake Farenthold 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 F
UT U.S. Senate-Jr Mike Lee R F
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R F
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R F
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D B
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D A
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R F
VA U.S. House-2 Scott Rigell R F
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D A
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R F
VA U.S. House-5 Robert Hurt 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-9 Morgan Griffith R F
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R F
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D A
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-3 Jaime Herrera Beutler R D
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R F
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R F
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-Sr Ron Johnson R F
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 C
WI U.S. House-7 Sean Duffy R D
WI U.S. House-8 Reid Ribble R F
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D A
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D A
WV U.S. House-1 David McKinley R F
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R D
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D A
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R F
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R F
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R F
Gary Ackerman Other A
Sandy Adams Other F
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other A
Todd Akin Other F
Jason Altmire Other A
Steve Austria Other F
Joe Baca, Sr. Other A
Roscoe Bartlett Other F
Charlie Bass Other D
Rick Berg Other F
Shelley Berkley Other A
Howard Berman Other A
Judy Biggert Other A
Brian Bilbray Other F
Jeff Bingaman Other A
Mary Bono Mack Other F
Dan Boren Other B
Leonard Boswell Other A
Scott Brown Other F
Ann Marie Buerkle Other F
Dan Burton Other F
Francisco Canseco Other F
Dennis Cardoza Other A
Russ Carnahan Other A
Ben Chandler III Other A
Hansen Clarke Other A
Kent Conrad Other A
Jerry Costello Other A
Chip Cravaack Other F
Mark Critz Other A
Geoff Davis Other F
James DeMint Other F
Norm Dicks Other A
Robert Dold Other A
David Dreier Other F
Jo Ann Emerson Other C
Barney Frank Other A
Elton Gallegly Other F
Charlie Gonzalez Other A
Frank Guinta Other F
Nan Hayworth Other F
Wally Herger, Jr. Other F
Maurice Hinchey Other A
Thomas Holden Other A
Kay Hutchison Other F
Daniel Inouye Other A
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other A
Tim Johnson Other A
Dale Kildee Other A
Larry Kissell Other A
Herb Kohl Other A
Dennis Kucinich Other A
Jon Kyl Other F
Jeff Landry Other F
Steve LaTourette Other A
Jerry Lewis Other F
Joe Lieberman Other C
Dick Lugar Other F
Dan Lungren Other F
Connie Mack IV Other F
Don Manzullo Other F
Thaddeus McCotter Other F
Brad Miller Other A
Sue Myrick Other F
Ben Nelson Other A
John Olver Other A
Ron Paul Other F
Donald Payne Other A
Todd Platts Other B
Ben Quayle Other F
Denny Rehberg Other C
Silvestre Reyes Other A
Laura Richardson Other A
David Rivera Other F
Mike Ross Other A
Steve Rothman Other A
Bobby Schilling Other F
Jean Schmidt Other F
Heath Shuler Other A
Olympia Snowe Other C
Pete Stark Other A
Cliff Stearns Other F
John Sullivan Other F
Betty Sutton Other A
Ed Towns Other A
Joe Walsh Other F
Jim Webb, Jr. Other A
Allen West Other F
Lynn Woolsey Other A

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