Rating Group: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

2003 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 7%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 20%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 55%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 36%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 7%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 73%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 91%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 87%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 13%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 7%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 7%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 13%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 91%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 91%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 7%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 7%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 13%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 20%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 7%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 33%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 47%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 80%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 91%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 7%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 7%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 7%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 7%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 80%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 7%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 7%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 7%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 13%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 7%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 27%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 27%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 93%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 91%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 93%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 55%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 80%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 82%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 91%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 27%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 93%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 7%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 20%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 64%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 7%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 7%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 7%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 53%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 36%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 7%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 13%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 7%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 7%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 80%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 87%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 7%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 47%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 91%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 93%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 93%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 93%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 7%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 7%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 93%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 18%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 7%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 73%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 7%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 93%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 47%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 7%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 87%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 7%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 64%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 93%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 64%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 13%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 93%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 7%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 13%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 7%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 73%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 67%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 7%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 53%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 7%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 7%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 20%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 80%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 91%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 93%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 7%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 13%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 87%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 33%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 40%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 13%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 93%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 82%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
George Allen Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 93%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 47%
Brian Baird Other 93%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 7%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 33%
Charlie Bass Other 40%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Bob Beauprez Other 7%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 27%
Judy Biggert Other 13%
Jeff Bingaman Other 82%
Mary Bono Mack Other 20%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 7%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 7%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 13%
Robert Byrd Other 73%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 47%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 67%
Chris Chocola Other 0%
Norm Coleman Other 18%
Kent Conrad Other 64%
Jon Corzine Other 91%
Jerry Costello Other 87%
Christopher Cox Other 7%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 40%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Randall Cunningham Other 7%
Artur Davis Other 60%
James Davis Other 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 7%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 9%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 55%
David Dreier Other 7%
Chet Edwards Other 33%
Vern Ehlers Other 60%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 7%
Philip English Other 20%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 73%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 7%
Russ Feingold Other 91%
Mark Foley Other 13%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 13%
Barney Frank Other 100%
William Frist Other 9%
Elton Gallegly Other 13%
Jim Gibbons Other 7%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 47%
Paul Gillmor Other 13%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 93%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 13%
Judd Gregg Other 36%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 7%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Katherine Harris Other 7%
Melissa Hart Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 7%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 7%
Thomas Holden Other 73%
Darlene Hooley Other 93%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 13%
Kenny Hulshof Other 7%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 13%
Daniel Inouye Other 64%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 7%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 100%
Nancy Johnson Other 60%
Paul Kanjorski Other 67%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Sue Kelly Other 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Mark Kennedy Other 20%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 93%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 93%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 91%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 7%
Frank Lautenberg Other 91%
James Leach Other 80%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 7%
Blanche Lincoln Other 45%
John Linder Other 7%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 9%
Jim Marshall Other 53%
James McCrery III Other 13%
John McHugh Other 7%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 80%
Alan Mollohan Other 60%
Dennis Moore Other 93%
Jack Murtha Other 60%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 7%
Sue Myrick Other 7%
Robert William Ney Other 7%
Anne Northup Other 7%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 7%
James Nussle Other 7%
Jim Oberstar Other 60%
Dave Obey Other 93%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 47%
Thomas William Osborne Other 7%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 7%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 7%
Todd Platts Other 13%
Earl Pomeroy Other 47%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 13%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 60%
Ralph Regula Other 13%
Denny Rehberg Other 7%
Richard Renzi Other 7%
Silvestre Reyes Other 67%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
Mike Ross Other 40%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Jim Ryun Other 7%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
Rick Santorum Other 0%
Paul Sarbanes Other 91%
Jim Saxton Other 73%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 13%
Christopher Shays Other 87%
Ike Skelton Other 53%
Gordon Smith Other 18%
Olympia Snowe Other 55%
Vic Snyder Other 93%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 27%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 87%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 7%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
Ted Strickland Other 87%
John Sullivan Other 7%
John Sununu Other 18%
James Talent Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 7%
John Tanner Other 40%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Charles Taylor Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 60%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 7%
Ed Towns Other 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 93%
George Voinovich Other 0%
James Walsh Other 27%
Zach Wamp Other 7%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 7%
Gerald Weller Other 7%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 7%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 93%
Albert Wynn Other 80%

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