Rating Group: Peace Action

2003 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 90%
Todd Akin Other 11%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 44%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
George Allen Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 89%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 89%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 11%
Brian Baird Other 100%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 11%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. Other 100%
Cass Ballenger Other 11%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 22%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Charlie Bass Other 11%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 80%
Evan Bayh Other 30%
Bob Beauprez Other 22%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Chris Bell Other 100%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Douglas Bereuter Other 22%
Shelley Berkley Other 67%
Howard Berman Other 78%
Marion Berry Other 89%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 80%
Judy Biggert Other 22%
Michael Bilirakis Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 90%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 78%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 11%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 11%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 22%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 22%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Henry Bonilla Other 11%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 11%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
Leonard Boswell Other 89%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 78%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 11%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 11%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 78%
John Breaux Other 50%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 11%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 22%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Max Burns Other 11%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 11%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 22%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 11%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 11%
Ben Campbell Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 89%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 44%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 90%
Brad Carson Other 67%
Julia Carson Other 89%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
Edward Case Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 22%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 11%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 40%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
Chris Chocola Other 11%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 56%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 22%
Norm Coleman Other 0%
Michael Collins Other 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 0%
Kent Conrad Other 80%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 89%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 67%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
Jon Corzine Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 67%
Christopher Cox Other 11%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 33%
Philip Crane Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 11%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 89%
Randall Cunningham Other 11%
Thomas Daschle Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 78%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
James Davis Other 78%
Jo Ann Davis Other 11%
Lincoln Davis Other 78%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 22%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 89%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 89%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
James DeMint Other 0%
Peter Deutsch Other 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 22%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
Norm Dicks Other 89%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 89%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
Calvin Dooley Other 56%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 90%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 78%
David Dreier Other 22%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 33%
Jennifer Dunn Other 11%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
John Edwards Other 40%
Chet Edwards Other 67%
Vern Ehlers Other 56%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 11%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 78%
Philip English Other 22%
John Ensign Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Lane Evans Other 78%
Terry Everett Other 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 89%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 78%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 90%
Michael Ferguson Other 11%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 11%
Mark Foley Other 11%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 11%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 89%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 22%
Barney Frank Other 89%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 22%
William Frist Other 0%
Jonas Frost III Other 78%
Elton Gallegly Other 22%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 11%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 22%
Jim Gibbons Other 0%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 22%
Paul Gillmor Other 22%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 11%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 11%
Bart Gordon Other 67%
Porter Goss Other 22%
Daniel Graham Other 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 11%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 11%
Mark Green Other 22%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 78%
James Greenwood Other 22%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
Jane Harman Other 78%
Katherine Harris Other 11%
Melissa Hart Other 22%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 11%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 11%
Joel Hefley Other 22%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 11%
Baron Hill Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 11%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 78%
Pete Hoekstra Other 22%
Thomas Holden Other 44%
Ernest Hollings Other 90%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 89%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 22%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 22%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 33%
Duncan Hunter Other 11%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 22%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 89%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 11%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
William Janklow Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 78%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 90%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 22%
Christopher John Other 56%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
Nancy Johnson Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
Tim Johnson Other 33%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 22%
Paul Kanjorski Other 78%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Sue Kelly Other 22%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Mark Kennedy Other 11%
Patrick Kennedy Other 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 20%
Dale Kildee Other 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 78%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 22%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 11%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 33%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 11%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 22%
Herb Kohl Other 90%
James Kolbe Other 22%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 11%
Nicholas Lampson Other 89%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 80%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 78%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 11%
Steve LaTourette Other 22%
Frank Lautenberg Other 100%
James Leach Other 78%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 89%
Jerry Lewis Other 22%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 89%
Ron Lewis Other 11%
Joe Lieberman Other 10%
Blanche Lincoln Other 70%
John Linder Other 11%
William Lipinski Other 67%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 22%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 78%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 56%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 67%
Denise Majette Other 78%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Jim Marshall Other 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 78%
Robert Matsui Other 89%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 89%
Karen McCarthy Other 89%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 22%
James McCrery III Other 11%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
John McHugh Other 33%
Scott McInnis Other 11%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 89%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 22%
Michael McNulty Other 67%
Martin Meehan Other 89%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 89%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 11%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 89%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 78%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 11%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 22%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
Brad Miller Other 89%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 44%
Dennis Moore Other 78%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 33%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 78%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 22%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 11%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
Jack Murtha Other 44%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 89%
Ben Nelson Other 40%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 70%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 11%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 11%
Robert William Ney Other 0%
Don Nickles Other 0%
Anne Northup Other 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 11%
James Nussle Other 11%
Jim Oberstar Other 89%
Dave Obey Other 89%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 78%
Thomas William Osborne Other 22%
Doug Ose Other 22%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 33%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 22%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 89%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 78%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 78%
Ron Paul Other 67%
Donald Payne Other 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 11%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 33%
John Peterson Other 11%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 44%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 22%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 11%
Todd Platts Other 11%
Richard Pombo Other 0%
Earl Pomeroy Other 78%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 11%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 11%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 22%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 80%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
Jack Quinn Other 33%
George Radanovich Other 11%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 89%
James Ramstad Other 44%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 89%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Ralph Regula Other 11%
Denny Rehberg Other 11%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Richard Renzi Other 11%
Silvestre Reyes Other 78%
Thomas Reynolds Other 22%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 90%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 89%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 11%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 11%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 33%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 22%
Mike Ross Other 89%
Steve Rothman Other 67%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 56%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 22%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 78%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 78%
Rick Santorum Other 0%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 11%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
Edward Schrock Other 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 78%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 44%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 22%
Christopher Shays Other 56%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 89%
Donald Sherwood Other 22%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 11%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 33%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 11%
Ike Skelton Other 67%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 67%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 44%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 11%
Nick Smith Other 0%
Olympia Snowe Other 0%
Vic Snyder Other 89%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 11%
Arlen Specter Other 0%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 78%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 78%
Cliff Stearns Other 22%
Charles Stenholm Other 33%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 78%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
John Sweeney Other 11%
James Talent Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 22%
John Tanner Other 89%
Ellen Tauscher Other 78%
William Tauzin Other 11%
Charles Taylor Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 44%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 11%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 22%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 89%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 11%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 44%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 67%
James Turner Other 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 11%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 33%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 89%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 11%
George Voinovich Other 0%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 22%
James Walsh Other 22%
Zach Wamp Other 11%
John Warner Other 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson Other 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 89%
David Weldon Other 0%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 22%
Gerald Weller Other 22%
Robert Wexler Other 89%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 22%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 11%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
Heather Wilson Other 22%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 22%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 90%
Albert Wynn Other 89%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 11%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%

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