Rating Group: American Academy of Emergency Medicine

2003-2004 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 75%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 50%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 75%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 75%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 67%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 75%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 50%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 25%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 25%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 25%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 25%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 25%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 25%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 25%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 25%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 25%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 25%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 25%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 25%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 25%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 25%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 75%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 25%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 25%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 25%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 25%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 75%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 25%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 25%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 25%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 75%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 25%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 25%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 25%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 25%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 25%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 25%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 50%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 25%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 75%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 25%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 100%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 75%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 75%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 25%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 25%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 75%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 75%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 25%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 75%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 75%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 25%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 25%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 25%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 25%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 75%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 25%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 25%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 25%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 75%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 75%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 75%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 25%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 25%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 25%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 25%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 25%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 25%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 25%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 25%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 25%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 25%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 25%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 25%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 25%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 25%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 25%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 75%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 25%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 25%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 75%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 25%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 25%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 25%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 50%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 25%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 25%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 75%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 75%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 25%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 25%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 25%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 25%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 25%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 25%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 25%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 75%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 25%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 25%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 25%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 25%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 25%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 25%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 25%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 25%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 25%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 25%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 25%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 25%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 50%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 25%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 25%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 50%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 25%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 25%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 25%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 25%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 75%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 50%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 25%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 75%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 50%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 75%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 75%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 25%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 75%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 75%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 75%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 25%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 25%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 25%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 75%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 25%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 25%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 75%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 25%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 75%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 25%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 75%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 75%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 25%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 25%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 0%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 25%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 25%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 25%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 25%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 25%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 75%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 25%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 25%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 25%
Brian Baird Other 25%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 25%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Charlie Bass Other 75%
Evan Bayh Other 0%
Bob Beauprez Other 100%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 25%
Howard Berman Other 25%
Marion Berry Other 25%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 0%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 25%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 25%
Steve Buyer Other 75%
Robert Byrd Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 50%
Julia Carson Other 25%
Edward Case Other 25%
Mike Castle Other 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 0%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 50%
Jon Corzine Other 0%
Jerry Costello Other 25%
Christopher Cox Other 75%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Randall Cunningham Other 75%
Artur Davis Other 25%
James Davis Other 25%
Jo Ann Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 25%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 75%
Norm Dicks Other 25%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 50%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 25%
Vern Ehlers Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 50%
Philip English Other 100%
John Ensign Other 50%
Bob Etheridge Other 25%
Lane Evans Other 25%
Terry Everett Other 75%
Tom Feeney Other 25%
Russ Feingold Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 100%
Mark Foley Other 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 25%
William Frist Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 75%
Jim Gibbons Other 75%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 75%
Paul Gillmor Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 75%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
Mark Green Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 25%
Jane Harman Other 25%
Katherine Harris Other 100%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 75%
Joel Hefley Other 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 75%
Maurice Hinchey Other 25%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 75%
Thomas Holden Other 50%
Darlene Hooley Other 25%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 25%
Kenny Hulshof Other 75%
Duncan Hunter Other 75%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 75%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 25%
William Jefferson Other 25%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 50%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 50%
Nancy Johnson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 75%
Paul Kanjorski Other 25%
Ric Keller Other 75%
Sue Kelly Other 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 25%
Dale Kildee Other 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 25%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 0%
James Kolbe Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 25%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 100%
Tom Lantos Other 25%
Steve LaTourette Other 100%
James Leach Other 75%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 0%
Blanche Lincoln Other 50%
John Linder Other 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 50%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 75%
Jim Marshall Other 75%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 75%
James McCrery III Other 75%
John McHugh Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 25%
Martin Meehan Other 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 25%
Brad Miller Other 25%
Alan Mollohan Other 25%
Dennis Moore Other 25%
Jack Murtha Other 50%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 25%
Sue Myrick Other 75%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Robert William Ney Other 100%
Anne Northup Other 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 25%
James Nussle Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 25%
John Olver Other 25%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 25%
Thomas William Osborne Other 100%
Major Owens Other 25%
Michael Oxley Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 25%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 75%
Richard Pombo Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 75%
James Ramstad Other 75%
Ralph Regula Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 75%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 25%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 25%
Steve Rothman Other 25%
Jim Ryun Other 50%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 25%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 75%
Donald Sherwood Other 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 100%
Ike Skelton Other 25%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 25%
Hilda Solis Other 25%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 25%
Pete Stark Other 25%
Cliff Stearns Other 75%
Ted Stevens Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 25%
Bart Stupak Other 25%
John Sullivan Other 75%
John Sununu Other 50%
John Sweeney Other 100%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 25%
John Tanner Other 25%
Ellen Tauscher Other 25%
Charles Taylor Other 75%
Gene Taylor Other 25%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 25%
George Voinovich Other 100%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 25%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 25%
Anthony Weiner Other 25%
David Weldon Other 75%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 25%
David Wu Other 75%
Albert Wynn Other 25%

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