Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2009-2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 56%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 89%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 50%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 22%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 22%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 10%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 30%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 10%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 10%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 89%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 33%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 90%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 80%
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 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 100%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 90%
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 10%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 20%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 40%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 11%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 90%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 90%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 10%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 90%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 10%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 10%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 10%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter 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 89%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 89%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 90%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 90%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 90%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 90%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 90%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 30%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 10%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 10%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 30%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 40%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 60%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 20%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 30%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 30%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 22%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 22%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 10%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 90%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 80%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 80%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 80%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 90%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 90%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 20%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 22%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 22%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 40%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 40%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 90%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 90%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 70%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 20%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 90%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 30%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 20%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 10%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 11%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 10%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 11%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 11%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 30%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 20%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 90%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 20%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 89%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 22%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 10%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 10%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 10%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 10%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 30%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 90%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 90%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 90%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
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 67%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 30%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 10%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 90%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 50%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 80%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 30%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 70%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 78%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 10%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 20%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 20%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 33%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 20%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 89%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 22%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 78%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 20%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 10%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 70%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 10%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 33%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 20%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 30%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 50%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 60%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 10%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 50%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 70%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 40%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 90%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 89%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 100%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 90%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 89%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 20%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 80%
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 90%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
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 90%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 100%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 100%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 30%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 11%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 11%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 10%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 30%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 90%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 89%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 40%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 30%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 100%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 10%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 40%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 40%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 11%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 10%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 89%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 22%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 33%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 33%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 20%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 10%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 10%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 22%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 10%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 10%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 10%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 20%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 10%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 80%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 10%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 10%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 90%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
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 22%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 70%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 89%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 20%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 10%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 10%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 70%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 30%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 90%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 10%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 20%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 50%
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 10%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 90%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 10%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 40%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 89%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 33%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 22%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
John Adler Other 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 90%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Steve Austria Other 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 80%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 30%
Evan Bayh Other 78%
Melissa Bean Other 80%
Bob Bennett Other 22%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 80%
Judy Biggert Other 40%
Brian Bilbray Other 20%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
John Boccieri Other 90%
Kit Bond Other 22%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Dan Boren Other 60%
Leonard Boswell Other 90%
Rick Boucher Other 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 70%
Bobby Bright Other 30%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 30%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 30%
Jim Bunning Other 11%
Roland Burris Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 10%
Steve Buyer Other 20%
Robert Byrd Other 56%
Joseph Cao Other 60%
Dennis Cardoza Other 90%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Christopher Carney Other 80%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 90%
Travis Childers Other 70%
Kent Conrad Other 89%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 90%
Geoff Davis Other 10%
Lincoln Davis Other 80%
Bill Delahunt Other 90%
James DeMint Other 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 30%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 78%
David Dreier Other 20%
Steve Driehaus Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 90%
Vern Ehlers Other 50%
Brad Ellsworth Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 40%
John Ensign Other 11%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 89%
Barney Frank Other 90%
Elton Gallegly Other 20%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 90%
Bart Gordon Other 90%
Judd Gregg Other 33%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 60%
John Hall Other 100%
Debbie Halvorson Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 90%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 10%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 70%
Baron Hill Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
Paul Hodes Other 90%
Pete Hoekstra Other 10%
Thomas Holden Other 90%
Kay Hutchison Other 56%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 10%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 80%
Tim Johnson Other 40%
Steve Kagen Other 90%
Paul Kanjorski Other 90%
Ted Kaufman Other 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 29%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 90%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 100%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 100%
Larry Kissell Other 70%
Ron Klein Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 90%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 80%
Dennis Kucinich Other 80%
Jon Kyl Other 11%
Steve LaTourette Other 40%
Chris Lee Other 40%
George LeMieux Other 50%
Jerry Lewis Other 10%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 89%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 56%
Dan Lungren Other 10%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 20%
Betsy Markey Other 70%
Jim Marshall Other 70%
Melquiades Martinez Other 43%
Eric Massa Other 90%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 30%
John McHugh Other 50%
Michael McMahon Other 80%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 80%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Walt Minnick Other 60%
Harry Mitchell Other 90%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Scott Murphy Other 67%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 10%
Ben Nelson Other 78%
Glenn Nye III Other 70%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 100%
Tom Perriello Other 60%
Todd Platts Other 60%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 40%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 80%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Mark Schauer Other 100%
Jean Schmidt Other 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Heath Shuler Other 70%
Ike Skelton Other 90%
Olympia Snowe Other 67%
Vic Snyder Other 90%
Hilda Solis Other 75%
Mark Souder Other 20%
Zack Space Other 90%
Arlen Specter Other 78%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 70%
Cliff Stearns Other 10%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
John Tanner Other 80%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 60%
Harry Teague Other 70%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
Ed Towns Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 33%
Zach Wamp Other 20%
Diane Watson Other 90%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 89%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 80%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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