Rating Group: Non Commissioned Officers Association

2001 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 80%
Gary Ackerman Other 73%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 86%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 80%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 60%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 86%
Richard Armey Other 86%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 86%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 80%
Brian Baird Other 86%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 86%
John Baldacci Other 80%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 66%
Cass Ballenger Other 86%
James Barcia Other 80%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 80%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 80%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 80%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 80%
Charlie Bass Other 86%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
Evan Bayh Other 50%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 60%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 86%
Douglas Bereuter Other 73%
Shelley Berkley Other 86%
Howard Berman Other 53%
Marion Berry Other 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
Judy Biggert Other 86%
Michael Bilirakis Other 80%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 80%
Rod Blagojevich Other 80%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 66%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 86%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 86%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 86%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 80%
David Edward Bonior Other 60%
Mary Bono Mack Other 86%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 80%
Leonard Boswell Other 86%
Rick Boucher Other 73%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 73%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 86%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 66%
John Breaux Other 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 86%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 86%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 73%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
Ed Bryant Other 86%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 86%
Dan Burton Other 66%
Steve Buyer Other 80%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Herbert Callahan Other 86%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 80%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 86%
Ben Campbell Other 100%
Chris Cannon Other 80%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 86%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 86%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 66%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 80%
Jean Carnahan Other 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
Brad Carson Other 86%
Julia Carson Other 73%
Mike Castle Other 86%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 80%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 86%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 66%
Eva Clayton Other 73%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 75%
Robert Clement Other 86%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 86%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 80%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
Michael Collins Other 86%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
Larry Combest Other 86%
Gary Condit Other 86%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 40%
John Cooksey Other 80%
Jon Corzine Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 86%
Christopher Cox Other 80%
William Coyne Other 80%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 86%
Philip Crane Other 80%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 86%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 86%
Barbara Cubin Other 40%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 80%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 80%
Randall Cunningham Other 86%
Thomas Daschle Other 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 66%
James Davis Other 86%
Jo Ann Davis Other 80%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 80%
Thomas Davis III Other 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 80%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 66%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 80%
Bill Delahunt Other 60%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 80%
Thomas DeLay Other 80%
James DeMint Other 80%
Peter Deutsch Other 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 80%
Norm Dicks Other 73%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 73%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 73%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 75%
Calvin Dooley Other 73%
John Doolittle Other 80%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 86%
David Dreier Other 73%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 80%
Jennifer Dunn Other 86%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
John Edwards Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 86%
Vern Ehlers Other 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 86%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 86%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 80%
Philip English Other 73%
John Ensign Other 75%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 75%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 80%
Bob Etheridge Other 86%
Lane Evans Other 80%
Terry Everett Other 86%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 80%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 60%
Russ Feingold Other 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 80%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 46%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 53%
Ernest Fletcher Other 86%
Mark Foley Other 86%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 86%
Barney Frank Other 60%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 86%
William Frist Other 100%
Jonas Frost III Other 80%
Elton Gallegly Other 80%
John Ganske Other 73%
George Gekas Other 86%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 66%
Jim Gibbons Other 80%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 60%
Paul Gillmor Other 86%
Benjamin Gilman Other 86%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 73%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 86%
Bart Gordon Other 80%
Porter Goss Other 86%
Daniel Graham Other 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 86%
William Phillip Gramm Other 75%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 80%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 86%
Mark Green Other 86%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 86%
James Greenwood Other 80%
Judd Gregg Other 100%
Felix Grucci, Jr. Other 86%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 80%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 86%
Tony Hall Other 66%
James Hansen Other 86%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
Jane Harman Other 73%
Melissa Hart Other 86%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 73%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 86%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
Robert Hayes Other 86%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 86%
Joel Hefley Other 60%
Jesse Helms Other 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 80%
Baron Hill Other 80%
Van Hilleary Other 86%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 73%
Maurice Hinchey Other 53%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 86%
David Lee Hobson Other 86%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 80%
Pete Hoekstra Other 66%
Thomas Holden Other 73%
Ernest Hollings Other 75%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 73%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 80%
Darlene Hooley Other 73%
Stephen Horn Other 86%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 86%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 80%
Kenny Hulshof Other 86%
Duncan Hunter Other 86%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 75%
Henry Hyde Other 86%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 75%
Daniel Inouye Other 75%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 80%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 86%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 80%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 66%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 73%
William Jefferson Other 73%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 100%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 86%
Christopher John Other 80%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
Nancy Johnson Other 86%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 80%
Tim Johnson Other 86%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 66%
Paul Kanjorski Other 80%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 86%
Ric Keller Other 86%
Sue Kelly Other 86%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Mark Kennedy Other 86%
Patrick Kennedy Other 80%
Brian Kerns Other 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 86%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 60%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 80%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 86%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 80%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 86%
Gerald Kleczka Other 73%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 86%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
James Kolbe Other 80%
Dennis Kucinich Other 73%
Jon Kyl Other 50%
John LaFalce Other 60%
Ray LaHood Other 80%
Nicholas Lampson Other 80%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 86%
Tom Lantos Other 86%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 80%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 73%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 86%
Steve LaTourette Other 80%
James Leach Other 80%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 75%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 60%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 80%
Jerry Lewis Other 86%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 73%
Ron Lewis Other 73%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 86%
William Lipinski Other 73%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 86%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 66%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 73%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 86%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 86%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
William Luther Other 73%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 73%
James Maloney Other 86%
Don Manzullo Other 80%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 80%
Frank Mascara Other 86%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 80%
Robert Matsui Other 80%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 25%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 86%
Karen McCarthy Other 73%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 80%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
James McCrery III Other 86%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 60%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 80%
John McHugh Other 86%
Scott McInnis Other 60%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 73%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 86%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 66%
Michael McNulty Other 86%
Martin Meehan Other 60%
Carrie Meek Other 73%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 73%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 86%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 86%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 86%
Dan Miller Other 80%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 80%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 53%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 75%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 75%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 80%
Alan Mollohan Other 66%
Dennis Moore Other 80%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 86%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 80%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 80%
Constance Morella Other 86%
Frank Murkowski Other 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 75%
Jack Murtha Other 80%
Sue Myrick Other 80%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 73%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 80%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 80%
Ben Nelson Other 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 86%
Robert William Ney Other 86%
Don Nickles Other 75%
Anne Northup Other 86%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 86%
James Nussle Other 80%
Jim Oberstar Other 66%
Dave Obey Other 60%
John Olver Other 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 86%
Thomas William Osborne Other 86%
Doug Ose Other 80%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 80%
Major Owens Other 60%
Michael Oxley Other 86%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 80%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 86%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 73%
Ron Paul Other 40%
Donald Payne Other 53%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 73%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 73%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 80%
John Peterson Other 80%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66%
David Phelps Other 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 86%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 80%
Todd Platts Other 73%
Richard Pombo Other 73%
Earl Pomeroy Other 80%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 66%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 80%
Deborah Pryce Other 86%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 73%
Jack Quinn Other 73%
George Radanovich Other 86%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 80%
James Ramstad Other 86%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 66%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Ralph Regula Other 86%
Denny Rehberg Other 86%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 66%
Thomas Reynolds Other 86%
Bob Riley Other 73%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 73%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 80%
Timothy Roemer Other 80%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 86%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 86%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 73%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 66%
Mike Ross Other 86%
Steve Rothman Other 73%
Marge Roukema Other 86%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 73%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 73%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 80%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 86%
Jim Ryun Other 80%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 73%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 53%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 73%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 86%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 80%
Jim Saxton Other 86%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 53%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 73%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 80%
Edward Schrock Other 86%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 60%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 60%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 80%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 73%
John Shadegg Other 66%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 80%
Christopher Shays Other 73%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 86%
Donald Sherwood Other 86%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 86%
Ronnie Shows Other 80%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 83%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 80%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 86%
Joseph Skeen Other 86%
Ike Skelton Other 86%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 66%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 86%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 80%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 80%
Nick Smith Other 80%
Bob Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 66%
Hilda Solis Other 66%
Mark Souder Other 66%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 86%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 46%
Cliff Stearns Other 66%
Charles Stenholm Other 86%
Ted Stevens Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 86%
Bob Stump Other 80%
Bart Stupak Other 73%
John Sununu Other 80%
John Sweeney Other 80%
Tom Tancredo Other 60%
John Tanner Other 80%
Ellen Tauscher Other 80%
William Tauzin Other 80%
Charles Taylor Other 60%
Gene Taylor Other 86%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 86%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 86%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 80%
Fred Thompson Other 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 80%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 86%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 86%
Karen Thurman Other 86%
Strom Thurmond Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 86%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 86%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 73%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 73%
Robert Torricelli Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 73%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 53%
James Turner Other 80%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 73%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 80%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 86%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 73%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 73%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 80%
George Voinovich Other 50%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 86%
James Walsh Other 86%
Zach Wamp Other 86%
John Warner Other 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 53%
Wesley Watkins Other 86%
Diane Watson Other 72%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 66%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 86%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 60%
Anthony Weiner Other 80%
David Weldon Other 73%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 86%
Gerald Weller Other 86%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 73%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 73%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 86%
Heather Wilson Other 73%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 86%
Lynn Woolsey Other 73%
David Wu Other 66%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn Other 86%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 73%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 73%

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