Rating Group: Concerned Women for America

2005-2006 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 69%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100%
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 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 100%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 56%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 77%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 8%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 23%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 11%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 31%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 15%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 23%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 31%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 8%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 46%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 8%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 17%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 15%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 92%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 23%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 77%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 21%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 15%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 23%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 15%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 15%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 8%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 92%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 23%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 79%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 15%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 23%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 54%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 77%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 31%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 17%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 31%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 31%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 62%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 29%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 31%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 33%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 33%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 25%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 92%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 21%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 21%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 93%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 92%
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 100%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 93%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 57%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 25%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 64%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 8%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 11%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 100%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 93%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 93%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 11%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 23%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 93%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 30%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 17%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 8%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 92%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 31%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 36%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 67%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 23%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 23%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 23%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 23%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 21%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 57%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 11%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 29%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 31%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 21%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 36%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 29%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 78%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 36%
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 79%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 36%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 31%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 8%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 31%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 92%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 14%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 29%
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 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 43%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 11%
NA President Barack Obama II D 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 29%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 29%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 77%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 93%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 14%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 69%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 23%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 86%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 29%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 29%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 69%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 29%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 23%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 11%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 11%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 23%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 21%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 31%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 31%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 15%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 7%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 31%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 23%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 31%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 14%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 29%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 31%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 18%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 43%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 31%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 62%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 93%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 46%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn 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 11%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 69%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 25%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 31%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 36%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 29%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 62%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 93%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 36%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 38%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 50%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 93%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 57%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 67%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 38%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 46%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 93%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 75%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 36%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 100%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 69%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 58%
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 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 64%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 54%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 23%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 31%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 64%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 7%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 100%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 29%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 92%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 11%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 15%
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 38%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 92%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 7%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 69%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 31%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 25%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 21%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 23%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 31%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 11%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 71%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 92%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 11%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 31%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 36%
Brian Baird Other 21%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 93%
Charlie Bass Other 57%
Evan Bayh Other 11%
Melissa Bean Other 43%
Bob Beauprez Other 92%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 14%
Howard Berman Other 8%
Marion Berry Other 79%
Judy Biggert Other 50%
Brian Bilbray Other 60%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 22%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 46%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 60%
Dan Boren Other 79%
Leonard Boswell Other 62%
Rick Boucher Other 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 62%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 71%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 56%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 54%
Russ Carnahan Other 29%
Julia Carson Other 21%
Edward Case Other 31%
Mike Castle Other 43%
Ben Chandler III Other 64%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 11%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 33%
Jerry Costello Other 93%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 64%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 46%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
James Davis Other 17%
Jo Ann Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 71%
Bill Delahunt Other 8%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 93%
Norm Dicks Other 36%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 71%
Chet Edwards Other 57%
Vern Ehlers Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 79%
Philip English Other 93%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 64%
Lane Evans Other 22%
Terry Everett Other 100%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 100%
Mark Foley Other 57%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 54%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 71%
Barney Frank Other 7%
William Frist Other 89%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Jim Gibbons Other 67%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 38%
Paul Gillmor Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 23%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 62%
Mark Green Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 17%
Katherine Harris Other 100%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 100%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 57%
Maurice Hinchey Other 9%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 79%
Darlene Hooley Other 31%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 92%
Daniel Inouye Other 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 29%
William Jefferson Other 31%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 0%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 100%
Nancy Johnson Other 38%
Tim Johnson Other 93%
Paul Kanjorski Other 50%
Ric Keller Other 100%
Sue Kelly Other 64%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 15%
Dale Kildee Other 64%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 23%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 92%
Herb Kohl Other 14%
James Kolbe Other 38%
Dennis Kucinich Other 8%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 93%
Tom Lantos Other 25%
Steve LaTourette Other 77%
James Leach Other 64%
Jerry Lewis Other 71%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 33%
Blanche Lincoln Other 0%
John Linder Other 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
Dan Lungren Other 92%
Connie Mack IV Other 71%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 93%
Melquiades Martinez Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 93%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 93%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 20%
Michael McNulty Other 38%
Martin Meehan Other 31%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 36%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 69%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 33%
Brad Miller Other 36%
Alan Mollohan Other 86%
Dennis Moore Other 46%
Jack Murtha Other 50%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 89%
Robert William Ney Other 93%
Anne Northup Other 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 100%
James Nussle Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 80%
Dave Obey Other 46%
John Olver Other 14%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 62%
Thomas William Osborne Other 100%
Major Owens Other 15%
Michael Oxley Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 62%
Donald Payne Other 15%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 71%
Richard Pombo Other 92%
Earl Pomeroy Other 57%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 64%
Deborah Pryce Other 79%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 71%
Ralph Regula Other 79%
Denny Rehberg Other 93%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 42%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 71%
Steve Rothman Other 17%
Jim Ryun Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 15%
Ken Salazar Other 44%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 93%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
John Schwarz Other 71%
John Shadegg Other 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 77%
Christopher Shays Other 36%
Donald Sherwood Other 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 42%
Ike Skelton Other 71%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 78%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Mike Sodrel Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 23%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 88%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 43%
Pete Stark Other 8%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 31%
Bart Stupak Other 77%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 100%
John Sweeney Other 69%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 93%
John Tanner Other 71%
Ellen Tauscher Other 23%
Charles Taylor Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 69%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 31%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 31%
George Voinovich Other 89%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 8%
Anthony Weiner Other 23%
David Weldon Other 100%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 77%
Gerald Weller Other 92%
Robert Wexler Other 23%
Heather Wilson Other 67%
Lynn Woolsey Other 8%
David Wu Other 29%
Albert Wynn Other 46%

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