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Rating Group: National Restaurant Association

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Todd Akin 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
Mark Foley 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
Mike Castle 92%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 92%
Barbara Cubin 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
James DeMint 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
David Dreier 92%
Tom Feeney 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 92%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
Henry Hyde 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
Sue Myrick 92%
Anne Northup 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92%
Thomas William Osborne 92%
Ron Paul 92%
George Radanovich 92%
Christopher Shays 92%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 92%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 92%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
James Walsh 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
Judd Gregg 86%
Kay Hutchison 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
Gordon Smith 86%
Ted Stevens 86%
John Sununu 86%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 83%
John Doolittle 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 83%
Philip English 83%
Michael Ferguson 83%
Jim Gibbons 83%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Ray LaHood 83%
Thaddeus McCotter 83%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 83%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 75%
Chris Cannon 75%
Robert Cramer 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
Sue Kelly 75%
Steve LaTourette 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 75%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Saxton 75%
John Sweeney 75%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 71%
Ben Nelson 71%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 67%
John McHugh 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
Lincoln Davis 58%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 58%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 58%
Arlen Specter 57%
Chet Edwards 50%
James Leach 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
Evan Bayh 43%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 43%
Russ Feingold 43%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
Joe Lieberman 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Rick Boucher 42%
Harold Ford, Jr. 42%
Bart Gordon 42%
Thomas Holden 42%
Jim Marshall 42%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42%
Ike Skelton 42%
John Tanner 42%
Albert Wynn 42%
Ben Chandler III 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
Edward Case 33%
Artur Davis 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
Herb Kohl 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
Mike Ross 33%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 29%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
Hillary Clinton 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 29%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 29%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 29%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 29%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Leonard Boswell 25%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
Jerry Costello 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 25%
Jane Harman 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
Vic Snyder 25%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
David Wu 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
Gary Ackerman 17%
Thomas Allen 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
Brian Baird 17%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 17%
Marion Berry 17%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 17%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Lane Evans 17%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
William Jefferson 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 17%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Dale Kildee 17%
Tom Lantos 17%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 17%
Michael McNulty 17%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 17%
Brad Miller 17%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 17%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Steve Rothman 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Ted Strickland 17%
Bart Stupak 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 17%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 17%
Anthony Weiner 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 14%
Robert Byrd 14%
Jon Corzine 14%
Chris Dodd 14%
Byron Dorgan 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
Daniel Inouye 14%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 14%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 14%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
Howard Berman 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
Julia Carson 8%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
James Davis 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Norm Dicks 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
Robert Matsui 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
Martin Meehan 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 8%
Major Owens 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8%
Hilda Solis 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
Robert Wexler 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Jack Murtha 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Ed Towns 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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