Rating Group: American Immigration Lawyers Association
2009-2010 U.S. Senate Score
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lisa Murkowski | R | 20% |
| AK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Begich | D | 80% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 0% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Pryor | D | 20% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 40% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 40% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 80% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Michael Bennet | D | 80% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Tom Carper | D | 100% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Jr | Chris Coons | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. Senate-Sr | William Nelson, Sr. | D | 80% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 100% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Jr | James Risch | R | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Kirk | R | 0% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 0% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 0% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 60% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 0% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 0% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Debbie Stabenow | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Amy Klobuchar | DFL | 60% |
| MN | U.S. Senate-Jr | Al Franken | DFL | 100% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Claire McCaskill | D | 25% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 0% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 20% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jon Tester | D | 20% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Jr | Kay Hagan | D | 75% |
| NE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Johanns | R | 0% |
| NH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 0% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Thomas Coburn | R | 0% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 80% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Merkley | D | 80% |
| PA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | D | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | D | 100% |
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 0% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 100% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Thune | R | 0% |
| TN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lamar Alexander | R | 0% |
| TN | U.S. Senate-Jr | Robert Corker | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. Senate-Sr | John Cornyn | R | 0% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 0% |
| VA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Warner | D | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 100% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 80% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 0% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Barrasso | R | 0% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 20% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 20% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 100% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 0% | ||
| Scott Brown | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 0% | ||
| Roland Burris | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 100% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 100% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 0% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 100% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 100% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 0% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 100% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 0% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 100% | ||
| Ted Kaufman | Other | 100% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 80% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 0% | ||
| George LeMieux | Other | 0% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 60% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 25% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 20% | ||
| Ben Nelson | Other | 0% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 0% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 100% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 40% | ||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | Other | 40% |
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