Rating Group: American Road and Transportation Builders Association

2005-2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 80%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 80%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 60%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 66%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 66%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 66%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 40%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 66%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 66%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 75%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui 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-16 Jim Costa D 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 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 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 33%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 66%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
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 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro 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 66%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 66%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 50%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
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 66%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 66%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 66%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 60%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 60%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 66%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 66%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 80%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 80%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 66%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 66%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 80%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 66%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 80%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 66%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 66%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 75%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 66%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 40%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 60%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 66%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 60%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 80%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 66%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 66%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 66%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 80%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger 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 80%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 66%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 80%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 66%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 66%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 66%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 80%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 66%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 80%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 66%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 66%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 66%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 80%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 66%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 66%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 66%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 66%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 66%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 80%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 66%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 66%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez 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 100%
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-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-1 Steve Chabot R 66%
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 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 80%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 60%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 66%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 100%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 66%
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 66%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 50%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 40%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 66%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 80%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 66%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 66%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 66%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 20%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
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 33%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
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 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 66%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 66%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 66%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 66%
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 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 66%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 66%
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 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
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 66%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 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 80%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 80%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 66%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 66%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 66%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 66%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 66%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 66%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 60%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 80%
Todd Akin Other 66%
Wayne Allard Other 60%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 66%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Melissa Bean Other 100%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 80%
Mary Bono Mack Other 100%
Dan Boren Other 66%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 66%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 66%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 80%
Dan Burton Other 66%
Steve Buyer Other 66%
Robert Byrd Other 60%
Chris Cannon Other 66%
Dennis Cardoza Other 66%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 66%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 80%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 60%
Robert Cramer Other 66%
Barbara Cubin Other 66%
Artur Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
Jo Ann Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 66%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 80%
Elizabeth Dole Other 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 75%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
Thelma Drake Other 66%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 66%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 66%
Philip English Other 66%
John Ensign Other 80%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 66%
Tom Feeney Other 66%
Russ Feingold Other 60%
Michael Ferguson Other 66%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 66%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100%
Paul Gillmor Other 66%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 66%
Bart Gordon Other 66%
Judd Gregg Other 20%
Jane Harman Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 66%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 66%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 40%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 66%
Daniel Inouye Other 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 66%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 80%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 66%
Herb Kohl Other 80%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 20%
Ray LaHood Other 66%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 66%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 80%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 80%
Dick Lugar Other 80%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 66%
Don Manzullo Other 66%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
Melquiades Martinez Other 60%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 66%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 66%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 66%
Dennis Moore Other 66%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 66%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 100%
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%
John Peterson Other 66%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 66%
Todd Platts Other 66%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 66%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 100%
Ralph Regula Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 66%
Richard Renzi Other 66%
Silvestre Reyes Other 66%
Thomas Reynolds Other 66%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 80%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 66%
Arlen Specter Other 80%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 80%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 66%
John Sununu Other 25%
Tom Tancredo Other 66%
John Tanner Other 66%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
Craig Thomas Other 60%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 80%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 66%
John Warner Other 80%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 66%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 66%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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