Rating Group: The Arc

2005-2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 50%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 40%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 33%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 33%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 33%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 17%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 17%
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 33%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 33%
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 40%
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 33%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 40%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 33%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 33%
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%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 33%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 33%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 33%
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 33%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 33%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 33%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 33%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 33%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 33%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 33%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 33%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 33%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 33%
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 33%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 17%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 33%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 33%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 33%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 33%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 33%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 33%
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 83%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 83%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch 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. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 33%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 33%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 33%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 20%
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 33%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 67%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 33%
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 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 33%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 60%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 33%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 33%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 33%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 33%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 33%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 33%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 33%
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 33%
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 33%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 33%
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 100%
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. House-1 Steve Chabot R 17%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 33%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 33%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 33%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 33%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 33%
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 67%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 33%
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 33%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 17%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 33%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 20%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 50%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 83%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 33%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 33%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 33%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 33%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 33%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 33%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 33%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 33%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 33%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 33%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 33%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 33%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 17%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 33%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 33%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 33%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 20%
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 33%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 20%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 83%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 33%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 33%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 33%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 33%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 33%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 33%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 83%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 17%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 33%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 33%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 33%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 33%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 33%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 33%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 29%
Melissa Bean Other 83%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 33%
Brian Bilbray Other 67%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
Dan Boren Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 33%
Dan Burton Other 33%
Steve Buyer Other 33%
Chris Cannon Other 33%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 20%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 83%
Barbara Cubin Other 40%
Artur Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 33%
Jo Ann Davis Other 33%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 33%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 33%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 33%
Thelma Drake Other 33%
David Dreier Other 33%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 33%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 33%
Philip English Other 17%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 33%
Tom Feeney Other 33%
Michael Ferguson Other 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 33%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 33%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 33%
Paul Gillmor Other 40%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 50%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 33%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 33%
Pete Hoekstra Other 33%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 33%
Duncan Hunter Other 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 67%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 40%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 33%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 33%
Ray LaHood Other 33%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
Jerry Lewis Other 20%
Ron Lewis Other 33%
John Linder Other 33%
Dan Lungren Other 33%
Connie Mack IV Other 33%
Don Manzullo Other 33%
Jim Marshall Other 67%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 33%
James McCrery III Other 33%
John McHugh Other 67%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 33%
Sue Myrick Other 33%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 80%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 40%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 33%
Todd Platts Other 33%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 33%
Deborah Pryce Other 33%
George Radanovich Other 33%
James Ramstad Other 67%
Ralph Regula Other 33%
Denny Rehberg Other 33%
Richard Renzi Other 50%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 33%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 33%
Jean Schmidt Other 40%
John Shadegg Other 17%
Christopher Shays Other 33%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 33%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 83%
Cliff Stearns Other 33%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 33%
Tom Tancredo Other 33%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 50%
Todd Tiahrt Other 33%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
James Walsh Other 33%
Zach Wamp Other 50%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 33%
Gerald Weller Other 33%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 67%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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