Rating Group: National Journal

2007 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 40%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 24%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 26%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 21%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 31%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 29%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 22%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 63%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 26%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 4%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 82%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 62%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 77%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 88%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 67%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 78%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 78%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 78%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 82%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 59%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 82%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 69%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 82%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 82%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 15%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 11%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 82%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 6%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 77%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 82%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 18%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 82%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 78%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 82%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 82%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 9%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 82%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 21%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 82%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 16%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 77%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 7%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 4%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 67%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 82%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 61%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 76%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 77%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 61%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 64%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 78%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 69%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 78%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 58%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 79%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 24%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 27%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 63%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 6%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 35%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 38%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 67%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 39%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 82%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 73%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 34%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 37%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 18%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 14%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 7%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 9%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 64%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 82%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 82%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 6%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 47%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 82%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 5%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 82%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 58%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 42%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 79%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 78%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 67%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 32%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 8%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 12%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 36%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 79%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 45%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 73%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 60%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 82%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 24%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 72%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 82%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 29%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 78%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 48%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 73%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 25%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 3%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 33%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 58%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 25%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 49%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 20%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 21%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 28%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 82%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 82%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 69%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 82%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 73%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 82%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 79%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 64%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 73%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 82%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 73%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 82%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 48%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 77%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 79%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 72%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 21%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 41%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 20%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 29%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 67%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 40%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 73%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 82%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 79%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 69%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 9%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 82%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 82%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 6%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 52%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 51%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 11%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 67%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 82%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 31%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 21%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 16%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 82%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 53%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 60%
NA President Barack Obama II D 94%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 94%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 18%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 72%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 63%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 40%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 82%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 4%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 21%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 51%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 12%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 82%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 36%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 28%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 14%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 78%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 94%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 94%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 82%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 51%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 48%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 9%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 82%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 82%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 82%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 39%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 82%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 78%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 11%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 72%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 27%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 89%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 64%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 78%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 42%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 63%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 67%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 82%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 82%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 82%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 78%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 76%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 82%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 82%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 73%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 82%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 82%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 82%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 72%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 71%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 26%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 5%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 57%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 38%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 32%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 73%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 6%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 13%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 20%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 18%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 14%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 59%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 34%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 72%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 61%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 90%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 82%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 82%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 45%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 19%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 67%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 72%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 43%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 9%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 41%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 94%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 94%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 82%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 18%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 9%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 82%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 36%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 30%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 32%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 14%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 49%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 5%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 61%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 9%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 15%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 26%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 8%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 26%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 6%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 6%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 3%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 7%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 69%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 27%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 3%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 13%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 6%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 59%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 69%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 21%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 12%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 17%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 47%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 50%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 60%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 13%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 13%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 64%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 34%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 8%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 46%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 69%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 27%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 25%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 4%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 67%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 41%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 90%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 90%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 77%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 66%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 63%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 61%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 17%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 31%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 73%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 46%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 64%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 63%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 82%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 17%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 60%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 82%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 11%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 37%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 65%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 42%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 59%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 7%
Gary Ackerman Other 76%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 66%
Todd Akin Other 11%
Wayne Allard Other 3%
Thomas Allen Other 78%
Jason Altmire Other 56%
Michael Arcuri Other 78%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 82%
Brian Baird Other 76%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 4%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 30%
Evan Bayh Other 56%
Melissa Bean Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 16%
Shelley Berkley Other 62%
Howard Berman Other 82%
Marion Berry Other 53%
Judy Biggert Other 34%
Brian Bilbray Other 16%
Jeff Bingaman Other 77%
Kit Bond Other 30%
Mary Bono Mack Other 35%
Dan Boren Other 43%
Leonard Boswell Other 58%
Rick Boucher Other 54%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 49%
Nancy Boyda Other 52%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 25%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 34%
Jim Bunning Other 5%
Dan Burton Other 13%
Steve Buyer Other 23%
Robert Byrd Other 51%
Chris Cannon Other 3%
Dennis Cardoza Other 67%
Russ Carnahan Other 64%
Christopher Carney Other 52%
Mike Castle Other 46%
Ben Chandler III Other 60%
Hillary Clinton Other 87%
Norm Coleman Other 43%
Kent Conrad Other 53%
Jerry Costello Other 58%
Larry Craig Other 23%
Robert Cramer Other 50%
Barbara Cubin Other 9%
Artur Davis Other 73%
David Davis Other 12%
Geoff Davis Other 23%
Lincoln Davis Other 53%
Thomas Davis III Other 33%
Bill Delahunt Other 82%
James DeMint Other 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 35%
Norm Dicks Other 78%
Chris Dodd Other 62%
Elizabeth Dole Other 22%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 34%
John Doolittle Other 14%
Byron Dorgan Other 60%
Thelma Drake Other 18%
David Dreier Other 18%
Chet Edwards Other 48%
Vern Ehlers Other 40%
Brad Ellsworth Other 51%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 41%
Philip English Other 42%
John Ensign Other 11%
Bob Etheridge Other 56%
Terry Everett Other 25%
Tom Feeney Other 10%
Russ Feingold Other 79%
Michael Ferguson Other 47%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 40%
Barney Frank Other 82%
Elton Gallegly Other 23%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 62%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 44%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 53%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 29%
Bart Gordon Other 55%
Judd Gregg Other 26%
John Hall Other 64%
Phil Hare Other 69%
Jane Harman Other 82%
Robert Hayes Other 39%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 8%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 56%
Baron Hill Other 51%
Maurice Hinchey Other 82%
David Lee Hobson Other 36%
Paul Hodes Other 78%
Pete Hoekstra Other 19%
Thomas Holden Other 56%
Darlene Hooley Other 66%
Kenny Hulshof Other 30%
Duncan Hunter Other 26%
Kay Hutchison Other 28%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 29%
Daniel Inouye Other 70%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 82%
William Jefferson Other 60%
Tim Johnson Other 44%
Steve Kagen Other 78%
Paul Kanjorski Other 50%
Ric Keller Other 31%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 66%
Patrick Kennedy Other 82%
Dale Kildee Other 73%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 73%
Ron Klein Other 62%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 32%
Herb Kohl Other 72%
Dennis Kucinich Other 48%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 38%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 43%
Nicholas Lampson Other 46%
Steve LaTourette Other 43%
Jerry Lewis Other 19%
Ron Lewis Other 20%
Joe Lieberman Other 72%
Blanche Lincoln Other 66%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 39%
Dan Lungren Other 16%
Connie Mack IV Other 17%
Tim Mahoney Other 50%
Don Manzullo Other 19%
Jim Marshall Other 45%
Melquiades Martinez Other 28%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 33%
James McCrery III Other 15%
John McHugh Other 44%
Michael McNulty Other 82%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 82%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 47%
Brad Miller Other 82%
Harry Mitchell Other 53%
Alan Mollohan Other 51%
Dennis Moore Other 78%
Patrick Murphy Other 56%
Jack Murtha Other 56%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 3%
Sue Myrick Other 13%
Ben Nelson Other 46%
Jim Oberstar Other 55%
Dave Obey Other 82%
John Olver Other 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 55%
Ron Paul Other 20%
Donald Payne Other 82%
John Peterson Other 23%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 30%
Todd Platts Other 42%
Earl Pomeroy Other 69%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 40%
Deborah Pryce Other 35%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 45%
Ralph Regula Other 39%
Denny Rehberg Other 26%
Richard Renzi Other 37%
Silvestre Reyes Other 56%
Thomas Reynolds Other 31%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 54%
Mike Ross Other 53%
Steve Rothman Other 82%
Ken Salazar Other 56%
William Sali Other 3%
Jim Saxton Other 43%
Jean Schmidt Other 29%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 64%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 48%
Heath Shuler Other 55%
Ike Skelton Other 59%
Gordon Smith Other 44%
Olympia Snowe Other 46%
Vic Snyder Other 69%
Hilda Solis Other 82%
Mark Souder Other 23%
Zack Space Other 54%
Arlen Specter Other 45%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 77%
Pete Stark Other 67%
Cliff Stearns Other 27%
Ted Stevens Other 38%
Bart Stupak Other 53%
John Sullivan Other 14%
John Sununu Other 32%
Betty Sutton Other 64%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 49%
Ellen Tauscher Other 69%
Gene Taylor Other 47%
Todd Tiahrt Other 24%
Ed Towns Other 82%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 82%
George Voinovich Other 41%
James Walsh Other 44%
Zach Wamp Other 24%
John Warner Other 37%
Diane Watson Other 82%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 53%
Anthony Weiner Other 78%
David Weldon Other 19%
Gerald Weller Other 36%
Robert Wexler Other 82%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 57%
Heather Wilson Other 37%
Lynn Woolsey Other 82%
David Wu Other 82%
Albert Wynn Other 82%

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