Rating Group: National Journal

2007 Liberal on Foreign Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 21%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 41%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 16%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 9%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 28%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 47%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 30%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 39%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 86%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 84%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 73%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 93%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 80%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 86%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 75%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 86%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 65%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 59%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 94%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 81%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 78%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 90%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 32%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 94%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 69%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 63%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 90%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 89%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 89%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 96%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 94%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 65%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 72%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 36%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 65%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 86%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 59%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 92%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 62%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 54%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 69%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 81%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 81%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 93%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 59%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 52%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 38%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 67%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 32%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 72%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 80%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 73%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 36%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 32%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 21%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 16%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 32%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 55%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 96%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 63%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 45%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 52%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 77%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 7%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 94%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 69%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 86%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 32%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 9%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 37%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 78%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 44%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 78%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 52%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 81%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 78%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 96%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 0%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 65%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 46%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 69%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 16%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 39%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 36%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 30%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 32%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 86%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 54%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 14%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 90%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 96%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 96%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 96%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 90%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 68%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 65%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 74%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 55%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 90%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 60%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 78%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 81%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 45%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 62%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 65%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 85%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 30%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 42%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 69%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 40%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 65%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 96%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 79%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 63%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 86%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 96%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 52%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 59%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 89%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 78%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 21%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 32%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 76%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 59%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 65%
NA President Barack Obama II D 92%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 98%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 51%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 85%
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 48%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 94%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 36%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 50%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 93%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 81%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 85%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 62%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 29%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 43%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 78%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 69%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 73%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 42%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 96%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 81%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 94%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 79%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 57%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 86%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 81%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 78%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 78%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 96%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 92%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 96%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 86%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 69%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 81%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 85%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 72%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 86%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 90%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 69%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 77%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 81%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 32%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 76%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 28%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 9%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 85%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 32%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 93%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 81%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 57%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 77%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 80%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 32%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 61%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 85%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 42%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 39%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 68%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 94%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 72%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 13%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 65%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 49%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 9%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 28%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 34%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 46%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 52%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 94%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 31%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 38%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 36%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 30%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 94%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 0%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 36%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 65%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 94%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 28%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 48%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 58%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 77%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 86%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 34%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 30%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 90%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 85%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 85%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 98%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 75%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 85%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 84%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 68%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 28%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 30%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 81%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 73%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 94%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 96%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 63%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 96%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 40%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 44%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 72%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 32%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 68%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 14%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 16%
Gary Ackerman Other 74%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 79%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 76%
Jason Altmire Other 48%
Michael Arcuri Other 63%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 65%
Brian Baird Other 51%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 43%
Evan Bayh Other 59%
Melissa Bean Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 27%
Shelley Berkley Other 51%
Howard Berman Other 72%
Marion Berry Other 69%
Judy Biggert Other 43%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 68%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 36%
Dan Boren Other 45%
Leonard Boswell Other 73%
Rick Boucher Other 62%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 54%
Nancy Boyda Other 57%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 32%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 85%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 60%
Russ Carnahan Other 69%
Christopher Carney Other 49%
Mike Castle Other 46%
Ben Chandler III Other 51%
Hillary Clinton Other 83%
Norm Coleman Other 44%
Kent Conrad Other 59%
Jerry Costello Other 78%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 48%
Artur Davis Other 53%
David Davis Other 0%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 47%
Thomas Davis III Other 42%
Bill Delahunt Other 93%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 32%
Norm Dicks Other 68%
Chris Dodd Other 71%
Elizabeth Dole Other 37%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 21%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 64%
Thelma Drake Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 57%
Vern Ehlers Other 43%
Brad Ellsworth Other 47%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 43%
Philip English Other 40%
John Ensign Other 21%
Bob Etheridge Other 61%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 76%
Michael Ferguson Other 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Barney Frank Other 93%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 54%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 54%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 63%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 29%
Bart Gordon Other 57%
Judd Gregg Other 30%
John Hall Other 76%
Phil Hare Other 65%
Jane Harman Other 81%
Robert Hayes Other 29%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 31%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 52%
Baron Hill Other 52%
Maurice Hinchey Other 96%
David Lee Hobson Other 44%
Paul Hodes Other 81%
Pete Hoekstra Other 28%
Thomas Holden Other 50%
Darlene Hooley Other 89%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 16%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 40%
Daniel Inouye Other 70%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 90%
William Jefferson Other 85%
Tim Johnson Other 45%
Steve Kagen Other 73%
Paul Kanjorski Other 63%
Ric Keller Other 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 94%
Patrick Kennedy Other 69%
Dale Kildee Other 65%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 84%
Ron Klein Other 57%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 32%
Herb Kohl Other 74%
Dennis Kucinich Other 55%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 32%
Jon Kyl Other 21%
Ray LaHood Other 38%
Nicholas Lampson Other 47%
Steve LaTourette Other 41%
Frank Lautenberg Other 79%
Jerry Lewis Other 36%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 38%
Blanche Lincoln Other 56%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 39%
Dan Lungren Other 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
Tim Mahoney Other 48%
Don Manzullo Other 39%
Jim Marshall Other 41%
Melquiades Martinez Other 30%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 28%
Michael McNulty Other 58%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 69%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 47%
Brad Miller Other 73%
Harry Mitchell Other 56%
Alan Mollohan Other 59%
Dennis Moore Other 59%
Patrick Murphy Other 60%
Jack Murtha Other 61%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 48%
Jim Oberstar Other 80%
Dave Obey Other 86%
John Olver Other 96%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 56%
Ron Paul Other 52%
Donald Payne Other 90%
John Peterson Other 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
Todd Platts Other 32%
Earl Pomeroy Other 58%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 0%
Deborah Pryce Other 41%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 42%
Ralph Regula Other 32%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
Richard Renzi Other 32%
Silvestre Reyes Other 59%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 57%
Mike Ross Other 56%
Steve Rothman Other 67%
Ken Salazar Other 54%
William Sali Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 0%
Jean Schmidt Other 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 60%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 46%
Heath Shuler Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 53%
Gordon Smith Other 53%
Olympia Snowe Other 46%
Vic Snyder Other 51%
Hilda Solis Other 96%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Zack Space Other 49%
Arlen Specter Other 42%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 56%
Pete Stark Other 61%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 30%
Bart Stupak Other 65%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 43%
Betty Sutton Other 81%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 48%
Ellen Tauscher Other 75%
Gene Taylor Other 47%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
Ed Towns Other 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 63%
George Voinovich Other 41%
James Walsh Other 45%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
John Warner Other 40%
Diane Watson Other 76%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 57%
Anthony Weiner Other 93%
David Weldon Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 75%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 55%
Heather Wilson Other 0%
Lynn Woolsey Other 71%
David Wu Other 73%
Albert Wynn Other 96%

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