Rating Group: National Journal

2007 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 97%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 97%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 97%
Chris Cannon Other 97%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 97%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 97%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 97%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 97%
Jon Kyl Other 97%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 97%
John Linder Other 97%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 97%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 97%
George Radanovich Other 97%
William Sali Other 97%
John Shadegg Other 97%
Tom Tancredo Other 97%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 97%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 96%
Wayne Allard Other 95%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 95%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 95%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 95%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 95%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 95%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 95%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 94%
Jim Bunning Other 94%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 94%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 94%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 94%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 93%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 93%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 93%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 93%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 93%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 93%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 93%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 92%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 92%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 92%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 92%
Barbara Cubin Other 91%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 91%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 91%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 91%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 90%
Tom Feeney Other 90%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 90%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 90%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 90%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 90%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 90%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 90%
James DeMint Other 89%
Todd Akin Other 88%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 88%
David Davis Other 88%
John Ensign Other 88%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 88%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 88%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 88%
Dan Burton Other 87%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 87%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 87%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 87%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 87%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 87%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 87%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 86%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 86%
Sue Myrick Other 86%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 85%
John Doolittle Other 85%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 85%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 85%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 85%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 85%
John Sullivan Other 85%
Brian Bilbray Other 84%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 84%
James McCrery III Other 84%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 84%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 83%
Dan Lungren Other 83%
Connie Mack IV Other 83%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 83%
Bob Bennett Other 82%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 82%
Thelma Drake Other 82%
David Dreier Other 82%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 82%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 81%
Jerry Lewis Other 81%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 81%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 81%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 80%
Pete Hoekstra Other 80%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 80%
Don Manzullo Other 80%
Ron Paul Other 80%
David Weldon Other 80%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 79%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 79%
Ron Lewis Other 79%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 79%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 79%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 78%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 78%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 78%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 78%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 78%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 77%
Steve Buyer Other 77%
Geoff Davis Other 77%
Elizabeth Dole Other 77%
John Peterson Other 77%
Mark Souder Other 77%
Larry Craig Other 76%
Elton Gallegly Other 76%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 75%
Terry Everett Other 75%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 75%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 75%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 75%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 75%
Todd Tiahrt Other 75%
Zach Wamp Other 75%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 74%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 74%
Duncan Hunter Other 74%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 74%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 74%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 73%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 73%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 73%
Denny Rehberg Other 73%
Cliff Stearns Other 73%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 72%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 72%
Judd Gregg Other 72%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 72%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 72%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 72%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 71%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 71%
Jean Schmidt Other 71%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 71%
Kenny Hulshof Other 70%
Kay Hutchison Other 70%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 70%
Melquiades Martinez Other 70%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 70%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 70%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 70%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 69%
Ric Keller Other 69%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 69%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 69%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 68%
Kit Bond Other 68%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 68%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 68%
Thomas Reynolds Other 68%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 68%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 67%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 67%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 67%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 67%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 67%
Judy Biggert Other 66%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 66%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 66%
Thomas Davis III Other 66%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 66%
John Sununu Other 66%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 65%
Mary Bono Mack Other 65%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 65%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 65%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 64%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 64%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 64%
Deborah Pryce Other 64%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 64%
Gerald Weller Other 64%
David Lee Hobson Other 63%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 63%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 63%
Heather Wilson Other 63%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 62%
Richard Renzi Other 62%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 62%
John Warner Other 62%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 62%
Robert Hayes Other 61%
Ted Stevens Other 61%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 61%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 60%
Vern Ehlers Other 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 60%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 60%
Dick Lugar Other 60%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 60%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 60%
Ralph Regula Other 60%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 59%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 59%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 59%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 59%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 59%
Philip English Other 58%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 58%
George Voinovich Other 58%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 58%
Dan Boren Other 57%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 57%
Ray LaHood Other 57%
Steve LaTourette Other 57%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 57%
Todd Platts Other 57%
Jim Saxton Other 57%
Norm Coleman Other 56%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 56%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 56%
John McHugh Other 56%
James Walsh Other 56%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 55%
Tim Johnson Other 55%
Jim Marshall Other 55%
James Ramstad Other 55%
Gordon Smith Other 55%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 54%
Nicholas Lampson Other 54%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 54%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 54%
Arlen Specter Other 54%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 53%
Mike Castle Other 53%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 53%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 53%
Gene Taylor Other 53%
Michael Ferguson Other 52%
Dennis Kucinich Other 52%
Ben Nelson Other 52%
Christopher Shays Other 52%
Olympia Snowe Other 52%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 51%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 51%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 51%
Chet Edwards Other 51%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 51%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
Robert Cramer Other 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 50%
Paul Kanjorski Other 50%
Tim Mahoney Other 50%
John Tanner Other 50%
Melissa Bean Other 49%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 49%
Brad Ellsworth Other 48%
Baron Hill Other 48%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 48%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 48%
Alan Mollohan Other 48%
Nancy Boyda Other 47%
Robert Byrd Other 47%
Christopher Carney Other 47%
Lincoln Davis Other 47%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 47%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 47%
Marion Berry Other 46%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 46%
Harry Mitchell Other 46%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 46%
Mike Ross Other 46%
Zack Space Other 46%
Bart Stupak Other 46%
Rick Boucher Other 45%
Bart Gordon Other 45%
Jim Oberstar Other 45%
Heath Shuler Other 45%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 44%
Kent Conrad Other 44%
Thomas Holden Other 44%
Jack Murtha Other 44%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 44%
Silvestre Reyes Other 44%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 44%
Jason Altmire Other 43%
Bob Etheridge Other 43%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 43%
Patrick Murphy Other 43%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 43%
Evan Bayh Other 42%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 42%
Ken Salazar Other 42%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 42%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 41%
Leonard Boswell Other 41%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 41%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 41%
Jerry Costello Other 41%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 41%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 41%
Ben Chandler III Other 40%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 40%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 40%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 40%
Ike Skelton Other 40%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 40%
William Jefferson Other 39%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 39%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 38%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 38%
Byron Dorgan Other 38%
Ron Klein Other 38%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 38%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 38%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 38%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 38%
Shelley Berkley Other 37%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 37%
Chris Dodd Other 37%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 37%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 36%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 36%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 36%
Betty Sutton Other 36%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 35%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 35%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 34%
Russ Carnahan Other 34%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 34%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 34%
John Hall Other 34%
Darlene Hooley Other 34%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 34%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 34%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 34%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 34%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 34%
Dennis Cardoza Other 33%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 33%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 33%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 33%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 31%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 31%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 31%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 31%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 31%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 31%
Pete Stark Other 31%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 30%
Blanche Lincoln Other 30%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 30%
Daniel Inouye Other 29%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 28%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 28%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 28%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 28%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 28%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 28%
Phil Hare Other 28%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 28%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 28%
Earl Pomeroy Other 28%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 28%
Vic Snyder Other 28%
Ellen Tauscher Other 28%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 28%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 27%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 27%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 27%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 27%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 27%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 27%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 24%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 24%
Artur Davis Other 24%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 24%
Dale Kildee Other 24%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 24%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 24%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 24%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 24%
Gary Ackerman Other 23%
Brian Baird Other 23%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 23%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 23%
Herb Kohl Other 23%
Joe Lieberman Other 23%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 23%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 23%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 23%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 23%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 23%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 23%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 23%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 22%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 22%
Jeff Bingaman Other 21%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 21%
Thomas Allen Other 18%
Michael Arcuri Other 18%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 18%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 18%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 18%
Norm Dicks Other 18%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 18%
Paul Hodes Other 18%
Steve Kagen Other 18%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 18%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 18%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 18%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 18%
Dennis Moore Other 18%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 18%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 18%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 18%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 18%
Anthony Weiner Other 18%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 13%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 13%
Russ Feingold Other 13%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 13%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 13%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 13%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 13%
Hillary Clinton Other 12%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 11%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 10%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 6%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 6%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 6%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 6%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
Barney Frank Other 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
Jane Harman Other 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
Michael McNulty Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
Brad Miller Other 0%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
NA President Barack Obama II D 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
Donald Payne Other 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
Ed Towns Other 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
Diane Watson Other 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%
Albert Wynn Other 0%

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