Rating Group: National Journal

2007 Conservative on Foreign Policy Score

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

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