Rating Group: American Hospital Association

2005-2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 17%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 11%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 33%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 44%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 33%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 22%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 83%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 78%
AS U.S. House-Delegate Eni Faleomavaega D 14%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 17%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 43%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 14%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 11%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 17%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 50%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 29%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 29%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 14%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 0%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 29%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 14%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 29%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 44%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 29%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 14%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 14%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 14%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 11%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 29%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 22%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 14%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 14%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 11%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 11%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 29%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 29%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 29%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 14%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 43%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 43%
DC U.S. House-Delegate Eleanor Norton D 14%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 0%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 33%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 33%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 11%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 29%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 11%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 22%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 14%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 14%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 22%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 22%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 11%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 50%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 11%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 43%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 22%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 29%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 56%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 22%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 29%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 43%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
GU U.S. House-Delegate Madeleine Bordallo D 14%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 29%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 17%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 67%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 44%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 17%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 44%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 44%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 22%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 29%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 43%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 43%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 29%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 14%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 43%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 14%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 67%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 17%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 11%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 11%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 67%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 17%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 22%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 44%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 57%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 29%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 29%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 29%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 57%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 29%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 17%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 14%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 29%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 14%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 67%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 29%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 67%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 83%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 22%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 33%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 11%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 11%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 14%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 14%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 11%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 43%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 43%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 83%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 29%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 43%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 67%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 11%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 14%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 33%
NA President Barack Obama II D 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 83%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 43%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 44%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 57%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 33%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 11%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 57%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 14%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 56%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 17%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 57%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 67%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 78%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 33%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 57%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 57%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 22%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 43%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 29%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 11%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 17%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 83%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 43%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 78%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 29%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 43%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 43%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 29%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 29%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 43%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 43%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 43%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 29%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 43%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 43%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 43%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 57%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 14%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 11%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 11%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 14%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 11%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 29%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 67%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 17%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 33%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 11%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 14%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 14%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 57%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 57%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 89%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 89%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 67%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 57%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 43%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 89%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 56%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 78%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 50%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 29%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 67%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 33%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 44%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 14%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 17%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 33%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 29%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 11%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 33%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 11%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 11%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 33%
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 11%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 14%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 22%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 11%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 33%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 11%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 29%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 29%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 33%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 22%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 44%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 43%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 14%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 14%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 44%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 33%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 14%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 33%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 29%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 14%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 22%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 11%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 29%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 22%
VI U.S. House-Delegate Donna Christensen D 14%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 17%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 43%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 83%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 83%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 14%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 0%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 29%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 29%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 14%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 29%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 57%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 43%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 11%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 22%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 50%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 89%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 29%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 29%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 50%
Todd Akin Other 11%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
George Allen Other 33%
Thomas Allen Other 43%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 14%
Brian Baird Other 14%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 11%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 22%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
Charlie Bass Other 33%
Evan Bayh Other 33%
Melissa Bean Other 14%
Bob Beauprez Other 33%
Bob Bennett Other 33%
Shelley Berkley Other 29%
Howard Berman Other 14%
Marion Berry Other 57%
Judy Biggert Other 56%
Brian Bilbray Other 11%
Michael Bilirakis Other 11%
Jeff Bingaman Other 83%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 78%
Kit Bond Other 17%
Henry Bonilla Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 11%
Dan Boren Other 43%
Leonard Boswell Other 29%
Rick Boucher Other 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 29%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 22%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 44%
Jim Bunning Other 50%
Conrad Burns Other 67%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 22%
Robert Byrd Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 11%
Dennis Cardoza Other 14%
Russ Carnahan Other 57%
Julia Carson Other 14%
Edward Case Other 71%
Mike Castle Other 22%
Ben Chandler III Other 29%
Chris Chocola Other 11%
Hillary Clinton Other 67%
Norm Coleman Other 67%
Kent Conrad Other 50%
Jon Corzine Other 50%
Jerry Costello Other 14%
Larry Craig Other 33%
Robert Cramer Other 29%
Barbara Cubin Other 22%
Artur Davis Other 29%
Geoff Davis Other 33%
James Davis Other 14%
Jo Ann Davis Other 67%
Lincoln Davis Other 14%
Thomas Davis III Other 33%
Bill Delahunt Other 57%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 22%
Norm Dicks Other 43%
Chris Dodd Other 33%
Elizabeth Dole Other 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 17%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
Thelma Drake Other 11%
David Dreier Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 14%
Vern Ehlers Other 78%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 56%
Philip English Other 78%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 43%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 22%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 33%
Michael Ferguson Other 33%
Mark Foley Other 11%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 29%
Luis Fortuño Other 22%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 67%
Barney Frank Other 29%
William Frist Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 11%
Jim Gibbons Other 11%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 22%
Paul Gillmor Other 22%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 29%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 44%
Bart Gordon Other 29%
Mark Green Other 22%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 22%
Jane Harman Other 43%
Katherine Harris Other 33%
Melissa Hart Other 44%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 22%
Joel Hefley Other 44%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 22%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 43%
Maurice Hinchey Other 57%
David Lee Hobson Other 11%
Pete Hoekstra Other 11%
Thomas Holden Other 43%
Darlene Hooley Other 29%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 22%
Kenny Hulshof Other 11%
Duncan Hunter Other 11%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 22%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 29%
William Jefferson Other 29%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 67%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 11%
Nancy Johnson Other 11%
Tim Johnson Other 78%
Paul Kanjorski Other 43%
Ric Keller Other 11%
Sue Kelly Other 78%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 50%
Mark Kennedy Other 33%
Patrick Kennedy Other 43%
Dale Kildee Other 57%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 14%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 50%
James Kolbe Other 11%
Dennis Kucinich Other 29%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 50%
Ray LaHood Other 78%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 33%
James Leach Other 56%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 33%
Joe Lieberman Other 33%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 22%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 33%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Dan Lungren Other 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 33%
Don Manzullo Other 67%
Jim Marshall Other 57%
Melquiades Martinez Other 17%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 44%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 78%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 14%
Michael McNulty Other 57%
Martin Meehan Other 43%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 14%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 29%
Brad Miller Other 43%
Alan Mollohan Other 14%
Dennis Moore Other 57%
Jack Murtha Other 43%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 11%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Robert William Ney Other 33%
Anne Northup Other 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 11%
James Nussle Other 22%
Jim Oberstar Other 43%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 43%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 14%
Thomas William Osborne Other 22%
Major Owens Other 43%
Michael Oxley Other 0%
Ron Paul Other 67%
Donald Payne Other 57%
John Peterson Other 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 33%
Todd Platts Other 67%
Richard Pombo Other 22%
Earl Pomeroy Other 43%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 56%
Deborah Pryce Other 11%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 44%
Ralph Regula Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 22%
Richard Renzi Other 33%
Silvestre Reyes Other 43%
Thomas Reynolds Other 33%
Mike Ross Other 57%
Steve Rothman Other 57%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 29%
Ken Salazar Other 50%
Rick Santorum Other 83%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 78%
Jean Schmidt Other 11%
John Schwarz Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 33%
Christopher Shays Other 67%
Donald Sherwood Other 78%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 78%
Ike Skelton Other 14%
Gordon Smith Other 83%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 57%
Mike Sodrel Other 33%
Hilda Solis Other 29%
Mark Souder Other 56%
Arlen Specter Other 67%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 29%
Pete Stark Other 14%
Cliff Stearns Other 11%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
Ted Strickland Other 43%
Bart Stupak Other 14%
John Sullivan Other 11%
John Sununu Other 17%
John Sweeney Other 89%
James Talent Other 17%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 29%
Ellen Tauscher Other 14%
Charles Taylor Other 11%
Gene Taylor Other 14%
Craig Thomas Other 33%
William Thomas Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
Ed Towns Other 14%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 14%
George Voinovich Other 33%
James Walsh Other 67%
Zach Wamp Other 22%
John Warner Other 33%
Diane Watson Other 14%
Anthony Weiner Other 43%
David Weldon Other 11%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 78%
Gerald Weller Other 56%
Robert Wexler Other 29%
Heather Wilson Other 89%
Lynn Woolsey Other 14%
David Wu Other 14%
Albert Wynn Other 29%

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