Rating Group: National Foreign Trade Council

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Trade
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 33%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 17%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 17%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 33%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 33%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 17%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 83%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 17%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 33%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 17%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 50%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 17%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 17%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 33%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 83%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 50%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 17%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 33%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 50%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 50%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 50%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 17%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 50%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 17%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 33%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 50%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 17%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 33%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 33%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 50%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 17%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 33%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 17%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 50%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 17%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 50%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 17%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 33%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 50%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 17%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 17%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 50%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 33%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 50%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 50%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 33%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 33%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 33%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 33%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 33%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 17%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 83%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 50%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 33%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 17%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 17%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 33%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 17%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 83%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 33%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 17%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 50%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 83%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 50%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 50%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 17%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 50%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 17%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 17%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 17%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 17%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 33%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 33%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 50%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 17%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 50%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 50%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 17%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 50%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 50%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 50%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 33%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 50%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 33%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 33%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 17%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 50%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 17%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 17%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 50%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 50%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 17%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 83%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 17%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 50%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 17%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 17%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 33%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 83%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 17%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 33%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 50%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 17%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 17%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 33%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 33%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 33%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 50%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 33%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 17%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 50%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 83%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 17%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 33%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 17%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 33%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 50%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 17%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 50%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 50%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 50%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 33%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 83%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 17%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 83%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 17%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 17%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 33%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 33%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 17%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 50%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 33%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 33%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 33%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 17%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 17%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 17%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 50%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 17%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 83%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 50%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 50%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 50%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 83%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 50%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 50%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 50%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 83%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 50%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 50%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 50%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 33%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 50%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 50%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 17%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 33%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 50%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 33%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 50%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 17%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 50%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 50%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 83%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 50%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 33%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 33%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 83%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 50%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 50%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 17%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 83%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 33%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 33%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 33%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 33%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 33%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 33%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 17%
Todd Akin Other 33%
Wayne Allard Other 83%
Thomas Allen Other 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 17%
Brian Baird Other 33%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 17%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 50%
Evan Bayh Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 83%
Howard Berman Other 50%
Marion Berry Other 17%
Judy Biggert Other 83%
Michael Bilirakis Other 33%
Jeff Bingaman Other 50%
Kit Bond Other 50%
Mary Bono Mack Other 83%
Leonard Boswell Other 50%
Rick Boucher Other 17%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 33%
Jim Bunning Other 50%
Dan Burton Other 17%
Steve Buyer Other 50%
Robert Byrd Other 17%
Chris Cannon Other 33%
Dennis Cardoza Other 17%
Mike Castle Other 83%
Norm Coleman Other 50%
Kent Conrad Other 33%
Jerry Costello Other 17%
Larry Craig Other 50%
Artur Davis Other 50%
Lincoln Davis Other 50%
James DeMint Other 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 33%
Norm Dicks Other 83%
Elizabeth Dole Other 33%
John Doolittle Other 50%
Byron Dorgan Other 17%
David Dreier Other 83%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 83%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 33%
Philip English Other 33%
John Ensign Other 50%
Bob Etheridge Other 50%
Terry Everett Other 50%
Tom Feeney Other 33%
Russ Feingold Other 17%
Michael Ferguson Other 33%
Barney Frank Other 17%
Elton Gallegly Other 50%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 50%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 33%
Judd Gregg Other 50%
Jane Harman Other 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 83%
Maurice Hinchey Other 17%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Pete Hoekstra Other 17%
Thomas Holden Other 17%
Darlene Hooley Other 33%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Kay Hutchison Other 50%
Daniel Inouye Other 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 17%
Tim Johnson Other 83%
Paul Kanjorski Other 17%
Ric Keller Other 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 33%
Patrick Kennedy Other 17%
Dale Kildee Other 17%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 33%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 50%
Herb Kohl Other 17%
Jon Kyl Other 50%
Steve LaTourette Other 33%
Frank Lautenberg Other 17%
Jerry Lewis Other 50%
Ron Lewis Other 50%
Blanche Lincoln Other 50%
John Linder Other 50%
Dick Lugar Other 50%
Don Manzullo Other 50%
Jim Marshall Other 17%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 33%
James McCrery III Other 83%
John McHugh Other 17%
Michael McNulty Other 17%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 33%
Brad Miller Other 17%
Alan Mollohan Other 17%
Dennis Moore Other 50%
Jack Murtha Other 17%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 50%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Jim Oberstar Other 17%
Dave Obey Other 33%
John Olver Other 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 33%
Ron Paul Other 33%
Donald Payne Other 17%
John Peterson Other 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 50%
Todd Platts Other 33%
Earl Pomeroy Other 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 33%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
James Ramstad Other 50%
Ralph Regula Other 33%
Denny Rehberg Other 50%
Richard Renzi Other 33%
Silvestre Reyes Other 50%
Thomas Reynolds Other 50%
Mike Ross Other 33%
Steve Rothman Other 17%
Jim Saxton Other 33%
John Shadegg Other 50%
Christopher Shays Other 83%
Ike Skelton Other 33%
Gordon Smith Other 50%
Olympia Snowe Other 33%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Hilda Solis Other 17%
Mark Souder Other 50%
Arlen Specter Other 33%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 17%
Pete Stark Other 17%
Cliff Stearns Other 33%
Ted Stevens Other 50%
Bart Stupak Other 17%
John Sununu Other 83%
Tom Tancredo Other 17%
John Tanner Other 83%
Ellen Tauscher Other 50%
Gene Taylor Other 17%
Todd Tiahrt Other 50%
George Voinovich Other 33%
James Walsh Other 50%
Zach Wamp Other 33%
John Warner Other 83%
Diane Watson Other 50%
Anthony Weiner Other 50%
David Weldon Other 50%
Gerald Weller Other 83%
Robert Wexler Other 17%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 17%

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