Rating Group: Americans for Prosperity

2009-2010 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 83%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 12%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 76%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 92%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 96%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 95%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 90%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 95%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 95%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 23%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 96%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 20%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 4%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 0%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 5%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 15%
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 0%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 10%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 95%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 90%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 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 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 5%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 5%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 95%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 95%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 95%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 95%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 95%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 4%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 16%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 5%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 100%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 10%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 10%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 10%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 0%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 38%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 95%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 95%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 0%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 90%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 90%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 90%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 10%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 90%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 85%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 96%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 30%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 42%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 96%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 4%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 95%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 96%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 92%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 85%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 4%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 15%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 15%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 95%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 20%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 85%
IN U.S. House-3 Marlin Stutzman R 5%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 95%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 96%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 95%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 95%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 15%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 95%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 95%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 89%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas 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 5%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 11%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 5%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 37%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 69%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 5%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 4%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 4%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 95%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 95%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 95%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 85%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 0%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 4%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 35%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 95%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 85%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 45%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 8%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 88%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 92%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 8%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 12%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 8%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 84%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 90%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 90%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 75%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 80%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 80%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 85%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 0%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 95%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 90%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 95%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 0%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 15%
NY U.S. House-23 Tom Reed II R 100%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 5%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 73%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 15%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 95%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 4%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 0%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 16%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 5%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 4%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 90%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 90%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 95%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 80%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 95%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 90%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 96%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 95%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 85%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 88%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 95%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 90%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 35%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 95%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 96%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 95%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 95%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 95%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 95%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 95%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 90%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 89%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 10%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 15%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 92%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 12%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 11%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 10%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 95%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 95%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 6%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 85%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 5%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 88%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 8%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 12%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 5%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 74%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 5%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 95%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 5%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 5%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 95%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 85%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 12%
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D 25%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 80%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 5%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 92%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 92%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
John Adler Other 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 25%
Michael Arcuri Other 25%
Steve Austria Other 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 25%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 95%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 32%
Melissa Bean Other 15%
Bob Bennett Other 92%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 32%
Judy Biggert Other 95%
Brian Bilbray Other 95%
Jeff Bingaman Other 4%
John Boccieri Other 5%
Kit Bond Other 88%
Mary Bono Mack Other 75%
Dan Boren Other 68%
Leonard Boswell Other 0%
Rick Boucher Other 37%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 15%
Bobby Bright Other 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 95%
Scott Brown Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 82%
Jim Bunning Other 95%
Roland Burris Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 94%
Robert Byrd Other 12%
Joseph Cao Other 70%
Dennis Cardoza Other 5%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Christopher Carney Other 5%
Mike Castle Other 70%
Ben Chandler III Other 35%
Travis Childers Other 50%
Kent Conrad Other 4%
Jerry Costello Other 5%
Mark Critz Other 25%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 10%
Artur Davis Other 33%
Geoff Davis Other 95%
Lincoln Davis Other 40%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 96%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 90%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Charles Djou Other 75%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 4%
David Dreier Other 95%
Steve Driehaus Other 10%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 85%
Brad Ellsworth Other 10%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 95%
John Ensign Other 96%
Bob Etheridge Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 23%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 95%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 10%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Carte Goodwin Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 5%
Judd Gregg Other 90%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 75%
John Hall Other 0%
Debbie Halvorson Other 5%
Phil Hare Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 45%
Baron Hill Other 15%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
Paul Hodes Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 95%
Thomas Holden Other 30%
Kay Hutchison Other 92%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 90%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
Tim Johnson Other 90%
Steve Kagen Other 0%
Paul Kanjorski Other 5%
Ted Kaufman Other 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 5%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 0%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 0%
Larry Kissell Other 25%
Ron Klein Other 10%
Herb Kohl Other 4%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 25%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 55%
Dennis Kucinich Other 25%
Jon Kyl Other 96%
Steve LaTourette Other 85%
Frank Lautenberg Other 0%
Chris Lee Other 84%
George LeMieux Other 94%
Jerry Lewis Other 95%
Joe Lieberman Other 8%
Blanche Lincoln Other 31%
John Linder Other 95%
Dick Lugar Other 88%
Dan Lungren Other 95%
Connie Mack IV Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Betsy Markey Other 20%
Jim Marshall Other 55%
Melquiades Martinez Other 70%
Eric Massa Other 31%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 90%
John McHugh Other 60%
Michael McMahon Other 35%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 35%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Walt Minnick Other 65%
Harry Mitchell Other 45%
Alan Mollohan Other 5%
Dennis Moore Other 0%
Patrick Murphy Other 5%
Scott Murphy Other 8%
Jack Murtha Other 8%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 8%
Glenn Nye III Other 55%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 10%
Ron Paul Other 95%
Donald Payne Other 0%
Tom Perriello Other 17%
Todd Platts Other 85%
Earl Pomeroy Other 10%
George Radanovich Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 90%
Silvestre Reyes Other 0%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 5%
Mike Ross Other 40%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Mark Schauer Other 5%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 37%
Ike Skelton Other 35%
Olympia Snowe Other 65%
Vic Snyder Other 0%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 88%
Zack Space Other 30%
Arlen Specter Other 12%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 17%
Cliff Stearns Other 95%
Bart Stupak Other 11%
John Sullivan Other 0%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 5%
Harry Teague Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 10%
Ed Towns Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 88%
Zach Wamp Other 5%
Diane Watson Other 80%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 15%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 17%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%

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