Rating Group: National Retail Federation

2003 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 75%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 77%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 62%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 77%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 75%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 85%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 8%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 27%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 12%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 38%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 8%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 25%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 8%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 8%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 27%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 25%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 15%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 31%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 31%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 15%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 8%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 23%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 23%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 8%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 8%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 8%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 25%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 85%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 31%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 8%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 36%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 31%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 23%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 23%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 62%
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 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 31%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 17%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 100%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 75%
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 46%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 15%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 54%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 85%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 23%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 12%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 75%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 38%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 23%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 17%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 17%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 8%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 38%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 15%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 85%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 62%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 33%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 15%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 8%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 15%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 8%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 8%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 25%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 31%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 20%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 46%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 15%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 31%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 38%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 38%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 50%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 85%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 38%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 92%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 23%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 10%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 23%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 54%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 12%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 31%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 31%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 77%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 38%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 85%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 46%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 15%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 12%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 38%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 31%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 69%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 83%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 23%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 23%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 15%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 15%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 25%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 23%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 77%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 62%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 46%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 46%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 23%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 8%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 31%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 33%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 46%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 23%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 23%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 31%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 8%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 15%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot 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 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 23%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 12%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 38%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 8%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 15%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 15%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 100%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 23%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 92%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 15%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 12%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 15%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 62%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 75%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 85%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 25%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 77%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 62%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
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 92%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 46%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 23%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 31%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 25%
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 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 77%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 15%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 100%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 62%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 38%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 38%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 38%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 62%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 60%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 38%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 15%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 46%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 25%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 92%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 31%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 25%
Todd Akin Other 85%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 23%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 23%
Brian Baird Other 38%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. Other 38%
Cass Ballenger Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 85%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Charlie Bass Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 75%
Bob Beauprez Other 100%
Chris Bell Other 46%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Douglas Bereuter Other 92%
Shelley Berkley Other 36%
Howard Berman Other 23%
Marion Berry Other 38%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 50%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 85%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 54%
Rick Boucher Other 46%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 58%
John Breaux Other 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
Max Burns Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 12%
Ben Campbell Other 88%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 38%
Brad Carson Other 62%
Julia Carson Other 30%
Edward Case Other 62%
Mike Castle Other 92%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 38%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Michael Collins Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 50%
Jon Corzine Other 12%
Jerry Costello Other 33%
Christopher Cox Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 75%
Robert Cramer Other 92%
Philip Crane Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Randall Cunningham Other 100%
Thomas Daschle Other 50%
Artur Davis Other 54%
James Davis Other 46%
Jo Ann Davis Other 85%
Lincoln Davis Other 69%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 8%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 100%
Peter Deutsch Other 31%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 100%
Norm Dicks Other 46%
Chris Dodd Other 25%
Elizabeth Dole Other 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
Calvin Dooley Other 83%
John Doolittle Other 92%
Byron Dorgan Other 25%
David Dreier Other 100%
Jennifer Dunn Other 100%
John Edwards Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 67%
Vern Ehlers Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 92%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 38%
Lane Evans Other 17%
Terry Everett Other 92%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 12%
Michael Ferguson Other 92%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 100%
Mark Foley Other 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 62%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 15%
William Frist Other 100%
Jonas Frost III Other 31%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100%
Paul Gillmor Other 92%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 54%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 77%
Bart Gordon Other 42%
Porter Goss Other 100%
Daniel Graham Other 38%
Mark Green Other 92%
James Greenwood Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 50%
Katherine Harris Other 100%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 85%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 100%
Joel Hefley Other 77%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 54%
Maurice Hinchey Other 23%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 83%
Thomas Holden Other 23%
Ernest Hollings Other 12%
Darlene Hooley Other 46%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 85%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 83%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 85%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 8%
William Janklow Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 38%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 25%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 100%
Christopher John Other 69%
Nancy Johnson Other 83%
Tim Johnson Other 85%
Paul Kanjorski Other 15%
Ric Keller Other 100%
Sue Kelly Other 85%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 12%
Mark Kennedy Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 15%
Dale Kildee Other 15%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 23%
Gerald Kleczka Other 15%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 25%
James Kolbe Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 8%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 100%
Nicholas Lampson Other 31%
Tom Lantos Other 8%
Steve LaTourette Other 77%
James Leach Other 62%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 25%
Blanche Lincoln Other 62%
John Linder Other 100%
William Lipinski Other 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
Denise Majette Other 38%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 38%
Robert Matsui Other 31%
Karen McCarthy Other 23%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 92%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 67%
Scott McInnis Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 17%
Martin Meehan Other 31%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 54%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 17%
Brad Miller Other 23%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 88%
Alan Mollohan Other 31%
Dennis Moore Other 54%
Jack Murtha Other 23%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 100%
Robert William Ney Other 100%
Don Nickles Other 100%
Anne Northup Other 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 77%
James Nussle Other 85%
Jim Oberstar Other 15%
Dave Obey Other 8%
John Olver Other 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 46%
Thomas William Osborne Other 100%
Doug Ose Other 100%
Major Owens Other 8%
Michael Oxley Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 69%
Donald Payne Other 17%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 100%
Richard Pombo Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 46%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
Jack Quinn Other 69%
George Radanovich Other 92%
James Ramstad Other 100%
Ralph Regula Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 46%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 15%
Mike Ross Other 38%
Steve Rothman Other 31%
Jim Ryun Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 25%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 54%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 25%
Jim Saxton Other 92%
Edward Schrock Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 92%
Donald Sherwood Other 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 92%
Ike Skelton Other 62%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Nick Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 62%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Hilda Solis Other 8%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 75%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 31%
Pete Stark Other 8%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Charles Stenholm Other 77%
Ted Stevens Other 75%
Ted Strickland Other 31%
Bart Stupak Other 8%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 100%
John Sweeney Other 75%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 85%
John Tanner Other 62%
Ellen Tauscher Other 38%
William Tauzin Other 100%
Charles Taylor Other 77%
Gene Taylor Other 31%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 91%
Ed Towns Other 31%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 15%
James Turner Other 62%
George Voinovich Other 100%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 25%
Anthony Weiner Other 31%
David Weldon Other 100%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 23%
Heather Wilson Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 8%
David Wu Other 38%
Albert Wynn Other 46%

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