Rating Group: National Association of Manufacturers

2005-2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman Other 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 17%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 25%
Brian Baird Other 29%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 96%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 75%
Evan Bayh Other 21%
Melissa Bean Other 46%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 22%
Howard Berman Other 4%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 96%
Brian Bilbray Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 32%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 91%
Dan Boren Other 92%
Leonard Boswell Other 45%
Rick Boucher Other 46%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 96%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 94%
Dan Burton Other 95%
Steve Buyer Other 96%
Robert Byrd Other 47%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 38%
Russ Carnahan Other 13%
Julia Carson Other 9%
Mike Castle Other 75%
Ben Chandler III Other 29%
Hillary Clinton Other 16%
Norm Coleman Other 79%
Kent Conrad Other 56%
Jerry Costello Other 25%
Larry Craig Other 95%
Robert Cramer Other 83%
Barbara Cubin Other 95%
Artur Davis Other 54%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
Jo Ann Davis Other 90%
Lincoln Davis Other 79%
Thomas Davis III Other 88%
Bill Delahunt Other 9%
James DeMint Other 84%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 95%
Norm Dicks Other 26%
Chris Dodd Other 22%
Elizabeth Dole Other 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 92%
Byron Dorgan Other 35%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 75%
Vern Ehlers Other 79%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 92%
Philip English Other 96%
John Ensign Other 89%
Bob Etheridge Other 21%
Terry Everett Other 92%
Tom Feeney Other 96%
Russ Feingold Other 11%
Michael Ferguson Other 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 96%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 75%
Paul Gillmor Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 43%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 88%
Bart Gordon Other 67%
Judd Gregg Other 74%
Jane Harman Other 25%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 96%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 46%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 96%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 50%
Darlene Hooley Other 25%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 92%
Kay Hutchison Other 95%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 88%
Daniel Inouye Other 28%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 48%
Tim Johnson Other 79%
Paul Kanjorski Other 30%
Ric Keller Other 95%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 11%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 13%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 32%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 89%
Ray LaHood Other 87%
Tom Lantos Other 4%
Steve LaTourette Other 83%
Frank Lautenberg Other 5%
Jerry Lewis Other 96%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 25%
Blanche Lincoln Other 58%
John Linder Other 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 95%
Dan Lungren Other 96%
Connie Mack IV Other 87%
Don Manzullo Other 96%
Jim Marshall Other 58%
Melquiades Martinez Other 89%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 88%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 87%
Michael McNulty Other 8%
Martin Meehan Other 4%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 21%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 63%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 13%
Brad Miller Other 8%
Alan Mollohan Other 26%
Dennis Moore Other 38%
Jack Murtha Other 43%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 84%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 86%
Jim Oberstar Other 4%
Dave Obey Other 10%
John Olver Other 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 58%
Ron Paul Other 45%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 92%
Earl Pomeroy Other 38%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 83%
Ralph Regula Other 96%
Denny Rehberg Other 96%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 43%
Thomas Reynolds Other 96%
Mike Ross Other 42%
Steve Rothman Other 8%
Ken Salazar Other 37%
Jim Saxton Other 63%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 57%
Ike Skelton Other 63%
Gordon Smith Other 78%
Olympia Snowe Other 53%
Vic Snyder Other 22%
Hilda Solis Other 4%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 82%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 21%
Pete Stark Other 4%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 13%
John Sullivan Other 96%
John Sununu Other 71%
Tom Tancredo Other 88%
John Tanner Other 63%
Ellen Tauscher Other 22%
Gene Taylor Other 50%
Craig Thomas Other 95%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 38%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 9%
George Voinovich Other 89%
James Walsh Other 88%
Zach Wamp Other 88%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 4%
Anthony Weiner Other 4%
David Weldon Other 96%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 5%
Heather Wilson Other 96%
Lynn Woolsey Other 4%
David Wu Other 22%
Albert Wynn Other 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 9%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 9%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 4%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 42%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 56%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 4%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 11%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 58%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 4%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 4%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 16%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 22%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 18%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 4%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 25%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 26%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 4%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 4%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 5%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 42%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 30%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 17%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 23%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 9%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 46%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 43%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 17%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 96%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 17%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 21%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 8%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 21%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 4%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 4%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 17%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 4%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 25%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 11%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 13%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 8%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 4%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 9%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 28%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 8%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 29%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 30%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 4%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 21%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 5%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 25%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 58%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 4%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 4%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 8%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 17%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 17%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 33%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 13%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 39%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 12%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 29%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 63%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 13%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 38%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 13%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 21%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 32%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 8%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 5%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 26%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 4%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 4%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 8%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 4%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 79%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 4%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 13%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 4%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 4%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 46%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 42%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 25%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 11%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 4%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 4%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 38%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 26%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 4%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 4%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 4%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 37%
NA President Barack Obama II D 16%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 4%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 4%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 8%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 53%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 25%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 4%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 11%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 21%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 40%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 5%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 33%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 22%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 17%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 29%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 8%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 17%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 13%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 8%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 4%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 4%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 8%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 29%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 26%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 25%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 21%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 17%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 4%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 4%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 18%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 13%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 8%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 4%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 4%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 21%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 4%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 58%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 4%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 30%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 88%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 95%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 95%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 96%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 96%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 89%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 95%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 96%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 88%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 83%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 68%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 95%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 89%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 91%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 88%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 95%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 83%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 92%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 96%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 83%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 88%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 74%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 88%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 96%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 79%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 95%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 95%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 96%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 96%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 58%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 79%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 71%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 54%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 63%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 96%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 96%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 91%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 96%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 92%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 87%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 96%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 92%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 92%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 95%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 96%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 86%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 95%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 92%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 54%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 92%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 89%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 96%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 96%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 95%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 96%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 96%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 83%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 92%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 100%

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