Rating Group: United States Border Control

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 40%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 60%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 90%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 80%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 40%
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. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
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-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 50%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 70%
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 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 90%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 60%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 60%
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 20%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 90%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 70%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 30%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 30%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 70%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 80%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 90%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 20%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 50%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 60%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 10%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 70%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 60%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 80%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 30%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 90%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 60%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern 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 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 10%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger 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 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 90%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 90%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 70%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 20%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 80%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 20%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 80%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 60%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 50%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 90%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 80%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 50%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 50%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 100%
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 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 40%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 50%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 30%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 20%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 30%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 20%
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 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 10%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 20%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 10%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 40%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 80%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 40%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 10%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 60%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 50%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 10%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 60%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 70%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 70%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 70%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 80%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 60%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 80%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 70%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 80%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 10%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 10%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 90%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 60%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 60%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 70%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 90%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 60%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 50%
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 89%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 80%
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 90%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 90%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 80%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 60%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 90%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 70%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 60%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 10%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 40%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 80%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 20%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 90%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 70%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 80%
Cass Ballenger Other 30%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 90%
Charlie Bass Other 80%
Bob Beauprez Other 60%
Chris Bell Other 0%
Douglas Bereuter Other 50%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 10%
Judy Biggert Other 30%
Michael Bilirakis Other 90%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 50%
Henry Bonilla Other 50%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Leonard Boswell Other 30%
Rick Boucher Other 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 80%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 90%
Max Burns Other 80%
Dan Burton Other 80%
Steve Buyer Other 90%
Chris Cannon Other 40%
Dennis Cardoza Other 10%
Brad Carson Other 80%
Julia Carson Other 0%
Edward Case Other 40%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 50%
Chris Chocola Other 80%
Michael Collins Other 80%
Jerry Costello Other 50%
Christopher Cox Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 70%
Philip Crane Other 80%
Barbara Cubin Other 90%
Randall Cunningham Other 90%
Artur Davis Other 0%
James Davis Other 0%
Jo Ann Davis Other 90%
Lincoln Davis Other 50%
Thomas Davis III Other 20%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 80%
James DeMint Other 80%
Peter Deutsch Other 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 30%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Calvin Dooley Other 0%
John Doolittle Other 100%
David Dreier Other 10%
Jennifer Dunn Other 50%
Chet Edwards Other 10%
Vern Ehlers Other 10%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 80%
Philip English Other 50%
Bob Etheridge Other 20%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 90%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 40%
Mark Foley Other 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 10%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 70%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Jonas Frost III Other 10%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 90%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 40%
Paul Gillmor Other 50%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
Porter Goss Other 60%
Mark Green Other 80%
James Greenwood Other 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 90%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Katherine Harris Other 70%
Melissa Hart Other 50%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 80%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 90%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 25%
Baron Hill Other 20%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Pete Hoekstra Other 90%
Thomas Holden Other 40%
Darlene Hooley Other 50%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 30%
Kenny Hulshof Other 80%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 0%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 90%
Christopher John Other 30%
Nancy Johnson Other 60%
Tim Johnson Other 60%
Paul Kanjorski Other 0%
Ric Keller Other 100%
Sue Kelly Other 90%
Mark Kennedy Other 70%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Gerald Kleczka Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 40%
James Kolbe Other 30%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 40%
Nicholas Lampson Other 10%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
James Leach Other 20%
Jerry Lewis Other 40%
Ron Lewis Other 80%
John Linder Other 60%
William Lipinski Other 40%
Denise Majette Other 10%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 60%
Robert Matsui Other 0%
Karen McCarthy Other 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 90%
James McCrery III Other 80%
John McHugh Other 80%
Scott McInnis Other 70%
Michael McNulty Other 0%
Martin Meehan Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 0%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 0%
Dennis Moore Other 20%
Jack Murtha Other 0%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 40%
Robert William Ney Other 60%
Anne Northup Other 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 90%
James Nussle Other 50%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 0%
Thomas William Osborne Other 40%
Doug Ose Other 40%
Major Owens Other 0%
Michael Oxley Other 40%
Ron Paul Other 70%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 70%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 60%
Todd Platts Other 100%
Richard Pombo Other 80%
Earl Pomeroy Other 30%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 30%
Deborah Pryce Other 20%
Jack Quinn Other 50%
George Radanovich Other 60%
James Ramstad Other 100%
Ralph Regula Other 50%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Richard Renzi Other 70%
Silvestre Reyes Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 60%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 0%
Mike Ross Other 20%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Jim Ryun Other 90%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 10%
Jim Saxton Other 60%
Edward Schrock Other 80%
John Shadegg Other 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 60%
Christopher Shays Other 90%
Donald Sherwood Other 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 30%
Nick Smith Other 70%
Vic Snyder Other 0%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 50%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 30%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Charles Stenholm Other 40%
Ted Strickland Other 10%
Bart Stupak Other 0%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sweeney Other 50%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 60%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
William Tauzin Other 30%
Charles Taylor Other 90%
Gene Taylor Other 80%
William Thomas Other 50%
Todd Tiahrt Other 60%
Ed Towns Other 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
James Turner Other 0%
James Walsh Other 40%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 80%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 70%
Gerald Weller Other 20%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 20%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 20%
Albert Wynn Other 0%

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