Rating Group: United States Border Control

2005-2006 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 33%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 90%
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 100%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 16%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 18%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 67%
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 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 9%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 17%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui 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-16 Jim Costa D 42%
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 92%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 8%
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 8%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
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 33%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 17%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 25%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 33%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 92%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 8%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 75%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 17%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 25%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 100%
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 42%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 92%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 83%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 42%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 8%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 92%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 91%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 8%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 67%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 42%
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 92%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 8%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 17%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 92%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 33%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 66%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 92%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 33%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 92%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 92%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 100%
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 8%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 8%
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 33%
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. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 25%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 8%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 8%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 25%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 92%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 83%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 8%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 92%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 16%
NA President Barack Obama II D 8%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 8%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 92%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 75%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 92%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 75%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 8%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 75%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 83%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 92%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 8%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 75%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 8%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 83%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 8%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 42%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 92%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 33%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 25%
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 17%
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-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 33%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 25%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 92%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 83%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 9%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 92%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 33%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 25%
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 92%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 92%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 8%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 50%
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 83%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 83%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 17%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 92%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 92%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 92%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 8%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 8%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 27%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 50%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 50%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 75%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 92%
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 58%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 83%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 100%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 83%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 92%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 83%
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 92%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 17%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 8%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 92%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 75%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 91%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 75%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 92%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 92%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 33%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 92%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 8%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 8%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 0%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 75%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 92%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 67%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 83%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 42%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 92%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 92%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 83%
George Allen Other 91%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 25%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 75%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Charlie Bass Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 16%
Melissa Bean Other 33%
Bob Beauprez Other 92%
Bob Bennett Other 50%
Shelley Berkley Other 25%
Howard Berman Other 8%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 67%
Brian Bilbray Other 100%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 8%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 58%
Kit Bond Other 83%
Henry Bonilla Other 83%
Mary Bono Mack Other 75%
Dan Boren Other 67%
Leonard Boswell Other 50%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 92%
Jim Bunning Other 90%
Conrad Burns Other 91%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 92%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Chris Cannon Other 50%
Dennis Cardoza Other 33%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Julia Carson Other 0%
Edward Case Other 50%
Mike Castle Other 67%
Ben Chandler III Other 67%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 8%
Norm Coleman Other 25%
Kent Conrad Other 33%
Jerry Costello Other 42%
Larry Craig Other 50%
Robert Cramer Other 75%
Barbara Cubin Other 83%
Artur Davis Other 33%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
James Davis Other 17%
Jo Ann Davis Other 67%
Lincoln Davis Other 67%
Thomas Davis III Other 83%
Bill Delahunt Other 8%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 91%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 25%
Norm Dicks Other 8%
Chris Dodd Other 8%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 41%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 42%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 83%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 42%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 100%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 67%
Mark Foley Other 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 42%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 92%
Barney Frank Other 8%
William Frist Other 50%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Jim Gibbons Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 67%
Paul Gillmor Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 58%
Mark Green Other 83%
Judd Gregg Other 54%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 17%
Katherine Harris Other 75%
Melissa Hart Other 92%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 92%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 42%
Maurice Hinchey Other 8%
David Lee Hobson Other 92%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 58%
Darlene Hooley Other 50%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 92%
Duncan Hunter Other 92%
Kay Hutchison Other 75%
Henry Hyde Other 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 0%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 0%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 100%
Nancy Johnson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 75%
Paul Kanjorski Other 42%
Ric Keller Other 83%
Sue Kelly Other 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 75%
Herb Kohl Other 8%
James Kolbe Other 33%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 92%
Jon Kyl Other 75%
Ray LaHood Other 58%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 92%
James Leach Other 67%
Jerry Lewis Other 58%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 0%
Blanche Lincoln Other 8%
John Linder Other 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 88%
Dick Lugar Other 25%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 83%
Melquiades Martinez Other 10%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 100%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 0%
Michael McNulty Other 8%
Martin Meehan Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 42%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 0%
Brad Miller Other 25%
Alan Mollohan Other 17%
Dennis Moore Other 33%
Jack Murtha Other 25%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 83%
Robert William Ney Other 75%
Anne Northup Other 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 100%
James Nussle Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 17%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 0%
Thomas William Osborne Other 83%
Major Owens Other 0%
Michael Oxley Other 83%
Ron Paul Other 83%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 92%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 92%
Todd Platts Other 100%
Richard Pombo Other 92%
Earl Pomeroy Other 33%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 75%
Deborah Pryce Other 83%
George Radanovich Other 92%
James Ramstad Other 92%
Ralph Regula Other 92%
Denny Rehberg Other 83%
Richard Renzi Other 92%
Silvestre Reyes Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 67%
Mike Ross Other 42%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Jim Ryun Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 8%
Ken Salazar Other 0%
Rick Santorum Other 91%
Paul Sarbanes Other 8%
Jim Saxton Other 75%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
John Schwarz Other 75%
John Shadegg Other 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 92%
Christopher Shays Other 92%
Donald Sherwood Other 92%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 83%
Ike Skelton Other 42%
Gordon Smith Other 41%
Olympia Snowe Other 25%
Vic Snyder Other 8%
Mike Sodrel Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 16%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 58%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 25%
Ted Strickland Other 8%
Bart Stupak Other 25%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 58%
John Sweeney Other 92%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 75%
Ellen Tauscher Other 8%
Charles Taylor Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 92%
Craig Thomas Other 83%
William Thomas Other 75%
Todd Tiahrt Other 92%
Ed Towns Other 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 8%
James Walsh Other 58%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 33%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 17%
David Weldon Other 100%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 83%
Gerald Weller Other 75%
Robert Wexler Other 8%
Heather Wilson Other 33%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 8%
Albert Wynn Other 8%

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