Rating Group: Family Research Council

2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 12%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 0%
Melissa Bean Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 71%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 12%
Kit Bond Other 87%
Mary Bono Mack Other 42%
Dan Boren Other 71%
Leonard Boswell Other 28%
Rick Boucher Other 28%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 57%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 71%
Jim Bunning Other 87%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 62%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 28%
Russ Carnahan Other 14%
Julia Carson Other 0%
Mike Castle Other 14%
Ben Chandler III Other 42%
Hillary Clinton Other 0%
Norm Coleman Other 87%
Kent Conrad Other 25%
Jerry Costello Other 71%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 57%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 28%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
Jo Ann Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 71%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 71%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 87%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 87%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 12%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 57%
Chet Edwards Other 42%
Vern Ehlers Other 85%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 85%
Philip English Other 71%
John Ensign Other 75%
Bob Etheridge Other 42%
Terry Everett Other 100%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 85%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 71%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 85%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 0%
Paul Gillmor Other 85%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 57%
Judd Gregg Other 62%
Jane Harman Other 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 67%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 42%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 71%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 71%
Darlene Hooley Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 87%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 71%
Daniel Inouye Other 12%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 14%
Tim Johnson Other 85%
Paul Kanjorski Other 28%
Ric Keller Other 85%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 42%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 71%
Herb Kohl Other 12%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 85%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 71%
Jerry Lewis Other 71%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 12%
Blanche Lincoln Other 12%
John Linder Other 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 87%
Dick Lugar Other 75%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 71%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
Melquiades Martinez Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 100%
James McCrery III Other 85%
John McHugh Other 85%
Michael McNulty Other 28%
Martin Meehan Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 71%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 0%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 57%
Dennis Moore Other 0%
Jack Murtha Other 28%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 87%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 42%
Dave Obey Other 14%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 57%
Ron Paul Other 57%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 71%
Earl Pomeroy Other 14%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 71%
Deborah Pryce Other 42%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 57%
Ralph Regula Other 71%
Denny Rehberg Other 85%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 14%
Thomas Reynolds Other 85%
Mike Ross Other 71%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Ken Salazar Other 12%
Jim Saxton Other 85%
Jean Schmidt Other 85%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 0%
Ike Skelton Other 71%
Gordon Smith Other 62%
Olympia Snowe Other 37%
Vic Snyder Other 14%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 37%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 42%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 87%
Bart Stupak Other 42%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 75%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 42%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
Craig Thomas Other 87%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 14%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 87%
James Walsh Other 85%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 75%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 85%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 71%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%
Albert Wynn Other 14%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 71%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 12%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 57%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 14%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 12%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 25%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 28%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 42%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 71%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 0%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 28%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 14%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 42%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 37%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 37%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 28%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 71%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 28%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 57%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 14%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 12%
NA President Barack Obama II D 0%
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 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 25%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 85%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 12%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 12%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 0%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 28%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
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 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 42%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 28%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 57%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 87%
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 85%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 85%
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 85%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 87%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 85%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 85%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 85%
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 71%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 87%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 37%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 57%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 71%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 85%
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 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 42%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 57%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 87%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 71%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 87%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 62%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 85%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 87%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 71%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 85%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 85%
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 14%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 85%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 85%
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 62%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 85%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 85%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 85%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 57%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 85%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 75%
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 85%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 85%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 85%
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 71%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 85%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 71%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 71%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 85%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 85%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 85%
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 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 85%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 85%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 85%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 85%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 87%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 85%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 71%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 57%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
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 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 85%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 71%

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