Rating Group: Family Research Council

2007 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 57
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 81
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 75
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 14
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 42
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 93
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 14
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney 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 6
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 93
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 87
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 6
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 87
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 6
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 100
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 6
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 87
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 93
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 81
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 68
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 6
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 6
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 6
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 12
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 6
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 6
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 0
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 0
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 93
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 6
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 87
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 6
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 100
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 6
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 87
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 81
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100
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 6
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 81
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 93
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 93
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 31
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 18
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0
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 100
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 81
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 12
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 6
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 62
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100
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 6
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 75
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 6
IN Governor Mike Pence R 93
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 85
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 93
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 6
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 42
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas 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 6
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 12
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 6
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 6
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 28
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 12
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 68
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg 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 93
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 0
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 6
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 81
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 0
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 87
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 85
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 14
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 0
NA President Barack Obama II D 0
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 14
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 85
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-5 Virginia Foxx R 100
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 87
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100
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 100
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 6
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 6
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 75
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 6
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 25
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 6
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 6
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 87
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 6
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 6
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 93
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 6
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 6
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 6
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 6
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 6
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 6
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 6
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 6
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 6
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 0
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 31
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 93
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 6
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 100
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 0
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 0
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 42
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 62
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 87
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 6
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 6
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 31
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100
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 14
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 85
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 100
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 12
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 93
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 93
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 87
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100
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 100
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 68
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 6
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100
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 25
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 6
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 81
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 85
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 12
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 81
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 87
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0
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 100
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 87
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 56
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 6
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 6
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 93
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 6
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0
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 0
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 68
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 75
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100
Gary Ackerman Other 0
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 14
Todd Akin Other 100
Wayne Allard Other 100
Thomas Allen Other 0
Jason Altmire Other 31
Michael Arcuri Other 0
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 6
Brian Baird Other 0
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100
Evan Bayh Other 14
Melissa Bean Other 6
Bob Bennett Other 85
Shelley Berkley Other 0
Howard Berman Other 6
Marion Berry Other 31
Judy Biggert Other 31
Brian Bilbray Other 75
Jeff Bingaman Other 0
Kit Bond Other 100
Mary Bono Mack Other 31
Dan Boren Other 68
Leonard Boswell Other 6
Rick Boucher Other 12
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 6
Nancy Boyda Other 6
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 75
Jim Bunning Other 100
Dan Burton Other 100
Steve Buyer Other 81
Robert Byrd Other 14
Chris Cannon Other 100
Dennis Cardoza Other 6
Russ Carnahan Other 12
Christopher Carney Other 25
Mike Castle Other 18
Ben Chandler III Other 12
Hillary Clinton Other 0
Norm Coleman Other 85
Kent Conrad Other 42
Jerry Costello Other 75
Larry Craig Other 71
Robert Cramer Other 31
Barbara Cubin Other 50
Artur Davis Other 25
David Davis Other 100
Geoff Davis Other 93
Lincoln Davis Other 81
Thomas Davis III Other 43
Bill Delahunt Other 6
James DeMint Other 100
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 87
Norm Dicks Other 6
Chris Dodd Other 0
Elizabeth Dole Other 100
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100
John Doolittle Other 100
Byron Dorgan Other 28
Thelma Drake Other 100
David Dreier Other 81
Chet Edwards Other 18
Vern Ehlers Other 87
Brad Ellsworth Other 81
Jo Ann Emerson Other 87
Philip English Other 75
John Ensign Other 100
Bob Etheridge Other 25
Terry Everett Other 100
Tom Feeney Other 100
Russ Feingold Other 0
Michael Ferguson Other 81
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 75
Barney Frank Other 0
Elton Gallegly Other 100
Gabrielle Giffords Other 6
Wayne Gilchrest Other 18
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100
Bart Gordon Other 25
Judd Gregg Other 71
John Hall Other 0
Phil Hare Other 6
Jane Harman Other 0
Robert Hayes Other 100
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 18
Baron Hill Other 18
Maurice Hinchey Other 0
David Lee Hobson Other 62
Paul Hodes Other 0
Pete Hoekstra Other 100
Thomas Holden Other 37
Darlene Hooley Other 6
Kenny Hulshof Other 100
Duncan Hunter Other 56
Kay Hutchison Other 85
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 100
Daniel Inouye Other 0
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0
William Jefferson Other 0
Tim Johnson Other 100
Steve Kagen Other 6
Paul Kanjorski Other 18
Ric Keller Other 100
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 14
Patrick Kennedy Other 0
Dale Kildee Other 25
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0
Ron Klein Other 0
Joseph Knollenberg Other 87
Herb Kohl Other 0
Dennis Kucinich Other 6
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 87
Jon Kyl Other 100
Ray LaHood Other 62
Nicholas Lampson Other 25
Steve LaTourette Other 68
Jerry Lewis Other 68
Ron Lewis Other 100
Joe Lieberman Other 14
Blanche Lincoln Other 14
John Linder Other 100
Dick Lugar Other 71
Dan Lungren Other 100
Connie Mack IV Other 75
Tim Mahoney Other 18
Don Manzullo Other 100
Jim Marshall Other 87
Melquiades Martinez Other 100
Thaddeus McCotter Other 93
James McCrery III Other 81
John McHugh Other 87
Michael McNulty Other 0
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 6
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 56
Brad Miller Other 6
Harry Mitchell Other 6
Alan Mollohan Other 56
Dennis Moore Other 6
Patrick Murphy Other 6
Jack Murtha Other 18
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100
Sue Myrick Other 100
Ben Nelson Other 85
Jim Oberstar Other 37
Dave Obey Other 12
John Olver Other 0
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 6
Ron Paul Other 56
Donald Payne Other 0
John Peterson Other 100
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 68
Todd Platts Other 75
Earl Pomeroy Other 18
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 62
Deborah Pryce Other 31
George Radanovich Other 81
James Ramstad Other 37
Ralph Regula Other 81
Denny Rehberg Other 100
Richard Renzi Other 100
Silvestre Reyes Other 6
Thomas Reynolds Other 93
Laura Richardson Other 0
Ciro Rodriguez Other 12
Mike Ross Other 31
Steve Rothman Other 6
Ken Salazar Other 14
William Sali Other 100
Jim Saxton Other 81
Jean Schmidt Other 100
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0
John Shadegg Other 93
Christopher Shays Other 6
Heath Shuler Other 100
Ike Skelton Other 50
Gordon Smith Other 57
Olympia Snowe Other 28
Vic Snyder Other 6
Hilda Solis Other 0
Mark Souder Other 93
Zack Space Other 12
Arlen Specter Other 28
John Spratt, Jr. Other 12
Pete Stark Other 6
Cliff Stearns Other 100
Ted Stevens Other 57
Bart Stupak Other 56
John Sullivan Other 75
John Sununu Other 100
Betty Sutton Other 0
Tom Tancredo Other 68
John Tanner Other 25
Ellen Tauscher Other 0
Gene Taylor Other 93
Todd Tiahrt Other 100
Ed Towns Other 6
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0
George Voinovich Other 85
James Walsh Other 87
Zach Wamp Other 100
John Warner Other 57
Diane Watson Other 0
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 0
Anthony Weiner Other 12
David Weldon Other 100
Gerald Weller Other 93
Robert Wexler Other 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 56
Heather Wilson Other 75
Lynn Woolsey Other 0
David Wu Other 0
Albert Wynn Other 0

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