Rating Group: Family Research Council

2007 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
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
Frank Lautenberg Other 0
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
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 6
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 31
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 14
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 6
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 6
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
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 6
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 0
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 0
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 42
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 6
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 6
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
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 12
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 6
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 6
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 6
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 25
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 6
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 6
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
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 75
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 6
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 6
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 6
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 14
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 6
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 6
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 6
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 6
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 6
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 6
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 6
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 14
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 31
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 14
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 6
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 42
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson 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 62
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0
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 6
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 12
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 6
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill 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
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 0
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 6
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 0
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 12
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
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 6
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 6
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 6
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 0
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
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 6
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 14
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 75
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 0
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 6
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 12
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 6
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 6
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 6
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 6
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 18
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 6
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 6
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 6
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 6
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 6
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 0
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 6
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 6
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 6
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 6
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
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 0
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 6
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 0
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 81
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 6
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 12
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 100
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 85
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 87
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100
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 75
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
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 85
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 100
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 85
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 87
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 93
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 87
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 87
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 85
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 28
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker 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 93
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 31
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 87
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 93
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 81
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 25
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 62
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 93
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 93
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 68
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 87
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 85
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller 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 68
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 93
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 93
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 12
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 75
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 42
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100
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 87
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 87
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 93
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 87
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 68
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 57
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 93
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100
IN Governor Mike Pence R 93
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100
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 93
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 56
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 100
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 81
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 81
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 93
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 81
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 87
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 81
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100
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 100
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 93
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 68
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 100
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 81
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 93
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 87
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 81

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