Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2003 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 85%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 75%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 80%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 90%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 85%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 90%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 95%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 20%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 90%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 85%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 95%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 5%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 5%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 25%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 5%
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 5%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 5%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 10%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 95%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 5%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 95%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 5%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 85%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 5%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 5%
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 90%
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 95%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 90%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 5%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 10%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 5%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 5%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 5%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 10%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 15%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 90%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 10%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 95%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 80%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 95%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 85%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 95%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 95%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 95%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 90%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 25%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 95%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 90%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 90%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 90%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 95%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 5%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 75%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 5%
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 90%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 10%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 95%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 95%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 85%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 75%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 85%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 55%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 20%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 40%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 5%
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 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 10%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 5%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 11%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 10%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 5%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 65%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 15%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 15%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 10%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 95%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 80%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 85%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 5%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 85%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 5%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 40%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 95%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 10%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 85%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 90%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 95%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 10%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 85%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 95%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 10%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 90%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 25%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 90%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 85%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 10%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 5%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 65%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 80%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 5%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 5%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 80%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 5%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 95%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 5%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 5%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 70%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 25%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 20%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 10%
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 5%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 5%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 10%
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 5%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 85%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 95%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 5%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 95%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 75%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 15%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 85%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 85%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 90%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 5%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 80%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 10%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 5%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 5%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 80%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 80%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 5%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 95%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 95%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 35%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 90%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 80%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 10%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 5%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 95%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 90%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 20%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 80%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 90%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 90%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 95%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 30%
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 95%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 95%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 15%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 5%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 90%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 5%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 95%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 40%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 95%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 95%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 95%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 15%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 80%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 5%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 5%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 5%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 5%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 30%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 95%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 10%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 95%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 20%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 95%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 90%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 85%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 20%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 95%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 5%
Todd Akin Other 95%
Wayne Allard Other 95%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 15%
Brian Baird Other 10%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 90%
Frank Ballance, Jr. Other 5%
Cass Ballenger Other 90%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 95%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 85%
Charlie Bass Other 85%
Evan Bayh Other 25%
Bob Beauprez Other 95%
Chris Bell Other 20%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Douglas Bereuter Other 63%
Shelley Berkley Other 15%
Howard Berman Other 5%
Marion Berry Other 35%
Judy Biggert Other 80%
Michael Bilirakis Other 90%
Jeff Bingaman Other 5%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 55%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 90%
Mary Bono Mack Other 90%
Leonard Boswell Other 30%
Rick Boucher Other 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 40%
John Breaux Other 35%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 90%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
Max Burns Other 90%
Dan Burton Other 95%
Steve Buyer Other 75%
Robert Byrd Other 10%
Ben Campbell Other 95%
Chris Cannon Other 95%
Dennis Cardoza Other 35%
Brad Carson Other 40%
Julia Carson Other 0%
Edward Case Other 20%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Chris Chocola Other 95%
Hillary Clinton Other 5%
Norm Coleman Other 95%
Michael Collins Other 95%
Kent Conrad Other 15%
Jon Corzine Other 0%
Jerry Costello Other 20%
Christopher Cox Other 95%
Larry Craig Other 95%
Robert Cramer Other 50%
Philip Crane Other 95%
Barbara Cubin Other 85%
Randall Cunningham Other 90%
Thomas Daschle Other 5%
Artur Davis Other 20%
James Davis Other 10%
Jo Ann Davis Other 95%
Lincoln Davis Other 45%
Thomas Davis III Other 75%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 95%
James DeMint Other 100%
Peter Deutsch Other 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 80%
Norm Dicks Other 10%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 95%
Calvin Dooley Other 50%
John Doolittle Other 85%
Byron Dorgan Other 10%
David Dreier Other 85%
Jennifer Dunn Other 90%
John Edwards Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 40%
Vern Ehlers Other 70%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 90%
Philip English Other 70%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 15%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 90%
Tom Feeney Other 90%
Russ Feingold Other 5%
Michael Ferguson Other 80%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 95%
Mark Foley Other 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 35%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 80%
Barney Frank Other 0%
William Frist Other 100%
Jonas Frost III Other 5%
Elton Gallegly Other 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 85%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 75%
Paul Gillmor Other 80%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 90%
Bart Gordon Other 35%
Porter Goss Other 85%
Daniel Graham Other 5%
Mark Green Other 90%
James Greenwood Other 75%
Judd Gregg Other 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 95%
Jane Harman Other 20%
Katherine Harris Other 90%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 90%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 100%
Joel Hefley Other 85%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 25%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 85%
Pete Hoekstra Other 90%
Thomas Holden Other 25%
Ernest Hollings Other 5%
Darlene Hooley Other 15%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 35%
Kenny Hulshof Other 85%
Duncan Hunter Other 85%
Kay Hutchison Other 95%
Henry Hyde Other 75%
Daniel Inouye Other 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Janklow Other 85%
William Jefferson Other 20%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 5%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 85%
Christopher John Other 40%
Nancy Johnson Other 45%
Tim Johnson Other 65%
Paul Kanjorski Other 10%
Ric Keller Other 95%
Sue Kelly Other 80%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 90%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Gerald Kleczka Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 85%
Herb Kohl Other 10%
James Kolbe Other 90%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 75%
Nicholas Lampson Other 20%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 70%
James Leach Other 40%
Jerry Lewis Other 90%
Ron Lewis Other 90%
Joe Lieberman Other 5%
Blanche Lincoln Other 30%
John Linder Other 85%
William Lipinski Other 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 95%
Dick Lugar Other 85%
Denise Majette Other 10%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 20%
Robert Matsui Other 5%
Karen McCarthy Other 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 95%
James McCrery III Other 85%
John McHugh Other 50%
Scott McInnis Other 90%
Michael McNulty Other 5%
Martin Meehan Other 5%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 5%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 70%
Alan Mollohan Other 15%
Dennis Moore Other 20%
Jack Murtha Other 20%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 85%
Ben Nelson Other 45%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 85%
Robert William Ney Other 80%
Don Nickles Other 100%
Anne Northup Other 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 90%
James Nussle Other 95%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 5%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 20%
Thomas William Osborne Other 85%
Doug Ose Other 85%
Major Owens Other 0%
Michael Oxley Other 90%
Ron Paul Other 65%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 85%
Todd Platts Other 70%
Richard Pombo Other 95%
Earl Pomeroy Other 25%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 85%
Deborah Pryce Other 85%
Jack Quinn Other 70%
George Radanovich Other 85%
James Ramstad Other 80%
Ralph Regula Other 70%
Denny Rehberg Other 90%
Richard Renzi Other 95%
Silvestre Reyes Other 20%
Thomas Reynolds Other 95%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 10%
Mike Ross Other 30%
Steve Rothman Other 5%
Jim Ryun Other 95%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 35%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 70%
Edward Schrock Other 85%
John Shadegg Other 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 85%
Christopher Shays Other 75%
Donald Sherwood Other 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 70%
Ike Skelton Other 35%
Gordon Smith Other 85%
Nick Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 40%
Vic Snyder Other 10%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 90%
Arlen Specter Other 85%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 10%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 90%
Charles Stenholm Other 45%
Ted Stevens Other 90%
Ted Strickland Other 10%
Bart Stupak Other 5%
John Sullivan Other 80%
John Sununu Other 100%
John Sweeney Other 75%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 95%
John Tanner Other 45%
Ellen Tauscher Other 10%
William Tauzin Other 95%
Charles Taylor Other 90%
Gene Taylor Other 45%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 75%
Todd Tiahrt Other 90%
Ed Towns Other 5%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
James Turner Other 30%
George Voinovich Other 75%
James Walsh Other 85%
Zach Wamp Other 90%
John Warner Other 90%
Diane Watson Other 5%
Anthony Weiner Other 5%
David Weldon Other 95%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 65%
Gerald Weller Other 90%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 80%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 15%
Albert Wynn Other 20%

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