Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2003 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 86%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 93%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 97%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 97%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 89%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 96%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 82%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 61%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 97%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 20%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 37%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 93%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 61%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 67%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 50%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 18%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 34%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 17%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 20%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 24%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 26%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 23%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 33%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 97%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 33%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 30%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 24%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 34%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 31%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 24%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 87%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 27%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 17%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 34%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 80%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 97%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 33%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 39%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 22%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 17%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 31%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 32%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 21%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 30%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 70%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 83%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 97%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 33%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 97%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 93%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 19%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 93%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 90%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 48%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 97%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 97%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 57%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 17%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 60%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 91%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 30%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 97%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 96%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 32%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 97%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 91%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 97%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 29%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 31%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 19%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 20%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 90%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 35%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 89%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 39%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 37%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 96%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 97%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 83%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 67%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 78%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 97%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 33%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 23%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 20%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 23%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 20%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 27%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 33%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 40%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 25%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 39%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 37%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 40%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 78%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 93%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 37%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 97%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 31%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 19%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 39%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 39%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 24%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 70%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 35%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 32%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 97%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 43%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 97%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 74%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 32%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 87%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 70%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 43%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 86%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 52%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 21%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 93%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 97%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 90%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 38%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 70%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 69%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 93%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 30%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 33%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 93%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 23%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 26%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 37%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 97%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 23%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 35%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 30%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 83%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 47%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 40%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 45%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 25%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 21%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 33%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 25%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 37%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 21%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 30%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 33%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 27%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 39%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 90%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 24%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 30%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 25%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 97%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 96%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 97%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 96%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 27%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 14%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 43%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 31%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 21%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 97%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 93%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 34%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 97%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 90%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 27%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 27%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 26%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 57%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 93%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 39%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 83%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 39%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 83%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 53%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 97%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 93%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 90%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 97%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 93%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 97%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 97%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 53%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 31%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 95%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 43%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 34%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 30%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 70%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 23%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 97%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 97%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 54%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 83%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 35%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 14%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 50%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 97%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 21%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 43%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 39%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 37%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 93%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 38%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 80%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 77%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 23%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 87%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 30%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 30%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 26%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 30%
Todd Akin Other 90%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 30%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 40%
Brian Baird Other 33%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. Other 40%
Cass Ballenger Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 87%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 90%
Charlie Bass Other 87%
Evan Bayh Other 43%
Bob Beauprez Other 100%
Chris Bell Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Douglas Bereuter Other 87%
Shelley Berkley Other 36%
Howard Berman Other 34%
Marion Berry Other 47%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Michael Bilirakis Other 93%
Jeff Bingaman Other 48%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 80%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 93%
Leonard Boswell Other 45%
Rick Boucher Other 53%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 71%
John Breaux Other 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 97%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 87%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
Max Burns Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 93%
Steve Buyer Other 97%
Robert Byrd Other 29%
Ben Campbell Other 91%
Chris Cannon Other 97%
Dennis Cardoza Other 50%
Brad Carson Other 72%
Julia Carson Other 33%
Edward Case Other 48%
Mike Castle Other 76%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 35%
Norm Coleman Other 91%
Michael Collins Other 97%
Kent Conrad Other 70%
Jon Corzine Other 27%
Jerry Costello Other 38%
Christopher Cox Other 97%
Larry Craig Other 91%
Robert Cramer Other 89%
Philip Crane Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 96%
Randall Cunningham Other 97%
Thomas Daschle Other 43%
Artur Davis Other 50%
James Davis Other 41%
Jo Ann Davis Other 80%
Lincoln Davis Other 70%
Thomas Davis III Other 93%
Bill Delahunt Other 14%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 93%
Peter Deutsch Other 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 90%
Norm Dicks Other 38%
Chris Dodd Other 32%
Elizabeth Dole Other 91%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
Calvin Dooley Other 87%
John Doolittle Other 93%
Byron Dorgan Other 61%
David Dreier Other 100%
Jennifer Dunn Other 93%
John Edwards Other 15%
Chet Edwards Other 64%
Vern Ehlers Other 87%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 92%
Philip English Other 93%
John Ensign Other 91%
Bob Etheridge Other 47%
Lane Evans Other 30%
Terry Everett Other 90%
Tom Feeney Other 93%
Russ Feingold Other 26%
Michael Ferguson Other 90%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 87%
Mark Foley Other 97%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 48%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 96%
Barney Frank Other 23%
William Frist Other 96%
Jonas Frost III Other 37%
Elton Gallegly Other 97%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 97%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 82%
Paul Gillmor Other 93%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 87%
Bart Gordon Other 53%
Porter Goss Other 93%
Daniel Graham Other 32%
Mark Green Other 87%
James Greenwood Other 97%
Judd Gregg Other 78%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 89%
Jane Harman Other 45%
Katherine Harris Other 97%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 93%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 97%
Joel Hefley Other 77%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 97%
Baron Hill Other 53%
Maurice Hinchey Other 28%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 88%
Thomas Holden Other 40%
Ernest Hollings Other 36%
Darlene Hooley Other 38%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 87%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 93%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 83%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 93%
Daniel Inouye Other 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 17%
William Janklow Other 88%
William Jefferson Other 46%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 36%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 89%
Christopher John Other 80%
Nancy Johnson Other 79%
Tim Johnson Other 79%
Paul Kanjorski Other 27%
Ric Keller Other 96%
Sue Kelly Other 77%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 26%
Mark Kennedy Other 93%
Patrick Kennedy Other 27%
Dale Kildee Other 27%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 24%
Gerald Kleczka Other 23%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 35%
James Kolbe Other 97%
Dennis Kucinich Other 15%
Jon Kyl Other 96%
Ray LaHood Other 89%
Nicholas Lampson Other 37%
Tom Lantos Other 28%
Steve LaTourette Other 87%
James Leach Other 70%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 97%
Joe Lieberman Other 25%
Blanche Lincoln Other 78%
John Linder Other 100%
William Lipinski Other 31%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 96%
Dick Lugar Other 96%
Denise Majette Other 43%
Don Manzullo Other 97%
Jim Marshall Other 48%
Robert Matsui Other 34%
Karen McCarthy Other 32%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 100%
James McCrery III Other 97%
John McHugh Other 68%
Scott McInnis Other 96%
Michael McNulty Other 24%
Martin Meehan Other 31%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 47%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 30%
Brad Miller Other 34%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 95%
Alan Mollohan Other 41%
Dennis Moore Other 52%
Jack Murtha Other 43%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 93%
Sue Myrick Other 96%
Ben Nelson Other 86%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 100%
Robert William Ney Other 100%
Don Nickles Other 96%
Anne Northup Other 97%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 87%
James Nussle Other 90%
Jim Oberstar Other 24%
Dave Obey Other 13%
John Olver Other 23%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 54%
Thomas William Osborne Other 93%
Doug Ose Other 97%
Major Owens Other 21%
Michael Oxley Other 97%
Ron Paul Other 46%
Donald Payne Other 25%
John Peterson Other 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 97%
Todd Platts Other 90%
Richard Pombo Other 97%
Earl Pomeroy Other 57%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
Jack Quinn Other 80%
George Radanovich Other 96%
James Ramstad Other 90%
Ralph Regula Other 97%
Denny Rehberg Other 93%
Richard Renzi Other 90%
Silvestre Reyes Other 50%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 40%
Mike Ross Other 50%
Steve Rothman Other 38%
Jim Ryun Other 97%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 23%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 57%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 27%
Jim Saxton Other 79%
Edward Schrock Other 96%
John Shadegg Other 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 90%
Christopher Shays Other 77%
Donald Sherwood Other 93%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 80%
Ike Skelton Other 60%
Gordon Smith Other 86%
Nick Smith Other 86%
Olympia Snowe Other 65%
Vic Snyder Other 52%
Hilda Solis Other 21%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 87%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 32%
Pete Stark Other 17%
Cliff Stearns Other 90%
Charles Stenholm Other 83%
Ted Stevens Other 91%
Ted Strickland Other 33%
Bart Stupak Other 29%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 83%
John Sweeney Other 79%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 77%
John Tanner Other 70%
Ellen Tauscher Other 40%
William Tauzin Other 100%
Charles Taylor Other 90%
Gene Taylor Other 47%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 22%
James Turner Other 66%
George Voinovich Other 100%
James Walsh Other 93%
Zach Wamp Other 90%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 21%
Anthony Weiner Other 30%
David Weldon Other 93%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 96%
Gerald Weller Other 97%
Robert Wexler Other 27%
Heather Wilson Other 93%
Lynn Woolsey Other 12%
David Wu Other 37%
Albert Wynn Other 43%

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