Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2006 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 78%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 89%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 89%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 91%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 100%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 91%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 56%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 56%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 91%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 9%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 9%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 11%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 11%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 18%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 9%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 9%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 9%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 82%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 9%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 9%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 9%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 9%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 9%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 9%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 9%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 9%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 9%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 18%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 83%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 18%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 18%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 27%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 0%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 64%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 9%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 22%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 22%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 9%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 82%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 9%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 91%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 82%
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 91%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 64%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 91%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 73%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 55%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 45%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 22%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 91%
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 91%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 11%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 27%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 9%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 18%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 9%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 9%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 9%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 9%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 9%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 89%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 78%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 89%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 91%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 44%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 89%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 9%
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 18%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 11%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 18%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 27%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 9%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 9%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 9%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 56%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 18%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 11%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 11%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 91%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 64%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 9%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 91%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 18%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 9%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 91%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 11%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 91%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 27%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 9%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 78%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 91%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 73%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 33%
NA President Barack Obama II D 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 11%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 78%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 27%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 82%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 9%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 73%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 91%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 9%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 91%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 45%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 11%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 18%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 36%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 45%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 18%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 36%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 9%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 9%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 11%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 11%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 9%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 82%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 27%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 18%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 9%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 9%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 9%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 18%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 9%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 18%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 9%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 9%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 9%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 18%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 27%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 9%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 91%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 91%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 18%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 82%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 91%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 18%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 56%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 89%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 91%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 11%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 36%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 27%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 9%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 27%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 36%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 18%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 18%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 100%
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 11%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 9%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 33%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 67%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 82%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 18%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 11%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 78%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 67%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 9%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 91%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 89%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 82%
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 91%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 82%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 91%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 18%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 91%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 82%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 64%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 36%
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 91%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 91%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 9%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 18%
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 9%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 82%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 64%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 9%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 91%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 64%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 11%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 9%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 11%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 11%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 18%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 91%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 91%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 36%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 9%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 9%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 9%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 91%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 18%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 9%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 91%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 64%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 11%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 36%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 18%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 22%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 89%
George Allen Other 89%
Thomas Allen Other 9%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 55%
Brian Baird Other 18%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 91%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 82%
Charlie Bass Other 45%
Evan Bayh Other 11%
Melissa Bean Other 36%
Bob Beauprez Other 91%
Bob Bennett Other 89%
Shelley Berkley Other 27%
Howard Berman Other 9%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 64%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 22%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 9%
Kit Bond Other 89%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 91%
Dan Boren Other 91%
Leonard Boswell Other 45%
Rick Boucher Other 36%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 64%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 91%
Jim Bunning Other 89%
Conrad Burns Other 89%
Dan Burton Other 91%
Steve Buyer Other 91%
Robert Byrd Other 22%
Chris Cannon Other 82%
Dennis Cardoza Other 73%
Russ Carnahan Other 18%
Julia Carson Other 9%
Edward Case Other 0%
Mike Castle Other 27%
Ben Chandler III Other 27%
Chris Chocola Other 91%
Hillary Clinton Other 11%
Norm Coleman Other 44%
Kent Conrad Other 22%
Jerry Costello Other 45%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 82%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 73%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
James Davis Other 0%
Jo Ann Davis Other 82%
Lincoln Davis Other 73%
Thomas Davis III Other 36%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 88%
James DeMint Other 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 91%
Norm Dicks Other 9%
Chris Dodd Other 11%
Elizabeth Dole Other 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 78%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 11%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 91%
Vern Ehlers Other 18%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 91%
John Ensign Other 78%
Bob Etheridge Other 27%
Lane Evans Other 18%
Terry Everett Other 91%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 11%
Michael Ferguson Other 36%
Mark Foley Other 64%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 91%
Barney Frank Other 9%
William Frist Other 89%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Jim Gibbons Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 45%
Paul Gillmor Other 91%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 18%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 45%
Mark Green Other 82%
Judd Gregg Other 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 9%
Katherine Harris Other 82%
Melissa Hart Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 91%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 73%
Maurice Hinchey Other 18%
David Lee Hobson Other 64%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 45%
Darlene Hooley Other 27%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 91%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Henry Hyde Other 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 73%
Daniel Inouye Other 22%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 55%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 0%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 100%
Nancy Johnson Other 36%
Tim Johnson Other 45%
Paul Kanjorski Other 9%
Ric Keller Other 91%
Sue Kelly Other 18%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 11%
Mark Kennedy Other 91%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 9%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 9%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 91%
Herb Kohl Other 11%
James Kolbe Other 91%
Dennis Kucinich Other 9%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 91%
Jon Kyl Other 78%
Ray LaHood Other 82%
Tom Lantos Other 9%
Steve LaTourette Other 64%
James Leach Other 27%
Jerry Lewis Other 91%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 11%
Blanche Lincoln Other 44%
John Linder Other 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 78%
Dick Lugar Other 67%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 91%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 64%
Melquiades Martinez Other 78%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 100%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 9%
Michael McNulty Other 18%
Martin Meehan Other 9%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 9%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 91%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 9%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 45%
Dennis Moore Other 9%
Jack Murtha Other 55%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 91%
Sue Myrick Other 91%
Ben Nelson Other 89%
Robert William Ney Other 82%
Anne Northup Other 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 91%
James Nussle Other 91%
Jim Oberstar Other 18%
Dave Obey Other 9%
John Olver Other 9%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 64%
Thomas William Osborne Other 100%
Major Owens Other 9%
Michael Oxley Other 73%
Ron Paul Other 73%
Donald Payne Other 9%
John Peterson Other 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 82%
Todd Platts Other 64%
Richard Pombo Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 55%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 91%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 45%
Ralph Regula Other 73%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Richard Renzi Other 91%
Silvestre Reyes Other 45%
Thomas Reynolds Other 73%
Mike Ross Other 91%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Jim Ryun Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 9%
Ken Salazar Other 22%
Rick Santorum Other 89%
Paul Sarbanes Other 11%
Jim Saxton Other 36%
Jean Schmidt Other 89%
John Schwarz Other 36%
John Shadegg Other 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 73%
Christopher Shays Other 27%
Donald Sherwood Other 82%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 55%
Ike Skelton Other 55%
Gordon Smith Other 67%
Olympia Snowe Other 56%
Vic Snyder Other 9%
Mike Sodrel Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 18%
Mark Souder Other 91%
Arlen Specter Other 78%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 18%
Pete Stark Other 9%
Cliff Stearns Other 91%
Ted Stevens Other 78%
Ted Strickland Other 9%
Bart Stupak Other 9%
John Sullivan Other 91%
John Sununu Other 67%
John Sweeney Other 73%
James Talent Other 78%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 64%
Ellen Tauscher Other 27%
Charles Taylor Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 73%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 91%
Todd Tiahrt Other 82%
Ed Towns Other 18%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 9%
George Voinovich Other 44%
James Walsh Other 36%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 78%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 9%
David Weldon Other 91%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 45%
Gerald Weller Other 91%
Robert Wexler Other 9%
Heather Wilson Other 91%
Lynn Woolsey Other 9%
David Wu Other 9%
Albert Wynn Other 18%

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