Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2007 Land Rights Advocacy Score

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100
Dan Burton Other 100
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 100
Larry Craig Other 100
Thelma Drake Other 100
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100
Pete Hoekstra Other 100
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100
Ron Lewis Other 100
Dick Lugar Other 100
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100
George Radanovich Other 100
William Sali Other 100
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 92
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 92
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 92
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 92
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 92
Steve Buyer Other 92
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 92
Chris Cannon Other 92
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 92
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 92
John Doolittle Other 92
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 92
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 92
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 92
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 92
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 92
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 92
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 92
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 92
John Linder Other 92
Connie Mack IV Other 92
Don Manzullo Other 92
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 92
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 92
Marilyn Musgrave Other 92
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 92
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 92
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 92
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 92
John Shadegg Other 92
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 92
Tom Tancredo Other 92
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 92
David Weldon Other 92
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 92
Wayne Allard Other 90
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 90
Norm Coleman Other 90
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 90
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 90
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 90
John Ensign Other 90
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 90
Kay Hutchison Other 90
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 90
Ted Stevens Other 90
John Sununu Other 90
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 90
Todd Akin Other 83
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 83
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 83
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 83
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 83
Jo Ann Emerson Other 83
Terry Everett Other 83
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 83
Tom Feeney Other 83
Elton Gallegly Other 83
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 83
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 83
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 83
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 83
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 83
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 83
Kenny Hulshof Other 83
Joseph Knollenberg Other 83
Jerry Lewis Other 83
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 83
Dan Lungren Other 83
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 83
James McCrery III Other 83
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 83
Ron Paul Other 83
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 83
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 83
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 83
Denny Rehberg Other 83
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 83
Jean Schmidt Other 83
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 83
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 83
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 83
Cliff Stearns Other 83
John Sullivan Other 83
Todd Tiahrt Other 83
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 83
Zach Wamp Other 83
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 83
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 80
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 80
James DeMint Other 80
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 80
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 80
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 80
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 80
Gordon Smith Other 80
Arlen Specter Other 80
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 80
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 75
J. Gresham Barrett Other 75
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 75
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 75
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 75
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 75
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 75
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 75
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 75
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 75
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 75
Barbara Cubin Other 75
David Davis Other 75
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 75
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 75
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 75
Robert Hayes Other 75
Duncan Hunter Other 75
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 75
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 75
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 75
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 75
Thaddeus McCotter Other 75
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 75
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 75
Sue Myrick Other 75
John Peterson Other 75
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 75
Richard Renzi Other 75
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 75
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 75
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 75
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 75
Mark Souder Other 75
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 75
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 75
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 75
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 75
Bob Bennett Other 70
Kit Bond Other 70
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 70
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 70
Judd Gregg Other 70
Jon Kyl Other 70
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 70
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 67
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 67
Roscoe Bartlett Other 67
Brian Bilbray Other 67
Dan Boren Other 67
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 67
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 67
David Dreier Other 67
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 67
Ric Keller Other 67
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 67
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 67
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 67
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 67
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 67
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 67
Ralph Regula Other 67
Thomas Reynolds Other 67
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 67
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 67
Heather Wilson Other 67
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 67
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 60
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 60
Evan Bayh Other 60
Jim Bunning Other 60
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 60
Elizabeth Dole Other 60
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 60
Blanche Lincoln Other 60
Melquiades Martinez Other 60
Ben Nelson Other 60
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 60
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 60
Olympia Snowe Other 60
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 60
John Warner Other 60
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 58
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 58
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 58
David Lee Hobson Other 58
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 58
John McHugh Other 58
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 58
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 58
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 58
Deborah Pryce Other 58
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 58
James Walsh Other 58
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 58
Mary Bono Mack Other 50
Geoff Davis Other 50
Thomas Davis III Other 50
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 50
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50
Steve LaTourette Other 50
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 50
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 50
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50
George Voinovich Other 50
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 50
Gerald Weller Other 50
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 50
Judy Biggert Other 42
Philip English Other 42
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 42
Ray LaHood Other 42
Jim Marshall Other 42
Todd Platts Other 42
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 42
Zack Space Other 42
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 40
Jeff Bingaman Other 40
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 40
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 40
Robert Byrd Other 40
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 40
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 40
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 40
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 40
Kent Conrad Other 40
Byron Dorgan Other 40
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 40
Russ Feingold Other 40
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 40
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 40
Daniel Inouye Other 40
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 40
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 40
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 40
Herb Kohl Other 40
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 40
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 40
Joe Lieberman Other 40
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 40
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 40
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 40
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 40
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 40
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 40
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 40
Ken Salazar Other 40
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 40
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 40
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 40
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 40
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 40
Jason Altmire Other 33
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 33
Dennis Cardoza Other 33
Mike Castle Other 33
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 33
Vern Ehlers Other 33
Michael Ferguson Other 33
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 33
Tim Johnson Other 33
Nicholas Lampson Other 33
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 33
James Ramstad Other 33
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33
Mike Ross Other 33
Jim Saxton Other 33
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 33
Gene Taylor Other 33
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 30
Leonard Boswell Other 25
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 25
Nancy Boyda Other 25
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 25
Robert Cramer Other 25
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 25
Lincoln Davis Other 25
Chet Edwards Other 25
Brad Ellsworth Other 25
Bart Gordon Other 25
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 25
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 25
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 25
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 25
Alan Mollohan Other 25
Jim Oberstar Other 25
Silvestre Reyes Other 25
John Tanner Other 25
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 20
Hillary Clinton Other 20
Chris Dodd Other 20
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 20
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 20
NA President Barack Obama II D 20
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 17
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 17
Melissa Bean Other 17
Shelley Berkley Other 17
Marion Berry Other 17
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 17
Jerry Costello Other 17
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 17
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 17
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 17
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 17
Thomas Holden Other 17
Paul Kanjorski Other 17
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 17
Tim Mahoney Other 17
Patrick Murphy Other 17
Earl Pomeroy Other 17
Ciro Rodriguez Other 17
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 17
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 17
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 17
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 17
Christopher Shays Other 17
Ike Skelton Other 17
Bart Stupak Other 17
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 17
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 17
Michael Arcuri Other 8
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 8
Howard Berman Other 8
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 8
Rick Boucher Other 8
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 8
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 8
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 8
Russ Carnahan Other 8
Christopher Carney Other 8
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 8
Ben Chandler III Other 8
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 8
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 8
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 8
Artur Davis Other 8
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 8
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 8
Bill Delahunt Other 8
Norm Dicks Other 8
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 8
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 8
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 8
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 8
Bob Etheridge Other 8
Gabrielle Giffords Other 8
Wayne Gilchrest Other 8
Charlie Gonzalez Other 8
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 8
Phil Hare Other 8
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 8
Baron Hill Other 8
Darlene Hooley Other 8
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 8
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 8
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 8
William Jefferson Other 8
Steve Kagen Other 8
Dale Kildee Other 8
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 8
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 8
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 8
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 8
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 8
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 8
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 8
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 8
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 8
Brad Miller Other 8
Harry Mitchell Other 8
Dennis Moore Other 8
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 8
Jack Murtha Other 8
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 8
Dave Obey Other 8
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 8
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 8
Steve Rothman Other 8
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 8
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 8
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 8
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 8
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 8
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 8
Heath Shuler Other 8
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 8
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 8
Vic Snyder Other 8
John Spratt, Jr. Other 8
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 8
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 8
Anthony Weiner Other 8
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 8
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 8
Gary Ackerman Other 0
Thomas Allen Other 0
Brian Baird Other 0
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0
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
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0
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 Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0
Barney Frank Other 0
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0
John Hall Other 0
Jane Harman Other 0
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0
Maurice Hinchey Other 0
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0
Paul Hodes Other 0
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 0
Patrick Kennedy Other 0
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0
Ron Klein Other 0
Dennis Kucinich Other 0
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0
Michael McNulty Other 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
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0
John Olver Other 0
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 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
Donald Payne Other 0
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0
Hilda Solis Other 0
Pete Stark Other 0
Betty Sutton Other 0
Ellen Tauscher Other 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
Ed Towns Other 0
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0
Diane Watson Other 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
Robert Wexler Other 0
Lynn Woolsey Other 0
David Wu Other 0

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