Rating Group: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
2013 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | Democratic | 10% |
| Bruce Braley | 10% | |||
| Lois Capps | 10% | |||
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 10% | |||
| Tony Cárdenas | 10% | |||
| Susan Davis | 10% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 10% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 10% |
| Raul Grijalva | 10% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 10% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 10% | |
| CA | U.S. House - 2 | Jared Huffman | Democratic | 10% |
| Sandy Levin | 10% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 10% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | Democratic | 10% |
| David Scott | 10% | |||
| Eric Swalwell | 10% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 10% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 10% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 10% |
| Xavier Becerra | 9% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 9% | |||
| OR | U.S. House - 1 | Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | 9% |
| Mike Capuano | 9% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 9% |
| Elijah Cummings | 9% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 9% |
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 9% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 9% |
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 9% |
| IL | U.S. House - 2 | Robin Kelly | Democratic | 9% |
| Joe Kennedy III | 9% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 9% |
| Alan Lowenthal | 9% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 9% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 9% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 9% | |||
| George Miller | 9% | |||
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | 9% | |||
| Rick Nolan | 9% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 9% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 9% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 9% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 9% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 9% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 9% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 9% |
| John Yarmuth | 9% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 8% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 20 | Joaquin Castro | Democratic | 8% |
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 8% |
| Joe Crowley | 8% | |||
| Ted Deutch | 8% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 8% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 8% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 8% |
| Eddie Johnson | 8% | |||
| Dan Kildee | 8% | |||
| John Lewis | 8% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 8% |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 8% |
| WI | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Pocan | Democratic | 8% |
| Charlie Rangel | 8% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 8% |
| José Serrano | 8% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 8% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 7% |
| Grace Napolitano | 7% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 7% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 6% |
| Tom Carper | 6% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 6% |
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 6% |
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 6% |
| Eliot Engel | 6% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 6% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 6% | |||
| Timothy Johnson | 6% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 6% |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 6% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 6% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 6% | |||
| David Price | 6% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 6% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 6% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 6% |
| TX | U.S. House - 33 | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 6% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | 6% |
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 6% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 6% |
| Corrine Brown | 5% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 5% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 5% |
| Mo Cowan | 5% | |||
| Sam Farr | 5% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 5% |