Rating Group: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
2009 Lifetime Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliot Engel | 5% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 5% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 5% |
| Brian Higgins | 5% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 5% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 5% | |||
| Steve Kagen | 5% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 5% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 5% | |||
| Larry Kissell | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 5% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 5% |
| Brad Miller | 5% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 5% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 5% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 5% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 5% | |||
| Joe Sestak, Jr. | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 5% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 5% |
| Tom Udall | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 5% |
| Diane Watson | 5% | |||
| Mel Watt | 5% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 5% | |||
| Mark Begich | 4% | |||
| John Boccieri | 4% | |||
| Ben Cardin | 4% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 4% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 4% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 4% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 4% |
| Elijah Cummings | 4% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 4% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 4% |
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 4% |
| Raul Grijalva | 4% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 4% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 4% |
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 4% |
| Kurt Schrader | 4% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 4% |
| José Serrano | 4% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 4% | |||
| Zack Space | 4% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 4% |
| Bruce Braley | 3% | |||
| Roland Burris | 3% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 3% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 3% |
| Gerry Connolly | 3% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 3% |
| Ron Klein | 3% | |||
| John Lewis | 3% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 3% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 3% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 3% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 3% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 3% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 3% |
| Charlie Wilson, Jr. | 3% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 3% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 2% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 2% |
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 2% |
| Alan Grayson | 2% | |||
| John Hall | 2% | |||
| Phil Hare | 2% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 2% |
| Mary Jo Kilroy | 2% | |||
| Dan Maffei | 2% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 2% |
| Betty Sutton | 2% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 2% |