Rating Group: National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
2009 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 50% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 50% |
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 50% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 50% | |||
| Mark Udall | 50% | |||
| Tom Udall | 50% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 50% |
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 50% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 50% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 50% |
| John Adler | 40% | |||
| Michael Arcuri | 40% | |||
| Melissa Bean | 40% | |||
| Xavier Becerra | 40% | |||
| John Boccieri | 40% | |||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 40% | |||
| Christopher Carney | 40% | |||
| Ben Chandler III | 40% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 40% |
| Jerry Costello | 40% | |||
| Kathy Dahlkemper | 40% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 40% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 40% |
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 40% | |||
| Brad Ellsworth | 40% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 40% |
| Bart Gordon | 40% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 40% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 40% |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 40% | |||
| Betsy Markey | 40% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 40% | |||
| Michael McMahon | 40% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 40% |
| Alan Mollohan | 40% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 40% |
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 40% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 40% | |||
| Earl Pomeroy | 40% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 40% | |||
| Ciro Rodriguez | 40% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 40% | |||
| John Salazar | 40% | |||
| Mark Schauer | 40% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 40% |
| Heath Shuler | 40% | |||
| Ike Skelton | 40% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 40% | |||
| Zack Space | 40% | |||
| Harry Teague | 40% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 40% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 40% |
| Charlie Wilson, Jr. | 40% | |||
| Robert Byrd | 33% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 33% |
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 33% |
| Timothy Johnson | 33% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 33% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 33% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 25% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 25% | |||
| Steve Kagen | 25% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 25% |
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 25% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 25% |
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 25% |
| Vic Snyder | 25% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 25% |
| Neil Abercrombie | 20% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 20% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 20% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 20% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 20% |
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 20% |
| Howard Berman | 20% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 20% |
| Tim Bishop | 20% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 20% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 20% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 20% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 20% | |||
| Lois Capps | 20% | |||
| Dennis Cardoza | 20% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 20% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 20% |
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 20% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 20% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 20% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 20% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 20% |
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 20% |
| Gerry Connolly | 20% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 20% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 20% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 20% |
| Joe Crowley | 20% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 20% |
| Elijah Cummings | 20% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 20% |
| Susan Davis | 20% |