Rating Group: American Council of Engineering Companies
2009-2010 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 90% |
| Vic Snyder | 90% | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 90% |
| David Wu | 90% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 90% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 89% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 89% | |||
| Melissa Bean | 89% | |||
| Xavier Becerra | 89% | |||
| Howard Berman | 89% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
| Bob Brady | 89% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 89% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 89% | |||
| Christopher Carney | 89% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 89% |
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 89% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 89% |
| Susan Davis | 89% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 89% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 89% |
| Norm Dicks | 89% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 89% |
| Eliot Engel | 89% | |||
| Sam Farr | 89% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 89% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 89% |
| Barney Frank | 89% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 89% | |||
| Gene Green | 89% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 89% | |||
| Debbie Halvorson | 89% | |||
| Phil Hare | 89% | |||
| Jane Harman | 89% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 89% |
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 89% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 89% |
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 89% |
| Jay Inslee | 89% | |||
| Steve Israel | 89% | |||
| Paul Kanjorski | 89% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 89% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 89% | |||
| Mary Jo Kilroy | 89% | |||
| Ron Klein | 89% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 89% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 89% | |||
| Dan Lipinski | 89% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 89% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 89% |
| Dan Maffei | 89% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 89% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 89% |
| Jim Matheson | 89% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 89% |
| Jim McDermott | 89% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 89% |
| George Miller | 89% | |||
| Brad Miller | 89% | |||
| Alan Mollohan | 89% | |||
| Patrick Murphy | 89% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 89% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 89% |
| Jim Oberstar | 89% | |||
| Dave Obey | 89% | |||
| John Olver | 89% | |||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 89% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 89% | |||
| David Price | 89% | |||
| Ciro Rodriguez | 89% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 89% | |||
| John Salazar | 89% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 89% |