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Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2005 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 15%
Max Baucus 75%
Evan Bayh 90%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 10%
Howard Berman 95%
Marion Berry 75%
Joe Biden, Jr. 90%
Judy Biggert 15%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rob Bishop 5%
Tim Bishop 90%
Earl Blumenauer 95%
Roy Blunt 5%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
John Boehner 5%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Dan Boren 60%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 10%
Barbara Boxer 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Jeb Bradley 15%
Kevin Brady 0%
Bob Brady 90%
Corrine Brown 95%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Sherrod Brown 95%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Michael Burgess 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Dan Burton 5%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 90%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Dave Camp 10%
John Campbell III 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Lois Capps 95%
Mike Capuano 95%
Ben Cardin 90%
Dennis Cardoza 75%
Russ Carnahan 90%
Tom Carper 75%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 25%
Steve Chabot 5%
Lincoln Chafee 55%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Ben Chandler III 75%
Chris Chocola 5%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Thad Cochran 5%
Norm Coleman 25%
Mike Conaway 5%
Kent Conrad 75%
John Conyers, Jr. 95%
Jim Cooper 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 60%
Ander Crenshaw 10%
Joe Crowley 95%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 5%
Elijah Cummings 95%
Artur Davis 80%
Geoff Davis 10%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 65%
Susan Davis 95%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Mark Dayton 95%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Charlie Dent 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 15%
Max Baucus 75%
Evan Bayh 90%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Xavier Becerra 100%
Bob Bennett 10%
Howard Berman 95%
Marion Berry 75%
Joe Biden, Jr. 90%
Judy Biggert 15%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rob Bishop 5%
Tim Bishop 90%
Earl Blumenauer 95%
Roy Blunt 5%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
John Boehner 5%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Dan Boren 60%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 10%
Barbara Boxer 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Jeb Bradley 15%
Kevin Brady 0%
Bob Brady 90%
Corrine Brown 95%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Sherrod Brown 95%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Michael Burgess 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Dan Burton 5%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 90%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Dave Camp 10%
John Campbell III 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Lois Capps 95%
Mike Capuano 95%
Ben Cardin 90%
Dennis Cardoza 75%
Russ Carnahan 90%
Tom Carper 75%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 25%
Steve Chabot 5%
Lincoln Chafee 55%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Ben Chandler III 75%
Chris Chocola 5%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Thad Cochran 5%
Norm Coleman 25%
Mike Conaway 5%
Kent Conrad 75%
John Conyers, Jr. 95%
Jim Cooper 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 60%
Ander Crenshaw 10%
Joe Crowley 95%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 5%
Elijah Cummings 95%
Artur Davis 80%
Geoff Davis 10%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 65%
Susan Davis 95%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Mark Dayton 95%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Charlie Dent 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
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