Rating Group: Metals Service Center Institute
2012-2013 Positions (113th Congress, full session)
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 85% |
| Mo Brooks | 85% | |||
| LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 85% |
| Jason Chaffetz | 85% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Doug Collins | Republican | 85% |
| FL | Governor | Ron DeSantis | Republican | 85% |
| Stephen Fincher | 85% | |||
| Bob Goodlatte | 85% | |||
| Vicky Hartzler | 85% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 9 | Richard Hudson, Jr. | Republican | 85% |
| Robert Hurt | 85% | |||
| Doug LaMalfa | 85% | |||
| Kenny Marchant | 85% | |||
| Jeff Miller | 85% | |||
| Steven Palazzo | 85% | |||
| Ted Poe | 85% | |||
| Tom Price | 85% | |||
| Tom Rice | 85% | |||
| Scott Rigell | 85% | |||
| Matt Salmon | 85% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 85% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 85% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 3 | Marlin Stutzman | Republican | 85% |
| Ed Whitfield | 85% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 25 | Roger Williams | Republican | 85% |
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 85% |
| Rob Bishop | 84% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 84% | |||
| Kay Granger | 84% | |||
| Steve King | 84% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 8 | Jason Smith | Republican | 84% |
| Lynn Westmoreland | 84% | |||
| Bradley Byrne | 83% | |||
| Sam Johnson | 83% | |||
| Mike Pompeo | 83% | |||
| Vance McAllister, Sr. | 81% | |||
| Paul Broun | 80% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tom Cotton | Republican | 80% |
| Jeff Duncan | 80% | |||
| LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 80% |
| Scott Garrett | 80% | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 80% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 80% |
| Tim Huelskamp | 80% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 80% |
| Doug Lamborn | 80% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 80% |
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 80% |
| Mick Mulvaney | 80% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 80% | |||
| Reid Ribble | 80% | |||
| Mark Sanford, Jr. | 80% | |||
| Justin Amash | 78% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 78% |
| OK | U.S. Senate - Sr | James Lankford | Republican | 78% |
| Mark Meadows | 78% | |||
| Steve Stockman | 78% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy | Republican | 76% |
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 76% | |||
| Lamar Alexander | 75% | |||
| NH | Governor | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 75% |
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 75% |
| Barbara Boxer | 75% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 75% |
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 75% |
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 75% |
| Robert Corker | 75% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 75% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 75% |
| Lindsey Graham | 75% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 75% | |||
| Dean Heller | 75% | |||
| ND | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Hoeven | Republican | 75% |
| Timothy Johnson | 75% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 75% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 75% |
| Patrick Leahy | 75% | |||
| Carl Levin | 75% | |||
| John McCain III | 75% | |||
| Bob Menendez | 75% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 75% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 75% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 75% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 75% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 75% |
| Harry Reid | 75% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 75% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | Marco Rubio | Republican | 75% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 75% |
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 75% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 75% | |||
| Mark Udall | 75% | |||
| Tom Udall | 75% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 75% |
| Pete Gallego | 73% | |||
| Patrick Murphy | 73% | |||
| John Campbell III | 70% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 66% |
| Saxby Chambliss | 66% |