Rating Group: Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)
2009-2010 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | 100% | |||
| Dana Rohrabacher | 100% | |||
| Tom Rooney | 100% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 100% | |||
| Ed Royce | 100% | |||
| Paul Ryan | 100% | |||
| LA | U.S. House - 1 | Steve Scalise | Republican | 100% |
| Aaron Schock | 100% | |||
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 100% | |||
| Jeff Sessions III | 100% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 100% |
| Richard Shelby | 100% | |||
| John Shimkus | 100% | |||
| Bill Shuster | 100% | |||
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 100% |
| Lamar Smith | 100% | |||
| Lee Terry | 100% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| Mac Thornberry | 100% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 100% |
| Pat Tiberi | 100% | |||
| David Vitter | 100% | |||
| Lynn Westmoreland | 100% | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 100% |
| Joe Barton | 80% | |||
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 80% |
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 80% |
| Charlie Dent | 80% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 80% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 80% | |||
| Jim Gerlach | 80% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 80% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 80% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 80% | |||
| Candice Miller | 80% | |||
| Erik Paulsen | 80% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 80% | |||
| Tom Petri | 80% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 80% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 80% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 80% |
| Fred Upton | 80% | |||
| Greg Walden | 80% | |||
| Ed Whitfield | 80% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 80% |
| Frank Wolf | 80% | |||
| Donald Young | 80% | |||
| Buck McKeon | 75% | |||
| Bill Young | 75% | |||
| Bill Owens | 66% | |||
| John Barrow | 60% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 60% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 60% |
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 60% | |||
| Gene Green | 60% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 60% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 60% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 60% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 60% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 60% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 60% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 60% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 60% |
| Lamar Alexander | 50% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 50% |
| Max Baucus | 50% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | Democratic | 50% |
| Mark Begich | 50% | |||
| Thad Cochran | 50% | |||
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 50% |
| Robert Corker | 50% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 50% |
| Mike Enzi | 50% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 50% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 50% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 50% |
| Mary Landrieu | 50% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 50% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 50% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 50% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 50% |
| Jon Tester | 50% | |||
| Mark Udall | 50% | |||
| Tom Udall | 50% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 50% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 40% |
| Gerry Connolly | 40% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 40% | |||
| Susan Davis | 40% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 40% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 40% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 40% |
| Jay Inslee | 40% | |||
| Eddie Johnson | 40% | |||
| Ron Kind | 40% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 40% |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 40% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 40% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 40% |