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2003-2004 Trade Barrier Votes Score

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State Office Name Party Rating
Rick Boucher 55%
Barbara Boxer 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Kevin Brady 91%
Bob Brady 45%
Corrine Brown 27%
Henry Brown, Jr. 73%
Sherrod Brown 36%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Sam Brownback 90%
Jim Bunning 70%
Michael Burgess 60%
Richard Burr 60%
Dan Burton 45%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Steve Buyer 64%
Robert Byrd 10%
Dave Camp 91%
Chris Cannon 67%
Eric Cantor 73%
Lois Capps 82%
Mike Capuano 55%
Ben Cardin 91%
Dennis Cardoza 55%
Tom Carper 60%
Mike Castle 91%
Steve Chabot 64%
Saxby Chambliss 60%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Hillary Clinton 56%
Howard Coble 36%
Thad Cochran 80%
Norm Coleman 60%
Kent Conrad 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 91%
Jerry Costello 45%
Larry Craig 70%
Robert Cramer 82%
Ander Crenshaw 64%
Joe Crowley 91%
Barbara Cubin 78%
John Culberson 64%
Elijah Cummings 56%
Artur Davis 91%
Lincoln Davis 82%
Susan Davis 91%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Peter DeFazio 36%
James DeMint 73%
Nathan Deal 45%
Bill Delahunt 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Norm Dicks 82%
John Dingell 73%
Chris Dodd 40%
Elizabeth Dole 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
John Doolittle 86%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 55%
David Dreier 73%
John Duncan, Jr. 36%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Rahm Emanuel 82%
Jo Ann Emerson 63%
Eliot Engel 45%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 60%
Mike Enzi 89%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Terry Everett 64%
Sam Farr 55%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Tom Feeney 64%
Russ Feingold 10%
Dianne Feinstein 40%
Michael Ferguson 64%
Bob Filner 36%
Jeff Flake 100%
Randy Forbes 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 89%
Barney Frank 50%
Trent Franks 60%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 64%
Elton Gallegly 82%
Scott Garrett 64%
Jim Gerlach 64%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
Phil Gingrey 64%
Charlie Gonzalez 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
Bob Goodlatte 73%
Bart Gordon 70%
Lindsey Graham 30%
Kay Granger 73%
Gene Green 27%
Judd Gregg 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Rick Boucher 55%
Barbara Boxer 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Kevin Brady 91%
Bob Brady 45%
Corrine Brown 27%
Henry Brown, Jr. 73%
Sherrod Brown 36%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Sam Brownback 90%
Jim Bunning 70%
Michael Burgess 60%
Richard Burr 60%
Dan Burton 45%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Steve Buyer 64%
Robert Byrd 10%
Dave Camp 91%
Chris Cannon 67%
Eric Cantor 73%
Lois Capps 82%
Mike Capuano 55%
Ben Cardin 91%
Dennis Cardoza 55%
Tom Carper 60%
Mike Castle 91%
Steve Chabot 64%
Saxby Chambliss 60%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Hillary Clinton 56%
Howard Coble 36%
Thad Cochran 80%
Norm Coleman 60%
Kent Conrad 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 91%
Jerry Costello 45%
Larry Craig 70%
Robert Cramer 82%
Ander Crenshaw 64%
Joe Crowley 91%
Barbara Cubin 78%
John Culberson 64%
Elijah Cummings 56%
Artur Davis 91%
Lincoln Davis 82%
Susan Davis 91%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Peter DeFazio 36%
James DeMint 73%
Nathan Deal 45%
Bill Delahunt 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Norm Dicks 82%
John Dingell 73%
Chris Dodd 40%
Elizabeth Dole 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
John Doolittle 86%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 55%
David Dreier 73%
John Duncan, Jr. 36%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Rahm Emanuel 82%
Jo Ann Emerson 63%
Eliot Engel 45%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 60%
Mike Enzi 89%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Terry Everett 64%
Sam Farr 55%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Tom Feeney 64%
Russ Feingold 10%
Dianne Feinstein 40%
Michael Ferguson 64%
Bob Filner 36%
Jeff Flake 100%
Randy Forbes 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 89%
Barney Frank 50%
Trent Franks 60%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 64%
Elton Gallegly 82%
Scott Garrett 64%
Jim Gerlach 64%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
Phil Gingrey 64%
Charlie Gonzalez 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
Bob Goodlatte 73%
Bart Gordon 70%
Lindsey Graham 30%
Kay Granger 73%
Gene Green 27%
Judd Gregg 70%
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