Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce
2007 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 55% |
| Mel Watt | 55% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 55% |
| Robert Wexler | 55% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 55% |
| Neil Abercrombie | 53% | |||
| Thomas Allen | 53% | |||
| Howard Berman | 53% | |||
| Christopher Carney | 53% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 53% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 53% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 53% | |||
| Jim Marshall | 53% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 53% |
| Henry Waxman | 53% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 53% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 50% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 50% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 50% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 50% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 50% |
| John Conyers, Jr. | 50% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 50% |
| Elijah Cummings | 50% | |||
| Bill Delahunt | 50% | |||
| Norm Dicks | 50% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 50% |
| Raul Grijalva | 50% | |||
| John Hall | 50% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 50% | |||
| Paul Hodes | 50% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Steve Kagen | 50% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 50% | |||
| John Kerry | 50% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 50% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 50% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 50% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 50% |
| Michael McNulty | 50% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 50% |
| Jack Murtha | 50% | |||
| Dave Obey | 50% | |||
| John Olver | 50% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 50% |
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 50% |
| Carol Shea-Porter | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 50% | |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 50% |
| John Tierney | 50% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 50% | |||
| David Wu | 50% | |||
| Ben Chandler III | 47% | |||
| Jerry Costello | 47% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 47% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 47% |
| Brad Miller | 47% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 47% |
| Ed Pastor | 47% | |||
| Ron Paul | 47% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 47% | |||
| Pete Stark | 47% | |||
| Tom Udall | 47% | |||
| Diane Watson | 47% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 45% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 45% | |||
| Ben Cardin | 45% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 45% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 45% |
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 45% |
| Dianne Feinstein | 45% | |||
| Bob Filner | 45% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 45% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 45% |
| Tim Holden | 45% | |||
| Daniel Inouye | 45% | |||
| Paul Kanjorski | 45% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 45% |
| Herb Kohl | 45% | |||
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 45% |
| Carl Levin | 45% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 45% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 45% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 45% |
| Mark Pryor | 45% | |||
| Harry Reid | 45% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 45% | |||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 45% | |||
| Bob Brady | 44% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 44% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 44% | |||
| George Miller | 42% | |||
| Donald Payne | 42% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 42% |