Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce
2009 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 40% |
| Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 40% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 40% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 40% | |
| Dennis Moore | 40% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 40% |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 40% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 40% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 40% |
| Collin Peterson | 40% | |||
| Silvestre Reyes | 40% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 40% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 40% | |||
| Mark Schauer | 40% | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 40% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 40% |
| Ed Towns | 40% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 40% |
| John Yarmuth | 40% | |||
| Melissa Bean | 36% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 36% |
| Henry Gonzalez | 36% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 36% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 36% | |||
| Paul Hodes | 36% | |||
| Jay Inslee | 36% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 36% | |||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 36% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 36% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 36% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 36% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 36% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 36% |
| Jim Oberstar | 36% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 36% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 36% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 36% | |||
| Joe Sestak, Jr. | 36% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 36% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 36% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 36% |
| Mel Watt | 36% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 33% | |||
| Thomas Andrews | 33% | |||
| Xavier Becerra | 33% | |||
| Howard Berman | 33% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 33% | |||
| Bob Brady | 33% | |||
| Julia Carson | 33% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 33% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 33% |
| William Clay, Sr. | 33% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 33% |
| John Conyers, Jr. | 33% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 33% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 33% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 33% |
| Bill Delahunt | 33% | |||
| John Dingell | 33% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 33% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 33% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 33% | |||
| Sam Farr | 33% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 33% | |||
| Bob Filner | 33% | |||
| Barney Frank | 33% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 33% | |||
| Alan Grayson | 33% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 33% |
| Raul Grijalva | 33% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 33% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 33% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 33% |
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Mike Honda | 33% | |||
| Steve Israel | 33% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 33% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 33% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 33% | |||
| John Kerry | 33% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 33% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 33% | |||
| Mary Jo Kilroy | 33% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 33% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 33% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 33% |
| Nita Lowey | 33% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 33% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 33% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 33% |
| George Miller | 33% | |||
| Brad Miller | 33% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 33% |
| Grace Napolitano | 33% | |||
| Dave Obey | 33% | |||
| John Olver | 33% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 33% | |||
| Donald Payne | 33% | |||
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 33% |