Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union
2010 Positions on Tax and Spending
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrine Brown | 5% | |||
| Lois Capps | 5% | |||
| Ben Cardin | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 5% |
| Elijah Cummings | 5% | |||
| Susan Davis | 5% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 5% |
| Bob Etheridge | 5% | |||
| Al Franken | 5% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 5% |
| Tom Harkin | 5% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 5% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 5% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 5% |
| Sam Johnson | 5% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 5% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 5% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 5% |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 5% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 5% |
| Dave Obey | 5% | |||
| Silvestre Reyes | 5% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 5% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 5% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 5% |
| David Scott | 5% | |||
| José Serrano | 5% | |||
| Joe Sestak, Jr. | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 5% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 5% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 5% |
| Ed Towns | 5% | |||
| Tom Udall | 5% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 5% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 5% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 5% |
| Bruce Braley | 4% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 4% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 4% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 4% |
| John Dingell | 4% | |||
| Byron Dorgan | 4% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 4% | |||
| Barney Frank | 4% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 4% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 4% | |||
| Mary Jo Kilroy | 4% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 4% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 4% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 4% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 4% | |||
| David Price | 4% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 4% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 4% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 4% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 4% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 4% |
| Louise Slaughter | 4% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 4% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 4% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 4% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 3% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 3% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 3% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 3% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 3% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 3% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 3% |
| Brad Miller | 3% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 3% |
| Diane Watson | 3% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 3% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 2% |