Rating Group: Latin America Working Group
2007 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
| Sam Farr | 90% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 90% | |||
| Mike Honda | 90% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 90% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 90% |
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 90% |
| David Price | 90% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 90% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 90% | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 89% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 80% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 80% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 80% |
| Maurice Hinchey | 80% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 80% |
| John Lewis | 80% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 80% | |
| Diane Watson | 80% | |||
| Jeff Bingaman | 75% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 75% |
| Chris Dodd | 75% | |||
| Russ Feingold | 75% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 75% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 75% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 75% |
| Howard Berman | 70% | |||
| OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 70% |
| Lois Capps | 70% | |||
| Donna Christensen | 70% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 70% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 70% |
| Peter DeFazio | 70% | |||
| Bill Delahunt | 70% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 70% |
| Luis Gutiérrez | 70% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Eddie Johnson | 70% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 70% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 70% |
| Jim McDermott | 70% | |||
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 70% | |||
| DC | U.S. House - Delegate | Eleanor Norton | Democratic | 70% |
| Pete Stark | 70% | |||
| Ed Towns | 70% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 67% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 60% | |
| Mike Capuano | 60% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 60% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 60% |
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 60% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 60% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 60% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 60% | |||
| Michael McNulty | 60% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 60% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 60% | |
| George Miller | 60% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 60% |
| Jim Oberstar | 60% | |||
| John Olver | 60% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 60% | |||
| Donald Payne | 60% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 60% | |||
| José Serrano | 60% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 60% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 60% |
| Barney Frank | 56% | |||
| Henry Waxman | 56% | |||
| Thomas Allen | 50% | |||
| Max Baucus | 50% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 50% |
| Larry Craig | 50% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 50% |
| Joe Crowley | 50% | |||
| Susan Davis | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 50% |
| Byron Dorgan | 50% | |||
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 50% |
| Mike Enzi | 50% | |||
| Bob Etheridge | 50% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 50% | |||
| Bob Filner | 50% | |||
| Charles Hagel | 50% | |||
| Jane Harman | 50% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 50% |
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 50% | |||
| John Kerry | 50% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 50% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 50% |