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Rating Group: National Restaurant Association

2007-2008 Positions on Restaurant Advocacy

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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 40
Gary Ackerman 60
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 57
Todd Akin 60
Lamar Alexander 85
Rodney Alexander 80
Jason Altmire 20
Rob Andrews 50
Michael Arcuri 60
Joe Baca, Sr. 40
Michele Bachmann 60
Spencer Bachus 100
Brian Baird 60
J. Gresham Barrett 80
John Barrow 20
Roscoe Bartlett 60
Joe Barton 60
Max Baucus 28
Evan Bayh 28
Melissa Bean 60
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 20
Bob Bennett 100
Shelley Berkley 40
Howard Berman 60
Marion Berry 60
Judy Biggert 80
Brian Bilbray 50
Jeff Bingaman 42
Rob Bishop 60
Tim Bishop 60
Roy Blunt 100
John Boehner 100
Kit Bond 85
Jo Bonner, Jr. 100
Mary Bono Mack 100
Dan Boren 100
Leonard Boswell 60
Rick Boucher 60
Charles Boustany, Jr. 80
Barbara Boxer 42
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80
Kevin Brady 100
Bob Brady 60
Bruce Braley 40
Paul Broun 50
Corrine Brown 60
Henry Brown, Jr. 100
Ginny Brown-Waite 60
Sam Brownback 66
Jim Bunning 71
Richard Burr 85
Dan Burton 60
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 20
Steve Buyer 60
Robert Byrd 28
Dave Camp 100
John Campbell III 100
Eric Cantor 100
Lois Capps 60
Dennis Cardoza 60
Russ Carnahan 60
Christopher Carney 0
Mike Castle 100
Saxby Chambliss 85
Ben Chandler III 20
Travis Childers 0
Lacy Clay, Jr. 20
Hillary Clinton 42
Howard Coble 80
Thomas Coburn 71
Thad Cochran 71
Mike Conaway 80
Kent Conrad 42
John Conyers, Jr. 20
Jim Cooper 60
Robert Corker 85
Jerry Costello 20
Ander Crenshaw 100
Joe Crowley 60
John Culberson 60
Elijah Cummings 40
Artur Davis 60
Geoff Davis 60
Lincoln Davis 20
Susan Davis 60
Peter DeFazio 20
James DeMint 66
Nathan Deal 60
Charlie Dent 80
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50
Norm Dicks 60
John Dingell 60
Chris Dodd 50
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 60
Byron Dorgan 14
Mike Doyle, Jr. 60
David Dreier 100
John Duncan, Jr. 60
Donna Edwards 50
Chet Edwards 60
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 40
Gary Ackerman 60
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 57
Todd Akin 60
Lamar Alexander 85
Rodney Alexander 80
Jason Altmire 20
Rob Andrews 50
Michael Arcuri 60
Joe Baca, Sr. 40
Michele Bachmann 60
Spencer Bachus 100
Brian Baird 60
J. Gresham Barrett 80
John Barrow 20
Roscoe Bartlett 60
Joe Barton 60
Max Baucus 28
Evan Bayh 28
Melissa Bean 60
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 20
Bob Bennett 100
Shelley Berkley 40
Howard Berman 60
Marion Berry 60
Judy Biggert 80
Brian Bilbray 50
Jeff Bingaman 42
Rob Bishop 60
Tim Bishop 60
Roy Blunt 100
John Boehner 100
Kit Bond 85
Jo Bonner, Jr. 100
Mary Bono Mack 100
Dan Boren 100
Leonard Boswell 60
Rick Boucher 60
Charles Boustany, Jr. 80
Barbara Boxer 42
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80
Kevin Brady 100
Bob Brady 60
Bruce Braley 40
Paul Broun 50
Corrine Brown 60
Henry Brown, Jr. 100
Ginny Brown-Waite 60
Sam Brownback 66
Jim Bunning 71
Richard Burr 85
Dan Burton 60
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 20
Steve Buyer 60
Robert Byrd 28
Dave Camp 100
John Campbell III 100
Eric Cantor 100
Lois Capps 60
Dennis Cardoza 60
Russ Carnahan 60
Christopher Carney 0
Mike Castle 100
Saxby Chambliss 85
Ben Chandler III 20
Travis Childers 0
Lacy Clay, Jr. 20
Hillary Clinton 42
Howard Coble 80
Thomas Coburn 71
Thad Cochran 71
Mike Conaway 80
Kent Conrad 42
John Conyers, Jr. 20
Jim Cooper 60
Robert Corker 85
Jerry Costello 20
Ander Crenshaw 100
Joe Crowley 60
John Culberson 60
Elijah Cummings 40
Artur Davis 60
Geoff Davis 60
Lincoln Davis 20
Susan Davis 60
Peter DeFazio 20
James DeMint 66
Nathan Deal 60
Charlie Dent 80
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50
Norm Dicks 60
John Dingell 60
Chris Dodd 50
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 60
Byron Dorgan 14
Mike Doyle, Jr. 60
David Dreier 100
John Duncan, Jr. 60
Donna Edwards 50
Chet Edwards 60
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