Rating Group: Arab American Institute
2004 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
| Lincoln Chafee | 100% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
| John Dingell | 100% | |||
| Mike Enzi | 100% | |||
| Charles Hagel | 100% | |||
| Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 100% | |||
| John Kerry | 100% | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
| Ben Nelson | 100% | |||
| Ron Paul | 100% | |||
| Pete Stark | 100% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 80% | |||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 80% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 80% |
| Jim McDermott | 80% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 80% | |||
| Jeff Bingaman | 75% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 75% |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 75% | |||
| Donald Payne | 75% | |||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 67% | |||
| NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 67% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 67% |
| Julia Carson | 67% | |||
| Chris Dodd | 67% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 67% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 67% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 67% | |||
| Blanche Lincoln | 67% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 67% | |||
| Paul Sarbanes | 67% | |||
| John Sununu | 67% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 67% |
| Diane Watson | 67% | |||
| Mel Watt | 67% | |||
| Neil Abercrombie | 60% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 60% |
| Jon Corzine | 60% | |||
| Sam Farr | 60% | |||
| Russ Feingold | 60% | |||
| Bob Filner | 60% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 60% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 60% | |||
| Mike Honda | 60% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 60% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 60% |
| George Miller | 60% | |||
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 60% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 60% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 60% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 60% |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 60% | |||
| Tom Udall | 60% | |||
| OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 50% |
| OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 50% |
| Lois Capps | 50% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 50% | |||
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 50% |
| Elijah Cummings | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 50% |
| James Davis | 50% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 50% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 50% |
| Bill Delahunt | 50% | |||
| Byron Dorgan | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 50% |
| Jeff Flake | 50% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 50% |
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 50% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 50% |
| Dale Kildee | 50% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 50% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 50% |
| Carl Levin | 50% | |||
| John Lewis | 50% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 50% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 50% |
| Martin Meehan | 50% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 50% |
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 50% |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 50% |
| John Olver | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 50% |
| Mark Pryor | 50% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 50% |
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 50% | |||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 50% |
| José Serrano | 50% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 50% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 50% | |
| Arlen Specter | 50% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 50% |
| John Tierney | 50% | |||
| Ed Towns | 50% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 50% |