Rating Group: The John Birch Society
2001 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Price | 15% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 15% |
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 15% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 15% | |
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 15% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 15% |
| Karen Thurman | 15% | |||
| David Wu | 15% | |||
| Carrie Meek | 13% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 13% | |||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 11% | |||
| Jeff Bingaman | 11% | |||
| OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 11% |
| Bob Brady | 11% | |||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 11% | |||
| Tony Hall | 11% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 11% |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 11% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 11% |
| Eddie Johnson | 11% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 11% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 11% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 11% | |||
| Jim Oberstar | 11% | |||
| Thomas Sawyer | 11% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 11% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 11% |
| NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 10% |
| David Edward Bonior | 10% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 10% | |||
| Robert Byrd | 10% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 10% |
| Mike Capuano | 10% | |||
| Julia Carson | 10% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 10% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 10% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 10% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 10% |
| Lane Evans | 10% | |||
| Sam Farr | 10% | |||
| Barney Frank | 10% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 10% | |||
| Earl Hilliard, Sr. | 10% | |||
| Mike Honda | 10% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 10% | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 10% | |||
| Tom Lantos | 10% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 10% |
| Joe Lieberman | 10% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 10% |
| Robert Matsui | 10% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 10% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 10% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 10% | |||
| Dave Obey | 10% | |||
| Earl Pomeroy | 10% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 10% |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 10% | |||
| Mel Watt | 10% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 7% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 6% | |
| Daniel Inouye | 6% | |||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 6% | |||
| Thomas Allen | 5% | |||
| ME | State Senate - 9 | Joseph Baldacci | Democratic | 5% |
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 5% |
| Howard Berman | 5% | |||
| OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 5% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 5% |
| Eva Clayton | 5% | |||
| Hillary Clinton | 5% | |||
| Jon Corzine | 5% | |||
| William Coyne | 5% | |||
| Thomas Daschle | 5% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 5% |
| Bill Delahunt | 5% | |||
| Chris Dodd | 5% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 5% |
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 5% |
| Eliot Engel | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 5% |
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 5% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 5% | |||
| Joseph Hoeffel | 5% | |||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 5% | |||
| John Kerry | 5% | |||
| Carl Levin | 5% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 5% | |||
| John Lewis | 5% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 5% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 5% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 5% |
| Michael McNulty | 5% | |||
| Martin Meehan | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 5% |
| John Olver | 5% | |||
| Major Owens | 5% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 5% | |||
| Harry Reid | 5% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 5% |