Rating Group: Voices for Creative Nonviolence
2007 Positions on Iraq War Amendments
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 75% | |||
| Max Baucus | 75% | |||
| Evan Bayh | 75% | |||
| NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 75% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 75% | |||
| OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 75% |
| Robert Byrd | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 75% |
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 75% |
| PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| Hillary Clinton | 75% | |||
| Norm Coleman | 75% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 75% | |||
| Chris Dodd | 75% | |||
| Byron Dorgan | 75% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 75% |
| Russ Feingold | 75% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 75% | |||
| Charles Hagel | 75% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 75% | |||
| Daniel Inouye | 75% | |||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 75% | |||
| John Kerry | 75% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 75% |
| Herb Kohl | 75% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 75% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 75% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 75% | |||
| Carl Levin | 75% | |||
| Blanche Lincoln | 75% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 75% | |||
| NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 75% |
| Barbara Mikulski | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 75% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 75% | |||
| Ben Nelson | 75% | |||
| Barack Obama II | 75% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 75% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 75% |
| Harry Reid | 75% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 75% | |||
| Ken Salazar | 75% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 75% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 75% |
| Gordon Smith | 75% | |||
| Olympia Snowe | 75% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 75% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 75% |
| John Warner | 75% | |||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 75% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 75% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 75% |
| Lamar Alexander | 50% | |||
| Wayne Allard | 50% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 50% |
| Bob Bennett | 50% | |||
| Kit Bond | 50% | |||
| Jim Bunning | 50% | |||
| Richard Burr | 50% | |||
| Saxby Chambliss | 50% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 50% | |||
| Thad Cochran | 50% | |||
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 50% |
| Robert Corker | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 50% |
| Larry Craig | 50% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 50% |
| James DeMint | 50% | |||
| Elizabeth Dole | 50% | |||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 50% | |||
| John Ensign | 50% | |||
| Mike Enzi | 50% | |||
| SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 50% |
| IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 50% |
| Judd Gregg | 50% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 50% | |||
| Kay Hutchison | 50% | |||
| Jim Inhofe | 50% | |||
| Johnny Isakson | 50% | |||
| Jon Kyl | 50% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 50% | |||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Dick Lugar | 50% | |||
| Melquiades Martinez | 50% | |||
| John McCain III | 50% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 50% |
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 50% |
| Pat Roberts | 50% | |||
| Richard Shelby | 50% | |||
| Arlen Specter | 50% | |||
| Ted Stevens | 50% | |||
| John Sununu | 50% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 50% |
| Jeff Sessions III | 25% | |||
| George Voinovich | 25% |