Rating Group: American Council of Engineering Companies
2009-2010 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 78% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 78% |
| Steve Driehaus | 75% | |||
| Al Franken | 75% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 75% |
| Kay Hutchison | 75% | |||
| Ron Kind | 75% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 75% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 75% | |||
| Bill Owens | 75% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 75% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 75% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 75% |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 73% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 73% |
| Donald Payne | 73% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 71% |
| Arlen Specter | 71% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 70% |
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 70% |
| Paul Hodes | 70% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 70% | |||
| Steve LaTourette | 70% | |||
| Candice Miller | 70% | |||
| Todd Platts | 70% | |||
| Laura Richardson | 70% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 70% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 70% |
| Mel Watt | 70% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 70% |
| Sam Brownback | 67% | |||
| Richard Burr | 67% | |||
| Mike Castle | 67% | |||
| Saxby Chambliss | 67% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 67% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 67% | |||
| Charlie Dent | 67% | |||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 67% | |||
| Russ Feingold | 67% | |||
| Chris Lee | 67% | |||
| Walt Minnick | 67% | |||
| Harry Reid | 67% | |||
| Pat Roberts | 67% | |||
| David Vitter | 67% | |||
| WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 64% |
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 64% | |||
| Bobby Bright | 63% | |||
| Parker Griffith, Jr. | 63% | |||
| Judy Biggert | 60% | |||
| Dan Burton | 60% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 60% |
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 60% |
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 60% |
| SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 60% |
| IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 60% |
| Orrin Hatch | 60% | |||
| Johnny Isakson | 60% | |||
| Lynn Jenkins | 60% | |||
| Dick Lugar | 60% | |||
| KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 60% |
| ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 60% |
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 60% |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 60% | |||
| Aaron Schock | 60% | |||
| Richard Shelby | 60% | |||
| Steve Buyer | 56% | |||
| Dave Camp | 56% | |||
| Vern Ehlers | 56% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 56% | |||
| Thaddeus McCotter | 56% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 56% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 56% |
| Ed Whitfield | 56% | |||
| Geoff Davis | 55% | |||
| John Duncan, Jr. | 55% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 55% |
| Rodney Alexander | 50% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 50% |
| Ginny Brown-Waite | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 50% |
| LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 50% |
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 50% |
| Tim Johnson | 50% | |||
| Erik Paulsen | 50% | |||
| Adam Putnam | 50% | |||
| Phil Roe | 50% | |||
| OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 50% |
| Bill Shuster | 50% | |||
| Mark Souder | 50% | |||
| Lee Terry | 50% | |||
| Todd Tiahrt | 50% | |||
| Greg Walden | 50% | |||
| Frank Wolf | 50% | |||
| Bill Young | 50% | |||
| Brian Bilbray | 44% | |||
| Mary Bono Mack | 44% | |||
| Jo Ann Emerson | 44% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 44% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 44% |