Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2001-2002 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Susan Davis 85%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Mark Dayton 100%
Peter DeFazio 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Norm Dicks 80%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 75%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 5%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 15%
Mike Enzi 5%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 0%
Sam Farr 95%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 90%
Russ Feingold 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Bob Filner 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Jeff Flake 10%
Ernest Fletcher 5%
Mark Foley 10%
Randy Forbes 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Barney Frank 95%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
William Frist 5%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 15%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 15%
Paul Gillmor 5%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 5%
Bob Goodlatte 0%
Bart Gordon 65%
Porter Goss 5%
Daniel Graham 85%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
Mark Green 5%
Gene Green 80%
James Greenwood 15%
Judd Gregg 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Luis Gutiérrez 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Charles Hagel 10%
Ralph Hall 30%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 0%
Tom Harkin 95%
Jane Harman 80%
Melissa Hart 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Doc Hastings 0%
Orrin Hatch 10%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 5%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Joseph Hoeffel 85%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Tim Holden 65%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Susan Davis 85%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Mark Dayton 100%
Peter DeFazio 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Norm Dicks 80%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 75%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 5%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 15%
Mike Enzi 5%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 0%
Sam Farr 95%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 90%
Russ Feingold 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Bob Filner 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Jeff Flake 10%
Ernest Fletcher 5%
Mark Foley 10%
Randy Forbes 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Barney Frank 95%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
William Frist 5%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 15%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 15%
Paul Gillmor 5%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 5%
Bob Goodlatte 0%
Bart Gordon 65%
Porter Goss 5%
Daniel Graham 85%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
Mark Green 5%
Gene Green 80%
James Greenwood 15%
Judd Gregg 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Luis Gutiérrez 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Charles Hagel 10%
Ralph Hall 30%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 0%
Tom Harkin 95%
Jane Harman 80%
Melissa Hart 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Doc Hastings 0%
Orrin Hatch 10%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 5%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Joseph Hoeffel 85%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Tim Holden 65%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
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