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Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2003 Positions on Conservative Issues

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State Office Name Party Rating
John Dingell 35
Chris Dodd 5
Elizabeth Dole 85
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84
Calvin Dooley 55
John Doolittle 90
Byron Dorgan 5
Mike Doyle, Jr. 45
David Dreier 80
John Duncan, Jr. 80
Jennifer Dunn 75
John Edwards 6
Chet Edwards 40
Vern Ehlers 70
Rahm Emanuel 45
Jo Ann Emerson 80
Eliot Engel 5
Philip English 75
John Ensign 85
Mike Enzi 85
Bob Etheridge 30
Lane Evans 45
Terry Everett 85
Sam Farr 5
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45
Tom Feeney 80
Russ Feingold 40
Dianne Feinstein 35
Michael Ferguson 70
Bob Filner 45
Peter Fitzgerald 79
Jeff Flake 88
Mark Foley 75
Randy Forbes 80
Harold Ford, Jr. 45
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
Barney Frank 5
Trent Franks 95
Rodney Frelinghuysen 65
William Frist 85
Jonas Frost III 40
Elton Gallegly 80
Scott Garrett 85
Richard Andrew Gephardt 55
Jim Gerlach 65
Jim Gibbons 79
Wayne Gilchrest 65
Paul Gillmor 70
Phil Gingrey 85
Charlie Gonzalez 45
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75
Bob Goodlatte 85
Bart Gordon 45
Porter Goss 75
Daniel Graham 30
Mark Green 85
Gene Green 45
James Greenwood 65
Judd Gregg 85
Luis Gutiérrez 45
Gilbert Gutknecht 80
Charles Hagel 95
Ralph Hall 75
Tom Harkin 5
Jane Harman 50
Katherine Harris 75
Melissa Hart 80
J. Dennis Hastert 63
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 5
Doc Hastings 85
Orrin Hatch 90
Robert Hayes 70
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90
Joel Hefley 75
Jeb Hensarling 85
Wally Herger, Jr. 90
Baron Hill 45
Maurice Hinchey 55
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40
David Lee Hobson 75
Joseph Hoeffel 5
Pete Hoekstra 75
Tim Holden 40
Ernest Hollings 42
Rush Holt, Jr. 45
Mike Honda 45
Darlene Hooley 45
John Hostettler 80
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60
Kenny Hulshof 80
Duncan Hunter 75
Kay Hutchison 82
Henry Hyde 85
Jim Inhofe 90
Daniel Inouye 6
Johnny Isakson 85
Steve Israel 40
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50
William Jefferson 35
State Office Name Party Rating
John Dingell 35
Chris Dodd 5
Elizabeth Dole 85
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84
Calvin Dooley 55
John Doolittle 90
Byron Dorgan 5
Mike Doyle, Jr. 45
David Dreier 80
John Duncan, Jr. 80
Jennifer Dunn 75
John Edwards 6
Chet Edwards 40
Vern Ehlers 70
Rahm Emanuel 45
Jo Ann Emerson 80
Eliot Engel 5
Philip English 75
John Ensign 85
Mike Enzi 85
Bob Etheridge 30
Lane Evans 45
Terry Everett 85
Sam Farr 5
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45
Tom Feeney 80
Russ Feingold 40
Dianne Feinstein 35
Michael Ferguson 70
Bob Filner 45
Peter Fitzgerald 79
Jeff Flake 88
Mark Foley 75
Randy Forbes 80
Harold Ford, Jr. 45
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
Barney Frank 5
Trent Franks 95
Rodney Frelinghuysen 65
William Frist 85
Jonas Frost III 40
Elton Gallegly 80
Scott Garrett 85
Richard Andrew Gephardt 55
Jim Gerlach 65
Jim Gibbons 79
Wayne Gilchrest 65
Paul Gillmor 70
Phil Gingrey 85
Charlie Gonzalez 45
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75
Bob Goodlatte 85
Bart Gordon 45
Porter Goss 75
Daniel Graham 30
Mark Green 85
Gene Green 45
James Greenwood 65
Judd Gregg 85
Luis Gutiérrez 45
Gilbert Gutknecht 80
Charles Hagel 95
Ralph Hall 75
Tom Harkin 5
Jane Harman 50
Katherine Harris 75
Melissa Hart 80
J. Dennis Hastert 63
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 5
Doc Hastings 85
Orrin Hatch 90
Robert Hayes 70
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90
Joel Hefley 75
Jeb Hensarling 85
Wally Herger, Jr. 90
Baron Hill 45
Maurice Hinchey 55
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40
David Lee Hobson 75
Joseph Hoeffel 5
Pete Hoekstra 75
Tim Holden 40
Ernest Hollings 42
Rush Holt, Jr. 45
Mike Honda 45
Darlene Hooley 45
John Hostettler 80
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60
Kenny Hulshof 80
Duncan Hunter 75
Kay Hutchison 82
Henry Hyde 85
Jim Inhofe 90
Daniel Inouye 6
Johnny Isakson 85
Steve Israel 40
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50
William Jefferson 35
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