Rating Group: ACT! for America
2011-2012 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 0% |
| Henry Waxman | 0% | |||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 0% | |||
| Anthony Weiner | 0% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 0% | |||
| David Wu | 0% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 0% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 8% |
| Rob Andrews | 8% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 8% |
| Mark Begich | 8% | |||
| Howard Berman | 8% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 8% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 8% |
| David Cicilline | 8% | |||
| Hansen Clarke | 8% | |||
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 8% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 8% |
| Howard Coble | 8% | |||
| Gerry Connolly | 8% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 8% | |||
| Jerry Costello | 8% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 0% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 8% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 8% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 8% |
| Norm Dicks | 0% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 8% | |||
| Barney Frank | 8% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 8% |
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 8% |
| Kay Hagan | 8% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 8% | |
| Colleen Hanabusa | 8% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 8% |
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 8% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 8% |
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 8% | |||
| Jay Inslee | 8% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 8% | |||
| Tim Johnson | 8% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 8% |
| Dale Kildee | 8% | |||
| Herb Kohl | 8% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 8% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 8% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 8% | |||
| Robert Matsui | 8% | |||
| Sue Myrick | 8% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 8% |
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 8% |
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 8% |
| David Price | 8% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 8% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 8% |
| Steve Rothman | 8% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 8% | |||
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 8% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 8% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 8% |
| José Serrano | 8% | |||
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 8% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 8% |
| Pete Visclosky | 8% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 8% |
| Mel Watt | 8% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 8% |
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 8% |
| John Yarmuth | 8% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 42% | |||
| Michele Bachmann | 42% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 42% | |||
| Bob Brady | 42% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 42% | |||
| Lois Capps | 42% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 42% |
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 42% |
| Mark Critz | 42% | |||
| Susan Davis | 42% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 42% |
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 42% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 42% | |||
| John Duncan, Jr. | 42% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 42% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 42% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 42% |
| Brian Higgins | 42% | |||
| NY | Governor | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | 42% |
| Tim Holden | 42% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 42% |
| Ron Kind | 42% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 42% |
| Sandy Levin | 42% |