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Americans for Democratic Action


Name: Americans for Democratic Action
Year: 2005
Issue: Liberal
Website: http://www.adaction.org
Email: info@adaction.org
Address:
1625 K Street Northwest, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006
"Americans for Democratic Action is America's most experienced independent liberal lobbying organization. In the spirit of the New Deal and ADA founders Eleanor Roosevelt, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, and former Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey we lobby through coalition partnerships, through direct advocacy, and through the media. Our lobbying philosophy is based on democratic action - motivating our grassroots members to lobby their senators and representatives as constituent-advocates. With 65,000 members nationwide, numerous state and local chapters, and its headquarters in the District of Columbia actively engaging in the political process, ADA continually strives to push for democratic and progressive values and ideals in American policy. Our founders included Eleanor Roosevelt, labor leader Walter Reuther, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey."

Americans for Democratic Action Ratings:

AKU.S. SenateSrLisa MurkowskiRepublican20
AKU.S. HouseAt-LargeDonald YoungRepublican5
ALU.S. SenateSrRichard ShelbyRepublican10
ALU.S. SenateJrJefferson SessionsRepublican0
ALU.S. House1Josiah BonnerRepublican0
ALU.S. House3Michael RogersRepublican10
ALU.S. House4Robert AderholtRepublican0
ALU.S. House6Spencer BachusRepublican5
ALU.S. House7Artur DavisDemocratic80
ARU.S. SenateSrBlanche LincolnDemocratic95
ARU.S. SenateJrMark PryorDemocratic90
ARU.S. House1Robert BerryDemocratic65
ARU.S. House2Victor SnyderDemocratic80
ARU.S. House3John BoozmanRepublican0
ARU.S. House4Michael RossDemocratic60
AZU.S. SenateSrJohn McCainRepublican10
AZU.S. SenateJrJon KylRepublican5
AZU.S. House2Trent FranksRepublican5
AZU.S. House3John ShadeggRepublican0
AZU.S. House4Ed PastorDemocratic100
AZU.S. House6Jeff FlakeRepublican0
AZU.S. House7Raúl GrijalvaDemocratic100
CAU.S. SenateSrDianne FeinsteinDemocratic95
CAU.S. SenateJrBarbara BoxerDemocratic100
CAU.S. House1Michael ThompsonDemocratic90
CAU.S. House2Walter HergerRepublican0
CAU.S. House3Daniel LungrenRepublican0
CAU.S. House5Doris MatsuiDemocratic100
CAU.S. House6Lynn WoolseyDemocratic100
CAU.S. House7George MillerDemocratic100
CAU.S. House8Nancy PelosiDemocratic95
CAU.S. House9Barbara LeeDemocratic95
CAU.S. House13Fortney StarkDemocratic90
CAU.S. House14Anna EshooDemocratic100
CAU.S. House15Michael HondaDemocratic100
CAU.S. House16Zoe LofgrenDemocratic100
CAU.S. House17Sam FarrDemocratic100
CAU.S. House18Dennis CardozaDemocratic85
CAU.S. House19George RadanovichRepublican0
CAU.S. House20Jim CostaDemocratic80
CAU.S. House21Devin NunesRepublican5
CAU.S. House23Lois CappsDemocratic95
CAU.S. House24Elton GalleglyRepublican0
CAU.S. House25Howard McKeonRepublican0
CAU.S. House26David DreierRepublican0
CAU.S. House27Brad ShermanDemocratic100
CAU.S. House28Howard BermanDemocratic90
CAU.S. House29Adam SchiffDemocratic85
CAU.S. House30Henry WaxmanDemocratic100
CAU.S. House31Xavier BecerraDemocratic95
CAU.S. House33Diane WatsonDemocratic95
CAU.S. House34Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratic90
CAU.S. House35Maxine WatersDemocratic95
CAU.S. House36Jane HarmanDemocratic70
CAU.S. House38Grace NapolitanoDemocratic100
CAU.S. House39Linda SánchezDemocratic100
CAU.S. House40Edward RoyceRepublican0
CAU.S. House41Jerry LewisRepublican0
CAU.S. House42Gary MillerRepublican0
CAU.S. House43Joe BacaDemocratic90
CAU.S. House44Ken CalvertRepublican0
CAU.S. House45Mary Bono MackRepublican15
CAU.S. House46Dana RohrabacherRepublican5
CAU.S. House47Loretta SanchezDemocratic90
CAU.S. House48John CampbellRepublican0
CAU.S. House49Darrell IssaRepublican0
CAU.S. House51Bob FilnerDemocratic95
CAU.S. House53Susan DavisDemocratic90
COU.S. SenateSrMark UdallDemocratic90
COU.S. House1Diana DeGetteDemocratic90
COU.S. House3John SalazarDemocratic75
CTU.S. SenateSrChristopher DoddDemocratic100
CTU.S. SenateJrJoseph LiebermanIndependent Democrat80
CTU.S. House1John LarsonDemocratic100
CTU.S. House3Rosa DeLauroDemocratic95
DEU.S. SenateSrThomas CarperDemocratic90
DEU.S. HouseAt-LargeMichael CastleRepublican40
FLU.S. SenateSrBill NelsonDemocratic80
FLU.S. House1Jeff MillerRepublican0
FLU.S. House2Allen BoydDemocratic80
FLU.S. House3Corrine BrownDemocratic95
FLU.S. House4Ander CrenshawRepublican5
FLU.S. House5Virginia Brown-WaiteRepublican10
FLU.S. House6Clifford StearnsRepublican10
FLU.S. House7John MicaRepublican0
FLU.S. House10C. W. Bill YoungRepublican5
FLU.S. House12Adam PutnamRepublican5
FLU.S. House14Connie MackRepublican5
FLU.S. House17Kendrick MeekDemocratic95
FLU.S. House18Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublican10
FLU.S. House20Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratic100
FLU.S. House21Lincoln Diaz-BalartRepublican5
FLU.S. House23Alcee HastingsDemocratic90
FLU.S. House25Mario Diaz-BalartRepublican5
GAU.S. SenateSrClarence ChamblissRepublican5
GAU.S. SenateJrJohn IsaksonRepublican5
GAU.S. House1Jack KingstonRepublican0
GAU.S. House2Sanford BishopDemocratic85
GAU.S. House3Lynn WestmorelandRepublican5
GAU.S. House5John LewisDemocratic85
GAU.S. House6Thomas PriceRepublican0
GAU.S. House7John LinderRepublican0
GAU.S. House8James MarshallDemocratic70
GAU.S. House11Phil GingreyRepublican0
GAU.S. House12John BarrowDemocratic75
GAU.S. House13David ScottDemocratic80
HIU.S. SenateSrDaniel InouyeDemocratic90
HIU.S. SenateJrDaniel AkakaDemocratic95
IAU.S. SenateSrCharles GrassleyRepublican5
IAU.S. SenateJrThomas HarkinDemocratic100
IAU.S. House3Leonard BoswellDemocratic60
IAU.S. House4Thomas LathamRepublican5
IAU.S. House5Steve KingRepublican0
IDU.S. SenateSrMichael CrapoRepublican10
IDU.S. House2Michael SimpsonRepublican10
IDGovernorClement OtterRepublican15
ILU.S. SenateSrRichard DurbinDemocratic100
ILU.S. House1Bobby RushDemocratic100
ILU.S. House2Jesse JacksonDemocratic100
ILU.S. House3Daniel LipinskiDemocratic85
ILU.S. House4Luis GutierrezDemocratic90
ILU.S. House7Danny DavisDemocratic100
ILU.S. House8Melissa BeanDemocratic80
ILU.S. House9Janice SchakowskyDemocratic100
ILU.S. House10Mark KirkRepublican30
ILU.S. House12Jerry CostelloDemocratic80
ILU.S. House13Judy BiggertRepublican20
ILU.S. House15Timothy JohnsonRepublican40
ILU.S. House16Donald ManzulloRepublican0
ILU.S. House19John ShimkusRepublican10
INU.S. SenateSrRichard LugarRepublican10
INU.S. SenateJrEvan BayhDemocratic95
INU.S. House1Peter ViscloskyDemocratic85
INU.S. House4Stephen BuyerRepublican0
INU.S. House5Dan BurtonRepublican0
INU.S. House6Mike PenceRepublican0
KSU.S. SenateSrSamuel BrownbackRepublican10
KSU.S. SenateJrPat RobertsRepublican0
KSU.S. House1Jerry MoranRepublican15
KSU.S. House3Dennis MooreDemocratic80
KSU.S. House4Todd TiahrtRepublican0
KYU.S. SenateSrMitch McConnellRepublican5
KYU.S. SenateJrJim BunningRepublican5
KYU.S. House1Edward WhitfieldRepublican10
KYU.S. House4Geoff DavisRepublican0
KYU.S. House5Harold RogersRepublican0
KYU.S. House6Albert ChandlerDemocratic85
LAU.S. SenateSrMary LandrieuDemocratic95
LAU.S. SenateJrDavid VitterRepublican15
LAU.S. House3Charles MelanconDemocratic80
LAU.S. House5Rodney AlexanderRepublican0
LAU.S. House7Charles BoustanyRepublican15
LAGovernorPiyush JindalRepublican10
MAU.S. SenateSrJohn KerryDemocratic100
MAU.S. House1John OlverDemocratic95
MAU.S. House2Richard NealDemocratic85
MAU.S. House3James McGovernDemocratic100
MAU.S. House4Barney FrankDemocratic100
MAU.S. House6John TierneyDemocratic100
MAU.S. House7Edward MarkeyDemocratic100
MAU.S. House8Michael CapuanoDemocratic95
MAU.S. House9Stephen LynchDemocratic90
MAU.S. House10William DelahuntDemocratic85
MDU.S. SenateSrBarbara MikulskiDemocratic90
MDU.S. SenateJrBenjamin CardinDemocratic95
MDU.S. House2C.A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratic95
MDU.S. House5Steny HoyerDemocratic95
MDU.S. House6Roscoe BartlettRepublican5
MDU.S. House7Elijah CummingsDemocratic100
MDU.S. House8Christopher Van HollenDemocratic100
MEU.S. SenateSrOlympia SnoweRepublican65
MEU.S. SenateJrSusan CollinsRepublican65
MEU.S. House2Michael MichaudDemocratic90
MIU.S. SenateSrCarl LevinDemocratic100
MIU.S. SenateJrDebbie StabenowDemocratic100
MIU.S. House1Bart StupakDemocratic80
MIU.S. House2Peter HoekstraRepublican0
MIU.S. House3Vernon EhlersRepublican15
MIU.S. House4David CampRepublican10
MIU.S. House5Dale KildeeDemocratic80
MIU.S. House6Frederick UptonRepublican10
MIU.S. House8Mike RogersRepublican5
MIU.S. House10Candice MillerRepublican5
MIU.S. House11Thaddeus McCotterRepublican20
MIU.S. House12Sander LevinDemocratic95
MIU.S. House13Carolyn KilpatrickDemocratic100
MIU.S. House14John ConyersDemocratic95
MIU.S. House15John DingellDemocratic95
MNU.S. House2John KlineRepublican0
MNU.S. House4Betty McCollumDemocratic/Farmer/Labor95
MNU.S. House7Collin PetersonDemocratic/Farmer/Labor65
MNU.S. House8James OberstarDemocratic/Farmer/Labor90
MOU.S. SenateSrChristopher BondRepublican0
MOU.S. House1William ClayDemocratic85
MOU.S. House2W. Todd AkinRepublican0
MOU.S. House3John CarnahanDemocratic95
MOU.S. House4Ike SkeltonDemocratic75
MOU.S. House5Emanuel CleaverDemocratic100
MOU.S. House6Samuel GravesRepublican0
MOU.S. House7Roy BluntRepublican0
MOU.S. House8Jo Ann EmersonRepublican15
MSU.S. SenateSrThad CochranRepublican0
MSU.S. SenateJrRoger WickerRepublican5
MSU.S. House2Bennie ThompsonDemocratic95
MSU.S. House4Gene TaylorDemocratic60
MTU.S. SenateSrMax BaucusDemocratic90
MTU.S. HouseAt-LargeDennis RehbergRepublican10
NAPresidentBarack ObamaDemocratic100
NAVice PresidentJoseph BidenDemocratic100
NAU.S. Secretary of LaborHilda Solis100
NAU.S. Secretary of StateHillary ClintonDemocratic100
NAU.S. Secretary of TransportationRay LaHood5
NAU.S. Secretary of the InteriorKen Salazar100
NCU.S. SenateSrRichard BurrRepublican5
NCU.S. House1George ButterfieldDemocratic85
NCU.S. House2Bob EtheridgeDemocratic95
NCU.S. House3Walter JonesRepublican45
NCU.S. House4David PriceDemocratic100
NCU.S. House5Virginia FoxxRepublican5
NCU.S. House6John CobleRepublican10
NCU.S. House7Douglas McIntyreDemocratic70
NCU.S. House9Suellen MyrickRepublican0
NCU.S. House10Patrick McHenryRepublican5
NCU.S. House12Melvin WattDemocratic100
NCU.S. House13Ralph MillerDemocratic100
NDU.S. SenateSrKent ConradDemocratic-NPL85
NDU.S. SenateJrByron DorganDemocratic-NPL100
NDU.S. HouseAt-LargeEarl PomeroyDemocratic-NPL90
NEU.S. SenateSrE. Benjamin NelsonDemocratic55
NEU.S. House1Jeff FortenberryRepublican5
NEU.S. House2Lee TerryRepublican0
NHU.S. SenateSrJudd GreggRepublican5
NHState Senate3Jeb BradleyRepublican25
NJU.S. SenateSrFrank LautenbergDemocratic100
NJU.S. SenateJrRobert MenendezDemocratic100
NJU.S. House1Robert AndrewsDemocratic90
NJU.S. House2Frank LoBiondoRepublican30
NJU.S. House4Christopher SmithRepublican30
NJU.S. House5Scott GarrettRepublican5
NJU.S. House6Frank PalloneDemocratic100
NJU.S. House8William PascrellDemocratic100
NJU.S. House9Steven RothmanDemocratic95
NJU.S. House10Donald PayneDemocratic85
NJU.S. House11Rodney FrelinghuysenRepublican15
NJU.S. House12Rush HoltDemocratic100
NMU.S. SenateSrJeff BingamanDemocratic95
NMU.S. SenateJrTom UdallDemocratic95
NVU.S. SenateSrHarry ReidDemocratic100
NVU.S. SenateJrJohn EnsignRepublican5
NVU.S. House1Shelley BerkleyDemocratic90
NVGovernorJames GibbonsRepublican10
NYU.S. SenateSrCharles SchumerDemocratic100
NYU.S. House1Timothy BishopDemocratic95
NYU.S. House2Steve IsraelDemocratic90
NYU.S. House3Peter KingRepublican0
NYU.S. House4Carolyn McCarthyDemocratic90
NYU.S. House5Gary AckermanDemocratic95
NYU.S. House6Gregory MeeksDemocratic90
NYU.S. House7Joseph CrowleyDemocratic95
NYU.S. House8Jerrold NadlerDemocratic100
NYU.S. House9Anthony WeinerDemocratic95
NYU.S. House10Edolphus TownsDemocratic70
NYU.S. House12Nydia VelázquezDemocratic100
NYU.S. House14Carolyn MaloneyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House15Charles RangelDemocratic100
NYU.S. House16José SerranoDemocratic100
NYU.S. House17Eliot EngelDemocratic95
NYU.S. House18Nita LoweyDemocratic95
NYU.S. House22Maurice HincheyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House27Brian HigginsDemocratic95
NYU.S. House28Louise SlaughterDemocratic95
OHU.S. SenateSrGeorge VoinovichRepublican15
OHU.S. SenateJrSherrod BrownDemocratic100
OHU.S. House3Michael TurnerRepublican5
OHU.S. House8John BoehnerRepublican0
OHU.S. House9Marcy KapturDemocratic95
OHU.S. House10Dennis KucinichDemocratic100
OHU.S. House12Patrick TiberiRepublican5
OHU.S. House14Steven LaTouretteRepublican15
OHU.S. House17Timothy RyanDemocratic95
OHGovernorTed StricklandDemocratic95
OKU.S. SenateSrJames InhofeRepublican5
OKU.S. SenateJrThomas CoburnRepublican5
OKU.S. House1John SullivanRepublican5
OKU.S. House2David BorenDemocratic55
OKU.S. House3Frank LucasRepublican0
OKU.S. House4Tom ColeRepublican0
ORU.S. SenateSrRon WydenDemocratic95
ORU.S. House1David WuDemocratic100
ORU.S. House2Greg WaldenRepublican20
ORU.S. House3Earl BlumenauerDemocratic100
ORU.S. House4Peter DeFazioDemocratic100
PAU.S. SenateSrArlen SpecterDemocratic45
PAU.S. House1Robert BradyDemocratic100
PAU.S. House2Chaka FattahDemocratic90
PAU.S. House6Jim GerlachRepublican35
PAU.S. House9Bill ShusterRepublican5
PAU.S. House11Paul KanjorskiDemocratic80
PAU.S. House13Allyson SchwartzDemocratic90
PAU.S. House14Michael DoyleDemocratic95
PAU.S. House15Charles DentRepublican25
PAU.S. House16Joseph PittsRepublican0
PAU.S. House17Tim HoldenDemocratic80
PAU.S. House18Tim MurphyRepublican10
PAU.S. House19Todd PlattsRepublican25
RIU.S. SenateSrJohn ReedDemocratic100
RIU.S. House1Patrick KennedyDemocratic95
RIU.S. House2James LangevinDemocratic85
SCU.S. SenateSrLindsey GrahamRepublican20
SCU.S. SenateJrJim DeMintRepublican5
SCU.S. House1Henry BrownRepublican0
SCU.S. House2Addison WilsonRepublican0
SCU.S. House3J. Gresham BarrettRepublican0
SCU.S. House4Robert InglisRepublican5
SCU.S. House5John SprattDemocratic90
SCU.S. House6James ClyburnDemocratic85
SDU.S. SenateSrTim JohnsonDemocratic95
SDU.S. SenateJrJohn ThuneRepublican10
SDU.S. HouseAt-LargeStephanie Herseth SandlinDemocratic85
TNU.S. SenateSrLamar AlexanderRepublican5
TNU.S. House2John DuncanRepublican5
TNU.S. House3Zach WampRepublican0
TNU.S. House4Lincoln DavisDemocratic70
TNU.S. House5Jim CooperDemocratic80
TNU.S. House6Bart GordonDemocratic90
TNU.S. House7Marsha BlackburnRepublican0
TNU.S. House8John TannerDemocratic75
TXU.S. SenateSrKay HutchisonRepublican15
TXU.S. SenateJrJohn CornynRepublican10
TXU.S. House1Louie GohmertRepublican0
TXU.S. House2Ted PoeRepublican0
TXU.S. House3Samuel JohnsonRepublican0
TXU.S. House4Ralph HallRepublican5
TXU.S. House5Jeb HensarlingRepublican0
TXU.S. House6Joe BartonRepublican0
TXU.S. House7John CulbersonRepublican0
TXU.S. House8Kevin BradyRepublican0
TXU.S. House9Al GreenDemocratic100
TXU.S. House10Michael McCaulRepublican5
TXU.S. House11K. Michael ConawayRepublican0
TXU.S. House12Kay GrangerRepublican0
TXU.S. House13William ThornberryRepublican0
TXU.S. House14Ronald PaulRepublican40
TXU.S. House15Rubén HinojosaDemocratic80
TXU.S. House16Silvestre ReyesDemocratic80
TXU.S. House17Thomas EdwardsDemocratic85
TXU.S. House18Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratic100
TXU.S. House19Randy NeugebauerRepublican0
TXU.S. House20Charles GonzalezDemocratic90
TXU.S. House21Lamar SmithRepublican0
TXU.S. House24Kenny MarchantRepublican0
TXU.S. House25Lloyd DoggettDemocratic90
TXU.S. House26Michael BurgessRepublican0
TXU.S. House27Solomon OrtizDemocratic65
TXU.S. House28Henry CuellarDemocratic70
TXU.S. House29Raymond GreenDemocratic95
TXU.S. House30Eddie JohnsonDemocratic100
TXU.S. House31John CarterRepublican0
TXU.S. House32Peter SessionsRepublican0
UTU.S. SenateSrOrrin HatchRepublican5
UTU.S. SenateJrRobert BennettRepublican5
UTU.S. House1Rob BishopRepublican10
UTU.S. House2Jim MathesonDemocratic75
VAU.S. House3Robert ScottDemocratic100
VAU.S. House4James Randy ForbesRepublican5
VAU.S. House6Robert GoodlatteRepublican5
VAU.S. House7Eric CantorRepublican0
VAU.S. House8James MoranDemocratic90
VAU.S. House9Frederick BoucherDemocratic90
VAU.S. House10Frank WolfRepublican5
VTU.S. SenateSrPatrick LeahyDemocratic100
VTU.S. SenateJrBernard SandersIndependent100
WAU.S. SenateSrPatty MurrayDemocratic95
WAU.S. SenateJrMaria CantwellDemocratic95
WAU.S. House1Jay InsleeDemocratic95
WAU.S. House2Rick LarsenDemocratic90
WAU.S. House3Brian BairdDemocratic95
WAU.S. House4Doc HastingsRepublican5
WAU.S. House5Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublican5
WAU.S. House6Norman DicksDemocratic85
WAU.S. House7James McDermottDemocratic100
WAU.S. House8David ReichertRepublican10
WAU.S. House9Adam SmithDemocratic85
WIU.S. SenateSrHerbert KohlDemocratic100
WIU.S. SenateJrRussell FeingoldDemocratic100
WIU.S. House1Paul RyanRepublican0
WIU.S. House2Tammy BaldwinDemocratic100
WIU.S. House3Ronald KindDemocratic75
WIU.S. House4Gwendolynne MooreDemocratic100
WIU.S. House5F. James SensenbrennerRepublican0
WIU.S. House6Thomas PetriRepublican5
WIU.S. House7David Ross ObeyDemocratic100
WVU.S. SenateSrJohn RockefellerDemocratic100
WVU.S. House1Alan MollohanDemocratic75
WVU.S. House2Shelley CapitoRepublican25
WVU.S. House3Nick RahallDemocratic90
WYU.S. SenateSrMichael EnziRepublican10

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