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National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Friday, Feb. 11, 2005

In the following list, the 435 House members are assigned liberal and conservative scores for their roll-call votes on key social issues during 2004. The scores on each scale are given as percentiles. On this page, members are ordered from most liberal to most conservative.

A score of 72 on the liberal scale, for example, means that the member was more liberal than 72 percent of his or her House colleagues on social issue votes during 2004. An asterisk [*] means the member missed more than half of the rated votes. In the event of a tie, scores are ordered alphabetically first by state delegation, then by individual members' names within that state.

Representative...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The House	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The House
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.	88	0
Robert Matsui, D-Calif. §	88	0
Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.	88	0
George Miller, D-Calif.	88	0
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.	88	0
Barbara Lee, D-Calif.	88	0
Pete Stark, D-Calif.	88	0
Mike Honda, D-Calif.	88	0
Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.	88	0
Sam Farr, D-Calif.	88	0
Hilda Solis, D-Calif.	88	0
Diane Watson, D-Calif.	88	0
Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.	88	0
Maxine Waters, D-Calif.	88	0
Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif.	88	0
Bob Filner, D-Calif.	88	0
Diana DeGette, D-Colo.	88	0
Kendrick Meek, D-Fla.	88	0
Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.	88	0
Denise Majette, D-Ga. §	88	0
John Lewis, D-Ga.	88	0
Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii	88	0
Bobby Rush, D-Ill.	88	0
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill.	88	0
Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.	88	0
Danny Davis, D-Ill.	88	0
Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.	88	0
John Olver, D-Mass.	88	0
Jim McGovern, D-Mass.	88	0
Barney Frank, D-Mass.	88	0
John Tierney, D-Mass.	88	0
Edward Markey, D-Mass.	88	0
Michael Capuano, D-Mass.	88	0
John Conyers, D-Mich.	88	0
William Lacy Clay, D-Mo.	88	0
Karen McCarthy, D-Mo. §	88	0
Donald Payne, D-N.J.	88	0
Rush Holt, D-N.J.	88	0
Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.	88	0
Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.	88	0
José Serrano, D-N.Y.	88	0
Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y.	88	0
Melvin Watt, D-N.C.	88	0
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio	88	0
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio	88	0
Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.	88	0
Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.	88	0
Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont	88	0
Bobby Scott, D-Va.	88	0
Jim McDermott, D-Wash.	88	0
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.	88	0
Ed Pastor, D-Ariz.	86	12
Mike Thompson, D-Calif.	86	12
Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.	86	12
Lois Capps, D-Calif.	86	12
Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.	86	12
Martin Meehan, D-Mass.	86	12
Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.	86	12
Robert Brady, D-Pa.	86	12
Robert Wexler, D-Fla.	86	14
Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.	85	14
Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.	85	14
Ciro Rodriguez, D-Texas §	85	14
Tom Lantos, D-Calif.	85	15
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio	85	15
Brad Sherman, D-Calif.	84	15
Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.	84	15
Grace Napolitano, D-Calif.	84	15
Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.	84	15
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.	84	15
Howard Berman, D-Calif.	83	16
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.	83	16
Major Owens, D-N.Y.	83	16
Linda Sanchez, D-Calif.	83	17
Martin Olav Sabo, D-Minn.	83	17
Bill Delahunt, D-Mass.	82	17
Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.	82	17
Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas	82	18
Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas	82	18
Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.	81	18
Julia Carson, D-Ind.	81	19
Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.	81	19
Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif.	78	19
Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif.	78	19
Susan Davis, D-Calif.	78	19
Lane Evans, D-Ill.	78	19
Steny Hoyer, D-Md.	78	19
Elijah Cummings, D-Md.	78	19
Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.	78	19
Frank Pallone, D-N.J.	78	19
David Price, D-N.C.	78	19
Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas	78	19
Jim Moran, D-Va.	78	19
Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.	78	22
Robert Andrews, D-N.J.	78	22
Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.	78	22
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.	77	22
Rick Larsen, D-Wash.	77	22
Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas	77	23
Chris Bell, D-Texas §	77	23
John Larson, D-Conn.	76	23
Richard Neal, D-Mass.	76	23
Sander Levin, D-Mich.	76	23
Betty McCollum, D-Minn.	76	23
Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.	76	24
Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.	75	24
Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.	75	25
Adam Schiff, D-Calif.	73	25
Mark Udall, D-Colo.	73	25
Jim Davis, D-Fla.	73	25
Tom Allen, D-Maine	73	25
Steven Rothman, D-N.J.	73	25
Steve Israel, D-N.Y.	73	25
Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y.	73	25
Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.	73	25
Jay Inslee, D-Wash.	73	25
Ben Cardin, D-Md.	73	27
Cal Dooley, D-Calif. §	72	27
Norm Dicks, D-Wash.	72	27
Corrine Brown, D-Fla.	72	28
Jerry Kleczka, D-Wis. §	72	28
David Obey, D-Wis.	72	28
Robert Menendez, D-N.J.	71	28
Jane Harman, D-Calif.	71	29
Peter Deutsch, D-Fla. §	71	29
Albert Wynn, D-Md.	70	29
Tom Udall, D-N.M.	70	29
Tim Bishop, D-N.Y.	70	29
Ted Strickland, D-Ohio	70	29
Joe Hoeffel, D-Pa. §	70	30
Brian Baird, D-Wash.	70	30
John Dingell, D-Mich.	69	30
Adam Smith, D-Wash.	69	31
Vic Snyder, D-Ark.	68	31
Joe Baca, D-Calif.	68	31
Brad Miller, D-N.C.	68	31
David Wu, D-Ore.	68	31
Darlene Hooley, D-Ore.	68	31
Martin Frost, D-Texas §	68	31
Rubén Hinojosa, D-Texas	67	32
Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas	67	33
Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md.	66	33
Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.	66	33
James Clyburn, D-S.C.	66	33
Ron Kind, D-Wis.	66	33
David Scott, D-Ga.	66	34
William Jefferson, D-La.	66	34
Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.	65	34
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio	65	34
Dennis Moore, D-Kan.	65	35
Gene Green, D-Texas	65	35
Artur Davis, D-Ala.	64	35
Ed Case, D-Hawaii	64	35
Michael Michaud, D-Maine	64	35
James Oberstar, D-Minn.	64	36
Peter Visclosky, D-Ind.	63	36
Dale Kildee, D-Mich.	63	36
Mike Doyle, D-Pa.	63	36
Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.	63	37
Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa	62	37
Bob Etheridge, D-N.C.	62	37
Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.	62	37
John Spratt, D-S.C.	62	37
Peter DeFazio, D-Ore.	62	38
Harold Ford, D-Tenn.	62	38
Christopher Shays, R-Conn.	61	38
Jim Leach, R-Iowa	61	38
Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.	61	39
Baron Hill, D-Ind. §	60	39
Bart Stupak, D-Mich.	60	39
Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.	60	39
Nick Lampson, D-Texas §	60	39
Michael McNulty, D-N.Y.	60	40
John Murtha, D-Pa.	60	40
Jim Langevin, D-R.I.	59	40
Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif.	59	41
Nancy Johnson, R-Conn.	59	41
Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.	59	41
Tim Ryan, D-Ohio	58	41
Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.	58	42
Mark Kirk, R-Ill.	58	42
Amo Houghton, R-N.Y. §	58	42
Michael Castle, R-Del.	57	42
Max Sandlin, D-Texas §	57	42
Judy Biggert, R-Ill.	57	43
Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas	57	43
Rick Boucher, D-Va.	57	43
Rob Simmons, R-Conn.	56	43
Mary Bono, R-Calif.	56	44
Wayne Gilchrest, R-Md.	56	44
Jim Turner, D-Texas §	56	44
William Lipinski, D-Ill. §	55	44
Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.	55	45
Jim Greenwood, R-Pa. §	55	45
Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D.	55	45
Mike Ross, D-Ark.	54	45
Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.	54	46
John Tanner, D-Tenn.	54	46
Jerry Costello, D-Ill.	53	46
Chet Edwards, D-Texas	53	46
Jon Porter, R-Nev.	53	47
Charles Bass, R-N.H.	53	47
Jim Matheson, D-Utah	53	47
Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.	53	47
Mark Foley, R-Fla.	52	47
Marion Berry, D-Ark.	52	48
Allen Boyd, D-Fla.	52	48
Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J.	52	48
Ike Skelton, D-Mo.	51	48
Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio	51	48
Tom Davis, R-Va.	51	48
Ben Chandler, D-Ky.	51	49
Collin Peterson, D-Minn.	50	49
Jim Gerlach, R-Pa.	50	50
Doug Ose, R-Calif. §	49	50
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.	49	50
Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich.	49	50
Tim Holden, D-Pa.	49	50
Heather Wilson, R-N.M.	49	51
James Walsh, R-N.Y.	49	51
Bud Cramer, D-Ala.	48	51
Tim Johnson, R-Ill.	48	51
Chris Smith, R-N.J.	48	51
Brad Carson, D-Okla. §	48	51
Ken Lucas, D-Ky. §	48	52
Jim Marshall, D-Ga.	47	52
Chris John, D-La. §	47	52
Phil English, R-Pa.	47	52
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.	47	53
Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.	47	53
Peter King, R-N.Y.	46	53
Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn.	46	53
Curt Weldon, R-Pa.	46	54
Ron Paul, R-Texas	46	54
Sue Kelly, R-N.Y.	45	54
Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio	45	54
Ray LaHood, R-Ill.	45	55
Rodney Alexander, D-La. ^	44	55
Michael Ferguson, R-N.J.	44	55
Mike McIntyre, D-N.C.	44	55
Jim Saxton, R-N.J.	44	56
Jack Quinn, R-N.Y. §	44	56
Jerry Weller, R-Ill.	43	56
Vito Fossella, R-N.Y.	43	57
David Dreier, R-Calif.	42	57
Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.	42	57
David Hobson, R-Ohio	42	57
Frank Wolf, R-Va.	42	57
Mike Simpson, R-Idaho	42	58
Lee Terry, R-Neb.	42	58
John Sweeney, R-N.Y.	42	58
Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash. §	41	58
Bill Thomas, R-Calif.	41	59
Clay Shaw, R-Fla.	40	59
Jeb Bradley, R-N.H.	40	59
Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.	40	59
Richard Burr, R-N.C. §	40	60
Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md.	39	60
Joe Knollenberg, R-Mich.	39	60
Jim Ramstad, R-Minn.	39	60
Bob Ney, R-Ohio	39	60
Charles Stenholm, D-Texas §	39	60
Tom Petri, R-Wis.	39	60
Rob Portman, R-Ohio	39	61
Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.	36	61
Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.	36	61
Butch Otter, R-Idaho	36	61
Jim Nussle, R-Iowa	36	61
Tom Latham, R-Iowa	36	61
Roy Blunt, R-Mo.	36	61
Tom Osborne, R-Neb.	36	61
Steve Pearce, R-N.M.	36	61
John McHugh, R-N.Y.	36	61
Michael Oxley, R-Ohio	36	61
Greg Walden, R-Ore.	36	61
Melissa Hart, R-Pa.	36	61
Anne Northup, R-Ky.	36	64
Cass Ballenger, R-N.C. §	35	64
Bill Young, R-Fla.	35	65
Max Burns, R-Ga. §	34	65
Henry Hyde, R-Ill.	34	65
Mike Turner, R-Ohio	34	65
Todd Platts, R-Pa.	34	65
Kay Granger, R-Texas	34	65
Chris Cannon, R-Utah	34	65
John Boehner, R-Ohio	33	66
Don Sherwood, R-Pa.	33	66
Devin Nunes, R-Calif.	31	67
Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.	31	67
Ken Calvert, R-Calif.	31	67
Christopher Cox, R-Calif.	31	67
Bob Beauprez, R-Colo.	31	67
Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y.	31	67
Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio	31	67
Ralph Regula, R-Ohio	31	67
John Duncan, R-Tenn.	31	67
Joe Barton, R-Texas	31	67
Doc Hastings, R-Wash.	31	67
Don Young, R-Alaska	30	69
Porter Goss, R-Fla. §	30	70
Kenny Hulshof, R-Mo.	30	70
Tom Cole, R-Okla.	30	70
Ralph Hall, R-Texas	30	70
Rick Renzi, R-Ariz.	28	70
Buck McKeon, R-Calif.	28	70
Katherine Harris, R-Fla.	28	70
Mark Kennedy, R-Minn.	28	70
John Peterson, R-Pa.	28	70
Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas	28	70
Scott McInnis, R-Colo. §	28	72
Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. §	28	72
Jim Gibbons, R-Nev.	27	72
Jerry Moran, R-Kan.	27	73
Mike Rogers, R-Ala.	25	73
Darrell Issa, R-Calif.	25	73
John Mica, R-Fla.	25	73
John Shimkus, R-Ill.	25	73
Mark Souder, R-Ind.	25	73
Fred Upton, R-Mich.	25	73
Chip Pickering, R-Miss.	25	73
Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo.	25	73
Paul Gillmor, R-Ohio	25	73
Tim Murphy, R-Pa.	25	73
Henry Bonilla, R-Texas	25	73
George Nethercutt, R-Wash. §	24	75
Jo Bonner, R-Ala.	24	76
Sam Graves, R-Mo.	24	76
Randy Forbes, R-Va.	24	76
Frank Lucas, R-Okla.	23	76
Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan.	23	77
Jim McCrery, R-La.	23	77
Mike Rogers, R-Mich.	23	77
Gene Taylor, D-Miss.	23	77
Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.	20	77
George Radanovich, R-Calif.	20	77
Chris Chocola, R-Ind.	20	77
John Hostettler, R-Ind.	20	77
Joe Wilson, R-S.C.	20	77
Bill Jenkins, R-Tenn.	20	77
Mac Thornberry, R-Texas	20	77
Eric Cantor, R-Va.	20	77
Paul Ryan, R-Wis.	20	77
Mark Green, R-Wis.	20	77
Adam Putnam, R-Fla.	20	80
Richard Baker, R-La.	20	80
Harold Rogers, R-Ky.	19	80
John Sullivan, R-Okla.	19	80
Pat Toomey, R-Pa. §	19	81
Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.	17	81
Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla.	17	81
Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.	17	81
Ron Lewis, R-Ky.	17	81
Scott Garrett, R-N.J.	17	81
Henry Brown, R-S.C.	17	81
Rob Bishop, R-Utah	17	81
Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.	17	81
Dave Weldon, R-Fla.	17	83
Steve Buyer, R-Ind.	17	83
Kevin Brady, R-Texas	17	83
John Linder, R-Ga.	16	83
J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz.	15	84
Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla.	15	84
Sam Johnson, R-Texas	15	84
Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo.	15	84
John Shadegg, R-Ariz.	9	85
Richard Pombo, R-Calif.	9	85
Elton Gallegly, R-Calif.	9	85
Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif.	9	85
Ric Keller, R-Fla.	9	85
Michael Bilirakis, R-Fla.	9	85
Phil Gingrey, R-Ga.	9	85
Phil Crane, R-Ill. §	9	85
Jim Ryun, R-Kan.	9	85
Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.	9	85
Dave Camp, R-Mich.	9	85
Nick Smith, R-Mich. §	9	85
Candice Miller, R-Mich.	9	85
John Kline, R-Minn.	9	85
Roger Wicker, R-Miss.	9	85
Denny Rehberg, R-Mont.	9	85
Charles Taylor, R-N.C.	9	85
Steve Chabot, R-Ohio	9	85
Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.	9	85
Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas	9	85
Lamar Smith, R-Texas	9	85
Tom DeLay, R-Texas	9	85
Michael Burgess, R-Texas	9	85
John Carter, R-Texas	9	85
Pete Sessions, R-Texas	9	85
Jo Ann Davis, R-Va.	9	85
Terry Everett, R-Ala.	0	91
Robert Aderholt, R-Ala.	0	91
Trent Franks, R-Ariz.	0	91
John Boozman, R-Ark.	0	91
Wally Herger, R-Calif.	0	91
John Doolittle, R-Calif.	0	91
Ed Royce, R-Calif.	0	91
Gary Miller, R-Calif.	0	91
Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.	0	91
Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo.	0	91
Joel Hefley, R-Colo.	0	91
Jeff Miller, R-Fla.	0	91
Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.	0	91
Tom Feeney, R-Fla.	0	91
Jack Kingston, R-Ga.	0	91
Mac Collins, R-Ga. §	0	91
Charlie Norwood, R-Ga.	0	91
Nathan Deal, R-Ga.	0	91
Don Manzullo, R-Ill.	0	91
Dan Burton, R-Ind.	0	91
Mike Pence, R-Ind.	0	91
Steve King, R-Iowa	0	91
David Vitter, R-La. §	0	91
Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich.	0	91
Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn.	0	91
Todd Akin, R-Mo.	0	91
Walter Jones, R-N.C.	0	91
Howard Coble, R-N.C.	0	91
Robin Hayes, R-N.C.	0	91
Sue Myrick, R-N.C.	0	91
Ernest Istook, R-Okla.	0	91
Bill Shuster, R-Pa.	0	91
Joe Pitts, R-Pa.	0	91
Gresham Barrett, R-S.C.	0	91
Jim DeMint, R-S.C. §	0	91
Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.	0	91
John Culberson, R-Texas	0	91
Ed Schrock, R-Va. §	0	91
Virgil Goode, R-Va.	0	91
Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.	0	91
Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.	*	*
Billy Tauzin, R-La. §	*	*
Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. §	*	*
Douglas Bereuter, R-Neb. §	*	*
G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.	*	*