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Table of ContentsIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4U.S. Senate Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8U.S. House of Representatives Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Alphabetized by state abbreviation
AK (Alaska) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 38
AL (Alabama) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 38
AR (Arkansas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 39
AZ (Arizona) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 39
CA (California) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 41
CO (Colorado) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 48
CT (Connecticut) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 49
DE (Delaware) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 50
FL (Florida) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 50
GA (Georgia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 54
HI (Hawaii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 56
IA (Iowa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 56
ID (Idaho) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 57
IL (Illinois) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 57
IN (Indiana). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 59
KS (Kansas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 61
KY (Kentucky) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 61
LA (Louisiana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 62
MA (Massachusetts) . . . . . . . . . . .21, 63
MD (Maryland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 64
ME (Maine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 65
MI (Michigan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 66
MN (Minnesota) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 68
MO (Missouri) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 69
MS (Mississippi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 70
MT (Montana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 71
NC (North Carolina). . . . . . . . . . . .23, 71
ND (North Dakota). . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 73
NE (Nebraska) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 73
NH (New Hampshire) . . . . . . . . . .24, 73
NJ (New Jersey). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 73
NM (New Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 75
NV (Nevada). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 75
NY (New York) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 76
OH (Ohio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 80
OK (Oklahoma) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 82
OR (Oregon). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 83
PA (Pennsylvania). . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 83
RI (Rhode Island) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 85
SC (South Carolina) . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 86
SD (South Dakota) . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 87
TN (Tennessee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 87
TX (Texas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 88
UT (Utah). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 93
VA (Virginia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 94
VT (Vermont) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 95
WA (Washington). . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 95
WI (Wisconsin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 97
WV (West Virginia) . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 98
WY (Wyoming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 99
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United States SenateThis section provides office information, contact information, key votes, interest group ratings, and campaign contributions for each of the 100 U.S. senators. Also included is a measure of each official’s willingness to provide his or her issue positions through Vote Smart’s Political Courage Test. The senators are listed in alphabetical order by state abbreviation.
Office InformationNext to each senator’s name is his or her party affiliation. Abbreviations for party affiliations are: Democratic (D); Independent (I); and Republican (R). Underneath the name is whether the senator holds the Junior or Senior seat in that state.
Contact InformationThe contact information listed includes: 1) Washington, DC office phone number, 2) Washington, DC office fax number, and 3) a webmail address. A webmail form allows you to contact a senator via their website. To access the webmail form, enter the provided address into a web browser.
You can also write to a senator at this general address:
Office of Senator [Full Name] United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Additional contact information for senators can be obtained through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762).
Political Courage TestThe Political Courage Test asks candidates one central question: “Are you willing to tell citizens where you stand on the issues you may face if elected?” Each election, Vote Smart organizes an effort to write, call, and repeatedly encourage each candidate to provide this essential information.
Senators with “Has Political Courage” listed after their seat were willing to provide citizens with their issue positions on the Political Courage Test at the time of their last election. Senators with “No Political Courage” listed after their seat refused to provide citizens with their issue positions on the Political Courage Test at the time of their last election. Senators with "Unknown Political Courage" are those officials who have not yet had the opportunity to fill out the Political Courage Test.
The Political Courage Test results from each senator's most recent test are included in this manual with the exception of some 2018 results, which are still being collected. If a candidate fails to demonstrate political courage on key issue questions, Vote Smart will determine the candidate’s likely positions from his or her public statements, legislative record, and interest group ratings.
Comprehensive results for all candidates for congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative offices can be obtained through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter's Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762).
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Key VotesVote Smart provides easy access to the voting records of U.S. senators and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation, controversial amendments, and the final conference report votes. The following criteria are used to select key votes:
y The vote should be helpful in portraying how a senator stands on a particular issue y The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin y The vote has received national media attention y The vote should be clear for any person to understand y A specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter’s Research Hotline
Key vote summaries are written by Vote Smart staff and go through an approval process with political scientists of opposing viewpoints reviewing both the selection and the content. This is to ensure clarity, relevance, nonpartisanship, and accuracy.
Below are the descriptions of the 17 U.S. Senate key votes included in this publication. The votes are numbered according to the tables and keys located on the senators’ information pages. For each vote, the central issue of the bill is explained, but many bills encompass more than one issue. For additional details, visit our website at VoteSmart.org or call our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762). A reference key is provided on the top of each information page.
1. Abortion and Reproductive (House Joint Resolution 43): Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Relating to Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients - Vote to pass a joint resolution disapproving a rule which prohibits states from excluding certain family planning service providers from receiving Title X funds. (3/30/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 51-50)
2. Crime (House Bill 1865): Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 - Vote to pass a bill that prohibits websites that promote prostitution or facilitate sex trafficking. (3/21/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 97-2)
3. Defense (House Bill 2810): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 - Vote to pass a bill authorizing national defense spending for fiscal year 2018. (9/18/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 89-8)
4. Education (Presidential Nomination 37): Nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos to be Secretary of Education - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos to be Secretary of Education. (2/7/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 51-50)
5. Environment (Presidential Nomination 44): Nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2/17/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 52-46)
6. Finance and Banking (Senate Bill 2155): Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - A vote to pass a bill that amends various banking regulations of the Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (3/14/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 67-31)
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7. Foreign Affairs (Presidential Nomination 25): Nomination of Rex W. Tillerson to be Secretary of State - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Rex W. Tillerson to be Secretary of State. (2/1/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 56-43)
8. Government Budget and Spending (House Bill 1625): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 - Vote to pass a bill that provides $1.3 trillion in funding for various government agencies through September 2018. (3/23/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 65-32)
9. Guns (House Joint Resolution 40): Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Social Security Administration Relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 - Vote to pass a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Social Security Administration which implements certain restrictions on gun purchases by individuals who have been deemed incapable of managing their federal benefit payments. (2/15/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 57-43)
10. Health and Health Care (Presidential Nomination 33): Nomination of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (2/10/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 52-47)
11. Health Insurance (Senate Amendment 667 to House Bill 1628): Health Care Freedom Act of 2017 - Vote to pass an amendment that replaces the American Health Care Act with the Health Care Freedom Act of 2017, commonly known as the "skinny repeal" option. (7/28/2017: Amendment Vote, Rejected 49-51)
12. Immigration (Senate Amendment 1955 to House Bill 2579): Uniting and Securing America Act - Vote on a motion to invoke cloture on an amendment to H.R. 2579 that authorizes permanent residence on a conditional basis for certain undocumented immigrants in exchange for stricter border security measures. (2/15/2018: Cloture Vote, Rejected 52-47)*
13. Judicial Branch (Presidential Nomination 55): Nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (4/7/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 54-45)
14. National Security (House Bill 3364): Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act - Vote to pass a bill to provide counter aggression measures to the governments of Iran, Russia, and North Korea. (7/27/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 98-2)
15. Taxes (House Bill 1): Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - A vote to adopt a conference report that amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce certain tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. (12/2/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 51-49)
16. Technology and Communication (Senate Joint Resolution 34): Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Federal Communications Commission Relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and other Telecommunications Services - A vote to pass a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services. (3/23/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 50-48)
17. Trade (Presidential Nomination 42): Nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be a United States Trade Representative - Vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be a United States Trade Representative. (5/11/2017: Confirmation Vote, Passed 82-14)
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*Cloture Vote: The Senate may limit the debate of a bill to 30 hours if at least 3/5 majority of the Senate vote “Yea” on a motion to invoke cloture. It is not a vote on the passage of the piece of legislation, but a “Yea” vote for cloture generally indicates that the senator favors the passage of the bill. A failed cloture vote often prevents the legislation from ever coming to a vote.
Interest Group RatingsVote Smart collects performance evaluations from special interest groups regardless of the issue or bias of the organization. Most ratings reflect how often members of Congress have voted with the organization’s preferred position on legislation that the group considers key in their area. Some organizations may also consider other actions such as committee votes, bill sponsorship, or answers to a questionnaire in their ratings. Additionally, some groups may select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue-related concerns.
Special interest group ratings can be used to find out how your elected officials were ranked by those groups you either agree or disagree with. If your concerns do not align with those of any particular special interest group, ratings can still be useful by helping indicate where an incumbent has stood on a particular set of issues in the past few years.
For consistency, Vote Smart has converted all ratings to percentages for this publication. If a rating was not available for a senator, “NA” is listed in place of a rating.
Listed below is a sampling of interest group ratings selected from the more than 1,800 groups in Vote Smart’s database. The years listed in parentheses after the name of the group indicate what year or years of actions the organization considered when producing the rating. Lifetime ratings indicate an official's rating over the span of a career. The ratings are numbered according to the tables and keys located on the senator’s information pages.
1. Abortion Issues: National Right to Life (2017-2018) Organization Description: “The mission of National Right to Life is to protect and defend the most fundamental right of humankind, the right to life of every innocent human being from the beginning of life to natural death.”
2. Abortion and Reproductive Issues: Planned Parenthood Action Fund (2017-2018) Organization Description: “The Planned Parenthood Action Fund works to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights.”
3. Agriculture and Food: American Farm Bureau Federation (2017-2018) Organization Description: “Farm Bureau is committed to working through our grassroots organizations to enhance and strengthen the lives of rural Americans and to build strong, prosperous agricultural communities.”
4. Animals and Wildlife: Humane Society Legislative Fund (2017) Organization Description: “The Humane Society Legislative Fund was formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal levels, to educate the public about animal protection issues, and to support humane candidates for office.”
5. Budget, Spending and Taxes: Club for Growth (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The Club for Growth is a national network of over 100,000 pro-growth, limited government Americans who share in the belief that prosperity and opportunity come from economic freedom.”
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6. Business and Consumers: United States Chamber of Commerce (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions. Our members range from mom-and-pop shops and local chambers to leading industry associations and large corporations. They all share one thing—they count on the Chamber to be their voice in Washington, D.C.”
7. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (2017) Organization Description: “The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States.”
8. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2017) Organization Description: “The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.”
9. Education: National Education Association (2017) Organization Description: “The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education.”
10. Energy: American Energy Alliance (2017-2018) Organization Description: “AEA is an issue organization that supports affordable, abundant and reliable energy for America’s consumers and businesses.”
11. Environmental Issues: League of Conservation Voters (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities. LCV, as part of the Conservation Voter Movement along our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues.”
12. Government Budget and Spending: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (2017) Organization Description: “CCAGW’s mission is to advocate the elimination of waste and inefficiency in government through lobbying and grassroots activities.”
13. Gun Issues: National Rifle Association (2012-2018) Organization Description: “The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire.”Note: The NRA establishes grades for candidates when they are in an election for public office. Grades in this manual are from an official's last election. For up-to-date grades, please visit the NRA's page on our website at VoteSmart.org/interest-group/1034.
14. Immigration: NumbersUSA (1989-2018) Organization Description: “To provide a civil forum for Americans of all political and ethnic backgrounds to focus on a single issue, the numerical level of U.S. immigration. We educate opinion leaders, policymakers and the public on immigration legislation, policies and their consequences. We favor reductions in immigration numbers toward traditional levels that would allow present and future generations of Americans to enjoy a stabilizing U.S. population and a high degree of individual liberty, mobility, environmental quality, worker fairness and fiscal responsibility.”
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15. Labor Unions: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people.”
16. Seniors and Social Security: Alliance for Retired Americans (2016 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.”
17. Welfare and Poverty: RESULTS (2017) Organization Description: “RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty.”
Campaign ContributionsThe following campaign finance data for the United States Senate was provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (www.opensecrets.org). The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from individuals to senators, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. All donations took place during the 2012-2018 election cycle and are current as of Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Below are the 13 categories of campaign contributions that may be listed for each senator. Each senator has listings for total and individual contributions, as well as listings for his or her top four contributing sectors.
1. Total Contributions: Total contributions received.
2. Total Individual Contributions: Total contributions made by individuals.
3. Total Agribusiness Contributions: “Includes farm and dairy groups, tobacco companies, ranchers, food processors, logging companies, and a host of companies providing agricultural products and services.”
4. Total Communications/Electronics Contributions (C/E): “Includes Hollywood and media companies, broadcasters, publishers, telephone utilities, the computer industry and Internet firms.”
5. Total Construction Contributions: “Includes general contractors, subcontractors, engineers and architects, and building materials suppliers.”
6. Total Defense Contributions: “Includes weapons, aerospace and electronics contractors that supply billions of dollars worth of products and services to the U.S. military.”
7. Total Energy/Natural Resources Contributions: “Includes the oil & gas industry, power utilities, mining companies, environmental engineering firms, and waste management companies.”
8. Total Finance/Insurance/Real Estate Contributions (F/I/R): “Includes banks, insurance companies, securities and investment firms, the real estate industry, accountants, and a variety of other financial interests.”
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9. Total Health Contributions: “Includes doctors, other health professionals, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and HMOs, and other health care providers.”
10. Total Ideology/Single-Issue Contributions: “Organizations motivated by philosophical or political concerns rather than economic issues. This sector includes groups lobbying on gun control and abortion policy, as well as broadly based liberal and conservative groups and environmental organizations.”
11. Total Labor Contributions: “Labor unions representing workers in virtually every industry.”
12. Total Lawyers and Lobbyists Contributions: “Most of the ‘lobbying’ done in this sector is actually subcontracting by law and lobbying firms. Lawyers and lobbyists are typically among the most prolific givers of political campaigns.”
13. Total Transportation Contributions: “The automotive and air transport industries are the biggest spenders in this sector, which also includes trucking companies, railroads, ship-builders and cruise lines.”
Additional campaign contribution information specific to industries, PACs, and individual contributions, as well as personal financial profiles of candidates are available at both the federal and state level through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART (1-888-868-3762).
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
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U.S. SENATE –AK, AL, AR
Murkowski, Lisa (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6665fax: 202-224-5301https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/contact/email
Sullivan, Dan (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3004fax: 202-224-6501https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/contact/email
Jones, Doug (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4124fax: NAhttps://www.jones.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Shelby, Richard (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5744fax: 202-224-3416http://shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby
Boozman, John (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4843fax: 202-228-1371http://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Cotton, Tom (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2353fax: NAhttp://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=contact
$5,870,523 $3,120,638 $1,692,894 $781,928 $596,381 $483,892
$8,885,803 $6,561,910 $2,126,704 $992,706 $725,983 $411,008
$22,943,843 $22,881,651 $4,775,164 $2,038,129 $1,420,797 $1,335,173
$4,094,283 $1,728,741 $1,788,996 $327,413 $281,300 $201,650
$4,762,146 $2,498,669 $921,547 $479,475 $473,073 $423,939
$16,536,718 $12,235,501 $3,313,941 $1,627,142 $681,361 $626,680
40 58 100 14 55 89 18 28 100 100 17 67 93 30 32 14 5
100 0 100 0 78 86 0 11 0 100 7 92 86 85 13 0 35
0 100 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 3 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 78 74 0 6 0 100 13 85 100 90 30 10 0
100 0 100 14 73 92 0 11 0 100 6 89 93 98 13 7 10
100 0 100 0 88 78 0 11 0 100 2 89 93 86 6 5 5
N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y NV
NA Y NA NA NA Y NA Y NA NA NA Y NA NA NA NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Defense Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE – AZ, CA, CO, CT
Feinstein, Dianne (D)*Sr. Seat - Has Political Couragephone: 202-224-3841fax: 202-228-3954https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
McCain, John III (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2235fax: 202-228-2862http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Flake, Jeff (R)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4521fax: 202-228-0515http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff
Harris, Kamala (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3553fax: 202-224-2200https://www.harris.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Bennet, Michael (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5852fax: 202-228-5097https://www.bennet.senate.gov/?p=contact
Gardner, Cory (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5941fax: 202-224-6524https://www.gardner.senate.gov/contact-cory/email-cory
Blumenthal, Richard (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2823fax: 202-224-9673https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/
Murphy, Chris (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4041fax: 202-224-9750http://www.murphy.senate.gov/contact
$14,163,735 $3,595,168 $473,676 $457,852 $333,920 $326,414
$14,796,428 $9,526,143 $2,329,709 $1,020,687 $772,201 $528,635
$4,883,450 $3,270,834 $918,007 $444,331 $360,933 $311,397
$18,463,607 $16,713,892 $2,415,949 $1,972,902 $1,844,417 $1,679,367
$17,238,743 $11,908,754 $3,940,957 $2,400,373 $2,364,067 $1,342,627
$13,596,302 $9,247,268 $2,282,058 $1,303,563 $975,998 $634,232
$8,770,111 $6,523,901 $1,756,235 $1,506,920 $892,672 $743,813
$11,906,340 $10,502,645 $1,434,464 $1,080,420 $1,043,700 $486,001
0 100 25 100 6 48 100 100 100 0 90 0 7 32 89 94 30
100 9 67 14 81 82 12 17 0 100 20 69 64 27 16 19 10
100 0 100 0 96 74 0 6 0 100 8 92 93 40 14 3 0
0 100 0 100 4 29 100 100 100 0 100 0 7 14 100 NA 5
0 100 25 42 9 46 95 100 100 0 88 4 7 15 90 93 0
100 0 75 0 69 91 0 11 0 100 10 89 93 38 9 5 5
0 100 0 100 6 42 100 100 100 0 97 0 7 14 99 100 40
0 100 25 85 6 40 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 15 100 100 50
N Y Y N N N N N N N N Y N Y N N Y
Y NV Y Y NV NV Y NV Y Y N NV Y Y Y Y N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N N N N N Y N Y N N N
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue C/E F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - DE, FL, GA
Carper, Tom (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2441fax: 202-228-2190http://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-carper
Coons, Chris (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5042fax: NAhttps://www.coons.senate.gov/contact/email-chris
Nelson, Bill Sr. (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5274fax: 202-228-2183http://www.billnelson.senate.gov/contact-bill
Rubio, Marco (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3041fax: NAhttp://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Isakson, Johnny (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3643fax: 202-228-0724http://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Perdue, David (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3521fax: 202-228-1031https://www.perdue.senate.gov/connect/email
$2,315,778 $821,845 $680,420 $270,735 $172,250 $153,178
$5,536,266 $3,389,917 $1,203,937 $992,440 $563,678 $404,469
$13,466,786 $10,133,679 $1,868,413 $1,262,517 $968,774 $740,658
$21,482,884 $15,876,032 $4,340,094 $2,387,843 $1,179,839 $915,251
$10,400,012 $6,634,706 $2,093,066 $901,925 $729,195 $725,273
$15,852,869 $9,036,643 $2,236,671 $654,871 $623,830 $466,220
0 100 25 70 11 52 95 100 100 0 82 4 7 17 86 83 5
0 100 25 100 7 47 100 100 100 0 92 4 7 12 91 93 55
0 100 25 42 9 52 91 100 100 0 71 4 7 23 88 95 40
100 0 100 0 92 79 0 11 0 100 5 96 100 36 8 9 15
100 0 100 0 72 93 0 11 0 100 9 79 93 78 16 5 35
100 0 100 0 88 82 0 6 0 100 0 93 86 84 6 0 5
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
N Y Y N N Y NV Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N NV Y Y NV NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Lawyers/Lobbyists
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - HI, IA, ID, IL
Ernst, Joni (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3254fax: 202-224-9369https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-joni
Schatz, Brian (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3934fax: 202-228-1153http://www.schatz.senate.gov/contact
Hirono, Mazie (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6361fax: 202-224-2126http://www.hirono.senate.gov/contact/email
Grassley, Chuck (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3744fax: 202-224-6020https://www.grassley.senate.gov/constituents/questions-and-comments
Crapo, Mike (R)Sr. Seat - Has Political Couragephone: 202-224-6142fax: 202-228-1375https://www.crapo.senate.gov/contact/email-me
Risch, James (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2752fax: 202-224-2573http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact?p=Email
Duckworth, Tammy (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2854fax: 202-228-0618https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Durbin, Dick (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2152fax: 202-228-0400https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
$13,796,508 $10,469,395 $777,179 $686,476 $324,634 $299,101
$10,453,185 $7,362,782 $1,525,296 $1,353,892 $1,150,910 $647,282
$3,584,062 $2,330,092 $568,376 $432,514 $270,954 $169,525
$9,691,037 $5,866,960 $1,552,432 $946,969 $762,304 $728,508
$6,142,757 $3,474,714 $2,680,262 $641,051 $614,271 $421,956
$2,331,275 $1,242,621 $349,820 $315,361 $243,220 $125,787
$17,812,514 $14,053,376 $3,553,744 $1,428,443 $1,119,963 $472,182
$9,990,421 $7,294,936 $1,409,353 $923,177 $542,045 $485,824
100 0 100 0 74 90 0 11 0 100 0 89 93 85 13 5 5
0 100 0 100 1 39 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 13 100 100 5
0 100 25 85 3 35 100 100 100 0 95 0 7 13 100 100 45
100 0 100 0 79 85 0 11 0 100 19 85 100 92 15 10 5
100 0 100 0 83 85 0 6 0 100 6 96 100 88 9 4 0
100 0 100 0 89 79 0 6 0 100 7 96 100 98 7 4 0
0 100 25 100 3 48 100 100 100 0 89 0 7 13 100 97 25
0 100 25 100 3 35 100 100 100 0 87 0 7 17 96 96 30
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Agribusiness
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Health
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - IN, KS, KY
Donnelly, Joe Sr. (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4814fax: 202-224-5011http://www.donnelly.senate.gov/contact/email-joe
Young, Todd (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5623fax: NAhttps://www.young.senate.gov/contact/email-todd
Moran, Jerry (R)Jr. Seat - Has Political Couragephone: 202-224-6521fax: 202-228-6966http://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry
Roberts, Pat (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4774fax: 202-224-3514http://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailPat
McConnell, Mitch (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2541fax: 202-224-2499http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm
Paul, Rand (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4343fax: NAhttp://www.paul.senate.gov/connect/email-rand
$9,597,611 $5,627,932 $1,542,280 $1,040,717 $1,038,105 $537,461
$10,741,747 $7,443,952 $2,984,353 $1,408,290 $1,266,705 $937,457
$6,201,814 $2,940,237 $945,970 $614,630 $461,145 $434,854
$7,467,642 $3,545,825 $1,235,599 $884,871 $747,882 $745,492
$24,705,153 $13,526,759 $4,662,385 $1,967,234 $1,500,918 $1,469,321
$11,024,606 $7,732,640 $1,086,834 $831,292 $738,887 $321,759
40 67 67 28 12 65 82 89 100 50 59 11 93 36 95 93 10
100 0 100 0 73 92 0 11 0 100 3 89 100 80 0 5 25
100 4 100 0 74 87 0 17 0 100 7 89 93 87 14 2 10
100 0 100 0 75 92 0 11 0 100 9 89 93 94 12 7 5
100 0 100 NA 79 92 0 11 0 100 7 89 100 60 12 7 0
100 0 100 0 95 65 14 11 0 100 9 84 93 83 16 12 0
N Y Y N NV Y N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y N N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y N Y NV Y
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Energy/Nat Resource
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - LA, MA, MD, ME
Markey, Ed (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2742fax: NAhttp://www.markey.senate.gov/contact
Kennedy, John (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4623fax: 202-228-0447https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Cassidy, Bill (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5824fax: 202-224-9735https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact
Warren, Elizabeth (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4543fax: NAhttp://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Cardin, Ben (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4524fax: 202-224-1651http://www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Van Hollen, Chris Jr. (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4654fax: 202-228-0629https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Collins, Susan (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2523fax: 202-224-2693https://www.collins.senate.gov/contact
King, Angus Jr. (I)*Jr. Seat - Has Political Couragephone: 202-224-5344fax: 202-224-1946http://www.king.senate.gov/contact
$20,090,252 $16,648,948 $1,999,918 $1,992,856 $1,321,709 $1,262,500
$8,156,527 $6,774,020 $1,200,087 $829,325 $733,600 $669,250
$18,427,487 $12,452,074 $2,425,705 $2,323,016 $1,247,475 $1,178,053
$26,866,618 $23,441,250 $2,917,545 $773,395 $715,395 $616,838
$3,775,326 $2,139,575 $809,802 $400,054 $360,526 $262,215
$12,138,087 $8,838,489 $5,269,477 $3,430,133 $2,429,284 $1,668,584
$6,143,915 $3,397,255 $1,084,275 $619,953 $606,005 $563,500
$4,086,457 $3,063,478 $424,897 $271,233 $226,646 $202,951
0 100 0 85 9 25 100 100 100 0 94 0 7 11 100 100 45
100 0 100 28 86 71 9 17 0 100 0 89 93 88 7 NA 0
100 0 100 0 72 90 0 11 0 100 7 85 93 79 9 10 0
0 100 0 85 10 30 100 100 100 0 99 0 7 12 98 100 45
0 100 25 100 3 37 100 100 100 0 92 0 7 10 97 99 45
0 100 25 100 8 38 100 100 100 0 98 0 7 7 100 100 60
40 70 75 100 35 78 18 33 75 33 63 59 43 33 52 41 15
0 100 25 14 2 47 95 100 100 0 98 4 0 13 98 98 45
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Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - MI, MN, MO
Peters, Gary (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6221fax: NAhttps://www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary
Stabenow, Debbie (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4822fax: 202-228-0325https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/contact
Klobuchar, Amy (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3244fax: 202-228-2186http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/email-amy
Smith, Tina (D)Jr. Seat - Unknown Political Couragephone: 202-224-5641fax: NAhttps://www.smith.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Blunt, Roy (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5721fax: 202-224-8149http://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-roy
McCaskill, Claire (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6154fax: 202-228-6326https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/contact
$11,735,562 $8,642,277 $2,302,688 $2,016,856 $1,518,385 $812,700
$13,030,933 $9,062,120 $1,450,609 $1,405,963 $909,000 $871,254
$9,346,807 $6,707,739 $931,882 $805,914 $727,987 $588,857
$1,999,129 $1,548,594 $42,500 $32,700 $28,000 $7,000
$15,708,246 $9,339,628 $2,663,337 $1,323,434 $1,201,980 $1,125,741
$17,501,272 $13,842,410 $2,998,418 $2,685,370 $1,983,765 $981,936
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0 100 25 85 8 37 95 100 100 0 88 0 7 34 97 99 35
0 100 25 42 5 44 100 100 100 0 95 0 7 19 95 99 20
0 100 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 2 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 70 92 0 11 0 100 5 88 93 82 14 7 0
0 100 25 28 15 48 95 94 100 33 74 7 7 36 90 87 5
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Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - MS, MT, NC, ND
Daines, Steve (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2651fax: NAhttp://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve
Wicker, Roger (R)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6253fax: 202-228-0378http://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R)Jr. Seat - Unknown Political Couragephone: 202-224-5054fax: NA
Tester, Jon (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2644fax: 202-224-8594http://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Burr, Richard (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3154fax: 202-228-2981http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Tillis, Thom (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6342fax: 202-228-2563http://www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Heitkamp, Heidi (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2043fax: 202-224-7776http://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-heidi
Hoeven, John (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2551fax: 202-224-7999http://www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator
$8,288,192 $4,980,223 $1,414,256 $705,323 $665,128 $492,196
$5,104,323 $2,901,464 $675,864 $571,720 $378,850 $347,600
NA NA NA NA NA NA
$11,127,176 $7,517,255 $2,094,007 $1,216,417 $1,208,399 $446,422
$12,757,294 $6,991,035 $2,449,646 $1,365,123 $925,759 $880,597
$12,470,277 $8,754,180 $2,146,471 $749,803 $661,128 $645,900
$8,970,990 $5,149,460 $1,741,963 $1,286,538 $943,521 $706,883
$3,759,297 $1,700,315 $652,398 $441,295 $410,364 $288,733
100 0 100 0 82 87 0 11 0 100 2 100 86 71 13 6 5
100 0 100 14 69 94 0 11 0 100 5 93 100 84 15 12 5
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 25 NA NA NA
0 100 25 42 13 45 95 100 100 0 86 7 79 42 92 96 0
100 0 100 14 78 87 0 11 0 100 8 89 100 82 13 5 10
100 0 100 0 72 90 0 11 0 100 7 92 100 76 9 10 10
20 100 75 14 13 68 82 89 100 67 52 11 86 14 89 90 10
100 0 100 14 60 95 0 11 0 100 8 93 100 48 16 7 10
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Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - NE, NH, NJ
Fischer, Deb (R)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6551fax: 202-228-1325http://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/?p=email-deb
Sasse, Ben (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4224fax: NAhttp://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-ben
Hassan, Maggie (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3324fax: 202-228-0581https://www.hassan.senate.gov/contact/email
Shaheen, Jeanne (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2841fax: 202-228-3194https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/contact-jeanne
Booker, Cory (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3224fax: 202-224-8378http://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=contact
Menendez, Bob (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4744fax: 202-228-2197http://www.menendez.senate.gov/contact
$4,828,652 $2,344,050 $487,455 $482,648 $460,499 $370,914
$8,106,292 $5,906,832 $1,485,833 $1,084,101 $443,948 $364,935
$19,198,066 $16,635,066 $4,642,079 $1,637,135 $1,228,497 $763,239
$16,186,775 $13,087,953 $2,041,328 $981,292 $974,983 $572,949
$23,452,427 $19,348,143 $5,201,525 $3,083,780 $1,905,424 $1,120,585
$7,243,108 $5,760,153 $1,134,340 $845,881 $499,880 $404,157
100 0 100 14 75 86 0 11 0 100 5 89 93 89 12 5 5
100 0 75 0 98 68 NA 6 0 100 0 96 86 77 0 5 5
0 100 25 85 4 29 100 100 100 0 100 0 7 2 100 NA 10
0 100 25 85 6 47 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 12 91 96 45
0 100 25 100 11 40 100 100 100 0 98 4 7 8 100 100 60
0 100 25 100 6 39 94 89 100 0 94 4 7 9 96 93 45
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Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Agribusiness
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E Ideology/Single Issue
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - NM, NV, NY, OH
Heller, Dean (R)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6244fax: 202-228-6753http://heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Udall, Tom (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6621fax: NAhttps://www.tomudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Heinrich, Martin (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5521fax: 202-228-2841http://www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact/write-martin
Masto, Catherine Cortez (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3542fax: NAhttps://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/contact/connect
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4451fax: 202-228-0282https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/email-me
Schumer, Chuck (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6542fax: 202-228-3027http://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck
Brown, Sherrod (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2315fax: 202-228-6321http://www.brown.senate.gov/contact
Portman, Rob (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3353fax: NAhttp://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
$8,347,759 $4,577,156 $1,724,187 $721,671 $560,670 $501,502
$8,419,216 $6,556,065 $830,909 $780,117 $703,315 $473,769
$6,543,401 $4,168,346 $911,092 $859,712 $544,687 $459,675
$20,683,342 $17,471,178 $5,364,336 $1,642,902 $1,254,610 $669,747
$16,669,499 $15,488,877 $1,855,428 $1,802,168 $1,752,595 $941,580
$23,732,679 $18,221,951 $7,311,382 $2,650,784 $1,795,844 $1,748,527
$19,529,818 $15,057,808 $2,267,623 $2,240,279 $1,987,460 $1,113,736
$25,443,665 $17,848,267 $6,274,867 $1,834,927 $1,797,065 $1,719,766
100 0 100 42 78 90 0 17 0 100 11 85 93 54 17 19 0
0 100 25 100 4 36 100 100 100 0 96 0 21 13 99 100 5
0 100 25 85 4 33 100 100 100 0 94 7 64 19 100 100 50
0 100 25 70 4 29 95 100 100 0 89 7 7 1 100 NA 5
0 100 0 100 7 36 100 100 100 0 95 0 7 18 97 95 35
0 100 0 NA 4 36 100 100 100 0 92 0 7 17 95 96 0
0 100 25 85 4 33 100 100 100 0 93 0 7 15 99 100 40
100 4 100 42 69 92 5 17 0 100 20 81 93 74 17 12 5
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Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - OK, OR, PA
Inhofe, Jim (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4721fax: 202-228-0380https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/contact
Lankford, James (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5754fax: 202-228-1015http://www.lankford.senate.gov/contact/email
Merkley, Jeff (D)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3753fax: 202-228-3997http://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/
Wyden, Ron (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5244fax: 202-228-2717http://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact
Casey, Bob Jr. (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6324fax: 202-228-0604http://www.casey.senate.gov/contact/
Toomey, Pat (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4254fax: 202-228-0284https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=contact
$4,195,779 $2,380,797 $615,475 $360,178 $317,939 $284,325
$7,497,910 $5,200,344 $1,138,537 $933,561 $650,915 $466,719
$13,237,689 $11,187,284 $876,252 $558,678 $495,379 $296,522
$13,119,277 $8,090,857 $2,719,071 $1,828,243 $1,208,433 $652,352
$16,140,268 $13,207,230 $2,286,032 $1,588,928 $1,226,191 $1,130,476
$29,158,154 $22,620,502 $5,552,479 $2,564,778 $1,637,758 $1,500,310
100 0 100 14 90 88 0 6 0 100 5 93 100 87 11 5 10
100 0 100 0 87 82 0 6 0 100 5 96 93 89 6 5 5
0 100 0 100 6 31 100 100 100 0 99 0 7 15 99 100 40
0 100 25 100 9 40 100 100 100 0 90 0 7 14 89 94 55
20 75 25 85 6 46 100 100 100 0 92 4 71 16 98 97 0
100 0 100 42 92 85 0 6 0 100 6 93 43 76 11 5 0
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Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - RI, SC, SD, TN
Graham, Lindsey (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5972fax: 202-224-3808http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-senator-graham
Whitehouse, Sheldon (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2921fax: 202-228-6362https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/email-sheldon
Reed, Jack (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4642fax: 202-224-4680http://www.reed.senate.gov/contact/
Scott, Tim (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6121fax: 202-228-5143http://www.scott.senate.gov/contact/email-me
Rounds, Mike (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5842fax: 202-224-7482https://www.rounds.senate.gov/contact/email-mike
Thune, John (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2321fax: 202-228-5429http://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Alexander, Lamar (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4944fax: 202-228-3398http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email
Corker, Robert (R)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3344fax: 202-228-0566https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailme
$10,196,533 $7,519,602 $2,044,931 $1,314,968 $773,929 $522,768
$4,894,190 $3,657,777 $815,799 $674,116 $539,747 $306,676
$4,224,421 $2,137,358 $857,927 $709,940 $377,243 $338,177
$13,483,780 $7,275,625 $3,386,061 $1,195,152 $1,112,502 $1,018,005
$5,688,078 $3,674,015 NA NA NA NA
$9,636,485 $4,710,455 $1,445,046 $725,990 $718,761 $643,148
$7,853,592 $4,774,070 $1,034,000 $948,167 $430,893 $420,115
$2,319,849 $2,374,926 $512,684 $188,067 $173,905 $75,150
100 4 100 42 72 85 5 22 0 100 12 81 79 35 17 9 5
0 100 0 100 6 35 100 100 100 0 98 0 7 16 99 99 20
0 100 0 70 6 36 100 100 100 0 97 0 7 27 98 99 10
100 0 100 0 91 81 0 11 0 100 3 96 93 98 3 3 5
100 0 100 0 76 90 0 11 0 100 2 89 93 51 9 10 5
100 0 100 14 77 90 0 11 0 100 10 89 93 88 15 11 0
100 4 100 0 66 93 0 11 0 100 21 81 79 49 16 7 0
100 4 75 0 80 84 0 11 0 100 11 70 93 60 17 10 0
Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
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Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y
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Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - TX, UT, VA
Cornyn, John (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2934fax: NAhttp://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact
Cruz, Ted (R)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5922fax: NAhttp://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Hatch, Orrin (R)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5251fax: 202-224-6331http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-orrin
Lee, Mike (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5444fax: NAhttp://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Kaine, Tim (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4024fax: 202-228-6363http://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact
Warner, Mark (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2023fax: NAhttps://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
$17,233,504 $9,424,686 $3,337,236 $1,571,679 $1,571,015 $972,052
$19,299,735 $10,652,102 $2,363,594 $1,415,140 $986,694 $638,015
$4,990,345 $3,070,263 $1,933,662 $1,418,500 $983,296 $824,900
$5,837,193 $4,538,626 $1,228,656 $1,188,553 $490,493 $480,325
$15,711,940 $8,470,315 $2,266,225 $2,231,236 $1,365,303 $833,311
$16,030,181 $11,474,243 $3,851,732 $1,792,637 $907,684 $823,891
100 0 100 0 83 90 0 11 0 100 5 89 100 64 9 6 0
100 0 100 0 93 75 0 11 0 100 3 96 100 99 9 11 5
100 0 100 0 75 92 0 11 0 100 10 93 100 50 13 5 0
100 0 100 14 99 71 0 11 0 100 8 93 93 85 9 8 0
0 100 25 70 4 52 95 100 100 0 94 0 7 12 88 95 15
0 100 25 70 12 51 90 100 100 0 85 4 43 13 86 83 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N Y N Y N N Y
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Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E Health
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - VT, WA, WI, WV
Cantwell, Maria (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3441fax: 202-228-0514http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/
Sanders, Bernie (I)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5141fax: 202-228-0776http://sanders.senate.gov/contact/
Leahy, Patrick (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-4242fax: NAhttps://www.leahy.senate.gov/contact/
Murray, Patty (D)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-2621fax: 202-224-0238http://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme
Baldwin, Tammy (D)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5653fax: NAhttp://www.baldwin.senate.gov/contact
Johnson, Ron (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-5323fax: 202-228-6965https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/casework-contact-form
Capito, Shelley (R)Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6472fax: NAhttps://www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-shelley
Manchin, Joe III (D)*Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3954fax: 202-228-0002https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/email-joe
$8,441,818 $8,227,056 $746,749 $663,145 $424,161 $270,153
$6,498,587 $6,395,829 $636,847 $100,315 $79,355 $75,058
$4,751,180 $3,021,193 $745,447 $649,782 $635,651 $369,539
$14,098,676 $9,602,289 $1,416,134 $1,283,351 $1,267,134 $1,169,255
$17,193,597 $14,897,217 $2,667,352 $951,524 $788,829 $555,803
$20,122,347 $17,341,647 $3,502,740 $2,220,586 $781,548 $756,807
$8,229,898 $5,034,234 $1,469,356 $753,215 $541,225 $470,137
$5,719,363 $3,406,133 $818,467 $535,664 $406,338 $248,369
0 100 25 100 10 49 100 100 100 0 92 4 7 17 91 96 40
0 100 0 100 7 18 100 100 100 0 92 0 14 21 99 100 30
0 100 25 100 3 33 100 100 100 0 94 0 7 9 90 98 0
0 100 25 42 6 47 100 100 100 0 91 4 7 12 91 95 0
0 100 25 100 4 32 100 100 100 0 97 0 7 5 100 100 50
100 0 100 0 89 85 0 6 0 100 4 93 93 80 6 2 0
100 6 100 42 51 91 0 11 0 100 17 85 93 82 16 10 10
40 57 75 14 20 58 68 83 100 67 45 7 93 32 86 80 0
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Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health C/E Labor
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
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CampaignContributions:3
(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 11-12)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 9-11)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 13-14)(*)Senator is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
1. Abortion and Reproductive (H J Res 43)
2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Education (PN 37)5. Environment (PN 44)6. Finance and Banking (S 2155)7. Foreign Affairs (PN 25)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (H J Res 40)
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
10. Health and Health Care (PN 33)11. Health Insurance (S Amdt 667 to
HR 1628)12. Immigration (S Amdt 1955 to HR 2579)13. Judicial Branch (PN 55)14. National Security (HR 3364)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Trade (PN 42)
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. SENATE - WY
Barrasso, John (R)*Jr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-6441fax: 202-224-1724http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Enzi, Mike (R)Sr. Seat - No Political Couragephone: 202-224-3424fax: 202-228-0359http://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-senator-enzi
$5,999,832 $3,157,224 $808,847 $807,925 $771,075 $419,766
$3,473,024 $1,427,910 $570,494 $452,925 $389,547 $338,283
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Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
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United States House of RepresentativesThis section provides office information, contact information, key votes, interest group ratings, and campaign contributions for each U.S. representative. Also included is a measure of each official’s willingness to provide his or her issue positions through Vote Smart’s Political Courage Test. The representatives are listed in alphabetical order by state abbreviation.
Office InformationNext to each representative’s name is his or her party affiliation. Abbreviations for party affiliations are: Democratic (D); Independent (I); and Republican (R). District numbers can be found directly underneath each representative’s name.
Contact InformationThe contact information listed includes: 1) Washington, DC office phone number, 2) Washington, DC office fax number, and 3) a webmail address. A webmail form allows you to contact a representative via their website. To access the webmail form, enter the provided address into a web browser.
You can also write to a representative at this general address:
Representative [Full Name] U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Additional contact information for representatives can be obtained through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762).
Political Courage TestThe Political Courage Test asks candidates one central question: “Are you willing to tell citizens where you stand on the issues you may face if elected?” Each election, Vote Smart organizes an effort to write, call, and repeatedly encourage each candidate to provide this essential information.
Representatives with “Has Political Courage” listed after their seat were willing to provide citizens with their issue positions on the Political Courage Test at the time of their last election. Representatives with “No Political Courage” listed after their seat refused to provide citizens with their issue positions on the Political Courage Test at the time of their last election. Representatives with “Unknown Political Courage” are those officials who have not yet had the opportunity to fill out the Political Courage Test.
The Political Courage Test results from each representative's most recent test are included in this manual with the exception of some 2018 results, which are still being collected. If a candidate fails to demonstrate Political Courage on key issue questions, Vote Smart will determine the candidate’s likely positions from his or her public statements, legislative record, and interest group ratings.
Comprehensive results for all candidates for congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative offices can be obtained through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762).
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Key VotesVote Smart provides easy access to the voting records of U.S. representatives and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation, controversial amendments, and the final conference report votes. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
y The vote should be helpful in portraying how a representative stands on a particular issue
y The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin y The vote has received national media attention y The vote should be clear for any person to understand y A specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter’s Research Hotline
Key votes summaries are written by Vote Smart staff and go through an approval process with political scientists of opposing viewpoints reviewing both the selection and the content. This is to ensure clarity, relevance, nonpartisanship, and accuracy.
Below are the descriptions of the 17 U.S. House of Representatives key votes that are included in this publication. The votes are numbered according to the tables and keys located on the representative’s information pages. For each vote, the central issue of the bill is explained, but many bills encompass more than one issue. For additional details, visit our website at VoteSmart.org or call our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VoteSmart (1-888-868-3762). A reference key is provided on the top of each information page.
1. Abortion (House Bill 36): Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Vote to pass a bill that prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in certain cases of rape or incest. (10/3/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 237-189)
2. Crime (House Bill 1865): Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 - Vote to pass a bill that prohibits websites that promote prostitution or facilitate sex trafficking. (2/27/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 388-25)
3. Defense (House Bill 2810): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 - Vote to pass a bill authorizing national defense spending for the fiscal year 2018. (7/14/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 344-81)
4. Environment (House Bill 806): Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 - Vote to pass a bill delaying the compliance date for ground level ozone standards. (7/18/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 229-199)
5. Finance and Banking (House Bill 10): Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 - Vote to pass a bill that repeals and reduces financial regulations from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and establishes new regulations for financial institutions and government agencies. (6/8/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 233-186)
6. Foreign Affairs (House Bill 1638): Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act - Vote to pass a bill that requires the Department of Treasury to submit a report on the estimated total assets under direct or indirect control by top political and military Iranian leaders. (12/13/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 289-135)
7. Foreign Aid (House Bill 3326): World Bank Accountability Act of 2017 - A vote to pass a bill that authorizes up to 30% of the United States' contribution to the World Bank for
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loans to underdeveloped countries to be withheld if certain conditions are not met. (1/17/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 237-184)
8. Government Budget and Spending (House Bill 1625): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 - Vote to pass a bill that provides $1.3 trillion in funding for various government agencies through September 2018. (3/22/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 256-167)
9. Guns (House Bill 38): Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 - A vote to pass a bill that authorizes a qualified individual to carry a concealed firearm across state borders. (12/6/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 231-198)
10. Health Insurance (House Bill 1628): American Health Care Act of 2017 - Vote to pass a bill that amends the Affordable Care Act by making changes including, but not limited to, the following areas: premiums, taxes and tax credits for individuals and providers, Medicaid eligibility requirements, individual and small market health insurance requirements, cost-sharing, funding for various facilities and organizations, health savings accounts and flexible spending arrangements, the "individual mandate", and the "employer mandate". (5/4/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 217-213)
11. Housing and Property (House Bill 2874): 21st Century Flood Reform Act - Vote to pass a bill that amends flood insurance requirements for owners of at-risk property. (11/14/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 237-189)
12. Immigration (House Bill 3003): No Sanctuary for Criminals Act - Vote to pass a bill that prohibits disbursement of federal grants to jurisdictions with "sanctuary city" policies. (6/29/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 228-195)
13. Oil and Gas (House Bill 1119): SENSE Act - Vote to pass a bill that exempts power plants that convert coal refuse into energy from certain compliance requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (3/8/2018: Passage Vote, Passed 215-189)
14. Science (House Bill 1431): EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act - Vote to pass a bill that prohibits members of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board from holding or applying for EPA grants. (3/30/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 229-193)
15. Taxes (House Bill 1): Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - A vote to pass a bill that amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. (11/16/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 227-205)
16. Technology and Communication (Senate Joint Resolution 34): Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Federal Communications Commission Relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and other Telecommunications Services - A vote to pass a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services. (3/28/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 215-205)
17. Veterans (House Bill 1259): VA Accountability First Act of 2017 - A vote to pass a bill that authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to quickly fire, demote, or suspend VA employees. (3/16/2017: Passage Vote, Passed 237-178)
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Interest Group RatingsVote Smart collects performance evaluations from special interest groups regardless of the issue or bias of the organization. Most ratings reflect how often members of Congress have voted with the organization’s preferred position on legislation that the group considers key in their area. Some organizations may also consider other actions such as committee votes, bill sponsorship, or answers to a questionnaire in their ratings. Additionally, some groups may select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue-related concerns.
Special interest group ratings can be used to find out how your elected officials were ranked by those groups you either agree or disagree with. If your concerns do not align with those of any particular special interest group, ratings can still be useful by helping indicate where an incumbent has stood on a particular set of issues in the past few years.
For consistency, Vote Smart has converted all ratings to percentages for this publication. If a rating was not available for a representative, “NA” is listed in place of a rating.
Listed below is a sampling of interest group ratings selected from the more than 1,800 groups in Vote Smart’s database. The years listed in parentheses after the name of the group indicate what year or years of actions the organization considered when producing the rating. Lifetime ratings indicate an official's rating over the span of a career. The ratings are numbered according to the tables and keys located on the representative’s information pages.
1. Abortion Issues: National Right to Life (2017-2018) Organization Description: “The mission of National Right to Life is to protect and defend the most fundamental right of humankind, the right to life of every innocent human being from the beginning of life to natural death.”
2. Abortion and Reproductive Issues: Planned Parenthood Action Fund (2017-2018) Organization Description: “The Planned Parenthood Action Fund works to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights.”
3. Agriculture and Food: American Farm Bureau Federation (2017-2018) Organization Description: “Farm Bureau is committed to working through our grassroots organizations to enhance and strengthen the lives of rural Americans and to build strong, prosperous agricultural communities.”
4. Animals and Wildlife: Humane Society Legislative Fund (2017) Organization Description: “The Humane Society Legislative Fund was formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal levels, to educate the public about animal protection issues, and to support humane candidates for office.”
5. Budget, Spending and Taxes: Club for Growth (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The Club for Growth is a national network of over 100,000 pro-growth, limited government Americans who share in the belief that prosperity and opportunity come from economic freedom.”
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6. Business and Consumers: United States Chamber of Commerce (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions. Our members range from mom-and-pop shops and local chambers to leading industry associations and large corporations. They all share one thing—they count on the Chamber to be their voice in Washington, D.C.”
7. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (2017) Organization Description: “The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States.”
8. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2017) Organization Description: “The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.”
9. Education: National Education Association (2017) Organization Description: “The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education.”
10. Energy: American Energy Alliance (2017-2018) Organization Description: “AEA is an issue organization that supports affordable, abundant and reliable energy for America’s consumers and businesses.”
11. Environmental Issues: League of Conservation Voters (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities. LCV, as part of the Conservation Voter Movement along our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues.”
12. Government Budget and Spending: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (2017) Organization Description: “CCAGW’s mission is to advocate the elimination of waste and inefficiency in government through lobbying and grassroots activities.”
13. Gun Issues: National Rifle Association (2016-2018) Organization Description: “The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire.”Note: The NRA establishes grades for candidates when they are in an election for public office. Grades in this manual are from an official's last election. For up-to-date grades, please visit the NRA's page on our website at VoteSmart.org/interest-group/1034.
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14. Immigration: NumbersUSA (1989-2018) Organization Description: “To provide a civil forum for Americans of all political and ethnic backgrounds to focus on a single issue, the numerical level of U.S. immigration. We educate opinion leaders, policymakers and the public on immigration legislation, policies and their consequences. We favor reductions in immigration numbers toward traditional levels that would allow present and future generations of Americans to enjoy a stabilizing U.S. population and a high degree of individual liberty, mobility, environmental quality, worker fairness and fiscal responsibility.”
15. Labor Unions: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (2017 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people.”
16. Seniors and Social Security: Alliance for Retired Americans (2016 Lifetime) Organization Description: “The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.”
17. Welfare and Poverty: RESULTS (2017) Organization Description: “RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty.”
Campaign ContributionsThe following campaign finance data for the United States House was provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (www.opensecrets.org). The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from individuals to representatives, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. All donations took place during the 2016-2018 election cycle and are current as of Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Below are the 13 categories of campaign contributions that may be listed for each representative. Each representative has listings for total and individual contributions, as well as listings for his or her top four contributing sectors.
1. Total Contributions: Total contributions received.
2. Total Individual Contributions: Total contributions made by individuals.
3. Total Agribusiness Contributions: “Includes farm and dairy groups, tobacco companies, ranchers, food processors, logging companies, and a host of companies providing agricultural products and services.”
4. Total Communications/Electronics Contributions (C/E): “Includes Hollywood and media companies, broadcasters, publishers, telephone utilities, the computer industry and Internet firms.”
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5. Total Construction Contributions: “Includes general contractors, subcontractors, engineers and architects, and building materials suppliers.”
6. Total Defense Contributions: “Includes weapons, aerospace and electronics contractors that supply billions of dollars worth of products and services to the U.S. military.”
7. Total Energy/Natural Resources Contributions: “Includes the oil & gas industry, power utilities, mining companies, environmental engineering firms, and waste management companies.”
8. Total Finance/Insurance/Real Estate Contributions (F/I/R): “Includes banks, insurance companies, securities and investment firms, the real estate industry, accountants, and a variety of other financial interests.”
9. Total Health Contributions: “Includes doctors, other health professionals, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and HMOs, and other health care providers.”
10. Total Ideology/Single-Issue Contributions: “Organizations motivated by philosophical or political concerns rather than economic issues. This sector includes groups lobbying on gun control and abortion policy, as well as broadly based liberal and conservative groups and environmental organizations.”
11. Total Labor Contributions: “Labor unions representing workers in virtually every industry.”
12. Total Lawyers and Lobbyists Contributions: “Most of the ‘lobbying’ done in this sector is actually subcontracting by law and lobbying firms. Lawyers and lobbyists are typically among the most prolific givers of political campaigns.”
13. Total Transportation Contributions: “The automotive and air transport industries are the biggest spenders in this sector, which also includes trucking companies, railroads, ship-builders and cruise lines.”
Additional campaign contribution information specific to industries, PACs, and individual contributions, as well as personal financial profiles of candidates are available at both the federal and state level through our website at VoteSmart.org or by calling our Voter’s Research Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART (1-888-868-3762).
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE – AK, AL
Young, Donald (R)*District At-Large - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5765fax: 202-225-0425http://donyoung.house.gov/Contact/
Aderholt, Robert (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4876fax: NAhttps://aderholt.house.gov/contact-robert
Brooks, Mo (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4801fax: 202-225-4392https://brooks.house.gov/email-me
Byrne, Bradley (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4931fax: 202-225-0562https://byrne.house.gov/contact/email-me
Palmer, Gary (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4921fax: 202-225-2082https://palmer.house.gov/contact/email
Roby, Martha (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2901fax: 202-225-8913https://roby.house.gov/contact-me
$590,296 $322,629 $95,750 $71,200 $52,250 $43,800
$929,137 $275,343 $161,479 $106,752 $73,479 $62,191
$1,184,995 $1,048,368 $136,590 $93,645 $45,440 $43,844
$749,952 $154,682 $111,300 $83,900 $52,439 $35,150
$768,444 $200,420 $135,500 $94,000 $59,889 $39,550
$1,169,042 $339,430 $176,161 $119,970 $107,000 $58,289
100 0 100 8 51 79 0 10 0 100 8 76 100 87 43 12 50
100 3 100 8 63 87 0 5 0 100 4 82 93 90 16 10 5
100 6 100 0 88 78 0 0 0 100 7 96 93 100 10 3 10
100 4 100 0 79 89 0 0 0 100 0 95 93 89 10 3 5
100 0 100 0 95 80 0 0 0 100 2 100 93 99 4 10 0
100 0 100 8 61 90 0 5 0 100 4 83 93 90 10 3 5
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Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y NV N Y
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Total Individual Labor Energy/Nat Resource Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Agribusiness Defense F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health Defense
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Agribusiness Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Agribusiness Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Defense Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE – AL, AR, AZ
Crawford, Rick (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4076fax: 202-225-5602http://crawford.house.gov/contact/
Sewell, Terri (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2665fax: 202-226-9567https://sewell.house.gov/contact/email-me
Rogers, Mike (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3261fax: 202-226-8485http://mikerogers.house.gov/contact-mike/email-me
Hill, French (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2506fax: 202-225-5903https://hill.house.gov/contact/email
Westerman, Bruce (R)*District 4 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-3772fax: 202-225-1314https://westerman.house.gov/contact/email
Womack, Steve (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4301fax: 202-225-5713http://womack.house.gov/contact/
Biggs, Andy (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2635fax: NAhttps://biggs.house.gov/contact/email
Gallego, Ruben (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4065fax: NAhttps://rubengallego.house.gov/contact/email
$622,092 $347,935 $123,750 $49,750 $35,050 $19,657
$976,639 $189,332 $275,501 $74,350 $61,939 $52,950
$799,680 $300,317 $143,800 $74,450 $61,950 $37,840
$1,299,553 $698,003 $453,400 $45,050 $35,750 $30,750
$1,018,269 $543,887 $178,991 $91,325 $61,350 $45,450
$674,974 $325,622 $72,100 $58,000 $36,700 $28,850
$354,629 $199,689 $42,500 $41,730 $28,750 $28,250
$614,921 $286,670 $94,770 $59,087 $42,383 $38,083
100 0 100 0 63 89 0 0 0 100 5 92 93 91 14 13 5
0 100 11 41 8 59 100 100 100 0 80 1 21 19 92 97 30
100 0 100 8 57 89 4 10 0 100 6 86 93 87 18 12 5
100 0 100 17 74 91 4 0 0 100 4 92 93 64 10 5 0
100 0 100 0 81 89 0 0 0 100 1 98 93 84 10 5 5
100 0 100 0 58 95 0 0 0 100 3 88 93 74 11 8 5
87 29 89 0 100 93 4 5 0 100 6 97 93 100 13 NA 0
0 100 0 83 5 46 100 100 100 0 95 3 7 9 97 100 40
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Total Individual Defense Agribusiness F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Agribusiness Transportation Construction Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Defense Agribusiness Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue C/E Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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U.S. HOUSE - AZ
Gosar, Paul (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2315fax: 202-226-9739https://gosar.house.gov/contact/
Grijalva, Raul (D)*District 3 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2435fax: 202-225-1541https://grijalva.house.gov/email-raul
McSally, Martha (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2542fax: 202-225-0378https://mcsally.house.gov/contact/email
O’Halleran, Tom (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3361fax: NAhttps://ohalleran.house.gov/contact
Schweikert, David (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2190fax: 202-225-0096https://schweikert.house.gov/contact/email
Sinema, Kyrsten (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9888fax: 202-225-9731https://sinemaforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
$318,547 $179,739 $54,750 $44,950 $29,750 $16,150
$371,908 $233,768 $74,000 $15,097 $12,298 $10,005
$4,155,612 $3,344,919 $439,824 $352,067 $125,245 $123,996
$1,316,332 $670,826 $299,196 $136,500 $90,446 $55,704
$956,989 $131,190 $246,325 $90,212 $42,250 $39,000
$6,370,867 $4,267,253 $1,146,751 $756,154 $329,004 $301,594
100 0 100 17 88 77 5 0 0 100 5 99 93 99 7 2 0
0 100 0 100 7 28 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 3 98 100 40
87 12 100 91 64 98 4 10 0 100 6 82 93 68 11 20 5
0 100 22 91 6 64 83 85 100 0 91 12 0 0 82 NA 5
100 0 100 41 96 81 4 0 0 100 5 94 93 98 4 3 0
0 100 33 100 10 76 77 75 100 40 78 21 29 21 78 65 10
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Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Defense Transportation
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Bass, Karen (D)*District 37 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7084fax: 202-225-2422https://bass.house.gov/contact/email
Barragán, Nanette (D)*District 44 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8220fax: NAhttps://barragan.house.gov/contact
Aguilar, Pete (D)*District 31 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3201fax: 202-226-6962https://aguilar.house.gov/contact/email
Bera, Ami (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5716fax: 202-226-1298https://bera.house.gov/contact/email-me
Brownley, Julia (D)*District 26 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5811fax: 202-225-1100http://juliabrownley.house.gov/contact
Calvert, Ken (R)*District 42 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1986fax: 202-225-2004http://calvert.house.gov/Contact/
Carbajal, Salud (D)*District 24 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3601fax: NAhttps://carbajal.house.gov/contact/email
Cárdenas, Tony (D)*District 29 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6131fax: 202-225-0819https://cardenas.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$443,809 $279,964 $66,472 $36,998 $36,200 $21,553
$1,091,093 $708,952 $140,954 $122,549 $104,234 $89,405
$1,722,238 $1,165,837 $229,213 $198,311 $122,501 $92,806
$1,690,015 $957,185 $279,530 $277,110 $125,946 $51,575
$1,627,442 $984,208 $302,747 $154,500 $123,865 $104,425
$947,812 $542,488 $107,800 $84,116 $71,500 $66,378
$1,892,701 $1,359,309 $337,509 $159,900 $100,455 $99,000
$1,052,328 $415,686 $143,828 $129,254 $95,076 $88,112
0 100 0 50 8 38 100 100 100 0 90 0 7 15 99 98 45
0 100 0 100 5 38 100 100 100 0 97 1 0 0 100 NA 10
0 100 0 100 3 58 95 85 100 0 98 2 7 0 95 100 0
0 100 0 100 5 64 91 90 100 0 93 6 7 18 86 72 40
0 100 0 100 4 58 100 90 100 0 98 4 7 16 95 85 40
100 3 100 50 62 97 0 5 0 100 6 83 93 92 10 8 0
0 100 0 100 0 50 91 90 100 0 100 3 7 0 92 NA 30
0 100 0 100 9 56 100 100 100 0 92 3 7 13 98 100 15
N Y N N N N N N N N N N NV N N N N
N Y N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N NV Y N N N N N N N N N N N
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N Y Y N N Y N Y NV N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N NV N N N N
Total Individual C/E F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Agribusiness
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor Health F/I/R
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Construction Agribusiness
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R C/E Labor
Total Individual Health F/I/R Labor C/E
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Chu, Judy (D)*District 27 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5464fax: 202-225-5467https://chu.house.gov/contact
Cook, Paul (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5861fax: NAhttps://cook.house.gov/contact/email-me
Correa, Lou (D)*District 46 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2965fax: NAhttps://correa.house.gov/contact
Costa, Jim (D)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3341fax: NAhttps://costa.house.gov/contact/email-me
Davis, Susan (D)*District 53 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2040fax: 202-225-2948http://susandavis.house.gov/contact
Denham, Jeff (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4540fax: 202-225-3402https://denham.house.gov/contact/
$786,969 $478,772 $118,514 $80,425 $75,700 $54,861
$549,537 $182,728 $112,500 $64,400 $57,700 $47,500
$705,785 $281,568 $89,300 $70,448 $57,250 $53,152
$896,764 $353,761 $259,650 $91,000 $50,950 $40,700
$202,788 $30,448 $51,500 $17,400 $14,653 $14,650
$2,657,555 $906,342 $284,595 $282,250 $255,900 $182,560
0 100 0 100 7 33 100 100 100 0 98 1 7 7 98 100 30
100 0 100 8 61 92 4 10 25 100 3 74 93 72 37 10 15
0 100 11 83 5 79 78 80 100 0 91 9 7 0 84 NA 0
0 100 56 75 17 75 84 60 100 40 47 28 36 21 84 86 0
0 100 0 100 6 44 100 90 100 0 97 2 7 7 94 97 45
100 0 100 58 53 93 4 10 50 100 6 73 93 29 25 5 0
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y Y N N N Y N N N N N N
N Y Y Y NV Y Y Y N N N N N N N N Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Labor Health
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue Construction Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Health Labor Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Health
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Energy/Nat Resource
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Garamendi, John (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1880fax: 202-225-5914https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Eshoo, Anna (D)*District 18 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-8104fax: 202-225-8890http://eshoo.house.gov/contact/
DeSaulnier, Mark (D)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2095fax: 202-225-5609https://desaulnier.house.gov/contact/email
Gomez, Jimmy (D)*District 34 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-6235fax: NAhttps://gomez.house.gov/contact/email
Huffman, Jared (D)*District 2 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5161fax: 202-225-5163https://huffman.house.gov/contact/email-me
Hunter, Duncan (R)*District 50 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5672fax: 202-225-0235https://hunter.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Issa, Darrell (R)*District 49 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3906fax: 202-225-3303http://issa.house.gov/contact
Khanna, Ro (D)*District 17 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2631fax: 202-225-2699https://khanna.house.gov/contact/email
$556,388 $184,480 $148,700 $38,001 $36,825 $35,310
$729,827 $468,420 $114,840 $114,200 $92,915 $41,280
$319,141 $152,541 $68,000 $18,701 $16,283 $11,743
$1,162,064 $608,456 $186,900 $141,132 $116,300 $107,621
$560,382 $375,923 $60,700 $46,140 $29,380 $28,566
$666,074 $288,882 $91,500 $57,000 $36,346 $30,100
$1,505,599 $894,600 $264,521 $180,270 $142,914 $68,750
$1,921,967 $1,927,807 $430,525 $154,519 $73,417 $63,224
0 96 11 66 6 40 91 90 100 0 89 1 7 14 98 95 20
0 100 0 91 8 37 96 95 100 0 97 0 7 10 94 98 45
0 100 0 100 0 44 100 100 100 0 99 0 7 0 99 100 50
0 100 0 NA 6 40 100 NA 100 NA 95 2 7 27 NA NA NA
0 100 0 100 5 33 100 95 100 0 99 1 7 14 96 100 5
100 0 100 25 76 85 0 5 0 100 2 94 93 93 19 7 5
100 0 89 8 74 93 14 10 0 100 4 84 93 73 12 4 0
0 100 0 100 5 36 100 100 100 0 97 1 0 0 95 NA 25
N Y Y N N N Y Y N N N N NV N N N N
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N Y N N NA Y N N N NA N NA N NA N NA NA
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Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R Agribusiness
Total Individual C/E F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Defense Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Knight, Steve (R)*District 25 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1956fax: 202-226-0683https://knight.house.gov/contact/email
LaMalfa, Doug (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3076fax: NAhttps://lamalfa.house.gov/contact/email-me
Lee, Barbara (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2661fax: 202-225-9817https://lee.house.gov/contact/email-me
Lieu, Ted (D)*District 33 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3976fax: NAhttps://lieu.house.gov/contact/email
Lofgren, Zoe (D)*District 19 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3072fax: NAhttp://lofgren.house.gov/contact/
Lowenthal, Alan (D)*District 47 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7924fax: 202-225-7926http://lowenthal.house.gov/contact/howtocontactme.htm
$1,253,005 $420,830 $215,414 $189,000 $101,500 $54,800
$426,634 $220,832 $85,500 $32,500 $30,500 $24,000
$1,039,922 $849,355 $72,027 $70,725 $69,921 $60,692
$1,121,319 $847,861 $135,068 $89,718 $70,178 $64,596
$1,051,675 $674,381 $211,817 $191,168 $131,997 $32,950
$468,163 $181,585 $97,666 $29,500 $26,800 $25,750
100 0 100 25 61 94 4 10 0 100 3 76 93 51 16 5 5
100 0 100 17 77 85 0 0 0 100 1 97 93 91 12 3 5
0 100 0 100 7 26 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 5 98 98 70
0 100 0 100 4 49 100 95 100 0 91 4 7 0 97 100 35
0 100 0 91 7 35 100 100 100 0 91 2 7 2 94 99 65
0 100 0 100 5 39 100 100 100 0 98 0 7 13 99 100 40
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N NV N N N N
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Defense Construction
Total Individual Agribusiness Transportation Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual C/E F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
Total Individual Labor Transportation Energy/Nat Resource Health
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
McClintock, Tom (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2511fax: 202-225-5444https://mcclintock.house.gov/contact/email-me
McCarthy, Kevin (R)*District 23 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2915fax: 202-225-2908http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/contact
Matsui, Doris (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7163fax: 202-225-0566http://matsui.house.gov/how-can-i-help/email-doris/
McNerney, Jerry (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1947fax: 202-225-4060https://mcnerney.house.gov/contact/email-me
Napolitano, Grace (D)*District 32 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5256fax: 202-225-0027https://napolitano.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Nunes, Devin (R)*District 22 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2523fax: 202-225-3404https://nunes.house.gov/contactform/default.aspx
Panetta, Jimmy (D)*District 20 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2861fax: 202-225-6791https://panetta.house.gov/contact
Pelosi, Nancy (D)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4965fax: NAhttp://pelosi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$962,929 $846,944 $60,325 $43,150 $21,500 $15,300
$5,299,291 $358,505 $1,451,700 $517,645 $428,600 $418,475
$624,526 $177,480 $138,468 $83,001 $57,700 $40,791
$642,516 $428,427 $77,270 $67,142 $38,113 $35,846
$177,708 $54,565 $45,500 $19,000 $15,101 $11,865
$2,551,669 $1,452,970 $292,000 $223,167 $140,950 $103,500
$609,829 $230,216 $134,467 $54,652 $41,250 $40,700
$2,776,140 $1,869,649 $320,074 $212,250 $153,041 $147,995
100 0 89 0 96 76 9 0 0 100 4 95 93 99 5 3 0
100 0 100 0 72 94 0 0 0 100 3 87 100 62 10 9 0
0 100 0 100 6 40 100 95 100 0 97 2 7 7 96 100 20
0 100 0 100 7 44 100 95 100 0 94 1 7 27 96 95 35
0 100 0 100 5 35 100 60 NA 0 90 0 7 14 99 100 20
100 0 100 17 68 94 5 5 0 100 3 80 93 48 12 7 0
0 100 11 100 0 57 96 95 100 0 97 2 0 0 95 NA 5
0 100 0 NA 5 27 100 95 100 0 93 1 7 6 95 100 5
Y N N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y NV NV NV N N N N N N NV N N NV N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N NV N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness C/E Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Health Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Health C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health
Total Individual Labor Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Labor F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health F/I/R Labor
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Peters, Scott (D)*District 52 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-0508fax: NAhttp://scottpeters.house.gov/contact
Rohrabacher, Dana (R)*District 48 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2415fax: NAhttps://rohrabacher.house.gov/contact/email-me
Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D)*District 40 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1766fax: 202-226-0350http://roybal-allard.house.gov/contact/
Royce, Ed (R)*District 39 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4111fax: 202-226-0335http://royce.house.gov/contact/zipcheck.htm
Ruiz, Raul (D)*District 36 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5330fax: 202-225-1238http://ruiz.house.gov/contact
Sánchez, Linda (D)*District 38 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6676fax: 202-226-1012https://lindasanchez.house.gov/contact
$1,852,981 $828,640 $214,859 $214,287 $212,833 $129,023
$1,462,134 $1,170,852 $242,726 $59,440 $29,400 $27,010
$301,925 $138,341 $71,000 $28,331 $24,163 $19,851
$1,638,316 $1,256,986 $736,041 $202,800 $129,525 $76,200
$2,124,025 $1,271,302 $377,240 $362,574 $112,645 $98,950
$1,032,274 $267,463 $184,872 $157,861 $126,598 $76,251
0 100 22 100 12 69 87 85 100 0 94 14 7 13 84 68 20
100 0 78 0 87 81 13 5 0 100 10 92 93 97 11 8 0
0 100 0 100 6 32 100 100 100 0 95 1 7 7 97 100 40
100 0 100 83 87 86 0 0 0 100 11 92 93 86 8 6 10
0 100 0 91 8 62 91 90 100 0 94 4 7 14 94 84 15
0 100 0 100 8 35 100 100 100 0 93 1 7 4 99 99 25
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N Y
Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health F/I/R C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Construction Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Labor
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA
Speier, Jackie (D)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3531fax: 202-226-4183https://speier.house.gov/contact/email
Sherman, Brad (D)*District 30 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5911fax: 202-225-5879https://sherman.house.gov/contact/contact-congressman-sherman-form
Schiff, Adam (D)*District 28 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4176fax: 202-225-5828https://schiff.house.gov/contact
Swalwell, Eric (D)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5065fax: NAhttp://swalwellforms.house.gov/contact/
Takano, Mark (D)*District 41 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2305fax: 202-225-7018http://takano.house.gov/contact/email-me
Thompson, Mike (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3311fax: 202-225-4335http://mikethompson.house.gov/contact/
Torres, Norma (D)*District 35 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6161fax: 202-225-8671https://torres.house.gov/contact/email
Valadao, David (R)*District 21 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4695fax: 202-225-3196http://valadao.house.gov/contact
$612,473 $435,877 $89,025 $53,050 $50,500 $34,000
$640,681 $353,560 $211,095 $49,728 $45,500 $28,690
$3,722,901 $3,092,287 $323,021 $268,585 $229,496 $104,207
$1,561,908 $1,008,082 $126,399 $115,196 $111,633 $95,197
$603,664 $443,902 $92,300 $60,361 $40,187 $36,238
$1,190,894 $468,206 $224,815 $123,858 $65,870 $41,100
$330,910 $114,491 $71,500 $25,280 $16,187 $14,507
$1,777,212 $605,121 $396,856 $205,000 $178,121 $69,010
0 100 0 100 8 39 96 95 100 0 91 0 7 17 96 100 55
0 100 0 100 5 40 100 100 100 0 98 1 7 14 96 98 0
0 100 0 100 8 41 100 95 100 0 98 0 7 8 95 97 35
0 100 0 100 8 47 100 85 100 0 96 0 7 13 98 100 45
0 100 0 100 6 42 100 100 100 0 99 0 7 13 97 100 25
0 100 0 91 7 46 91 90 100 0 93 2 7 11 93 94 35
0 100 0 91 2 59 96 90 100 0 96 1 7 5 99 100 25
100 0 100 33 43 95 0 10 50 100 4 73 93 28 33 10 0
N NV N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N NV Y N N NV N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Labor
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Labor Health
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Health C/E
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CA, CO
Vargas, Juan (D)*District 51 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8045fax: 202-225-2772http://vargas.house.gov/contact
Walters, Mimi (R)*District 45 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5611fax: 202-225-9177https://walters.house.gov/contact/email
Waters, Maxine (D)*District 43 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2201fax: 202-225-7854https://waters.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm
Buck, Ken (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4676fax: 202-225-5870https://buck.house.gov/contact/email
Coffman, Michael (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7882fax: 202-226-4623https://coffman.house.gov/contact/
DeGette, Diana (D)*District 1 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4431fax: 202-225-5657http://degette.house.gov/contact/send-me-an-email
$520,428 $150,934 $207,213 $54,000 $25,250 $20,800
$2,224,649 $480,626 $383,526 $194,075 $166,321 $147,781
$539,906 $245,171 $167,401 $33,500 $16,604 $6,210
$269,403 $150,598 $24,450 $21,000 $19,650 $13,000
$1,735,621 $984,398 $237,150 $230,850 $73,850 $56,400
$667,672 $366,165 $131,688 $54,315 $48,125 $38,980
0 100 0 100 6 50 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 12 100 100 40
100 0 100 33 69 98 0 0 0 100 4 95 93 70 13 10 0
0 100 0 25 9 27 100 100 100 0 91 0 7 8 98 99 40
100 12 100 17 98 76 4 5 0 100 3 98 93 97 7 20 0
75 11 89 58 79 89 13 5 0 100 5 90 93 73 9 4 30
0 100 0 75 8 35 100 90 100 0 96 3 7 5 96 99 45
N Y N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Labor C/E Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue C/E F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Health Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
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ont.
Colo
rado
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CO, CT
Polis, Jared (D)*District 2 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2161fax: 202-226-7840https://polis.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx
Perlmutter, Ed (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2645fax: 202-225-5278https://perlmutter.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
Lamborn, Doug (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4422fax: 202-226-2638https://lamborn.house.gov/contact/leave-a-comment.htm
Tipton, Scott (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4761fax: 202-226-9669https://tipton.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Courtney, Joe (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2076fax: 202-225-4977https://courtney.house.gov/email-joe1
DeLauro, Rosa (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3661fax: 202-225-4890https://delauro.house.gov/contact/email
Esty, Elizabeth (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4476fax: 860-225-7289https://esty.house.gov/contact
Himes, Jim (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5541fax: 202-225-9629https://himes.house.gov/contact/email
$200,168 $175,874 $33,130 $13,925 $3,125 $2,755
$1,059,847 $387,227 $302,935 $103,131 $48,500 $40,210
$455,071 $148,121 $73,250 $59,450 $35,500 $22,000
$696,512 $323,867 $188,326 $47,350 $46,050 $26,450
$664,263 $291,202 $96,500 $76,700 $68,925 $30,775
$756,949 $414,279 $140,700 $76,154 $59,329 $33,702
$1,479,702 $893,186 $302,247 $154,386 $117,126 $98,529
$1,167,764 $560,328 $409,890 $37,317 $32,903 $31,964
0 100 0 100 17 37 100 95 100 0 92 5 7 14 87 96 45
0 100 0 83 6 47 91 90 100 0 86 3 7 27 95 96 5
100 0 100 8 95 79 4 0 0 100 3 99 93 89 4 2 10
100 0 100 41 75 88 4 0 0 100 6 86 93 80 9 3 0
0 100 0 100 6 43 96 90 100 0 97 2 7 19 98 99 25
0 100 0 100 5 30 95 85 100 0 95 0 7 10 98 100 55
0 100 0 100 6 54 100 90 100 0 99 2 7 22 97 98 35
0 100 0 100 8 50 100 95 100 0 95 4 7 21 91 90 40
N Y N N N N Y N N N N N NV N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N NV N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
NV Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Defense Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Agribusiness
Total Individual Labor Defense F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Conn
ectic
ut
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - CT, DE, FL
Larson, John (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2265fax: 202-225-1031https://larson.house.gov/contact
Rochester, Lisa Blunt (D)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4165fax: NAhttps://bluntrochester.house.gov/contact/email
Bilirakis, Gus (R)*District 12 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5755fax: 202-225-4085https://bilirakis.house.gov/contact/email
Buchanan, Vern (R)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5015fax: 202-226-0828https://buchanan.house.gov/contact
Castor, Kathy (D)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3376fax: 202-225-5652https://castor.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm
Crist, Charlie Jr. (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5961fax: 202-225-9764https://crist.house.gov/contact/email
$807,655 $201,113 $264,124 $91,500 $71,600 $47,850
$633,823 $170,945 $125,011 $83,000 $62,578 $33,760
$974,142 $428,049 $208,305 $67,338 $52,600 $49,100
$1,464,758 $742,576 $206,750 $161,429 $66,400 $60,874
$506,587 $297,139 $56,734 $53,701 $33,463 $30,892
$2,489,619 $1,828,273 $398,608 $264,031 $251,422 $128,500
0 100 0 91 7 41 100 85 100 0 93 1 7 7 96 98 45
0 100 11 91 5 57 100 95 100 0 97 1 7 0 97 NA 15
100 3 100 0 68 87 0 0 0 100 8 95 93 86 9 13 15
100 3 100 83 59 89 0 5 0 100 19 80 93 64 17 24 0
0 100 0 100 7 44 96 95 100 0 93 2 7 15 96 100 55
0 100 22 100 0 64 90 75 100 0 83 8 7 0 92 NA 20
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual Health F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Transportation Agribusiness
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
CT C
ont.
Flor
ida
Dela
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - FL
DeSantis, Ron (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2706fax: 202-226-6299http://desantis.house.gov/contact
Demings, Val (D)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2176fax: NAhttps://demings.house.gov/contact/email
Curbelo, Carlos (R)*District 26 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2778fax: NAhttps://curbelo.house.gov/contact/email
Deutch, Ted (D)*District 22 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3001fax: 202-225-5974https://teddeutch.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx
Diaz-Balart, Mario (R)*District 25 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4211fax: 202-225-8576http://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/contact-mario
Dunn, Neal (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5235fax: 202-225-5615https://dunn.house.gov/contact/email
Frankel, Lois (D)*District 21 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9890fax: NAhttps://frankel.house.gov/contact/
Gaetz, Matt (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4136fax: NAhttps://gaetz.house.gov/contact/email
$209,014 $136,614 $38,007 $15,915 $9,700 $8,451
$485,232 $160,108 $21,670 $17,928 $15,258 $12,856
$2,786,076 $892,097 $558,610 $320,900 $207,000 $147,886
$615,523 $463,573 $97,600 $58,356 $52,800 $37,550
$1,118,990 $367,021 $117,545 $104,250 $93,000 $82,620
$934,122 $606,364 $159,370 $103,779 $64,490 $54,684
$710,982 $394,524 $111,517 $76,377 $40,550 $36,647
$597,891 $369,141 $66,799 $36,083 $35,400 $26,150
100 4 100 17 94 78 0 0 0 100 2 100 93 87 5 3 0
0 100 0 91 0 57 NA 90 100 0 97 1 7 0 95 NA 5
85 16 89 75 40 91 20 25 50 60 33 66 71 0 41 11 30
0 100 0 100 6 37 96 85 100 0 90 1 7 12 96 100 55
100 0 100 25 53 84 14 20 50 100 11 78 93 25 36 13 10
100 0 100 0 82 92 0 0 0 100 3 97 86 55 11 NA 0
0 100 0 100 5 43 100 85 100 0 98 1 7 18 98 100 35
100 0 100 75 90 92 0 0 0 100 6 96 100 97 13 NA 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y N Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N NV Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual Transportation Defense Labor F/I/R
Total Individual Health Agribusiness F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Transportation Health
Total Individual Defense F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - FL
Hastings, Alcee Sr. (D)*District 20 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1313fax: 202-225-1171http://alceehastingsforms.house.gov/contact/
Lawson, Al Jr. (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-0123fax: 202-225-2256https://lawson.house.gov/contact/email
Mast, Brian (R)*District 18 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-3026fax: 202-225-8398https://mast.house.gov/email
Murphy, Stephanie (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4035fax: NAhttps://stephaniemurphy.house.gov/contact/email
Posey, Bill (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3671fax: 202-225-3516https://posey.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx
Rooney, Francis (R)*District 19 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2536fax: 202-226-3547https://francisrooney.house.gov/contact/email
$380,679 $225,386 $74,951 $40,646 $35,500 $35,011
$286,907 $88,157 $46,050 $41,500 $36,500 $17,000
$2,908,993 $2,007,880 $340,862 $161,359 $78,362 $61,000
$1,749,905 $946,710 $384,133 $173,085 $77,076 $64,000
$478,904 $284,147 $72,850 $40,500 $24,800 $23,900
$355,453 $312,774 $46,500 $39,800 $12,126 $9,350
0 100 0 100 7 33 100 90 100 0 83 1 7 5 98 100 60
0 100 11 50 0 54 90 75 100 0 69 3 0 0 95 NA 15
100 0 89 25 62 93 9 10 50 80 23 70 86 27 21 NA 0
0 100 22 100 3 71 83 80 100 0 91 15 7 0 79 NA 15
100 0 100 25 85 78 5 5 0 100 5 94 93 100 12 8 0
100 0 100 8 82 93 0 0 0 100 0 100 86 94 16 NA 0
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Labor Transportation
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Transportation Labor
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Defense Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - FL
Ross, Dennis (R)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1252fax: 202-226-0585http://dennisross.house.gov/contact/
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R)*District 27 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3931fax: 202-225-5620https://ros-lehtinen.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Rooney, Tom (R)*District 17 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5792fax: 202-225-3132https://rooney.house.gov/contact/email-me
Rutherford, John (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2501fax: NAhttps://rutherford.house.gov/contact/email
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman (D)*District 23 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7931fax: 202-226-2052https://wassermanschultzforms.house.gov/contact/
Soto, Darren (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9889fax: 202-225-9742https://soto.house.gov/contact/email
Webster, Daniel (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1002fax: 202-225-0999http://webster.house.gov/contact/
Wilson, Frederica (D)*District 24 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4506fax: 202-226-0777http://wilson.house.gov/contact
$782,139 $198,308 $334,090 $107,500 $38,100 $33,029
NA NA NA NA NA NA
$233,284 $44,475 $62,500 $38,500 $36,500 $22,950
$473,234 $263,050 $42,100 $37,684 $25,800 $25,500
$1,228,037 $899,102 $163,088 $77,667 $73,423 $61,020
$570,463 $224,499 $55,200 $54,256 $50,752 $45,756
$351,045 $267,317 $44,150 $20,250 $18,400 $11,450
$195,531 $27,187 $67,500 $34,216 $26,011 $14,000
100 0 100 50 78 89 0 0 0 100 4 93 93 85 13 2 35
83 3 78 66 47 82 29 40 100 60 33 60 93 15 41 15 25
100 0 100 8 72 89 5 5 0 100 6 81 93 74 10 8 10
100 0 100 8 57 92 15 5 0 100 3 77 86 69 24 NA 0
0 100 0 100 5 42 100 95 100 0 92 1 7 6 97 98 45
0 100 0 100 0 64 96 90 100 0 100 1 21 0 97 NA 35
100 0 100 0 72 87 0 5 0 100 5 97 93 93 11 9 0
0 100 0 83 6 39 100 95 100 0 90 1 7 15 99 100 45
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N N N N N N Y NV Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Labor
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Transportation Health
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R C/E
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - FL, GA
Yoho, Ted (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5744fax: 202-225-3973https://yoho.house.gov/contact/email-me
Allen, Rick (R)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2823fax: 202-225-3377http://allen.house.gov/contact/email/
Bishop, Sanford Jr. (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3631fax: 202-225-2203http://bishop.house.gov/contact
Carter, Buddy (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5831fax: 202-226-2269https://buddycarter.house.gov/contact/email
Collins, Doug (R)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9893fax: 202-226-1224https://dougcollins.house.gov/email-me/
Ferguson, Drew (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5901fax: NAhttps://ferguson.house.gov/contact/email
$453,659 $341,659 $87,500 $37,300 $30,200 $18,750
$596,005 $343,905 $96,600 $78,750 $35,400 $28,250
$584,147 $80,640 $134,100 $60,600 $58,000 $35,500
$1,063,288 $454,658 $244,232 $69,200 $60,500 $49,350
$806,984 $274,170 $86,500 $76,850 $65,950 $56,700
$694,353 $308,771 $125,200 $56,600 $52,700 $50,249
100 0 89 50 82 75 10 0 0 100 2 100 93 88 6 5 0
100 5 100 8 78 88 0 0 0 100 0 99 93 84 6 5 0
0 96 44 100 12 63 95 85 100 20 50 12 93 20 88 92 5
100 0 100 8 76 93 10 0 0 100 0 95 93 92 10 5 0
100 0 100 0 84 83 0 5 0 100 2 96 93 88 9 5 5
100 0 100 8 81 93 0 0 0 100 0 95 86 95 5 NA 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N N Y N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Construction Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Labor Defense
Total Individual Health Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R
Total Individual C/E F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health Construction F/I/R Transportation
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - GA
Hice, Jody (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4101fax: 202-226-0776https://hice.house.gov/contact/email
Handel, Karen (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4501fax: NAhttps://handel.house.gov/contact/email
Graves, Tom Jr. (R)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5211fax: 202-225-8272http://tomgraves.house.gov/contact/
Johnson, Hank Jr. (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1605fax: 202-226-0691https://hankjohnson.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Lewis, John (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3801fax: 202-225-0351https://johnlewis.house.gov/contact-me/email
Loudermilk, Barry (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2931fax: 202-225-2944http://loudermilk.house.gov/contact/email/
Scott, Austin (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6531fax: 202-225-3013https://austinscott.house.gov/email-me/
Scott, David (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2939fax: 202-225-4628https://davidscott.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm
$347,752 $263,582 $36,750 $32,350 $18,650 $16,300
$7,285,253 $5,992,526 $725,836 $656,322 $212,740 $196,154
$1,419,522 $582,558 $345,984 $85,714 $76,000 $60,700
$288,840 $26,340 $67,500 $41,000 $30,000 $29,900
$2,104,015 $1,925,790 $116,233 $66,643 $60,083 $52,264
$513,160 $131,510 $174,200 $38,700 $25,000 $21,650
$615,204 $167,054 $148,700 $84,550 $49,500 $36,700
$765,358 $49,155 $295,250 $102,000 $70,750 $55,000
100 0 100 0 94 84 0 0 0 100 0 98 93 99 4 5 10
100 0 100 NA 74 100 0 NA 0 NA 0 85 93 79 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 89 84 4 0 0 100 3 98 100 85 5 1 0
0 100 0 100 5 41 96 100 100 0 96 2 7 5 98 100 35
0 100 0 66 7 26 100 NA 100 0 92 1 7 3 98 99 55
100 0 100 0 88 87 5 0 0 100 0 99 93 89 11 5 0
100 0 100 17 82 83 0 5 0 100 2 92 93 88 13 4 5
0 100 22 58 7 57 100 100 100 0 81 1 21 19 95 93 35
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y NA Y Y Y Y NA Y Y Y NA Y NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N
NV Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Defense C/E
Total Individual Labor C/E Transportation F/I/R
Total Individual Health F/I/R Labor C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Defense Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Health Labor
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - GA, HI, IA
Woodall, Rob (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4272fax: 202-225-4696https://woodall.house.gov/contact/email
Gabbard, Tulsi (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4906fax: 202-225-4987
Hanabusa, Colleen (D)*District 1 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2726fax: 202-225-0688https://hanabusa.house.gov/contact
Blum, Rod (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2911fax: NAhttps://blum.house.gov/contact/email
King, Steve (R)*District 4 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4426fax: 202-225-3193http://steveking.house.gov/contact
Loebsack, Dave (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6576fax: 202-226-0757https://loebsack.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
$539,760 $213,560 $65,650 $59,800 $47,700 $34,200
$988,058 $977,495 $38,033 $34,902 $24,970 $22,026
-$80,634 $15,666 $45,000 $21,383 $15,200 $11,796
$1,387,059 $544,519 $152,733 $51,317 $47,091 $37,950
$368,718 $286,185 $29,640 $20,850 $20,280 $14,750
$1,252,535 $569,029 $194,815 $129,613 $102,800 $89,494
100 0 100 0 81 90 0 0 0 100 4 96 64 84 7 2 5
0 100 0 100 5 44 100 95 100 0 96 5 7 17 96 95 40
0 100 0 100 14 38 100 95 100 0 91 0 7 14 97 NA 25
100 0 100 25 79 91 4 0 0 100 2 91 93 83 10 0 0
87 0 100 0 87 85 0 0 0 100 4 95 93 95 7 4 5
0 100 12 91 6 49 100 95 100 0 89 3 7 22 95 92 50
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N NV N N N Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation Construction Health
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Labor Defense Transportation Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness F/I/R Construction
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Agribusiness C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor Health F/I/R
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - IA, ID, IL
Simpson, Mike (R)*District 2 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5531fax: 202-225-8216http://simpson.house.gov/contact/
Labrador, Raúl (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6611fax: 202-225-3029https://labradorforms.house.gov/email-me
Young, David (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5476fax: NAhttps://davidyoung.house.gov/contact/email
Bost, Michael (R)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5661fax: 202-225-0285https://bost.house.gov/contact/email
Bustos, Cheri (D)*District 17 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5905fax: NAhttp://bustos.house.gov/contact
Davis, Danny (D)*District 7 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5006fax: 202-225-5641https://davis.house.gov/email-me
Davis, Rodney (R)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2371fax: 202-226-0791https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/
Foster, Bill (D)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3515fax: 202-225-9420https://foster.house.gov/contact/email-me
$672,645 $223,745 $104,066 $68,800 $52,700 $41,750
$87,850 $44,271 $37,350 $13,500 $7,000 $6,900
$1,189,477 $258,041 $196,550 $122,050 $118,650 $37,700
$1,496,131 $601,477 $164,607 $128,738 $93,100 $87,489
$2,344,059 $1,299,989 $401,231 $204,985 $203,380 $172,139
$249,712 $27,112 $54,250 $40,000 $25,865 $15,500
$1,861,203 $513,022 $243,366 $181,051 $146,175 $129,500
$1,434,356 $905,791 $233,285 $93,547 $87,500 $53,760
100 0 100 17 54 93 0 10 25 100 7 70 100 66 19 10 10
100 0 100 0 94 76 5 0 0 100 4 99 93 86 8 8 0
100 0 100 50 71 92 0 5 0 100 3 94 93 73 10 0 5
100 5 100 0 40 98 0 15 50 100 4 69 93 46 40 5 20
0 100 11 100 3 66 96 90 100 0 87 4 43 20 94 80 0
0 100 0 100 7 35 100 90 100 0 92 0 7 5 98 100 45
100 4 100 50 47 91 5 10 50 100 6 73 93 37 38 8 5
0 100 0 100 6 51 100 95 100 0 93 2 7 19 92 90 25
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y
Y N NV NV Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N NV N N N N N N N N NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Construction Agribusiness Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Labor Transportation
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Transportation Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Labor Health
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - IL
Gutiérrez, Luis (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8203fax: 202-225-7810http://gutierrezforms.house.gov/contact/
Hultgren, Randy (R)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2976fax: 202-225-0697http://hultgren.house.gov/contact
Kelly, Robin (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-0773fax: 202-225-4583http://robinkelly.house.gov/contact
Kinzinger, Adam (R)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3635fax: 202-225-3521https://kinzingerforms.house.gov/email-adam
Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3711fax: NAhttps://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/contact/email
LaHood, Darin (R)*District 18 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6201fax: 202-225-9249https://lahood.house.gov/contact
$87,851 $3,569 $13,118 $9,007 $7,500 $5,266
$1,046,812 $273,141 $320,260 $82,950 $38,000 $21,500
$595,848 $184,832 $89,400 $69,880 $58,750 $30,750
$1,185,101 $271,483 $132,100 $99,850 $91,950 $78,300
$3,563,898 $2,897,067 $433,202 $319,059 $276,955 $208,470
$1,503,541 $560,567 $160,375 $87,700 $86,400 $82,190
0 100 22 91 6 31 100 95 100 0 91 2 7 3 98 100 15
100 0 100 0 78 89 0 5 0 100 5 88 93 86 22 3 20
0 100 0 58 6 51 100 100 100 0 93 1 7 20 99 100 40
100 0 100 8 49 96 0 10 25 100 6 70 93 44 33 7 15
0 100 0 100 0 64 96 95 100 0 100 2 7 0 95 NA 10
100 0 100 25 75 88 0 5 0 100 0 92 93 80 25 0 5
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Labor Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Labor Health
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Health Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Health C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Health Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - IL, IN
Roskam, Peter (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4561fax: 202-225-1166http://roskam.house.gov/contact
Quigley, Mike (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4061fax: 202-225-5603https://quigleyforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
Lipinski, Daniel (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5701fax: 202-225-1012https://lipinskiforms.house.gov/contact-form
Rush, Bobby (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4372fax: 202-226-0333https://rush.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Schakowsky, Jan (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2111fax: 202-226-6890https://schakowsky.house.gov/write-to-congresswoman-jan-schakowsky
Schneider, Brad (D)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4835fax: 202-225-0837https://schneider.house.gov/contact/email
Shimkus, John (R)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5271fax: 202-225-5880http://shimkus.house.gov/contact
Banks, Jim (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4436fax: NAhttps://banks.house.gov/contact/email
$3,437,525 $1,774,946 $682,170 $313,449 $196,680 $175,150
$838,733 $439,398 $135,739 $100,538 $70,838 $57,000
$1,277,610 $593,500 $126,000 $117,349 $81,250 $72,050
$245,725 $17,725 $51,000 $45,500 $31,000 $17,500
$1,035,981 $806,715 $141,885 $118,190 $89,001 $69,240
$2,784,401 $2,173,618 $647,567 $347,899 $160,499 $147,722
$1,216,678 $111,587 $214,650 $204,988 $86,750 $64,999
$564,843 $275,593 $84,749 $45,050 $41,750 $21,075
100 0 100 50 69 91 0 15 0 100 7 78 93 73 21 7 15
0 100 0 100 8 44 96 90 100 0 98 1 7 5 93 97 30
75 23 0 100 8 53 78 80 100 0 90 5 7 41 90 91 15
0 100 0 41 8 35 100 75 100 0 79 4 7 3 96 99 45
0 100 0 100 6 31 100 100 100 0 98 1 7 4 99 100 50
0 100 0 100 10 64 100 95 100 0 94 4 7 14 91 NA 35
100 0 100 8 63 90 0 10 0 100 6 75 93 68 28 9 0
100 0 100 0 98 93 4 0 0 100 0 99 100 94 5 NA 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N NV N N N
Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N NV N NV NV
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Labor
Total Individual Labor Transportation Ideology/Single Issue Construction
Total Individual Health Labor C/E Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health C/E F/I/R
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Indi
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - IN
Brooks, Susan (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2276fax: 202-225-0016https://susanwbrooks.house.gov/contact/email-me
Bucshon, Larry (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4636fax: 202-225-3284https://bucshon.house.gov/contact
Carson, André (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4011fax: 202-225-5633https://carson.house.gov/contact/email-me
Hollingsworth, Trey (R)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5315fax: NAhttps://hollingsworth.house.gov/contact/email
Messer, Luke (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3021fax: NAhttps://messer.house.gov/contact/
Rokita, Todd (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5037fax: 202-226-0544https://rokita.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$744,816 $272,042 $129,338 $67,700 $57,750 $52,037
$555,038 $160,378 $191,721 $39,200 $34,685 $31,100
$562,017 $277,628 $96,415 $57,000 $50,085 $46,300
$865,204 $207,393 $288,200 $37,945 $36,950 $35,575
$2,823,666 $1,899,825 $694,826 $160,821 $116,500 $116,350
$2,659,487 $2,154,093 $357,400 $192,809 $132,550 $126,342
100 4 100 0 60 96 0 5 0 100 4 80 93 51 15 8 15
100 3 100 8 61 94 0 10 0 100 5 78 93 80 16 3 0
0 100 11 58 5 38 100 100 100 0 92 1 7 20 97 100 65
100 0 100 0 88 93 0 0 0 100 6 92 93 62 5 NA 5
100 4 100 0 81 89 4 0 0 100 2 98 93 74 5 5 10
100 3 100 0 84 92 4 0 0 100 5 99 93 92 5 2 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Health F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Labor Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness Health
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation Construction Health
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - IN, KS, KY
Estes, Ron (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6216fax: 202-225-3489https://estes.house.gov/contact/
Walorski, Jackie (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3915fax: 202-225-6798http://walorski.house.gov/contact/email/
Visclosky, Pete (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2461fax: 202-225-2493http://visclosky.house.gov/contact-pete/email-pete
Jenkins, Lynn (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6601fax: 202-225-7986http://lynnjenkins.house.gov/contact-me/
Marshall, Roger (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2715fax: NAhttps://marshall.house.gov/contact/email
Yoder, Kevin (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2865fax: NAhttp://yoder.house.gov/contact
Barr, Andy (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4706fax: NAhttps://barr.house.gov/contact/email-me
Comer, James Jr. (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3115fax: NAhttps://comer.house.gov/contact/email
$1,233,764 $650,274 $130,800 $113,600 $99,759 $91,625
$1,621,589 $463,119 $248,590 $208,661 $111,100 $73,650
$705,529 $249,538 $141,500 $92,613 $45,234 $40,102
$5,709 $100 $7,500 NA NA NA
$949,994 $282,638 $183,179 $103,954 $102,655 $60,200
$2,195,175 $906,358 $437,209 $183,957 $113,700 $113,100
$2,238,686 $1,053,221 $536,445 $143,050 $82,900 $79,250
$502,937 $207,008 $101,300 $32,684 $23,667 $23,500
100 0 100 NA 76 100 0 NA 0 NA 0 92 86 79 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 70 90 0 0 0 100 1 92 93 83 10 5 0
0 100 0 58 8 33 100 95 100 0 81 1 7 26 94 95 5
100 0 100 33 82 90 9 0 0 100 3 90 93 84 10 8 25
100 0 100 25 74 92 0 0 0 100 0 96 86 44 8 NA 10
100 0 100 66 80 89 0 0 0 100 3 90 93 78 7 3 5
100 0 100 25 70 91 0 0 0 100 2 96 93 76 6 5 5
100 0 100 0 92 96 4 0 0 100 6 97 93 75 5 NA 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NA Y NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N NV N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Transportation F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Health Transportation Agribusiness
Total Individual Defense Labor F/I/R Transportation
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Agribusiness
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Transportation
Kans
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - KY, LA
Guthrie, Brett (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3501fax: 202-226-2019http://brettguthrieforms.house.gov/contact/
Massie, Thomas (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3465fax: NAhttp://massieforms.house.gov/contact/
Rogers, Hal (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4601fax: 202-225-0940https://halrogers.house.gov/index.cfm?p=email
Yarmuth, John (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5401fax: 202-225-5776http://yarmuth.house.gov/contact-john2/
Abraham, Ralph (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8490fax: 202-225-5639https://abraham.house.gov/contact/email
Graves, Garret (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3901fax: 202-225-7313https://garretgraves.house.gov/contact/email
$1,159,097 $212,206 $291,249 $132,200 $70,600 $67,750
$214,037 $116,693 $29,075 $23,200 $17,200 $11,500
$484,864 $198,449 $67,500 $61,500 $45,000 $44,700
$302,280 $166,990 $35,500 $20,750 $13,000 $11,000
$450,060 $296,809 $62,650 $49,250 $33,000 $29,750
$1,342,082 $309,960 $143,251 $120,199 $107,400 $103,183
100 0 100 0 71 92 0 0 0 100 5 95 93 75 10 8 0
87 7 78 0 93 72 30 25 25 100 11 91 93 83 21 16 0
100 0 100 0 58 87 0 5 0 100 8 77 93 87 20 8 5
0 100 0 100 5 39 100 100 100 0 94 1 7 19 98 100 40
100 4 100 25 71 89 0 0 0 100 2 95 100 85 13 5 5
100 0 100 0 80 89 0 0 0 100 4 94 93 85 11 5 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y N N Y Y N N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y
Total Individual Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation Construction Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Defense Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction
Total Individual Labor Health C/E Transportation
Total Individual Agribusiness Health Transportation Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Transportation Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - LA, MA
Richmond, Cedric (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6636fax: 202-225-1988https://richmond.house.gov/contact-cedric/email-me
Johnson, Mike (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2777fax: NAhttps://mikejohnson.house.gov/contact/email
Higgins, Clay (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2031fax: NAhttps://clayhiggins.house.gov/contact/email
Scalise, Steve (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3015fax: NAhttps://scalise.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Capuano, Mike (D)*District 7 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5111fax: 202-225-9322http://capuano.house.gov/contact/email.shtml
Clark, Katherine (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2836fax: NAhttps://katherineclark.house.gov/index.cfm/email-me
Keating, Bill (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3111fax: 202-225-5658https://keating.house.gov/contact/email
Kennedy, Joe III (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5931fax: 202-225-0182http://kennedy.house.gov/contact
$762,053 $171,817 $110,708 $74,475 $71,500 $69,400
$585,795 $369,045 $72,600 $52,595 $44,048 $41,499
$554,020 $384,920 $44,583 $32,635 $32,250 $24,100
$2,908,604 $381,437 $377,029 $287,425 $243,450 $202,240
$838,222 $399,733 $94,500 $92,309 $31,500 $22,375
$692,822 $510,668 $108,000 $107,935 $103,721 $65,567
$727,607 $336,682 $113,750 $55,710 $46,220 $35,990
$2,641,152 $1,997,111 $366,201 $221,268 $183,566 $157,480
0 100 0 41 9 53 100 95 100 0 78 2 7 12 97 98 15
100 0 100 0 85 93 0 0 0 100 0 96 93 97 5 NA 0
100 0 100 0 85 93 0 0 0 100 0 95 86 69 5 NA 0
100 0 100 0 84 89 19 0 NA 100 4 100 100 82 13 6 5
0 100 0 100 7 31 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 7 98 100 50
0 100 0 100 5 44 100 95 100 0 96 0 7 14 99 100 5
0 100 0 100 7 43 96 90 100 0 97 1 7 19 97 98 40
0 100 0 75 5 46 100 90 100 0 96 1 7 12 97 100 35
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N NV N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y NV NV Y Y NV Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N NV
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N NV N N NV N N N N N NV N N
Total Individual Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Health F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Ideology/Single Issue
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uset
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MA, MD
Lynch, Stephen (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8273fax: 202-225-3984https://lynch.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
McGovern, Jim (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6101fax: 202-225-5759https://mcgovern.house.gov/contact/zip-auth.htm
Moulton, Seth (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8020fax: 202-225-5915https://moulton.house.gov/contact/email
Neal, Richard (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5601fax: 202-225-8112https://neal.house.gov/contact
Tsongas, Niki (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3411fax: 202-226-0771https://tsongas.house.gov/e-mail-niki/
Brown, Anthony (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8699fax: NAhttps://anthonybrown.house.gov/contact
$453,878 $248,545 $115,768 $93,166 $34,550 $22,850
$591,068 $270,968 $99,750 $35,888 $28,500 $27,975
$1,774,804 $1,198,270 $351,515 $96,880 $90,004 $84,966
$1,900,408 $436,410 $475,040 $298,167 $134,480 $124,800
$106,038 $179,163 $26,932 $19,668 $18,000 $14,260
$433,354 $139,370 $98,333 $71,908 $59,320 $32,202
0 96 0 100 7 38 87 90 100 0 95 4 7 10 98 99 45
0 100 0 100 6 34 100 100 100 0 99 1 7 6 98 100 50
0 100 0 100 3 59 100 100 100 0 99 4 7 2 97 100 20
0 100 0 91 8 35 96 100 100 0 92 0 7 7 95 99 5
0 100 0 100 7 40 100 100 100 0 95 1 7 18 97 100 35
0 100 0 100 5 57 100 100 100 0 100 1 7 0 97 NA 35
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N NV N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Defense Health Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Defense Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MD, ME
Harris, Andy (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5311fax: 202-225-0254https://harris.house.gov/contact/email
Delaney, John (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2721fax: 202-225-2193https://delaney.house.gov/contact/email-me
Cummings, Elijah (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4741fax: 202-225-3178https://cummings.house.gov/contact
Hoyer, Steny (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4131fax: 202-225-4300https://hoyer.house.gov/email-steny
Raskin, Jamie (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5341fax: NAhttps://raskin.house.gov/contact
Ruppersberger, Dutch (D)*District 2 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-3061fax: 202-225-3094http://ruppersberger.house.gov/contact-dutch
Sarbanes, John (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4016fax: 202-225-9219https://sarbanes.house.gov/contact
Pingree, Chellie (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6116fax: 202-225-5590https://pingree.house.gov/contact/email-me
$976,087 $591,025 $168,946 $37,025 $31,675 $26,550
NA NA $89,050 $15,000 $11,000 $6,000
$563,909 $258,180 $133,950 $50,750 $41,710 $39,555
$2,319,996 $664,591 $430,866 $231,450 $140,000 $138,350
$827,930 $636,052 $91,789 $87,325 $51,108 $46,131
$597,354 $190,050 $131,265 $65,975 $51,455 $46,962
$802,483 $802,596 $118,453 $82,453 $30,783 $11,433
$263,638 $162,346 $55,000 $19,215 $18,749 $9,196
100 0 100 8 89 80 0 0 0 100 3 99 93 87 6 20 5
0 100 0 100 8 61 96 95 100 0 94 4 7 18 91 85 40
0 100 0 75 6 34 100 65 100 0 92 0 7 4 99 100 40
0 100 0 41 6 34 100 100 100 0 82 0 7 21 95 98 0
0 100 0 100 5 36 100 100 100 0 100 1 7 0 97 NA 20
0 100 0 100 9 53 96 85 100 0 87 2 7 18 96 96 40
0 100 0 100 6 36 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 17 98 100 30
0 100 0 100 6 31 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 17 99 99 35
Y Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N NV NV NV NV N NV NV N N N NV NV N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N NV N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Health F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Health Labor Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Defense Labor Health F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Construction
Total Individual Labor Agribusiness F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - ME, MI
Poliquin, Bruce (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6306fax: 202-225-2943https://poliquin.house.gov/contact/email
Amash, Justin (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3831fax: 202-225-5144https://amash.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Bergman, Jack (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4735fax: NAhttps://bergman.house.gov/contact/email
Bishop, Mike (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4872fax: 202-225-5820https://mikebishop.house.gov/contact/email
Dingell, Debbie (D)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4071fax: 202-226-0371https://debbiedingellforms.house.gov/contact/
Huizenga, Bill (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4401fax: 202-226-0779http://huizenga.house.gov/contact/
$2,441,387 $1,257,322 $633,805 $261,944 $81,500 $66,193
$464,281 $434,274 $49,611 $45,356 $42,800 $24,500
$690,937 $240,958 $137,884 $56,200 $33,649 $31,950
$1,553,941 $509,944 $284,325 $139,750 $78,050 $66,500
$683,929 $266,979 $80,850 $65,457 $48,326 $46,795
$1,060,604 $292,785 $527,694 $62,848 $31,250 $31,050
87 9 89 17 53 91 4 15 25 80 17 72 93 66 20 20 5
100 9 89 0 99 63 39 30 0 100 16 91 57 74 16 18 0
100 0 100 0 75 93 4 0 0 100 6 89 86 55 11 NA 0
100 0 100 58 73 94 0 0 0 100 5 92 93 80 11 0 10
0 100 0 58 4 52 100 100 100 0 98 0 7 7 99 100 40
100 0 100 0 84 88 5 0 0 100 4 98 93 74 5 0 5
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
Y N N Y Y Y N N N Y N N N Y Y N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Agribusiness Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Labor C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Energy/Nat Resource Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MI
Levin, Sandy (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 888-810-3880fax: 202-226-1033https://levin.house.gov/contact-me
Lawrence, Brenda (D)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5802fax: 202-226-2356https://lawrence.house.gov/contact/email
Kildee, Dan (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3611fax: NAhttps://dankildee.house.gov/contact/email
Mitchell, Paul (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2106fax: 202-226-1169https://mitchell.house.gov/contact/email
Moolenaar, John (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3561fax: 202-225-9679https://moolenaar.house.gov/contact/email
Trott, Dave (R)*District 11 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-8171fax: 202-225-2667https://trott.house.gov/contact
Upton, Fred (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3761fax: 202-225-4986http://upton.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm
Walberg, Tim (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6276fax: 202-225-6281https://walberg.house.gov/contact/email
$91,288 $14,538 $29,000 $12,700 $11,000 $9,500
$445,719 $123,867 $105,999 $58,200 $35,700 $15,150
$653,792 $234,442 $167,655 $83,562 $38,905 $33,612
$393,652 $124,533 $62,599 $42,500 $40,000 $26,527
$618,796 $303,039 $56,290 $37,250 $32,900 $27,500
$155,987 $176,075 $128,750 $18,000 $15,550 $7,900
$1,464,448 $386,780 $210,900 $195,807 $134,100 $118,900
$1,222,311 $618,068 $151,915 $102,450 $74,974 $49,850
0 100 0 91 7 35 100 95 100 0 91 1 7 13 96 100 45
0 100 0 100 5 50 100 100 100 0 98 2 7 1 97 100 20
0 100 0 66 6 29 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 20 97 100 30
100 0 100 25 71 93 NA 10 0 100 3 86 86 27 11 NA 0
100 0 100 0 67 94 0 5 0 100 4 77 93 34 19 0 0
100 0 100 50 65 96 5 5 0 100 4 82 93 71 16 0 5
100 4 100 41 54 93 0 10 50 100 26 74 93 53 28 14 10
100 0 100 17 81 91 0 0 0 100 3 92 93 85 10 6 15
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R Health
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Transportation F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Lawyers/Lobbyists Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health C/E F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Construction
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MN
Ellison, Keith (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4755fax: NAhttp://ellison.house.gov/contact
Emmer, Tom (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2331fax: 202-225-6475https://emmer.house.gov/contact/email
Lewis, Jason (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2271fax: NAhttps://jasonlewis.house.gov/contact/email
McCollum, Betty (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6631fax: 202-225-1968https://mccollum.house.gov/contact/email
Nolan, Rick (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6211fax: 202-225-0699https://nolan.house.gov/contact/
Paulsen, Erik (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2871fax: 202-225-6351https://paulsenforms.house.gov/contact-me
$2,251,252 $1,964,812 $132,124 $92,344 $68,558 $60,643
$1,366,975 $517,042 $323,529 $101,450 $63,699 $58,199
$1,270,006 $553,078 $193,661 $116,247 $65,134 $58,250
$478,433 $251,958 $52,250 $30,500 $24,284 $22,230
$626,568 $250,459 $245,084 $143,915 $66,585 $44,899
$2,665,977 $1,165,204 $416,940 $279,550 $222,860 $110,050
0 100 0 91 9 37 100 100 100 0 94 1 7 13 98 100 60
100 0 100 8 77 91 0 15 0 100 1 86 100 59 20 0 5
100 0 100 0 82 93 9 5 0 100 0 91 86 37 18 NA 0
0 100 0 100 5 36 100 100 100 0 93 1 7 20 96 99 10
0 100 11 100 4 55 100 100 100 0 84 4 7 18 98 92 0
100 0 100 41 70 91 0 5 0 100 16 81 93 61 10 4 0
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N Y N NV N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Transportation C/E
Total Individual Labor Defense Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor F/I/R Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue C/E
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MN, MO
Clay, Lacy Jr. (D)*District 1 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2406fax: 202-226-3717https://lacyclay.house.gov/contact/email
Walz, Tim (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2472fax: NAhttps://walz.house.gov/contact/email-me
Peterson, Collin (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2165fax: 202-225-1593https://collinpeterson.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Cleaver, Emanuel II (D)*District 5 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4535fax: 202-225-4403https://cleaver.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Graves, Sam (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7041fax: 202-225-8221https://graves.house.gov/contact
Hartzler, Vicky (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2876fax: 202-225-0148https://hartzler.house.gov/contact/email
Long, Billy (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6536fax: 202-225-5604https://longforms.house.gov/email-billy
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2956fax: 202-225-5712http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/contact/
$302,430 $44,930 $85,017 $72,000 $24,508 $17,000
$101,568 $28,196 $28,000 $22,325 $17,500 $14,500
$713,407 $126,558 $291,350 $97,107 $38,500 $32,763
$600,052 $110,567 $191,150 $62,700 $33,000 $31,200
$943,883 $111,184 $171,400 $108,500 $86,500 $72,500
$608,497 $338,006 $96,950 $59,850 $53,500 $28,050
$978,443 $399,917 $152,756 $88,500 $58,000 $51,100
$1,466,347 $324,977 $802,838 $65,742 $48,360 $36,200
0 100 0 100 8 42 100 100 100 0 90 1 7 4 98 97 35
12 100 11 75 10 50 100 95 100 0 83 3 93 24 93 91 15
75 11 67 8 27 68 55 60 100 100 32 41 93 74 73 64 0
0 100 0 91 5 44 100 90 100 0 87 0 7 6 98 100 15
100 0 100 0 68 93 5 5 25 100 4 88 93 79 23 8 10
100 0 100 0 67 91 0 0 0 100 2 90 93 94 9 5 10
100 0 100 0 77 93 5 5 0 100 2 91 93 78 11 2 0
100 0 100 0 69 92 0 5 0 100 3 87 100 83 9 5 5
N Y Y N N N N Y N N Y N N N N N N
N NV Y N N NV N NV N N N N NV N N N N
Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y N N N
N NV NV N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
NV NV Y Y Y Y NV N Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Labor C/E Transportation
Total Individual Agribusiness Health Labor Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Transportation Defense Labor Construction
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Defense Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Health C/E Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MO, MS
Smith, Jason (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4404fax: 202-226-0326https://jasonsmith.house.gov/contact
Wagner, Ann (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1621fax: NAhttps://wagner.house.gov/contact/email-me
Harper, Gregg (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5031fax: 202-225-5797http://harper.house.gov/contact-gregg/email-gregg
Kelly, Trent (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4306fax: 202-225-3549http://trentkelly.house.gov/contact/#
Palazzo, Steven (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5772fax: 202-225-7074http://palazzo.house.gov/contact/
Thompson, Bennie (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5876fax: 202-225-5898https://benniethompson.house.gov/contact/email
$1,316,742 $287,388 $284,350 $118,171 $105,950 $97,850
$2,277,213 $1,153,263 $764,300 $173,350 $105,950 $103,675
$296,512 $47,560 $62,500 $47,260 $37,500 $31,500
$515,147 $288,173 $64,400 $49,000 $36,750 $32,650
$456,878 $143,228 $66,350 $44,250 $43,950 $38,400
$492,022 $56,991 $142,500 $44,500 $33,250 $32,250
100 4 100 0 83 86 4 0 0 100 1 97 93 70 9 3 0
100 0 100 8 68 92 0 0 0 100 2 96 93 79 10 3 20
100 0 100 0 66 92 0 5 0 100 3 84 93 82 12 9 5
100 0 100 8 81 88 4 0 0 100 0 97 93 78 11 7 5
100 0 100 0 70 90 0 5 0 100 2 89 93 85 12 3 0
0 100 0 33 7 38 95 95 100 0 81 0 7 8 97 98 15
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N NV N N
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Health C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health Energy/Nat Resource C/E F/I/R
Total Individual Agribusiness Defense F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Labor Transportation Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - MT, NC
Budd, Theodore (R)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4531fax: NAhttps://budd.house.gov/contact
Adams, Alma (D)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1510fax: 202-225-1512http://adams.house.gov/contact
Gianforte, Greg (R)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3211fax: 202-225-5687https://gianforte.house.gov/contact
Butterfield, G.K. Jr. (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3101fax: NAhttps://butterfield.house.gov/contact/email-me
Foxx, Virginia (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2071fax: 202-225-2995http://virginiafoxx.house.gov/contact/
Holding, George (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3032fax: 202-225-0181https://holding.house.gov/contact/
Hudson, Richard Jr. (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3715fax: 202-225-4036https://hudson.house.gov/email-me
Jones, Walter Jr. (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3415fax: 202-225-3286https://jones.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$801,134 $391,540 $236,205 $36,000 $32,600 $23,100
$273,676 $66,436 $38,000 $30,540 $22,352 $21,000
$6,118,365 $4,235,704 $374,425 $254,575 $219,036 $149,838
$422,394 $54,478 $66,200 $48,000 $40,598 $33,250
$1,482,801 $847,171 $244,450 $79,250 $70,948 $63,859
$1,370,149 $471,952 $359,925 $125,685 $125,375 $58,000
$1,401,578 $579,177 $173,720 $129,732 $75,000 $62,450
$298,613 $205,353 $19,425 $16,200 $14,750 $13,000
100 0 100 25 95 93 0 0 0 100 0 100 86 75 3 NA 0
0 100 0 100 1 46 100 100 100 0 99 0 7 7 97 100 35
100 0 100 NA 40 100 0 NA 0 NA 9 73 86 62 NA NA NA
0 100 12 50 7 43 100 100 100 0 89 1 7 10 97 98 40
100 0 100 0 87 82 0 0 0 100 3 87 93 77 7 4 5
100 0 100 0 90 85 0 0 0 100 1 97 93 71 6 3 5
100 0 100 17 85 85 0 0 0 100 1 99 100 86 10 3 5
85 0 56 75 62 64 45 35 25 100 23 70 93 93 30 34 10
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y NA Y Y N Y NA Y Y Y NA Y NA NA
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y N NV Y N N N NV Y N N Y Y Y N N Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Transportation
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Health C/E Transportation Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Agribusiness
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Transportation Defense
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NC
McHenry, Patrick (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2576fax: 202-225-0316http://mchenry.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm
Meadows, Mark (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6401fax: 202-226-6422https://meadows.house.gov/contact
Pittenger, Robert (R)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1976fax: 202-225-3389https://pittenger.house.gov/contact/email-me
Price, David (D)*District 4 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-1784fax: 202-225-2014https://price.house.gov/contact
Rouzer, David (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2731fax: 202-225-5773https://rouzer.house.gov/contact
Walker, Mark (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3065fax: 202-225-8611https://walker.house.gov/contact/email
$2,136,308 $493,760 $899,906 $143,100 $113,650 $103,400
$502,166 $335,621 $67,515 $49,250 $45,550 $32,000
$1,124,120 $249,529 $318,125 $100,500 $39,150 $35,545
$395,573 $166,273 $63,000 $24,000 $16,450 $15,500
$920,852 $377,080 $242,550 $63,118 $58,400 $35,250
$638,691 $144,875 $71,250 $44,950 $38,330 $28,000
100 0 100 17 84 87 0 0 0 100 2 91 100 74 9 7 15
100 4 100 8 89 77 10 0 0 100 2 99 93 86 8 5 0
100 0 100 8 79 92 0 0 0 100 1 97 93 86 9 8 15
0 100 0 100 5 45 100 100 100 0 91 1 7 9 91 97 25
100 0 100 17 82 91 0 0 0 100 1 96 93 85 7 5 10
100 4 100 8 92 86 0 0 0 100 0 96 93 91 6 10 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Transportation F/I/R Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Transportation
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R Defense
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Transportation Health
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Health
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - ND, NE, NH, NJ
Fortenberry, Jeff (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4806fax: 202-225-5686https://fortenberry.house.gov/contact
Bacon, Donald (R)*District 2 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4155fax: NAhttps://bacon.house.gov/contact/email
Cramer, Kevin (R)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2611fax: 202-226-0893https://cramer.house.gov/contact/email-me
Smith, Adrian (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6435fax: 202-225-0207https://adriansmith.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Kuster, Ann (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5206fax: 202-225-2946https://kuster.house.gov/contact/email-me
Shea-Porter, Carol (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5456fax: NAhttps://shea-porter.house.gov/contact/email
Coleman, Bonnie Watson (D)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5801fax: 202-225-6025https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/contact/email
Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5034fax: NAhttps://frelinghuysenforms.house.gov/contact-form
$479,099 $264,436 $49,100 $35,950 $34,000 $29,100
$1,335,137 $571,649 $197,816 $117,259 $107,092 $56,900
$1,868,740 $822,282 $70,900 $19,950 $19,250 $16,183
$816,201 $150,711 $175,550 $121,500 $56,000 $41,500
$2,125,585 $1,318,695 $346,863 $275,941 $137,000 $107,140
$231,160 $159,184 $114,148 $32,000 $23,978 $4,880
$505,412 $259,744 $103,701 $43,299 $41,650 $27,031
$1,289,087 $589,456 $265,400 $212,200 $152,345 $130,100
100 0 100 17 59 89 0 5 0 100 18 65 93 88 19 15 5
100 0 100 41 73 93 0 5 0 100 6 88 86 69 8 NA 5
100 0 100 0 53 93 0 5 0 100 1 85 93 78 21 11 10
100 0 100 0 80 91 0 0 0 100 4 92 93 88 7 7 5
0 100 11 91 6 58 100 90 100 0 95 3 7 17 94 83 30
0 100 0 100 5 41 100 95 100 0 97 2 7 20 98 NA 50
0 100 0 91 5 47 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 4 99 100 65
87 11 89 50 55 89 9 10 0 100 31 74 64 79 16 8 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N NV Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N NV N N N N
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Defense Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Agribusiness Construction
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Health Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Labor Health Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NJ
Gottheimer, Joshua (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4465fax: 202-225-9048https://gottheimer.house.gov/contact/email
Lance, Leonard (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5361fax: 202-225-9460https://lance.house.gov/contact/email-me
LoBiondo, Frank (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6572fax: 202-225-3318https://lobiondo.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
MacArthur, Tom (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4765fax: 202-225-0778https://macarthur.house.gov/contact/email
Norcross, Donald (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6501fax: NAhttps://norcross.house.gov/contact/email-me
Pallone, Frank Jr. (D)*District 6 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4671fax: 202-225-9665https://pallone.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$3,583,143 $2,763,666 $878,224 $390,987 $271,731 $165,439
$1,103,661 $561,197 $198,907 $78,550 $47,000 $46,500
$361,323 $96,865 $121,750 $34,000 $29,900 $29,500
$1,771,323 $593,368 $448,553 $189,299 $78,660 $54,950
$1,313,307 $739,342 $227,440 $181,400 $117,455 $106,950
$1,358,869 $493,866 $273,950 $121,301 $102,500 $98,600
0 100 33 100 8 71 83 85 100 20 83 17 7 0 79 NA 0
87 3 78 66 65 90 22 30 100 80 23 62 93 76 34 8 40
87 6 67 91 39 78 30 25 100 60 56 48 93 58 54 25 5
100 0 100 75 37 96 13 10 50 100 14 63 93 26 46 21 35
0 100 0 100 2 70 96 95 100 0 94 3 7 6 99 100 40
0 100 0 91 8 34 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 11 96 100 35
N Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N Y N Y Y
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N Y N Y N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual Health F/I/R Labor C/E
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction
Total Individual Health C/E Labor F/I/R
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NJ, NM, NV
Sires, Albio (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7919fax: 202-226-0792http://sires.house.gov/contact/email
Payne, Don Jr. (D)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3436fax: 202-225-4160http://payne.house.gov/contact/email-me
Pascrell, Bill Jr. (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5751fax: 202-225-5782https://pascrell.house.gov/contact/email-me
Smith, Chris (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3765fax: 202-225-7768http://chrissmith.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm
Grisham, Michelle Lujan (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6316fax: 202-225-4975https://lujangrisham.house.gov/contact
Lujan, Ben Jr. (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6190fax: 202-226-1528https://lujan.house.gov/email-me/
Pearce, Steve (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2365fax: NAhttps://pearce.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Amodei, Mark (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6155fax: 202-225-5679https://amodei.house.gov/email-me/
$185,264 $59,939 $57,100 $19,500 $9,509 $7,500
$313,181 $55,457 $76,400 $36,000 $25,050 $25,000
$895,594 $362,742 $133,800 $131,550 $112,250 $73,000
$562,599 $397,663 $79,000 $47,000 $25,745 $15,005
$5,677 $1,177 $5,000 $4,000 $1,000 $1,000
$1,077,784 $377,503 $138,623 $95,005 $92,473 $81,000
NA NA $1,000 $1,000 $500 NA
$648,391 $352,157 $36,900 $29,400 $28,000 $28,000
0 100 0 100 6 48 95 95 100 0 91 1 7 17 97 98 50
0 100 0 100 7 48 100 95 100 0 91 0 7 2 98 100 60
0 100 0 91 7 39 91 95 100 0 94 1 7 13 99 99 30
87 3 67 91 40 66 32 30 100 60 61 48 50 44 61 25 15
0 100 0 100 6 52 100 100 100 0 91 2 7 13 97 100 50
0 100 0 91 6 36 100 100 100 0 96 0 7 14 98 100 45
100 0 100 0 75 82 4 5 0 100 4 88 93 62 11 7 20
100 4 100 17 62 92 0 10 0 100 3 76 93 66 17 2 0
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N NV N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N NV
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N N NV N Y N Y N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Labor Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Transportation
Total Individual Health F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Agribusiness Agribusiness
Total Individual Health F/I/R C/E Labor
Total Individual C/E C/E Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Health Defense Defense
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Mex
ico
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NV, NY
Kihuen, Ruben (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9894fax: 202-225-9783https://kihuen.house.gov/contact
Rosen, Jacky (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3252fax: NAhttps://rosen.house.gov/contact
Titus, Dina (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5965fax: NAhttps://titus.house.gov/contact/email-me
Clarke, Yvette (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6231fax: 202-226-0112https://clarke.house.gov/contact/email/
Collins, Chris (R)*District 27 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5265fax: 202-225-5910https://chriscollins.house.gov/contact/email
Crowley, Joe (D)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3965fax: NAhttps://crowley.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$748,058 $425,909 $224,483 $130,301 $72,390 $62,415
$5,755,467 $4,688,963 $1,174,191 $504,308 $379,589 $172,544
$398,559 $158,964 $60,000 $38,655 $22,560 $17,210
$606,274 $249,681 $62,539 $52,500 $44,971 $38,117
$1,076,483 $324,395 $142,212 $106,798 $71,250 $61,615
$2,777,489 $672,025 $727,287 $227,428 $225,910 $146,450
0 100 0 91 5 57 95 95 100 0 97 5 7 0 95 NA 5
0 100 11 100 0 71 86 90 100 0 97 8 7 0 84 NA 15
0 100 0 100 5 48 100 90 100 0 96 1 7 16 98 97 45
0 100 0 75 8 38 100 100 100 0 94 1 7 1 99 100 55
100 0 100 41 51 92 5 5 0 100 3 77 100 61 24 10 0
0 100 0 100 7 44 100 95 100 0 94 1 7 4 94 98 35
NV Y Y N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
NV Y Y N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N
NV Y Y N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R C/E
Total Individual C/E Labor Health F/I/R
Total Individual Health F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Labor
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NY
Espaillat, Adriano (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4365fax: 202-226-9731https://espaillat.house.gov/contact/email
Engel, Eliot (D)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2464fax: 202-225-5513https://engel.house.gov/write-your-rep1
Donovan, Dan Jr. (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3371fax: NAhttps://donovan.house.gov/contact/email
Faso, John (R)*District 19 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5614fax: 202-225-1168https://faso.house.gov/contact/email
Higgins, Brian (D)*District 26 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-3306fax: 202-226-0347http://higgins.house.gov/contact/email-brian
Jeffries, Hakeem (D)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5936fax: NAhttps://jeffries.house.gov/contact/email-me
Katko, John (R)*District 24 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3701fax: 202-225-4042https://katko.house.gov/contact/email
King, Pete (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7896fax: 202-226-2279https://peteking.house.gov/contact/email-me
$540,540 $306,226 $94,000 $67,317 $50,155 $50,087
$597,749 $405,242 $281,137 $56,950 $39,850 $34,650
$1,171,589 $592,273 $196,066 $136,833 $79,250 $59,900
$1,646,479 $923,030 $243,565 $183,629 $80,725 $58,166
$716,157 $365,566 $105,775 $63,000 $52,658 $47,999
$833,777 $447,513 $126,625 $116,475 $99,735 $82,000
$1,410,725 $585,040 $175,571 $152,792 $99,500 $89,750
$675,418 $386,917 $112,575 $92,000 $22,800 $17,000
0 100 0 100 5 36 100 100 100 0 97 0 7 0 100 NA 25
0 100 0 100 7 34 100 95 100 0 93 1 7 6 98 100 60
87 7 78 91 34 93 17 35 100 100 17 59 7 23 55 13 45
87 14 78 58 24 86 22 20 75 80 34 58 93 27 42 NA 15
0 100 0 100 6 49 91 90 100 0 95 1 21 23 97 99 20
0 100 0 100 7 48 100 95 100 0 96 0 7 12 99 100 5
75 32 89 75 33 96 23 15 100 80 22 60 93 30 50 32 0
100 0 89 83 48 84 17 25 100 100 16 62 7 49 41 14 0
N Y N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
N NV Y N NV Y N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y Y N Y Y
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y Y N Y NV
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E Labor
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor Health
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Construction Defense
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NY
Lowey, Nita (D)*District 17 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6506fax: 202-225-0546https://lowey.house.gov/contact/email
Maloney, Carolyn (D)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7944fax: 202-225-4709https://maloney.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Maloney, Sean (D)*District 18 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5441fax: 202-225-3289https://seanmaloney.house.gov/contact/email-me
Meeks, Gregory (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3461fax: 202-226-4169https://meeks.house.gov/contact/email
Meng, Grace (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2601fax: 202-225-1589https://meng.house.gov/contact/email-me
Nadler, Jerry (D)*District 10 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5635fax: NAhttps://jerroldnadler.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx
$1,037,836 $783,788 $229,355 $84,406 $79,991 $59,095
$1,356,589 $771,471 $391,571 $73,350 $47,520 $44,830
$2,179,126 $1,549,965 $472,881 $211,590 $182,614 $103,721
$620,552 $178,956 $249,400 $28,000 $26,000 $22,000
$841,240 $664,413 $48,821 $45,755 $42,359 $35,771
$813,173 $481,293 $129,552 $98,137 $92,623 $81,700
0 100 0 100 7 37 100 95 100 0 94 1 7 12 96 100 15
0 100 0 100 7 40 100 95 100 0 95 1 7 11 95 99 40
0 100 11 100 10 64 91 90 100 0 88 2 7 19 96 79 5
0 100 0 91 10 47 100 95 100 0 88 1 7 4 93 96 25
0 100 0 100 6 47 95 95 100 0 96 1 7 12 98 97 5
0 100 0 83 5 26 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 4 99 100 25
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N NV N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N
N Y NV N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Labor
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation C/E Labor
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Labor F/I/R Health
Total Individual C/E F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NY
Serrano, José (D)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4361fax: 202-225-6001https://serrano.house.gov/contact/email-me
Rice, Kathleen (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5516fax: 202-225-5758https://kathleenrice.house.gov/contact/email
Reed, Tom II (R)*District 23 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3161fax: 202-226-6599https://reed.house.gov/contact/email
Stefanik, Elise (R)*District 21 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4611fax: NAhttps://stefanik.house.gov/contact/email
Suozzi, Thomas (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3335fax: NAhttps://suozzi.house.gov/contact/email
Tenney, Claudia (R)*District 22 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3665fax: 202-225-1891https://tenney.house.gov/contact/email
Tonko, Paul (D)*District 20 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5076fax: 202-225-5077https://tonko.house.gov/contact/
Velázquez, Nydia (D)*District 7 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-2361fax: 202-226-0327https://velazquez.house.gov/contact/email
$150,144 $54,331 $36,000 $19,837 $14,467 $10,952
$831,406 $486,449 $176,819 $40,279 $37,046 $31,504
$2,080,212 $930,986 $424,715 $149,375 $148,575 $121,900
$1,436,325 $471,209 $229,771 $178,255 $102,750 $73,525
$1,655,657 $1,078,245 $242,405 $148,350 $132,550 $86,728
$1,433,396 $462,133 $358,833 $199,043 $55,850 $54,500
$632,007 $227,544 $106,506 $99,751 $45,053 $37,775
$669,986 $313,019 $166,468 $54,000 $51,668 $50,626
0 100 0 91 6 27 100 100 100 0 92 0 7 7 97 100 15
0 100 0 100 6 58 100 95 100 0 95 2 7 1 94 89 0
87 7 100 17 51 96 14 10 0 100 7 70 93 55 26 6 0
87 15 78 58 35 93 17 15 75 80 27 52 93 19 40 5 5
0 100 11 100 0 64 95 90 100 0 97 11 7 0 92 NA 20
100 0 100 75 50 93 4 10 25 100 6 76 93 69 32 NA 0
0 100 0 100 6 34 100 100 100 0 97 0 7 14 99 100 0
0 100 0 91 7 30 100 100 100 0 93 0 7 4 97 100 15
NA NA NA NA NA N N NA NA N N NA NA NA NA NA NA
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y
N Y Y N N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N NV N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Health Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health Labor C/E Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - NY, OH
Zeldin, Lee (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3826fax: 202-225-3143https://zeldin.house.gov/contact/email
Beatty, Joyce (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4324fax: 202-225-1984https://beatty.house.gov/contact/email-me
Chabot, Steve (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2216fax: 202-225-3012http://chabot.house.gov/contact/
Davidson, Warren (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6205fax: NAhttps://davidson.house.gov/contact
Fudge, Marcia (D)*District 11 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-7032fax: 202-225-1339https://fudge.house.gov/email-me
Gibbs, Bob (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6265fax: 202-225-3394https://gibbs.house.gov/contact/email
$2,434,869 $1,659,052 $495,465 $252,181 $66,150 $58,950
$580,604 $126,403 $202,108 $57,500 $34,200 $28,400
$602,871 $375,577 $76,900 $33,500 $31,000 $24,600
$398,472 $185,265 $113,650 $36,825 $11,750 $10,240
$312,040 $19,450 $87,500 $36,000 $29,568 $19,178
$581,450 $140,636 $66,600 $60,139 $57,000 $54,200
100 0 89 66 57 88 9 10 50 100 10 85 93 95 36 10 10
0 100 0 91 5 52 100 100 100 0 98 1 7 15 98 100 25
100 0 100 50 91 82 0 0 0 100 12 99 93 80 5 11 0
100 0 100 0 99 96 4 0 0 100 0 99 86 95 5 0 0
0 100 0 75 7 35 100 100 100 0 94 0 7 14 98 100 15
100 0 100 0 70 91 0 0 0 100 3 95 100 84 11 2 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Agribusiness F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Agribusiness Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - OH
Joyce, Dave (R)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5731fax: 202-225-3307https://joyce.house.gov/email-me
Jordan, Jim (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2676fax: 202-226-0577http://jordan.house.gov/contact/
Johnson, Bill (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5705fax: 202-225-5907http://billjohnson.house.gov/contact/
Kaptur, Marcy (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4146fax: 202-225-7711https://kaptur.house.gov/contact/email
Latta, Bob (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6405fax: 202-225-1985http://latta.house.gov/contact/
Renacci, Jim (R)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3876fax: 202-225-3059https://renacci.house.gov/contact-form
Ryan, Tim (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5261fax: 202-225-3719http://timryanforms.house.gov/contact/
Stivers, Steve (R)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2015fax: 202-225-3529http://stivers.house.gov/Contact/
$1,116,295 $379,756 $157,750 $88,300 $81,000 $71,900
$327,443 $179,458 $47,700 $28,135 $22,600 $20,070
$1,238,322 $570,257 $168,960 $99,550 $72,050 $71,500
$387,635 $92,981 $110,500 $39,000 $31,000 $22,250
$967,288 $277,196 $122,350 $109,150 $96,600 $74,345
$4,429,033 $158,759 $32,100 $23,500 $21,500 $18,250
$1,086,950 $693,614 $135,200 $106,765 $81,928 $60,000
$2,748,805 $778,689 $716,065 $201,200 $182,738 $135,900
87 4 89 50 49 95 9 15 50 100 7 70 93 75 41 18 0
100 0 100 0 98 77 4 0 0 100 4 99 93 91 4 2 5
100 0 100 17 59 95 0 10 0 100 3 83 93 78 20 2 5
0 87 0 100 6 32 91 100 100 0 82 1 7 14 96 98 10
100 0 100 0 82 89 0 0 0 100 3 96 93 81 6 7 5
100 0 100 8 64 93 10 5 0 100 3 84 93 61 20 5 5
0 100 0 75 7 39 100 100 100 0 92 0 21 19 98 97 10
100 0 100 41 51 96 0 10 50 100 5 75 93 78 29 3 10
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Construction Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue C/E F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health Labor C/E
Total Individual Labor Energy/Nat Resource Defense Transportation
Total Individual C/E Energy/Nat Resource Health Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Labor Health
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - OH, OK
Turner, Mike (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6465fax: 202-225-6754http://turner.house.gov/contact/
Wenstrup, Brad (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3164fax: 202-225-1992http://wenstrup.house.gov/contact/
Cole, Tom (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6165fax: 202-225-3512https://cole.house.gov/contact/email
Lucas, Frank (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5565fax: 202-225-8698https://lucas.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Mullin, Markwayne (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2701fax: 202-225-3038https://mullin.house.gov/contact/
Russell, Steve (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2132fax: 202-226-1463https://russell.house.gov/contact/email
$662,030 $336,893 $130,500 $61,500 $59,900 $38,000
$759,487 $216,981 $112,115 $104,900 $59,450 $25,650
$996,406 $423,967 $112,350 $98,000 $81,243 $69,575
$632,295 $53,133 $176,700 $160,500 $32,500 $28,000
$940,193 $288,994 $151,900 $120,906 $88,600 $56,250
$484,410 $176,260 $73,914 $56,500 $49,050 $38,250
87 3 89 33 52 92 4 20 50 100 8 72 93 49 36 14 10
100 0 100 0 83 85 0 0 0 100 2 98 93 79 4 5 5
100 0 100 17 65 94 5 5 0 100 6 74 93 77 16 9 10
100 0 100 0 64 93 0 5 0 100 4 84 93 79 11 8 0
100 0 100 0 76 87 0 0 0 100 1 97 93 69 17 3 0
100 0 100 0 71 87 5 10 0 100 2 95 93 73 14 2 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Defense Labor F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Health F/I/R Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists Transportation
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - OR, PA
DeFazio, Peter (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6416fax: NAhttp://defazio.house.gov/contact/email-peter
Bonamici, Suzanne (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-0855fax: 202-225-9497https://bonamici.house.gov/contact/email
Blumenauer, Earl (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4811fax: 202-225-8941https://blumenauerforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
Schrader, Kurt (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5711fax: 202-225-5699http://schraderforms.house.gov/contact/
Walden, Greg (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6730fax: 202-225-5774https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me
Barletta, Lou (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6511fax: 202-226-6250https://barletta.house.gov/contact/email-me
Boyle, Brendan (D)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6111fax: 202-226-0611https://boyle.house.gov/contact/email
Brady, Bob (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4731fax: 202-225-0088https://brady.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$895,486 $384,214 $136,006 $135,850 $58,679 $30,584
$619,278 $312,692 $58,060 $40,816 $40,000 $38,787
$806,188 $332,467 $91,569 $73,783 $64,500 $53,895
$1,246,620 $377,789 $180,250 $143,180 $99,050 $83,850
$3,522,014 $1,301,116 $699,550 $388,450 $354,075 $293,964
$2,764,619 $2,054,355 $129,180 $124,825 $117,101 $92,740
$722,789 $239,031 $125,000 $64,750 $64,297 $45,535
$264,086 $187,577 $66,200 $40,651 $24,460 $22,500
0 100 0 100 11 32 91 90 100 0 91 4 21 56 94 94 50
0 100 0 100 8 38 100 95 100 0 98 1 7 17 95 96 50
0 100 0 100 14 36 100 100 100 0 96 1 7 8 94 95 50
0 100 33 91 13 58 86 75 100 33 71 17 71 21 83 86 15
100 0 100 0 57 94 0 10 25 100 9 72 93 70 23 8 0
100 3 100 58 50 94 5 10 0 100 5 74 93 96 32 5 0
0 100 0 100 2 59 96 100 100 0 98 2 7 1 97 100 40
0 100 0 100 6 38 100 100 100 0 86 2 7 9 99 99 35
N Y N N NV N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N NV
N Y N N N Y Y Y Y N N N N Y N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N N NV N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Labor Transportation Construction Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Labor Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health Labor Construction
Total Individual Health Agribusiness F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Health Energy/Nat Resource C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Construction Ideology/Single Issue Transportation
Total Individual Labor Health F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - PA
Cartwright, Matt (D)*District 17 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5546fax: 202-226-0996https://cartwright.house.gov/contact/email-me
Costello, Ryan (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4315fax: NAhttps://costello.house.gov/contact/email
Doyle, Mike Jr. (D)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2135fax: 202-225-3084https://doyle.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Evans, Dwight (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4001fax: 202-225-5392https://evans.house.gov/contact/email
Fitzpatrick, Brian (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4276fax: 202-225-9511https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/email-me
Kelly, Mike Jr. (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5406fax: 202-225-3103https://kelly.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$1,405,123 $755,323 $323,065 $181,000 $159,027 $76,575
$1,790,685 $559,411 $276,150 $232,639 $225,150 $127,700
$400,686 $58,373 $97,500 $68,000 $38,250 $21,501
$700,165 $503,312 $56,550 $46,860 $46,194 $29,038
$1,786,248 $720,291 $255,440 $178,425 $150,000 $86,525
$1,281,991 $403,006 $299,860 $93,700 $91,799 $85,850
12 86 0 100 6 41 87 85 100 0 97 0 7 19 95 100 5
75 16 89 100 37 98 18 20 100 80 31 54 93 39 43 5 15
0 96 0 100 5 43 100 95 100 0 77 0 7 10 97 100 10
0 100 0 91 5 46 100 100 100 0 94 0 7 0 100 NA 35
75 29 56 100 38 93 26 25 100 40 71 41 64 44 47 NA 40
100 4 100 17 58 95 0 10 0 100 3 78 100 85 26 3 5
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N Y N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y N N Y Y NV N Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R
Total Individual Health Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Labor C/E Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Labor Health
Total Individual F/I/R Health Transportation Energy/Nat Resource
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - PA, RI
Perry, Scott (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5836fax: 202-226-1000http://perryforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
Marino, Tom (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3731fax: 202-225-9594https://marino.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Lamb, Conor (D)*District 18 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2301fax: NAhttps://lamb.house.gov/contact
Rothfus, Keith (R)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2065fax: 202-225-5709https://rothfus.house.gov/email-keith
Shuster, Bill (R)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2431fax: 202-225-2486http://shuster.house.gov/contact-form/
Smucker, Lloyd (R)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2411fax: 202-225-2013https://smucker.house.gov/contact/email
Thompson, GT Jr. (R)*District 5 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-5121fax: 202-225-5796https://thompson.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Cicilline, David (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4911fax: 202-225-3290https://cicilline.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$416,693 $208,412 $43,549 $30,700 $27,825 $24,800
$378,951 $209,330 $44,500 $26,000 $14,300 $11,500
$6,440,301 $6,094,302 $544,520 $324,937 $283,686 $161,016
$1,337,160 $689,009 $380,506 $45,200 $37,282 $32,050
$1,213,095 $509,145 $229,200 $199,262 $178,850 $132,000
$564,344 $261,816 $156,650 $69,004 $61,100 $59,500
$848,586 $451,059 $103,327 $65,416 $64,350 $43,995
$1,071,771 $785,612 $115,825 $109,500 $91,527 $57,356
100 0 100 25 88 81 4 0 0 100 2 100 93 100 6 5 5
100 0 100 58 58 92 5 15 25 100 5 76 93 88 21 2 5
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
100 0 100 17 76 82 0 5 0 100 3 89 93 89 12 8 0
100 0 100 25 65 93 4 10 25 100 5 80 93 85 19 8 5
100 0 100 33 66 93 0 5 0 100 3 82 93 69 13 NA 0
100 4 100 17 59 93 0 5 25 100 5 78 93 71 15 6 5
0 100 0 100 8 36 100 100 100 0 98 1 7 12 97 100 45
Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y NV NV
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Transportation Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue C/E F/I/R Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Transportation Energy/Nat Resource Construction Labor
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Transportation F/I/R Construction
Total Individual Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists C/ERhod
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - RI, SC
Langevin, Jim (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2735fax: 202-225-5976https://langevin.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Clyburn, Jim (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3315fax: 202-225-2313https://clyburn.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Duncan, Jeff (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5301fax: 202-225-3216https://jeffduncan.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Gowdy, Trey III (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6030fax: 202-226-1177https://gowdyforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
Norman, Ralph Jr. (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5501fax: 202-225-0464https://norman.house.gov/contact/email
Rice, Tom (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9895fax: 202-225-9690http://tomriceforms.house.gov/contact/
$659,479 $360,779 $98,200 $73,050 $60,517 $54,555
$1,086,642 $131,227 $172,775 $147,093 $139,346 $68,750
$406,564 $128,843 $53,300 $36,941 $30,470 $29,900
$2,082,009 $1,827,871 $130,169 $85,941 $23,325 $20,045
$1,999,227 $1,220,602 $212,995 $132,915 $115,675 $113,738
$1,111,562 $545,962 $191,201 $100,050 $95,700 $74,550
12 83 0 100 6 41 96 90 100 0 96 1 7 8 97 99 15
0 100 0 41 6 42 100 80 100 0 84 0 7 7 97 98 10
100 0 100 0 92 74 0 0 0 100 3 99 93 96 5 3 5
100 0 100 0 92 82 0 0 0 100 3 98 93 91 5 2 0
100 0 100 NA 91 100 0 NA 0 NA 0 100 93 94 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 82 87 0 0 0 100 1 95 93 86 9 3 0
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N NV N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y NA Y Y N Y NA Y Y Y NA Y NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Labor Defense F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue C/E Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Construction Health
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Health Agribusiness
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - SC, SD, TN
Noem, Kristi (R)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2801fax: 202-225-5823http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/email-kristi
Wilson, Joe Sr. (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2452fax: 202-225-2455https://joewilson.house.gov/contact/email-me
Sanford, Mark Jr. (R)*District 1 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-3176fax: NAhttps://sanford.house.gov/contact/email-me
Black, Diane (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4231fax: 202-225-6887https://black.house.gov/contact/email
Blackburn, Marsha (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2811fax: 202-225-3004https://blackburn.house.gov/contactform/
Cohen, Steve (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3265fax: 202-225-5663https://cohen.house.gov/contact/email
Cooper, Jim (D)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4311fax: 202-226-1035http://cooper.house.gov/contact
DesJarlais, Scott (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6831fax: 202-226-5172https://desjarlais.house.gov/contact/email-me
$24,783 $1,700 $6,500 $6,500 $5,000 $3,975
$622,359 $266,881 $80,850 $79,750 $53,045 $39,200
$725,423 $512,588 $132,102 $62,200 $54,235 $19,900
$239,963 $23,723 $103,193 $61,000 $12,000 $10,500
$5,169,684 $3,618,105 $371,670 $353,729 $320,696 $272,505
$246,608 $40,724 $46,449 $42,500 $20,825 $19,501
$277,990 $166,772 $37,850 $32,525 $17,000 $15,500
$376,742 $244,791 $47,300 $39,750 $27,150 $22,000
100 0 100 8 65 91 0 5 0 100 4 86 93 81 8 2 5
100 0 100 0 82 83 0 0 0 100 2 96 93 86 9 5 15
100 4 78 17 93 74 5 0 0 60 27 87 93 62 12 3 0
100 3 100 0 80 88 0 0 0 100 2 95 93 97 9 2 5
100 3 100 0 90 87 0 0 0 100 2 97 93 98 8 3 5
0 100 0 100 7 38 100 100 100 0 97 2 7 11 98 100 55
0 96 11 41 21 59 91 80 100 0 82 12 43 24 80 83 5
100 0 100 8 88 82 0 0 0 100 2 98 93 98 7 3 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y NV N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y N Y N Y Y N N Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N Y N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Energy/Nat Resource C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation Ideology/Single Issue Construction
Total Individual Health F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Ideology/Single Issue C/E
Total Individual Transportation Labor Health C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Defense Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health Agribusiness
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TN, TX
Duncan, John Jr. (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5435fax: 202-225-6444https://duncan.house.gov/contact
Fleischmann, Chuck (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3271fax: 202-225-3494https://fleischmann.house.gov/contact/email
Kustoff, David (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4714fax: NAhttps://kustoff.house.gov/contact/email
Roe, Phil (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6356fax: 202-225-5714http://roe.house.gov/contact/
Arrington, Jodey (R)*District 19 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4005fax: 202-225-9615https://arrington.house.gov/contact/email
Babin, Brian (R)*District 36 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1555fax: 202-226-0396https://babin.house.gov/contact/
$119,924 $18,700 $36,500 $18,000 $14,400 $14,000
$777,958 $483,083 $73,837 $73,037 $59,250 $41,250
$1,056,841 $729,483 $283,588 $68,450 $48,310 $44,749
$198,325 $188,325 $9,300 $8,600 $8,000 $7,600
$687,339 $416,519 $170,316 $82,359 $44,395 $42,100
$667,187 $312,687 $97,141 $95,250 $39,950 $39,832
100 3 100 8 84 78 9 10 0 100 9 95 93 97 17 10 0
100 0 100 8 73 90 0 5 0 100 3 84 93 83 9 3 0
100 0 100 0 82 86 0 5 0 100 0 91 86 38 8 NA 0
100 0 100 17 75 89 0 0 0 100 2 91 93 92 8 5 5
100 0 100 0 83 92 NA 0 0 100 0 95 86 97 5 NA 0
100 5 100 0 87 88 4 0 0 100 0 97 93 95 9 5 5
Y Y N Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Transportation Construction Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Health Construction F/I/R Defense
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Health Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual Construction F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Transportation Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Health Transportation Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TX
Burgess, Michael (R)*District 26 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7772fax: 202-225-2919http://burgess.house.gov/contact/356345.htm
Brady, Kevin (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4901fax: 202-225-5524http://kevinbrady.house.gov/contact/
Barton, Joe (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2002fax: 202-225-3052https://joebarton.house.gov/contact/
Carter, John (R)*District 31 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3864fax: 202-225-5886https://carter.house.gov/email-john2
Castro, Joaquin (D)*District 20 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3236fax: 202-225-1915https://castro.house.gov/contact/email-me
Conaway, Mike (R)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3605fax: 202-225-1783http://conaway.house.gov/contact/
Cuellar, Henry (D)*District 28 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1640fax: 202-225-1641http://cuellar.house.gov/contact/sendmeanemail.htm
Culberson, John (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2571fax: 202-225-4381http://culbersonforms.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm
$1,248,811 $457,838 $444,615 $86,625 $73,410 $51,700
$3,908,195 $1,141,270 $892,425 $567,050 $376,100 $257,325
$426,545 $232,383 $120,450 $42,312 $37,179 $32,600
$730,982 $381,069 $94,500 $77,550 $47,200 $43,805
$602,880 $264,958 $76,951 $64,250 $49,240 $37,425
$1,578,122 $640,208 $577,803 $175,450 $89,243 $38,779
$965,949 $276,108 $114,900 $97,200 $79,750 $70,400
$1,529,882 $625,012 $173,871 $124,750 $92,400 $79,046
100 3 100 0 83 85 0 0 0 100 3 98 93 90 8 10 0
100 0 100 0 81 93 0 0 0 100 3 90 93 71 7 5 5
100 3 100 0 79 90 0 0 0 100 6 95 93 92 9 5 0
100 0 100 0 74 91 0 0 0 100 4 87 100 83 8 4 15
0 100 11 58 6 48 100 100 100 0 95 4 7 13 96 100 25
100 0 100 0 80 86 0 0 0 100 2 95 100 74 5 3 10
37 47 78 25 23 84 61 60 100 100 41 39 93 21 71 80 0
100 0 100 8 80 89 0 0 0 100 4 91 100 91 9 8 0
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Health Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists C/E
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Agribusiness F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TX
Doggett, Lloyd II (D)*District 35 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4865fax: NAhttps://doggett.house.gov/contact
Flores, Bill (R)*District 17 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6105fax: 202-225-0350https://billflores.house.gov/contact/
Gohmert, Louie (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3035fax: 202-226-1230http://gohmert.house.gov/contact/
Gonzalez, Vicente (D)*District 15 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2531fax: NAhttps://gonzalez.house.gov/contact/email
Granger, Kay (R)*District 12 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5071fax: 202-225-5683http://kaygranger.house.gov/contact-kay/email-me
Green, Al (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7508fax: 202-225-2947https://algreen.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
$560,082 $294,689 $81,500 $71,950 $45,657 $38,300
$825,275 $199,090 $132,800 $122,750 $77,250 $59,000
$569,033 $524,513 $75,100 $46,095 $33,800 $22,390
$757,588 $315,188 $125,464 $78,000 $67,505 $65,800
$1,313,782 $856,132 $213,225 $194,800 $91,600 $83,086
$348,162 $257,022 $68,560 $49,608 $45,850 $35,000
0 100 11 100 10 34 100 100 100 0 97 2 7 9 94 98 55
100 0 100 0 83 89 0 0 0 100 3 97 93 92 4 2 5
100 0 100 0 90 79 0 10 0 100 4 95 93 93 9 10 5
0 100 22 66 0 64 96 85 100 0 71 13 0 0 97 NA 5
100 0 100 8 70 94 5 0 0 100 5 87 93 75 9 6 15
0 100 11 33 7 48 100 100 100 0 84 2 7 8 99 100 35
N Y Y N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y N Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N Y N Y N N N Y N N N N
Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R Health
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health F/I/R Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Defense Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor
TX C
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TX
Hurd, Will (R)*District 23 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4511fax: 202-225-2237https://hurd.house.gov/contact/email
Hensarling, Jeb (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3484fax: 202-226-4888https://hensarlingforms.house.gov/contact/
Green, Gene (D)*District 29 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1688fax: 202-225-9903https://green.house.gov/contact/email
Johnson, Eddie (D)*District 30 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-8885fax: 202-226-1477https://ebjohnson.house.gov/contact/email-me
Johnson, Sam (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4201fax: NAhttp://samjohnson.house.gov/contact-me/ema-l-me.htm
Lee, Sheila Jackson (D)*District 18 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3816fax: 202-225-3317https://jacksonlee.house.gov/contact/email-me
Marchant, Kenny (R)*District 24 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6605fax: 202-225-0074http://marchant.house.gov/contact/
McCaul, Michael (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2401fax: 202-225-5955https://mccaul.house.gov/contact/email-me
$2,371,506 $640,741 $331,382 $253,079 $198,950 $169,530
$797,396 $463,032 $561,408 $37,150 $22,900 $15,700
$472,364 $89,729 $157,874 $86,500 $53,400 $37,500
$301,364 $106,760 $49,000 $22,600 $22,500 $15,650
$1,259 $290 NA NA NA NA
$452,566 $308,059 $58,400 $38,309 $36,300 $16,250
$770,216 $181,365 $181,300 $53,750 $44,700 $37,250
$1,063,419 $672,946 $193,680 $80,850 $79,300 $77,330
87 5 89 8 64 94 9 10 25 100 2 83 93 28 17 5 10
100 0 100 8 95 85 0 0 0 100 4 98 93 89 5 2 0
0 100 11 91 8 45 95 90 100 0 66 12 57 12 97 100 20
0 100 11 100 6 41 100 100 100 0 85 1 7 16 95 97 60
100 4 100 0 88 90 0 0 0 100 3 98 100 96 6 2 5
0 100 11 100 7 40 100 100 100 0 80 3 7 3 98 99 60
100 0 100 8 86 84 0 0 0 100 3 98 93 92 6 5 15
100 0 100 25 77 93 0 5 0 100 5 92 93 76 9 7 55
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Energy/Nat Resource C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Transportation Construction
Total Individual Health Labor C/E Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor F/I/R
Total Individual
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Health Transportation Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Defense Transportation
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(2)Interest Group Ratings: (details on pages 34-36)1. National Right to Life2. Planned Parenthood Action Fund3. American Farm Bureau Federation4. Humane Society Legislative Fund5. Club for Growth6. United States Chamber of Commerce7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TX
Olson, Pete (R)*District 22 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5951fax: 202-225-5241https://olson.house.gov/contact/email-me
O’Rourke, Beto (D)*District 16 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4831fax: NAhttp://orourke.house.gov/correspondence/
Poe, Ted (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6565fax: 202-225-5547https://poe.house.gov/contact-form
Ratcliffe, John (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6673fax: 202-225-3332https://ratcliffe.house.gov/contact/email
Sessions, Pete (R)*District 32 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2231fax: 202-225-5878https://sessions.house.gov/index.cfm/contact-form
Smith, Lamar (R)*District 21 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4236fax: 202-225-8628http://lamarsmith.house.gov/contact/email-lamar
$856,850 $294,366 $179,200 $75,500 $72,500 $65,950
$13,161,297 $13,172,823 $783,438 $507,322 $496,350 $352,123
$275,376 $181,653 $38,400 $32,400 $24,550 $22,000
$531,230 $319,561 $110,977 $60,776 $53,831 $46,200
$2,049,158 $1,042,374 $370,350 $215,800 $100,000 $94,450
$551,793 $377,068 $85,165 $72,200 $59,800 $44,350
100 0 100 8 82 87 0 0 0 100 2 97 93 89 5 3 0
0 100 11 100 8 49 95 90 100 0 95 6 7 13 94 95 45
100 0 100 8 83 80 5 15 0 100 3 94 100 88 13 10 10
100 0 100 0 94 86 0 0 0 100 0 99 93 96 4 5 0
100 0 100 17 84 92 0 0 0 100 2 95 100 91 6 5 35
100 0 100 41 75 92 0 0 0 100 6 93 100 96 9 6 20
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y NV N Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y NV Y Y
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Health C/E F/I/R
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Construction Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Health Transportation Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource C/E Construction
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - TX, UT
Vela, Filemon Jr. (D)*District 34 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9901fax: 202-225-9770https://vela.house.gov/contact
Veasey, Marc (D)*District 33 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9897fax: 202-225-9702https://veasey.house.gov/contact/email-me
Thornberry, Mac (R)*District 13 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3706fax: 202-225-3486http://thornberry.house.gov/contact/
Weber, Randy Sr. (R)*District 14 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2831fax: 202-225-0271https://weber.house.gov/contact/
Williams, Roger (R)*District 25 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9896fax: NAhttps://williams.house.gov/contact/email-me
Bishop, Rob (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-0453fax: 202-225-5857http://robbishop.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm
Curtis, John (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7751fax: NAhttps://curtis.house.gov/contact/email
Love, Mia (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3011fax: 202-225-5638https://love.house.gov/email-me/
$690,904 $254,554 $73,800 $73,500 $62,951 $46,950
$896,479 $389,529 $98,000 $74,650 $63,740 $54,000
$837,158 $449,760 $191,550 $70,950 $68,075 $44,925
$471,983 $278,365 $40,100 $36,700 $33,000 $28,000
$988,413 $208,739 $292,900 $87,945 $54,050 $53,400
$678,049 $347,448 $101,250 $67,700 $51,500 $38,900
$1,063,286 $690,462 $135,920 $86,700 $48,250 $36,300
$2,254,096 $1,581,017 $230,344 $221,622 $46,646 $24,336
0 100 22 58 11 65 91 90 100 0 73 14 21 0 93 97 30
0 100 11 83 9 58 100 100 100 0 88 3 7 12 99 98 50
100 0 100 0 79 91 0 5 0 100 2 88 93 81 6 4 5
100 0 100 17 87 79 0 0 0 100 1 98 93 93 8 3 15
100 0 100 25 84 83 0 0 0 100 1 98 93 97 6 3 5
100 4 100 0 79 86 0 0 0 100 2 95 100 81 13 3 15
100 0 100 NA NA 100 NA NA NA NA 0 NA 93 25 NA NA NA
100 0 100 0 83 89 0 5 0 100 2 98 93 56 9 5 10
N Y N N N Y NV N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV
NA Y NA NA NA Y Y N Y NA NA NA Y NA Y NA NA
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Agribusiness Labor F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Labor F/I/R Defense Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Agribusiness Energy/Nat Resource
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Transportation F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Transportation Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual Energy/Nat Resource Lawyers/Lobbyists Defense F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Health Construction
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists
Utah
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - UT, VA
Stewart, Chris (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9730fax: NAhttp://stewart.house.gov/contact
Beyer, Don Jr. (D)*District 8 - Has Political Couragephone: 202-225-4376fax: 202-225-0017https://beyer.house.gov/contact/email
Brat, Dave (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2815fax: 202-225-0011https://brat.house.gov/contact/
Comstock, Barbara (R)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5136fax: 202-225-0437https://comstock.house.gov/contact/email
Connolly, Gerry (D)*District 11 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-1492fax: 202-225-3071https://connolly.house.gov/contact/contact-gerry.htm
Garrett, Tom Jr. (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4711fax: 202-225-5681https://tomgarrett.house.gov/contact/email
$589,224 $254,679 $69,500 $45,890 $43,200 $42,200
$1,238,696 $838,671 $136,801 $115,551 $80,160 $64,985
$905,688 $727,463 $93,045 $74,620 $29,550 $21,605
$2,785,222 $1,519,440 $262,485 $230,046 $169,321 $145,400
$1,369,896 $807,229 $107,205 $97,316 $91,473 $76,780
$432,330 $184,880 $84,875 $49,850 $22,750 $21,500
100 0 100 0 81 86 0 0 0 100 2 97 93 63 8 3 5
0 100 0 100 5 54 100 95 100 0 99 1 7 0 94 89 45
100 5 100 33 97 77 4 0 0 100 1 100 93 100 6 10 0
87 5 89 50 56 97 13 10 25 100 5 73 93 48 23 10 25
0 100 0 100 8 52 100 100 100 0 97 2 7 23 90 96 55
100 0 88 NA 99 92 5 5 0 100 3 96 93 83 34 NA 10
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N NV
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Energy/Nat Resource Health
Total Individual F/I/R Lawyers/Lobbyists Defense Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Transportation Construction
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Transportation
Total Individual Labor F/I/R C/E Defense
Total Individual Ideology/Single Issue F/I/R Agribusiness Transportation
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - VA, VT, WA
McEachin, Donald (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6365fax: 202-226-1170https://mceachin.house.gov/contact/email
Griffith, Morgan (R)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3861fax: 202-225-0076https://morgangriffith.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm
Goodlatte, Bob (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5431fax: 202-225-9681https://goodlatte.house.gov/contact/
Scott, Bobby (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8351fax: 202-225-8354https://bobbyscott.house.gov/email-bobby-scott
Taylor, Scott (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4215fax: 202-225-4218https://taylor.house.gov/contact
Wittman, Rob (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4261fax: 202-225-4382https://wittman.house.gov/contact/
Welch, Peter (D)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4115fax: NAhttps://welch.house.gov/contact
Beutler, Jaime Herrera (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3536fax: 202-225-3478http://herrerabeutler.house.gov/Contact/
$457,643 $225,073 $48,003 $41,101 $39,433 $34,209
$557,931 $153,255 $97,448 $68,500 $37,400 $29,750
$430,713 $189,223 $103,150 $54,450 $38,500 $38,050
$236,702 $68,552 $43,000 $16,500 $13,900 $11,650
$1,981,461 $1,407,898 $200,200 $126,695 $75,200 $71,900
$865,926 $459,768 $152,300 $57,400 $44,250 $24,700
$426,859 $44,717 $65,500 $43,752 $33,101 $19,512
$971,409 $665,879 $84,150 $56,200 $27,250 $27,200
0 100 0 100 5 50 100 90 100 0 89 1 7 0 95 NA 45
100 0 100 25 71 82 5 5 0 100 5 96 100 97 15 10 5
100 0 100 0 81 91 0 0 0 100 6 99 100 91 9 7 5
0 100 0 91 7 34 100 100 100 0 91 2 7 4 98 99 30
100 0 100 0 80 93 0 0 0 100 6 92 93 27 11 NA 0
100 0 100 33 75 87 4 0 0 100 11 97 100 93 14 12 10
0 100 11 100 7 36 100 95 100 0 94 1 7 17 97 98 30
87 3 89 17 58 92 4 10 50 80 9 77 93 58 17 9 5
N Y Y N N N N Y N N NV N N N N N N
Y N N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Total Individual Lawyers/Lobbyists Labor Agribusiness F/I/R
Total Individual Health Energy/Nat Resource Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness
Total Individual C/E Agribusiness Transportation F/I/R
Total Individual Labor Transportation F/I/R Health
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Defense Transportation
Total Individual Defense F/I/R Transportation Health
Total Individual Labor C/E Health F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource Construction
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - WA
DelBene, Suzan (D)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-6311fax: 202-226-1606https://delbene.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Heck, Denny (D)*District 10 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-9740fax: 202-225-0129https://dennyheck.house.gov/contact/email-me
Jayapal, Pramila (D)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3106fax: 202-225-6197https://jayapal.house.gov/contact/email
Kilmer, Derek (D)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5916fax: NAhttp://kilmer.house.gov/contact/email-me
Larsen, Rick (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2605fax: 202-225-4420http://larsen.house.gov/contact-rick/email-rick
Newhouse, Dan (R)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5816fax: 202-225-3251https://newhouse.house.gov/contact/email
$1,178,245 $601,653 $189,520 $111,723 $110,989 $96,386
$876,327 $434,201 $240,050 $65,250 $45,275 $34,865
$1,338,268 $1,089,992 $155,915 $100,784 $68,762 $50,620
$1,402,740 $713,035 $173,277 $112,823 $85,500 $80,228
$624,169 $152,849 $87,550 $85,505 $59,511 $30,025
$570,467 $194,934 $103,600 $42,500 $41,250 $32,000
0 100 11 100 4 50 100 95 100 0 95 1 7 11 94 88 60
0 100 0 100 5 53 96 95 100 0 97 2 7 20 95 98 50
0 100 0 100 5 36 100 100 100 0 97 1 7 0 97 NA 50
0 100 0 100 4 58 96 90 100 0 94 2 7 17 94 93 15
0 100 0 75 10 51 100 100 100 0 91 2 7 13 91 92 50
100 0 100 0 65 94 0 10 0 100 1 84 93 55 20 5 0
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
N Y Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Total Individual F/I/R Health C/E Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
Total Individual Labor Ideology/Single Issue C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists
Total Individual F/I/R Health Labor C/E
Total Individual Labor Transportation Defense Construction
Total Individual Agribusiness Labor Construction Ideology/Single Issue
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - WA, WI
Smith, Adam (D)*District 9 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-8901fax: NAhttp://adamsmith.house.gov/Contact/
Rodgers, Cathy McMorris (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2006fax: 202-225-3392http://mcmorris.house.gov/contact/
Reichert, Dave (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-7761fax: 202-225-4282https://reichert.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Duffy, Sean (R)*District 7 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3365fax: 202-225-3240https://duffy.house.gov/contact
Gallagher, Mike (R)*District 8 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5665fax: NAhttps://gallagher.house.gov/contact/email
Grothman, Glenn (R)*District 6 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2476fax: 202-225-2356https://grothman.house.gov/contact/email
Kind, Ron (D)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5506fax: 202-225-5739https://kind.house.gov/contact/email
Moore, Gwen (D)*District 4 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4572fax: NAhttps://gwenmoore.house.gov/email-me/
$426,466 $115,836 $96,250 $42,500 $42,454 $29,914
$2,640,045 $1,126,944 $424,320 $264,960 $161,630 $106,300
$425,049 $122,682 $97,000 $41,000 $33,750 $27,750
$2,347,844 $1,436,968 $694,480 $137,067 $97,739 $71,750
$1,744,447 $1,135,307 $296,295 $164,775 $73,025 $66,100
$961,257 $565,507 $132,300 $97,600 $35,550 $35,050
$1,410,144 $300,611 $303,555 $220,909 $66,723 $56,910
$547,518 $176,896 $260,800 $71,666 $15,200 $12,862
0 100 0 100 12 49 100 95 100 0 90 1 7 11 90 91 80
100 0 100 0 71 93 0 5 0 100 3 94 93 56 10 9 5
85 4 78 66 45 90 18 20 75 60 36 60 93 50 41 19 55
100 0 100 0 67 89 0 10 0 100 2 86 93 89 19 2 5
100 0 100 8 80 93 0 0 0 100 3 91 86 27 3 NA 10
100 0 100 0 91 91 0 0 0 100 0 99 93 95 7 0 0
0 100 11 58 12 50 91 75 100 0 89 4 43 20 89 89 30
0 100 0 91 7 35 100 100 100 0 94 1 7 7 96 100 50
N NV Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y N NV Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y N Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NV Y NV Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N Y Y N N Y NV N Y N N N N N N N N
N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Total Individual Defense Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists F/I/R
Total Individual F/I/R Health Energy/Nat Resource C/E
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Health Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Agribusiness Transportation
Total Individual F/I/R Health Lawyers/Lobbyists Agribusiness
Total Individual F/I/R Labor Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
Wis
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People (NAACP)9. National Education Association (NEA)10. American Energy Alliance11. League of Conservation Voters12. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste13. National Rifle Association (NRA)14. NumbersUSA15. American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)16. Alliance for Retired Americans17. RESULTS
(1)Key Votes: (details on pages 32-33)1. Abortion (HR 36)2. Crime (HR 1865)3. Defense (HR 2810)4. Environment (HR 806)5. Finance and Banking (HR 10)6. Foreign Affairs (HR 1638)7. Foreign Aid (HR 3326)8. Government Budget and Spending
(HR 1625)9. Guns (HR 38)
10. Health Insurance (HR 1628)11. Housing and Property (HR 2874)12. Immigration (HR 3003)13. Oil and Gas (HR 1119)14. Science (HR 1431)15. Taxes (HR 1)16. Technology and Communication
(S J Res 34)17. Veterans (HR 1259)
(3)Campaign Contributions: (details on pages 36-37)(*)Representative is eligible for re-election in 2018(NA) Information Not Available
Key Vote Guide: (Y) Yea (N) Nay (NV) Not Voting
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
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U.S. HOUSE - WI, WV
Pocan, Mark (D)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2906fax: 202-225-6942https://pocan.house.gov/contact/share-your-opinion
Ryan, Paul (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3031fax: 202-225-3393https://paulryan.house.gov/contact/email.htm
Sensenbrenner, Jim Jr. (R)*District 5 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-5101fax: 202-225-3190https://sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact
Jenkins, Evan (R)*District 3 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-3452fax: 202-225-9061https://evanjenkins.house.gov/contact/email
McKinley, David (R)*District 1 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-4172fax: 202-225-7564https://mckinley.house.gov/email-me/
Mooney, Alex (R)*District 2 - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2711fax: 202-225-7856https://mooney.house.gov/contact/email
$617,270 $267,820 $153,675 $67,339 $48,781 $31,144
$11,369,137 $1,472,102 $2,571,709 $841,525 $698,293 $635,540
$192,273 $112,125 $25,100 $25,000 $18,950 $14,750
$1,421,677 $1,056,777 $177,600 $126,750 $103,800 $58,250
$752,055 $207,055 $142,750 $83,650 $76,450 $35,300
$1,149,082 $674,884 $249,150 $195,943 $43,909 $36,055
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100 0 100 NA 82 89 0 NA 0 0 11 NA 100 59 26 5 5
100 3 100 0 89 80 0 0 0 100 26 100 93 91 8 5 5
100 0 100 0 55 94 0 10 0 100 3 82 93 68 31 10 0
100 0 100 0 52 89 9 15 75 100 5 77 93 95 44 15 20
100 0 100 0 81 82 4 0 0 100 1 97 93 97 10 11 0
N Y N N N NV N N NV N NV N N N NV N N
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Y Y Y Y Y NV Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Total Individual F/I/R C/E Lawyers/Lobbyists Ideology/Single Issue
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Total Individual Labor Energy/Nat Resource Health Ideology/Single Issue
Total Individual F/I/R Ideology/Single Issue Lawyers/Lobbyists Health
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CampaignContributions:3
CampaignContributions:3
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Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
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CampaignContributions:3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Key Votes:1
Interest Group Ratings:2
U.S. HOUSE - WY
Cheney, Liz (R)*District At-Large - No Political Couragephone: 202-225-2311fax: 202-225-3057https://cheney.house.gov/contact/email
$477,384 $187,016 $72,900 $66,999 $52,249 $26,250
100 0 100 0 75 93 0 0 0 100 0 92 93 55 NA NA 5
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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