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Votes in the Interest of Taxpayers, 108th Congress 2nd Session (2004)
U.S. House of Representatives

[Senate]

1 - Taxpayer Protection Pledge
2 - Taxpayer Protection Pledge
3 - Child Tax Credit
4 - Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
5 - Business Expensing
6 - Stock Option Accounting Reform Act
7 - Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
8 - Spending Control Act of 2004
9 - International Tax Reform
10 - Personal Reemployment Accounts
11 - Base Closures
12 - Medical Malpractice- Tort Reform
13 - Overtime Reform
14 - Permanent extension of the 10 % individual income tax rate
15 - Alternative Minimum Tax
16 - Alternative Minimum Tax
17 - Transportation Equity Act
18 - Congressional Budget
19 - Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act
20 - Welfare Reform

[Detailed Vote Descriptions]

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AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA

CO | CT | DE | FL | GA
HI | ID | IL | IN | IA

KS | KY | LA | ME | MD
MA | MI | MN | MS | MO

MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ
NM | NY | NC | ND | OH

OK | OR | PA | RI | SC
SD | TN | TX | UT | VT

VA | WA | WV | WI | WY

Votes in the interest of taxpayers
++-+++++-++++++++++- 
Alabama1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Jo Bonner (R)+++++++-++++++++++++95%
2. Terry Everett (R)+++++++-++-++++++++NV85%
3. Michael Rogers (R)+++-+++-++-+++++++++85%
4. Robert Aderholt (R)+++-+++-++++++++++++90%
5. Robert Cramer (D)---++++---++------+-35%
6. Spencer Bachus (R)+++++++++NV++++++++++95%
7. Artur Davis (D)---++++-----------+-25%
Alaska1234567891011121314151617181920Score
Don Young (R)++++++++++-+++++-++NV85%
Arizona1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Rick Renzi (R)+++++++-+++++++++-++90%
2. Trent Franks (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
3. John Shadegg (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
4. Ed Pastor (D)----+---------------5%
5. J.D. Hayworth (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
6. Jeff Flake (R)+++++++++++-++++++++95%
7. Raul Grijalva (D)----+---------------5%
8. Jim Kolbe (R)+++++-+-++++++++++++90%
Arkansas1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Marion Berry (D)----+-------------+-10%
2. Vic Snyder (D)---++++---+---------25%
3. John Boozman (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
4. Mike Ross (D)---++++-----NV---+-+-30%
California1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Mike Thompson (D)---++++-----------+-25%
2. Wally Herger (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
3. Doug Ose (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
4. John Doolittle (R)+++++++-+++-++++++++90%
5. Robert Matsui (D)---++-+---NV---------15%
6. Lynn Woolsey (D)----++--------------10%
7. George Miller (D)----++----------NV--NV10%
8. Nancy Pelosi (D)---++++-----------NV-20%
9. Barbara Lee (D)----+-----+---------10%
10. Ellen Tauscher (D)---++++-----------+-25%
11. Richard Pombo (R)+++-++-+++-++++++++NV80%
12. Tom Lantos (D)----++-----NV--------10%
13. Fortney Stark (D)----+-----+---------10%
14. Anna Eshoo (D)---++++---+---------25%
15. Michael Honda (D)---++++------------NV20%
16. Zoe Lofgren (D)---++++-------------20%
17. Sam Farr (D)----+++-------------15%
18. Dennis Cardoza (D)----++-----+----+-NV-20%
19. George Radanovich (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
20. Calvin Dooley (D)---++++---NV+------+-30%
21. Devin Nunes (R)++++++P+++-+++++++++95%
22. William Thomas (R)--++++++++++++++-++NV80%
23. Lois Capps (D)---++-+-------------15%
24. Elton Gallegly (R)++++++++++-++NV+++++NV85%
25. Howard McKeon (R)+++++++-++-+++++-+++85%
26. David Dreier (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
27. Brad Sherman (D)----+-+---+---------15%
28. Howard Berman (D)---++-+NV--+---------20%
29. Adam Schiff (D)---++++-------------20%
30. Henry Waxman (D)----+-----+-----NV---10%
31. Xavier Becerra (D)---++++-------------20%
32. Hilda Solis (D)----++--------NVNV----10%
33. Diane Watson (D)---++++------------NV20%
34. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)---++-+------------NV15%
35. Maxine Waters (D)----+--------------NV5%
36. Jane Harman (D)---++++-----------NV-20%
37. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)---+++--------------15%
38. Grace Napolitano (D)----+-+-------------10%
39. Linda Sanchez (D)----+---------------5%
40. Ed Royce (R)+++++++++++++++++++NV95%
41. Jerry Lewis (R)+++++++-++++++++-++NV85%
42. Gary Miller (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
43. Joe Baca (D)----++--------------10%
44. Ken Calvert (R)+++++++-++-+++++++++90%
45. Mary Bono (R)+++++-+-++-+++NVNV+++NV70%
46. Dana Rohrabacher (R)+++++-++++++++++-+++90%
47. Loretta Sanchez (D)---++++---+---------25%
48. Christopher Cox (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
49. Darrell Issa (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
50. Randy Cunningham (R)+++++++-++-++++++++NV85%
51. Bob Filner (D)----++--------NVNV----10%
52. Duncan Hunter (R)+++-+++-++-++++++++NV80%
53. Susan Davis (D)---++++-------------20%
Colorado1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Diana DeGette (D)---++-+--NV+--------NV20%
2. Mark Udall (D)---++++-----------NV-20%
3. Scott McInnis (R)++++++++++-+++++-NV+NV80%
4. Marilyn Musgrave (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
5. Joel Hefley (R)++++++++++-++++++-+NV85%
6. Thomas Tancredo (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
7. Bob Beauprez (R)++++++++++NV+++++++++95%
Connecticut1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. John Larson (D)----++------------+-15%
2. Robert Simmons (R)+++++++-++-+++++-++-80%
3. Rosa DeLauro (D)----+---------------5%
4. Christopher Shays (R)--+++-++++++++++--++75%
5. Nancy Johnson (R)--++++++++++++++-+++85%
Delaware1234567891011121314151617181920Score
Michael Castle (R)--+++-++++++++++--++75%
Florida1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Jeff Miller (R)++++++++++-+++++++NV+90%
2. F. Allen Boyd (D)---++++----+--NVNV+-+-35%
3. Corrine Brown (D)----++----+--------NV15%
4. Ander Crenshaw (R)+++++++-++-+++++++++90%
5. Ginny Brown-Waite (R)+++++++++++++++++++NV95%
6. Cliff Stearns (R)+++++-++++-+++++++++90%
7. John Mica (R)+++++++-++-+++++++++90%
8. Ric Keller (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
9. Michael Bilirakis (R)+++++++-++-+++++++++90%
10. C.W. Bill Young (R)+++++++-++-+++++-+++85%
11. Jim Davis (D)---++-+--NV+--NV------20%
12. Adam Putnam (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
13. Katherine Harris (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
14. Porter Goss (R)+++++++-++-+++++-+NV+80%
15. Dave Weldon (R)+++++++-++-+++++NV+++85%
16. Mark Foley (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
17. Kendrick Meek (D)---++++-------------20%
18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)++++++NV+++-+++++++++90%
19. Robert Wexler (D)---++++-------------20%
20. Peter Deutsch (D)---+NV+-NV-NVNV-----+---15%
21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)++++++++++--++++++++90%
22. E. Clay Shaw (R)+++++++-++-+++++++++90%
23. Alcee Hastings (D)----+--NVNV----------NV5%
24. Tom Feeney (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
25. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)++++++++++-+++++++++95%
Georgia1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Jack Kingston (R)+++++++-++++++++++++95%
2. Sanford Bishop (D)---++++-+-------+-+-35%
3. Jim Marshall (D)----+---+---------+-15%
4. Denise Majette (D)---+NVNVNV-------------5%
5. John Lewis (D)---+NV-+---------+---15%
6. Johnny Isakson (R)+++++NVNV+++++++++++++90%
7. John Linder (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
8. Michael Collins (R)++NVNVNVNVNVNV++++++++++++70%
9. Charles Norwood (R)++++++++++NV+++++++++95%
10. Nathan Deal (R)++++++++++++++++++++100%
11. Phil Gingrey (R)+++++NV++++-+++++++++90%
12. Max Burns (R)+++-++++++-+++++++++90%
13. David Scott (D)---++++-+--NV----+-+-35%
Hawaii1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Neil Abercrombie (D)---++------------NV-NV10%
2. Ed Case (D)---+++----+---------20%
Idaho1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. C.L. Otter (R)++++++-+++++++++++++95%
2. Mike Simpson (R)++++++--++++++++++++90%
Illinois1234567891011121314151617181920Score
1. Bobby Rush (D)----+-----+---------10%
2. Jesse Jackson (D)----+---------------5%
3. William Lipinski (D)----+--------------NV5%
4. Luis Gutierrez (D)----+--------------NV5%
5. Rahm Emanuel (D)---++---------------10%
6. Henry Hyde (R)+++++++-++-NV+++++++NV80%
7. Danny Davis (D)----++----+-------NV-15%
8. Philip Crane (R)+++++++++++++++++++NV95%
9. Janice Schakowsky (D)----+---------------5%
10. Mark Kirk (R)++NVNV++++++++++++-+++85%
11. Jerry Weller (R)+++++++-++++++++++++95%
12. Jerry Costello (D)----+