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Issues Center > Members of Congress

The Chamber awards the Spirit of Enterprise based on rankings it gives members of Congress for key business votes.  Votes are Chamber-designated "key votes," recorded floor votes on issues established as priorities by the Chamber’s board of directors on which the Chamber communicates its position prior to the vote.

Members of Congress who support the Chamber’s position on at least 70 percent of key votes receive the Spirit of Enterprise Award.

2007 Winners: 110th Congress, 1st Session
Alabama
Sen. Richard Shelby
Rep. Jo Bonner (AL-1)
Rep. Terry Everett (AL-2)
Rep. Michael D. Rogers (AL-3)
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (AL-4)
Rep. Bud Cramer (AL-5)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL-6)
Rep. Artur Davis (AL-7)
 
Alaska
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Ted Stevens
Rep. Don Young (AK-AL)
 
Arizona
Sen. John McCain
Rep. Richard G. Renzi (AZ-1)
Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-2)
Rep. John B. Shadegg (AZ-3)
 
Arkansas
Rep. John N. Boozman (AR-3)
Rep. Mike Ross (AR-4)
 
California
Rep. Wally Herger (CA-2)
Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (CA-3)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (CA-4)
Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-21)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22)
Rep. Elton Gallegly (CA-24)
Rep. Buck McKeon (CA-25)
Rep. David Dreier (CA-26)
Rep. Edward R. Royce (CA-40)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA-41)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (CA-42)
Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-44)
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
Rep. John Campbell (CA-48)
Rep. Darrell E. Issa (CA-49)
Rep. Brian P. Bilbray (CA-50)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-52)
 
Colorado
Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5)
 
Connecticut
Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Rep. Christopher Shays (CT-4)
 
Delaware
Rep. Michael N. Castle (DE-AL)
 
Florida
Sen. Mel Martinez
Rep. Allen Boyd (FL-2)
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL-4)
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-5)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (FL-6)
Rep. John L. Mica (FL-7)
Rep. Ric Keller (FL-8)
Rep. Gus Michael Bilirakis (FL-9)
Rep. Bill Young (FL-10)
Rep. Adam H. Putnam (FL-12)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-13)
Rep. Connie Mack (FL-14)
Rep. Dave Weldon (FL-15)
Rep. Tim Mahoney (FL-16)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
Rep. Tom Feeney (FL-24)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
 
Georgia
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Sen. Johnny Isakson
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop (GA-2)
Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA-3)
Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
Rep. John Linder (GA-7)
Rep. J. Phillip Gingrey (GA-11)
Rep. John Barrow (GA-12)
 
Idaho
Sen. Larry Craig
Sen. Michael Crapo
Rep. William T. Sali (ID-1)
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (ID-2)
 
Illinois
Rep. Peter J. Roskam (IL-6)
Rep. Melissa L. Bean (IL-8)
Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (IL-10)
Rep. Jerry Weller (IL-11)
Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13)
Rep. Dennis Hastert (IL-14)
Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (IL-15)
Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (IL-16)
Rep. Ray LaHood (IL-18)
Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19)
 
Indiana
Sen. Richard Lugar
Rep. Mark E. Souder (IN-3)
Rep. Dan Burton (IN-5)
Rep. Mike Pence (IN-6)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (IN-8)
Rep. Baron P. Hill (IN-9)
 
Iowa
Rep. Tom Latham (IA-4)
Rep. Steven A. King (IA-5)
 
Kansas
Sen. Sam Brownback
Sen. Pat Roberts
Rep. Jerry Moran (KS-1)
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (KS-4)
 
Kentucky
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Jim Bunning
Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-1)
Rep. Ron Lewis (KY-2)
Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-4)
Rep. Harold Rogers (KY-5)
 
Louisiana
Sen. Mary Landrieu
Sen. Dave Vitter
Rep. Bobby Jindal (LA-1)
Rep. Charles Melancon (LA-3)
Rep. Jim McCrery (LA-4)
Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA-5)
Rep. Richard H. Baker (LA-6)
Rep. Charles W. Boustany (LA-7)
 
Maryland
Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD-1)
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD-6)
 
Michigan
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (MI-3)
Rep. Dave Camp (MI-4)
Rep. Fred Upton (MI-6)
Rep. Timothy Walberg (MI-7)
Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-8)
Rep. Joe Knollenberg (MI-9)
Rep. Candice S. Miller (MI-10)
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI-11)
 
Minnesota
Sen. Norm Coleman
Rep. John Kline (MN-2)
Rep. Jim Ramstad (MN-3)
Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-6)  
Mississippi
Sen. Thad Cochran
Sen. Trent Lott
Rep. Roger Wicker (MS-1)
Rep. Charles W. Pickering (MS-3)
 
Missouri
Sen. Kit Bond
Rep. Todd Akin (MO-2)
Rep. Ike Skelton (MO-4)
Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6)
Rep. Roy Blunt (MO-7)
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8)
Rep. Kenny C. Hulshof (MO-9)
 
Montana
Rep. Dennis R. Rehberg (MT-AL)
 
Nebraska
Sen. Chuck Hagel
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry (NE-1)
Rep. Lee Terry (NE-2)
Rep. Adrian M. Smith (NE-3)
 
Nevada
Rep. Dean Heller (NV-2)
Rep. Jon C. Porter (NV-3)
 
New Hampshire
Sen. Judd Gregg
 
New Jersey
Rep. Jim Saxton (NJ-3)
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (NJ-4)
Rep. E. Scott Garrett (NJ-5)
Rep. Mike Ferguson (NJ-7)
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
 
New Mexico
Sen. Pete Domenici
Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-1)
Rep. Stevan Pearce (NM-2)
 
New York
Rep. Peter T. King (NY-3)
Rep. John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Rep. James T. Walsh (NY-25)
Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (NY-26)
Rep. Randy Kuhl (NY-29)
 
North Carolina
Sen. Richard Burr
Sen. Elizabeth Dole
Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5)
Rep. Howard Coble (NC-6)
Rep. Robin Hayes (NC-8)
Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick (NC-9)
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (NC-10)
 
Ohio
Sen. George Voinovich
Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-1)
Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH-2)
Rep. Michael R. Turner (OH-3)
Rep. James D. Jordan (OH-4)
Rep. Paul Gillmor (OH-5)
Rep. David L. Hobson (OH-7)
Rep. John A. Boehner (OH-8)
Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (OH-12)
Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15)
Rep. Ralph Regula (OH-16)
 
Oklahoma
Sen. James Inhofe
Rep. John A. Sullivan (OK-1)
Rep. Dan Boren (OK-2)
Rep. Frank D. Lucas (OK-3)
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-4)
Rep. Mary Fallin (OK-5)
 
Oregon
Rep. Greg Walden (OR-2)
 
Pennsylvania
Sen. Arlen Specter
Rep. Phil English (PA-3)
Rep. John E. Peterson (PA-5)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA-6)
Rep. William Shuster (PA-9)
Rep. Charles W. Dent (PA-15)
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (PA-16)
Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (PA-18)
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA-19)
 
South Carolina
Sen. Lindsey Graham
Rep. Henry E. Brown (SC-1)
Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (SC-3)
Rep. Bob Inglis (SC-4)
 
South Dakota
Sen. Tim Johnson
 
Tennessee
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Sen. Bob Corker
Rep. David Davis (TN-1)
Rep. John J. Duncan (TN-2)
Rep. Zach Wamp (TN-3)
Rep. James Cooper (TN-5)
Rep. Bart Gordon (TN-6)
Rep. Marsha W. Blackburn (TN-7)
 
Texas
Sen. John Cornyn
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-1)
Rep. Ted Poe (TX-2)
Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-3)
Rep. Ralph M. Hall (TX-4)
Rep. Thomas J. Hensarling (TX-5)
Rep. Joe Barton (TX-6)
Rep. John Abney Culberson (TX-7)
Rep. Kevin Brady (TX-8)
Rep. Michael T. McCaul (TX-10)
Rep. K. Michael Conaway (TX-11)
Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Rep. Chet Edwards (TX-17)
Rep. Robert Neugebauer (TX-19)
Rep. Lamar S. Smith (TX-21)
Rep. Nick Lampson (TX-22)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (TX-26)
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Rep. John R. Carter (TX-31)
Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32)
 
Utah
Sen. Robert Bennett
Sen. Orrin Hatch
Rep. Robert W. Bishop (UT-1)
Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-2)
Rep. Chris Cannon (UT-3)
 
Virginia
Sen. John Warner
Rep. Thelma D. Drake (VA-2)
Rep. James Randy Forbes (VA-4)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA-6)
Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-7)
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (VA-10)
Rep. Tom Davis (VA-11)
 
Washington
Rep. Doc Hastings (WA-4)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5)
Rep. David G. Reichert (WA-8)
 
West Virginia
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2)
 
Wisconsin
Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1)
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (WI-5)
Rep. Thomas E. Petri (WI-6)
 
Wyoming
Sen. John Barrasso
Rep. Barbara Cubin (WY-AL)

 

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