Chamber Honors Lawmakers With Spirit of Enterprise Award

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May 1, 2008

 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 9 presented 239 federal lawmakers with its prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Award for their support of pro-growth legislation during the first session of the 110th Congress. Members of the Senate were judged on 11 key votes; House members, on 20 votes. Members who supported the Chamber's position on at least 70% of those votes received the Spirit of Enterprise Award.  Learn more.

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. C.W. 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. Phil 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. David 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)