You may recall the post by Hunter earlier today entitled
Who Supports The Troops? Democrats, As It Turns Out..., which as of this writing still appears on the front page.
Hunter included a chart prepared by Bob Geiger sorting the members of the U.S. Senate by their IAVA rating and showing that Democrats uniformly were rated above Republicans based on their votes in Congress in support of the troops and their needs.
Well, after much data mining and some self-taught HTML, I've prepared a House of Representatives version of the chart - below the fold.
Representative | State | Party | IAVA rating |
G.K. Butterfield | NC | Dem | A+ |
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA | Dem | A |
Henry Cuellar | TX | Dem | A |
Jim Davis | FL | Dem | A |
Bob Etheridge | NC | Dem | A |
Lane Evans | IL | Dem | A |
Charles A. Gonzalez | TX | Dem | A |
Gene Green | TX | Dem | A |
Steny H. Hoyer | MD | Dem | A |
James R. Langevin | RI | Dem | A |
Rick Larsen | WA | Dem | A |
Nita M. Lowey | NY | Dem | A |
Carolyn McCarthy | NY | Dem | A |
Solomon P. Ortiz | TX | Dem | A |
David E. Price | NC | Dem | A |
John M. Spratt, Jr. | SC | Dem | A |
Thomas H. Allen | ME | Dem | A- |
Robert A. Andrews | NJ | Dem | A- |
Joe Baca | CA | Dem | A- |
Shelly Berkley | NV | Dem | A- |
Howard L. Berman | CA | Dem | A- |
Tim Bishop | NY | Dem | A- |
Rick Boucher | VA | Dem | A- |
Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Dem | A- |
Dennis Cardoza | CA | Dem | A- |
Russ Carnahan | MO | Dem | A- |
Julia Carson | IN | Dem | A- |
Ben Chandler | KY | Dem | A- |
Emanuel Cleaver | MO | Dem | A- |
James Clyburn | SC | Dem | A- |
Jerry F. Costello | IL | Dem | A- |
Robert E. Cramer, Jr. | AL | Dem | A- |
Joseph Crowley | NY | Dem | A- |
Artur Davis | AL | Dem | A- |
Lincoln Davis | TN | Dem | A- |
Susan A. Davis | CA | Dem | A- |
Diana DeGette | CO | Dem | A- |
Rosa DeLauro | CT | Dem | A- |
Norman D. Dicks | WA | Dem | A- |
Chet Edwards | TX | Dem | A- |
Eliot L. Engel | NY | Dem | A- |
Harold E. Ford, Jr. | TN | Dem | A- |
Bart Gordon | TN | Dem | A- |
Brian Higgins | NY | Dem | A- |
Ruben E. Hinojosa | TX | Dem | A- |
Darlene Hooley | OR | Dem | A- |
Steve Israel | NY | Dem | A- |
William J. Jefferson | LA | Dem | A- |
Patrick J. Kennedy | RI | Dem | A- |
Dale E. Kildee | MI | Dem | A- |
Ron J. Kind | WI | Dem | A- |
Tom Lantos | CA | Dem | A- |
Sander M. Levin | MI | Dem | A- |
Dan Lipinski | IL | Dem | A- |
Mike McIntyre | NC | Dem | A- |
Michael R. McNulty | NY | Dem | A- |
Carolyn B. Maloney | NY | Dem | A- |
Jim Matheson | UT | Dem | A- |
Brad Miller | NC | Dem | A- |
Dennis Moore | KS | Dem | A- |
James P. Moran | VA | Dem | A- |
Richard E. Neal | MA | Dem | A- |
Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ | Dem | A- |
Earl Pomeroy | ND | Dem | A- |
Silvestre Reyes | TX | Dem | A- |
Mike Ross | AR | Dem | A- |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA | Dem | A- |
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD | Dem | A- |
John T. Salazar | CO | Dem | A- |
Loretta Sanchez | CA | Dem | A- |
Adam Schiff | CA | Dem | A- |
Bobby Scott | VA | Dem | A- |
David Scott | GA | Dem | A- |
Ike Skelton | MO | Dem | A- |
Adam Smith | WA | Dem | A- |
Vic Snyder | AR | Dem | A- |
Ted Strickland | OH | Dem | A- |
Bart Stupak | MI | Dem | A- |
Ellen Tauscher | CA | Dem | A- |
Gene Taylor | MS | Dem | A- |
Bennie G. Thompson | MS | Dem | A- |
Mark Udall | CO | Dem | A- |
Robert Wexler | FL | Dem | A- |
Albert R. Wynn | MD | Dem | A- |
Gary L. Ackerman | NY | Dem | B+ |
Melissa L. Bean | IL | Dem | B+ |
Xavier Becerra | CA | Dem | B+ |
Marion Berry | AR | Dem | B+ |
Dan Boren | OK | Dem | B+ |
Leonard L. Boswell | IA | Dem | B+ |
F. Allen Boyd, Jr. | FL | Dem | B+ |
Robert A. Brady | PA | Dem | B+ |
Corrine Brown | FL | Dem | B+ |
Lois Capps | CA | Dem | B+ |
Wm. Lacy Clay | MO | Dem | B+ |
Jim Cooper | TN | Dem | B+ |
Jim Costa | CA | Dem | B+ |
Elijah E. Cummings | MD | Dem | B+ |
John D. Dingell | MI | Dem | B+ |
Michael F. Doyle | PA | Dem | B+ |
Rahm Emanuel | IL | Dem | B+ |
Luis V. Gutierrez | IL | Dem | B+ |
Al Green | TX | Dem | B+ |
Jane Harman | CA | Dem | B+ |
Stephanie Herseth | SD | Dem | B+ |
Tim Holden | PA | Dem | B+ |
Jay Inslee | WA | Dem | B+ |
Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX | Dem | B+ |
Paul E. Kanjorski | PA | Dem | B+ |
Marcy Kaptur | OH | Dem | B+ |
John B. Larson | CT | Dem | B+ |
Stephen F. Lynch | MA | Dem | B+ |
Jim Marshall | GA | Dem | B+ |
Louise McIntosh-Slaughter | NY | Dem | B+ |
Marty Meehan | MA | Dem | B+ |
Kendrick B. Meek | FL | Dem | B+ |
Charlie Melancon | LA | Dem | B+ |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | CA | Dem | B+ |
Alan B. Mollohan | WV | Dem | B+ |
Grace F. Napolitano | CA | Dem | B+ |
Ed Pastor | AZ | Dem | B+ |
Nancy Pelosi | CA | Dem | B+ |
Collin C. Peterson | MN | Dem | B+ |
Nick J. Rahall II | WV | Dem | B+ |
Steven R. Rothman | NJ | Dem | B+ |
Bobby L. Rush | IL | Dem | B+ |
Tim Ryan | OH | Dem | B+ |
Martin Olav Sabo | MN | Dem | B+ |
Brad Sherman | CA | Dem | B+ |
John S. Tanner | TN | Dem | B+ |
Tom Udall | NM | Dem | B+ |
Chris Van Hollen | MD | Dem | B+ |
Peter J. Visclosky | IN | Dem | B+ |
Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL | Dem | B+ |
Neal Abercrombie | HI | Dem | B |
Brian Baird | WA | Dem | B |
Sherrod Brown | OH | Dem | B |
Michael Capuano | MA | Dem | B |
Ed Case | HI | Dem | B |
Danny K. Davis | IL | Dem | B |
Peter A. DeFazio | OR | Dem | B |
William Delahunt | MA | Dem | B |
Lloyd Doggett | TX | Dem | B |
Anna Eshoo | CA | Dem | B |
Chaka Fattah | PA | Dem | B |
Alcee Hastings | FL | Dem | B |
Rush D. Holt | NJ | Dem | B |
Michael M. Honda | CA | Dem | B |
Sheila Jackson-Lee | TX | Dem | B |
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | MI | Dem | B |
Jim Leach | IA | Rep | B |
Zoe Lofgren | CA | Dem | B |
Edward J. Markey | MA | Dem | B |
Betty McCollum | MN | Dem | B |
James P. McGovern | MA | Dem | B |
Gregory W. Meeks | NY | Dem | B |
Michael H. Michaud | ME | Dem | B |
John P. Murtha | PA | Dem | B |
Jerrold Nadler | NY | Dem | B |
David R. Obey | WI | Dem | B |
Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ | Dem | B |
Linda T. Sanchez | CA | Dem | B |
Bernard Sanders | VT | Ind | B |
Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA | Dem | B |
Christopher Shays | CT | Rep | B |
Christopher H. Smith | NJ | Rep | B |
Hilda Solis | CA | Dem | B |
Mike Thompson | CA | Dem | B |
Edolphus Towns | NY | Dem | B |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | OH | Dem | B |
Henry Waxman | CA | Dem | B |
Anthony D. Weiner | NY | Dem | B |
David Wu | OR | Dem | B |
Rodney Alexander | LA | Rep | B- |
Tammy Baldwin | WI | Dem | B- |
John Barrow | GA | Dem | B- |
Jo Ann Davis | VA | Rep | B- |
Phil English | PA | Rep | B- |
Sam Farr | CA | Dem | B- |
Mike Ferguson | NJ | Rep | B- |
Mark "maf54" Foley | FL | Rep | B- |
Jim Gerlach | PA | Rep | B- |
Ralph M. Hall | TX | Rep | B- |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | IL | Dem | B- |
Walter B. Jones, Jr. | NC | Rep | B- |
Steven C. LaTourette | OH | Rep | B- |
Frank A. LoBiando | NJ | Rep | B- |
James L. Oberstar | MN | Dem | B- |
John W. Olver | MA | Dem | B- |
Todd R. Platts | PA | Rep | B- |
Jim Ramstad | MN | Rep | B- |
Charles B. Rangel | NY | Dem | B- |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL | Rep | B- |
Jose E. Serrano | NY | Dem | B- |
John F. Tierney | MA | Dem | B- |
Nydia M. Velasquez | NY | Dem | B- |
Curt Weldon | PA | Rep | B- |
Heather Wilson | NM | Rep | B- |
Robert B. Aderholt | AL | Rep | C+ |
Spencer Bachus | AL | Rep | C+ |
Roscoe G. Bartlett | MD | Rep | C+ |
Charles F. Bass | NH | Rep | C+ |
Michael Bilirakis | FL | Rep | C+ |
Earl Blumenauer | OR | Dem | C+ |
Sherwood Boehlert | NY | Rep | C+ |
Mary Bono | CA | Rep | C+ |
John Boozman | AR | Rep | C+ |
Jeb Bradley | NH | Rep | C+ |
Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Rep | C+ |
Michael Castle | DE | Rep | C+ |
Ander Crenshaw | FL | Rep | C+ |
Thomas M. Davis III | VA | Rep | C+ |
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | FL | Rep | C+ |
Jo Ann Emerson | MO | Rep | C+ |
Bob Filner | CA | Dem | C+ |
J. Randy Forbes | VA | Rep | C+ |
Vito Fossella | NY | Rep | C+ |
Barney Frank | MA | Dem | C+ |
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ | Rep | C+ |
Elton Gallegly | CA | Rep | C+ |
James A. Gibbons | NV | Rep | C+ |
Wayne T. Gilchrest | MD | Rep | C+ |
Paul E. Gillmor | OH | Rep | C+ |
Mark Green | WI | Rep | C+ |
Raul M. Grijalva | AZ | Dem | C+ |
Gil Gutknecht | MN | Rep | C+ |
Melissa A. Hart | PA | Rep | C+ |
J.D. Hayworth | AZ | Rep | C+ |
Maurice D. Hinchey | NY | Dem | C+ |
David L. Hobson | OH | Rep | C+ |
John N. Hostettler | IN | Rep | C+ |
Henry Hyde | IL | Rep | C+ |
William L. Jenkins | TN | Rep | C+ |
Nancy L. Johnson | CT | Rep | C+ |
Timothy V. Johnson | IL | Rep | C+ |
Ric Keller | FL | Rep | C+ |
Sue W. Kelly | NY | Rep | C+ |
Mark R. Kennedy | MN | Rep | C+ |
Peter T. King | NY | Rep | C+ |
Mark S. Kirk | IL | Rep | C+ |
Ray LaHood | IL | Rep | C+ |
Tom Latham | IA | Rep | C+ |
Ron Lewis | KY | Rep | C+ |
Thaddeus G. McCotter | MI | Rep | C+ |
John M. McHugh | NY | Rep | C+ |
George Miller | CA | Dem | C+ |
Bob Ney | OH | Rep | C+ |
John E. Peterson | PA | Rep | C+ |
Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | MS | Rep | C+ |
Jon C. Porter | NV | Rep | C+ |
Deborah Pryce | OH | Rep | C+ |
Adam Putnam | FL | Rep | C+ |
Ralph Regula | OH | Rep | C+ |
Rick Renzi | AZ | Rep | C+ |
Jim Ryun | KS | Rep | C+ |
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | FL | Rep | C+ |
John Shimkus | IL | Rep | C+ |
Rob Simmons | CT | Rep | C+ |
Lamar S. Smith | TX | Rep | C+ |
John E. Sweeney | NY | Rep | C+ |
William M. Thomas | CA | Rep | C+ |
Fred Upton | MI | Rep | C+ |
Greg Walden | OR | Rep | C+ |
James T. Walsh | NY | Rep | C+ |
Diane Watson | CA | Dem | C+ |
Melvin L. Watt | NC | Dem | C+ |
Jerry Weller | IL | Rep | C+ |
Ed Whitfield | KY | Rep | C+ |
Roger F. Wicker | MS | Rep | C+ |
Frank R. Wolf | VA | Rep | C+ |
C.W. Bill Young | FL | Rep | C+ |
Don Young | AK | Rep | C+ |
W. Todd Akin | MO | Rep | C |
Richard H. Baker | LA | Rep | C |
Joe Barton | TX | Rep | C |
Bob Beauprez | CO | Rep | C |
Judy Biggert | IL | Rep | C |
Roy Blunt | MO | Rep | C |
John A. Boehner | OH | Rep | C |
Henry Bonilla | TX | Rep | C |
Jo Bonner | AL | Rep | C |
Kevin Brady | TX | Rep | C |
Henry E. Brown, Jr. | SC | Rep | C |
Ginny Brown-Waite | FL | Rep | C |
Dan Burton | IN | Rep | C |
Steve Buyer | IN | Rep | C |
Ken Calvert | CA | Rep | C |
Dave Camp | MI | Rep | C |
Eric Cantor | VA | Rep | C |
Steve Chabot | OH | Rep | C |
Howard Coble | NC | Rep | C |
Tom Cole | OK | Rep | C |
Barbara Cubin | WY | Rep | C |
John A. Culberson | TX | Rep | C |
Mario Diaz-Balart | FL | Rep | C |
David Dreier | CA | Rep | C |
Vernon Ehlers | MI | Rep | C |
Terry Everett | AL | Rep | C |
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | VA | Rep | C |
Bob Goodlatte | VA | Rep | C |
Kay Granger | TX | Rep | C |
Sam Graves | MO | Rep | C |
Doc Hastings | WA | Rep | C |
Robin Hayes | NC | Rep | C |
Joel Hefley | CO | Rep | C |
Wally Herger | CA | Rep | C |
Peter Hoekstra | MI | Rep | C |
Kenny C. Hulshof | MO | Rep | C |
Duncan Hunter | CA | Rep | C |
Darrell Issa | CA | Rep | C |
Ernest Istook, Jr. | OK | Rep | C |
Jack Kingston | GA | Rep | C |
John Kline | MN | Rep | C |
Joe Knollenberg | MI | Rep | C |
Jim Kolbe | AZ | Rep | C |
Jerry Lewis | CA | Rep | C |
John Lewis | GA | Dem | C |
John Linder | GA | Rep | C |
Frank D. Lucas | OK | Rep | C |
Jim McCrery | LA | Rep | C |
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA | Rep | C |
Donald A. Manzullo | IL | Rep | C |
John Mica | FL | Rep | C |
Candice Miller | MI | Rep | C |
Gary G. Miller | CA | Rep | C |
Jeff Miller | FL | Rep | C |
Gwen S. Moore | WI | Dem | C |
Jerry Moran | KS | Rep | C |
Timothy F. Murphy | PA | Rep | C |
Sue Wilkins Myrick | NC | Rep | C |
Anne M. Northup | KY | Rep | C |
Charlie Norwood | GA | Rep | C |
Devin Nunes | CA | Rep | C |
Jim Nussle | IA | Rep | C |
Tom Osborne | NE | Rep | C |
C.L. "Butch" Otter | ID | Rep | C |
Michael G. Oxley | OH | Rep | C |
Major R. Owens | NY | Dem | C |
Donald M. Payne | NJ | Dem | C |
Mike Pence | IN | Rep | C |
Thomas E. Petri | WI | Rep | C |
Joseph R. Pitts | PA | Rep | C |
Richard Pombo | CA | Rep | C |
George Radanovich | CA | Rep | C |
Dennis R. Rehberg | MT | Rep | C |
Thomas M. Reynolds | NY | Rep | C |
Harold Rogers | KY | Rep | C |
Michael D. Rogers | AL | Rep | C |
Michael J. Rogers | MI | Rep | C |
Dana Rohrabacher | CA | Rep | C |
Ed Royce | CA | Rep | C |
Paul D. Ryan | WI | Rep | C |
Jim Saxton | NJ | Rep | C |
Janice D. Schakowsky | IL | Dem | C |
Don Sherwood | PA | Rep | C |
Bill Shuster | PA | Rep | C |
Mike Simpson | ID | Rep | C |
Mark Souder | IN | Rep | C |
Cliff Stearns | FL | Rep | C |
John Sullivan | OK | Rep | C |
Thomas G. Tancredo | CO | Rep | C |
Charles H. Taylor | NC | Rep | C |
Lee Terry | NE | Rep | C |
Todd Tiahrt | KS | Rep | C |
Mac Thornberry | TX | Rep | C |
Patrick J. Tiberi | OH | Rep | C |
Michael R. Turner | OH | Rep | C |
Zach Wamp | TN | Rep | C |
Maxine Waters | CA | Dem | C |
Dave Weldon | FL | Rep | C |
Joe Wilson | SC | Rep | C |
J. Gresham Barrett | SC | Rep | C- |
Rob Bishop | UT | Rep | C- |
Marsha Blackburn | TN | Rep | C- |
Michael C. Burgess | TX | Rep | C- |
Chris Cannon | UT | Rep | C- |
John R. Carter | TX | Rep | C- |
Chris Chocola | IN | Rep | C- |
John Conyers, Jr. | MI | Dem | C- |
Nathan Deal | GA | Rep | C- |
Charles W. Dent | PA | Rep | C- |
John T. Doolittle | CA | Rep | C- |
Mike Fitzpatrick | PA | Rep | C- |
Trent Franks | AZ | Rep | C- |
Scott Garrett | NJ | Rep | C- |
Phil Gingrey | GA | Rep | C- |
Katherine Harris | FL | Rep | C- |
Dennis J. Kucinich | OH | Dem | C- |
Jim McDermott | WA | Dem | C- |
Marilyn N. Musgrave | CO | Rep | C- |
Steve Pearce | NM | Rep | C- |
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI | Rep | C- |
Pete Sessions | TX | Rep | C- |
John B. Shadegg | AZ | Rep | C- |
Fortney Pete Stark | CA | Dem | C- |
Lynn Woolsey | CA | Dem | C- |
Tom Feeney | FL | Rep | D+ |
Jeb Hensarling | TX | Rep | D+ |
Sam Johnson | TX | Rep | D+ |
Steve King | IA | Rep | D+ |
Barbara Lee | CA | Dem | D+ |
Cynthia McKinney | GA | Dem | D+ |
Ted Poe | TX | Rep | D+ |
David G. Reichert | WA | Rep | D+ |
Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | LA | Rep | D |
K. Michael Conaway | TX | Rep | D |
Geoff Davis | KY | Rep | D |
John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN | Rep | D |
Jeff Flake | AZ | Rep | D |
Jeff Fortenberry | NE | Rep | D |
Virginia Foxx | NC | Rep | D |
Bob Inglis | SC | Rep | D |
Bobby Jindal | LA | Rep | D |
John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr. | NY | Rep | D |
Dan Lundgren | CA | Rep | D |
Michael T. McCaul | TX | Rep | D |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA | Rep | D |
Connie Mack IV | FL | Rep | D |
Kenny Marchant | TX | Rep | D |
Randy Neugebauer | TX | Rep | D |
John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | MI | Rep | D |
Mike Sodrel | IN | Rep | D |
Thelma D. Drake | VA | Rep | D- |
John Campbell | CA | Rep | F |
Louie Gohmert | TX | Rep | F |
J. Dennis Hastert | IL | Rep | F |
Patrick T. McHenry | NC | Rep | F |
Ron E. Paul | TX | Rep | F |
Tom Price | GA | Rep | F |
Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA | Rep | F |
Brian Bilbray | CA | Rep | unrated |
Doris Matsui | CA | Dem | unrated |
Jean Schmidt | OH | Rep | unrated |
Well, if you've made it this far, you've noticed some interesting things. First of all, note that Katherine Harris and Dennis Kucinich have the same rating. The highest-rated Republicans have B's (Leach, Shays, Smith), while the lowest-rated Democrats have D+'s (Lee, McKinney). No Repukes have A's and no Dems have F's.
What else do you notice from this chart?
(A striking color version of this chart, along with the Senate chart that spawned this one, may be found at Blast Off!, where comments also are welcome!)