2008 Spirit of Enterprise Awards

The Spirit of Enterprise Award is presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to members of Congress who voted in support of the Chamber's position on legislation a minimum of 70 percent of the time during the previous session. The award signifies the Chamber's appreciation of those members by identifying individual senators and representatives as strong supporters of free enterprise in America.
2008 Winners: 110th Congress, 2nd 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. Robert E. Cramer (AL-5)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL-6)

ALASKA
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Ted Stevens
Rep. Don Young (AL)

ARIZONA
Sen. John McCain
Rep. Richard G. Renzi (AZ-1)
Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-2)
Rep. John B. Shadegg (AZ-3)

ARKANSAS
Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Sen. Mark Pryor
Rep. John N. Boozman (AR-3)

CALIFORNIA
Rep. Wally Herger (CA-2)
Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (CA-3)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (CA-4)
Rep. George Radanovich (CA-19)
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 Issa (CA-49)
Rep. Brian P. Bilbray (CA-50)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-52)

COLORADO
Sen. Wayne Allard
Rep. Marilyn N. Musgrave (CO-4)
Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5)
Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (CO-6)

CONNECTICUT
Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Rep. Christopher Shays (CT-4)

DELAWARE
Sen. Joseph Biden
Rep. Michael N. Castle (AL)

FLORIDA
Sen. Mel Martinez
Rep. Jeff Miller (FL-1)
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 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. Ilena 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. Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3)
Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
Rep. John Linder (GA-7)
Rep. Nathan Deal (GA-9)
Rep. J. Phillip Gingrey (GA-11)

HAWAII
Sen. Dan Inouye

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. Donald A. Manzullo (IL-16)
Rep. Ray LaHood (IL-18)
Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19)

INDIANA
Sen. Richard Lugar
Rep. Joe Donnelly (IN-2)
Rep. Mark E. Souder (IN-3)
Rep. Steve Buyer (IN-4)
Rep. Dan Burton (IN-5)
Rep. Mike Pence (IN-6)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (IN-8)

IOWA
Sen. Charles Grassley
Rep. Tom Latham (IA-4)
Rep. Steve King (IA-5)

KANSAS
Sen. Sam Brownback
Sen. Pat Roberts
Rep. Jerry Moran (KS-1)
Rep. Dennis Moore (KS-3)
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. Hal Rogers (KY-5)

LOUISIANA
Sen. Mary Landrieu
Sen. David Vitter
Rep. Steve Scalise (LA-1)
Rep. Charles Melancon (LA-3)
Rep. Jim McCrery (LA-4)
Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA-5)
Rep. Charles W. Boustany (LA-7)

MAINE
Sen. Susan Collins
Sen. Olympia Snowe

MARYLAND
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (MD-6)

MICHIGAN
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (MI-2)
Rep. Vern 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. Roger Wicker
Rep. Charles W. Pickering (MS-3)

MISSOURI
Sen. Kit Bond
Sen. Claire McCaskill
Rep. W. Todd Akin (MO-2)
Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6)
Rep. Roy Blunt (MO-7)
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8)
Rep. Kenny C. Hulshof (MO-9)

MONTANA
Sen. Max Baucus
Rep. Dennis R. Rehberg (AL)

NEBRASKA
Sen. Chuck Hagel
Sen. Ben Nelson
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
Rep. Lee Terry (NE-2)
Rep. Adrian M. Smith (NE-3)

NEVADA
Sen. John Ensign
Sen. Harry Reid
Rep. Dean Heller (NV-2)
Rep. Jon C. Porter (NV-3)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Sen. Judd Gregg
Sen. John Sununu

NEW JERSEY
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-2)
Rep. Jim Saxton (NJ-3)
Rep. E. Scott Garrett (NJ-5)
Rep. Mike Ferguson (NJ-7)
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-13)

NEW MEXICO
Sen. Pete Domenici
Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-1)
Rep. Steven Pearce (NM-2)

NEW YORK
Rep. Tim Bishop (NY-1)
Rep. Peter King (NY-3)
Rep. Vito Fossella (NY-13)
Rep. John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Rep. James T. Walsh (NY-25)
Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (NY-26)
Rep. John R. Kuhl (NY-29)

NORTH CAROLINA
Sen. Richard Burr
Sen. Elizabeth Dole
Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5)
Rep. Howard Coble (NC-6)
Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick (NC-9)
Rep. Patrick 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. Robert E. Latta (OH-5)
Rep. David L. Hobson (OH-7)
Rep. John A. Boehner (OH-8)
Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (OH-12)
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14)
Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15)
Rep. Ralph Regula (OH-16)

OKLAHOMA
Sen. Tom Coburn
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
Sen. Gordon Smith
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. Joe Wilson (SC-2)
Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (SC-3)
Rep. Bob Inglis (SC-4)

SOUTH DAKOTA
Sen. Tim Johnson
Sen. John Thune

TENNESSEE
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Sen. Bob Corker
Rep. David Davis (TN-1)
Rep. John J. Duncan (TN-2)
Rep. Zach Wamp (TN-3)
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5)
Rep. Marsha W. Blackburn (TN-7)
Rep. John S. Tanner (TN-8)

TEXAS
Sen. John Cornyn
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-1)
Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-3)
Rep. Ralph M. Hall (TX-4)
Rep. Jeb 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. Mike Conaway (TX-11)
Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Rep. Randy 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. 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. Robert J. Wittman (VA-1)
Rep. Thelma D. Drake (VA-2)
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (VA-4)
Rep. Virgil H. Goode (VA-5)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA-6)
Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-7)
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (VA-10)
Rep. Thomas 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. Ron Kind (WI-3)
Rep. Tom Petri (WI-6)

WYOMING
Sen. John Barrasso
Sen. Michael Enzi
Rep. Barbara Cubin (AL)

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