or Login to see your representatives.

Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

[x] close
Print Track This Candidate

Joe Linus Barton

Representative Joe Linus Barton's Special Interest Group Ratings

Joe Linus Barton
Full Name: Joe Linus Barton
Current Office: U.S. House - District 6, Republican
First Elected: 11/06/1984
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014

Filter by Issue:

Budget, Spending and Taxes

2011 National Journal - Conservative on Economic Policy Score 63%
2011 National Journal - Conservative on Social Policy Score 100%
2011 National Journal - Liberal on Foreign Policy Score 9%
2011 National Journal - Liberal on Economic Policy Score 37%
2011 National Journal - Liberal on Social Policy 0%
2011 National Journal - Conservative on Foreign Policy Score 86%
2011 National Taxpayers Union - Positions on Tax and Spending 81%
2010 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 95%
2010 National Taxpayers Union - Positions on Tax and Spending 89%
2009 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 69%
2009 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 84%
2008 Citizens Against Government Waste - Lifetime Score 78%
2008 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 83%
2007-2008 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 92%
2007 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 95%
2007 FreedomWorks - Positions 90%
2006 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 91%
2006 FreedomWorks - Positions 83%
2006 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 63%
2005-2006 Citizens for Tax Justice - Positions 0%
2005-2006 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 82%
2005 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 96%
2005 FreedomWorks - Positions 82%
2005 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 69%
2005 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 0%
2004 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 95%
2004 American Shareholders Association - Positions 100%
2004 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 69%
2004 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 12%
2003-2004 FreedomWorks - Positions 73%
2003-2004 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 94%
2003 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 100%
2003 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 67%
2003 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 35%
2002 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 90%
2002 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 60%
2002 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 17%
2001-2002 Concord Coalition - Positions 15%
2001-2002 FreedomWorks - Positions 90%
2001-2002 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 97%
2001 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 95%
2001 American Shareholders Association - Positions 86%
2001 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 69%
2001 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 23%
2000 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 75%
2000 Concord Coalition - Positions 49%
2000 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 33%
1999-2000 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 87%
1999 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 82%
1999 Concord Coalition - Positions 75%
1999 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 65%
1998 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 95%
1998 Concord Coalition - Positions 53%
1998 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 75%
1998 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 32%
1997-1998 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 100%
1997 Concord Coalition - Positions 44%
1997 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 61%
1997 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 25%
1996 Concord Coalition - Positions 52%
1995-1996 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 93%
1995 Concord Coalition - Positions 41%
1995 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 84%
1994 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Taxes Score 100%
1994 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Deregulation Score 100%
1994 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Budget Score 89%
1994 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Spending Score 90%
1994 Competitive Enterprise Institute - Total Score 90%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Project Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

About Project Vote Smart

Help Us If You Can

Media & Communications

Education

For Candidates

One Common Ground, Philipsburg, MT 59858 Hotline: 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)
All content © 1992 - 2013 Project Vote Smart unless otherwise attributed - Privacy Policy - Legislative demographic data provided by Aristotle International, Inc. Mobile Version

Back to top