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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 75%
Todd Akin 50%
Wayne Allard 40%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 80%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Roscoe Bartlett 67%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 67%
Bob Bennett 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Shelley Berkley 78%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 0%
Judy Biggert 83%
Michael Bilirakis 83%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
Rod Blagojevich 78%
Sherwood Boehlert 86%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 89%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
John Breaux 25%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 50%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 0%
Jean Carnahan 67%
Brad Carson 0%
Julia Carson 86%
Mike Castle 100%
Eva Clayton 60%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 86%
Robert Clement 67%
Hillary Clinton 86%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 75%
John Cooksey 0%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 78%
Christopher Cox 33%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 75%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 33%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Norm Dicks 88%
Chris Dodd 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 80%
David Dreier 33%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
John Edwards 71%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 57%
John Ensign 83%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 78%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Ernest Fletcher 25%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 67%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 25%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elton Gallegly 78%
John Ganske 33%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 89%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 60%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 83%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Mark Green 71%
James Greenwood 88%
Judd Gregg 83%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 71%
James Hansen 25%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 33%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 33%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 67%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
David Lee Hobson 71%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 89%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 50%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 86%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 0%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Tim Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 25%
Sue Kelly 86%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Mark Kennedy 33%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 83%
James Kolbe 86%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 60%
John LaFalce 67%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 67%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 75%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 86%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 83%
William Luther 88%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 60%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 86%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 89%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 60%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 67%
Zell Bryan Miller 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 71%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Ben Nelson 60%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 33%
Anne Northup 67%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 25%
Jim Oberstar 60%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 86%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 25%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ron Paul 33%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 63%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 50%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 25%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Timothy Roemer 67%
Mike Ross 0%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 100%
Jim Ryun 33%
Martin Olav Sabo 71%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 88%
Jim Saxton 100%
Edward Schrock 33%
John Shadegg 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 86%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 33%
Ronnie Shows 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 86%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 0%
Gordon Smith 71%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 83%
Vic Snyder 60%
Hilda Solis 89%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 83%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 67%
John Sununu 80%
John Sweeney 67%
Tom Tancredo 71%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 50%
Karen Thurman 60%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 88%
Ed Towns 78%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
James Turner 0%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 75%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 40%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Robert Wexler 89%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
David Wu 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 71%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 89%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 88%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 33%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 71%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 71%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 63%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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.

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