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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100+
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100
Todd Akin 28
Wayne Allard 20
Thomas Allen 100
Joe Baca, Sr. 56
Brian Baird 70
Richard Hugh Baker 14
J. Gresham Barrett 42
Roscoe Bartlett 100+
Evan Bayh 80
Melissa Bean 70
Bob Bennett 40
Shelley Berkley 100
Howard Berman 85
Marion Berry 14
Judy Biggert 100
Jeff Bingaman 0
Kit Bond 0
Mary Bono Mack 85
Dan Boren 14
Leonard Boswell 28
Rick Boucher 42
Allen Boyd, Jr. 14
Henry Brown, Jr. 70
Ginny Brown-Waite 28
Jim Bunning 20
Dan Burton 70
Steve Buyer 14
Robert Byrd 80
Chris Cannon 0
Dennis Cardoza 28
Russ Carnahan 85
Julia Carson 100
Mike Castle 100
Ben Chandler III 42
Hillary Clinton 100+
Norm Coleman 60
Kent Conrad 20
Jerry Costello 85
Larry Craig 0
Robert Cramer 56
Barbara Cubin 42
Artur Davis 70
Geoff Davis 56
Jo Ann Davis 70
Lincoln Davis 28
Thomas Davis III 85
Bill Delahunt 85
James DeMint 40
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56
Norm Dicks 100
Chris Dodd 100
Elizabeth Dole 60
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0
John Doolittle 0
Byron Dorgan 20
Thelma Drake 14
David Dreier 70
Chet Edwards 14
Vern Ehlers 56
Jo Ann Emerson 28
Philip English 100+
John Ensign 100
Bob Etheridge 70
Terry Everett 56
Tom Feeney 0
Russ Feingold 60
Michael Ferguson 100+
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70
Barney Frank 85
Elton Gallegly 70
Wayne Gilchrest 56
Paul Gillmor 42
Charlie Gonzalez 85
Virgil Goode, Jr. 42
Bart Gordon 42
Judd Gregg 40
Jane Harman 56
Robert Hayes 14
Wally Herger, Jr. 28
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 42
Maurice Hinchey 100
David Lee Hobson 70
Pete Hoekstra 42
Thomas Holden 42
Darlene Hooley 85
Kenny Hulshof 28
Duncan Hunter 42
Kay Hutchison 20
Bob Inglis, Sr. 42
Daniel Inouye 80
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 85
William Jefferson 56
Tim Johnson 56
Paul Kanjorski 70
Ric Keller 70
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100+
Patrick Kennedy 85
Dale Kildee 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 70
Joseph Knollenberg 28
Herb Kohl 60
Dennis Kucinich 100
John Kuhl, Jr. 56
Jon Kyl 40
Ray LaHood 28
Tom Lantos 100+
Steve LaTourette 100
Frank Lautenberg 100+
Jerry Lewis 28
Ron Lewis 42
Joe Lieberman 100+
Blanche Lincoln 0
John Linder 70
Trent Lott, Sr. 40
Dick Lugar 60
Dan Lungren 42
Connie Mack IV 28
Don Manzullo 28
Jim Marshall 28
Melquiades Martinez 40
Thaddeus McCotter 70
James McCrery III 28
John McHugh 42
Michael McNulty 100
Martin Meehan 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 56
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 14
Brad Miller 85
Alan Mollohan 56
Dennis Moore 100
Jack Murtha 42
Marilyn Musgrave 28
Sue Myrick 56
Ben Nelson 40
Jim Oberstar 14
Dave Obey 42
John Olver 85
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42
Ron Paul 14
Donald Payne 100
John Peterson 14
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0
Todd Platts 85
Earl Pomeroy 28
Jon Porter, Sr. 56
Deborah Pryce 56
George Radanovich 14
James Ramstad 70
Ralph Regula 56
Denny Rehberg 14
Richard Renzi 56
Silvestre Reyes 56
Thomas Reynolds 42
Mike Ross 14
Steve Rothman 85
Ken Salazar 0
Jim Saxton 100
John Shadegg 14
Christopher Shays 100
Ike Skelton 28
Gordon Smith 20
Olympia Snowe 100+
Vic Snyder 56
Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 28
Arlen Specter 100+
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 28
Ted Stevens 60
Bart Stupak 42
John Sullivan 14
John Sununu 20
Tom Tancredo 28
John Tanner 56
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 56
Craig Thomas 0
Todd Tiahrt 14
Ed Towns 70
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 56
George Voinovich 0
James Walsh 56
Zach Wamp 28
John Warner 60
Diane Watson 85
Anthony Weiner 100
David Weldon 28
Gerald Weller 85
Robert Wexler 100
Heather Wilson 42
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 70
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 14
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 70
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 85
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100+
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 42
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100+
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 85
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 85
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 28
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 28
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 28
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 85
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 70
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 14
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 85
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100
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 100+
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 56
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 56
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 85
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 70
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 85
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 70
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 56
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 70
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100+
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 42
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 70
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 70
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100+
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 85
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 70
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 85
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 85
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 14
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 70
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 70
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 85
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 85
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 70
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 60
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 42
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 56
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 40
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 70
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 70
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 85
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 85
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 56
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 70
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 85
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 85
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 70
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 85
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 70
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 70
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 85
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 56
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 56
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 42
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 28
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 56
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 28
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 28
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 28
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 28
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 14
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 14
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 42
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 14
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 42
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 56
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 14
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 14
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 70
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 28
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 14
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100+
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 14
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 42
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 14
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 42
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 70
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 56
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 56
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 28
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 14
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 42
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 85
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 14
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 28
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 14
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 14
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 40
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 70
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 28
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 14
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 56
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 42
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 85
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 56
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 28
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 14
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 28
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 28
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 14
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 42
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 28
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 42
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 28
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 28
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 85
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 14
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 20
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 42
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 14
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 14
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 56
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 28
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 56
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 42
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 14
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 42
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 14
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 85
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 28
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 56
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 56
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 28
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 14
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 42
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 56
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 14
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100+
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 28
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 42
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 70
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 60
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 28
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 14
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 85
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 70
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 70
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14

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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