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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 40%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 60%
Thomas Allen 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Bill Archer 13%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 13%
John Baldacci 50%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
Cass Ballenger 13%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 13%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 63%
Bill Barrett 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 63%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
Charlie Bass 63%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
Evan Bayh 60%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 63%
Bob Bennett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 63%
Douglas Bereuter 38%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
Judy Biggert 63%
Brian Bilbray 88%
Michael Bilirakis 63%
Jeff Bingaman 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 13%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 13%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 13%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 13%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 63%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 13%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 13%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
Ben Campbell 40%
Thomas Campbell 75%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 38%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 63%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 25%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 75%
Eva Clayton 25%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
Michael Collins 13%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
Larry Combest 13%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 40%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 38%
John Cooksey 13%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 63%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 75%
Barbara Cubin 13%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 75%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Patsy Ann Danner 13%
Thomas Daschle 60%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 75%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 63%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 13%
James DeMint 25%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 63%
Jay Dickey 13%
Norm Dicks 75%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 80%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 63%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 60%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
Jennifer Dunn 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 60%
Chet Edwards 38%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 25%
Jo Ann Emerson 13%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 75%
Philip English 63%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Thomas Ewing 38%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 63%
Russ Feingold 60%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 80%
Ernest Fletcher 38%
Mark Foley 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Barney Frank 88%
Robert Franks 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
William Frist 40%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Elton Gallegly 75%
John Ganske 13%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 13%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Jim Gibbons 13%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 88%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 38%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 38%
William Goodling 38%
Bart Gordon 38%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 38%
Daniel Graham 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
Mark Green 88%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
James Greenwood 88%
Judd Gregg 40%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
Tony Hall 88%
James Hansen 13%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 40%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Baron Hill 50%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 13%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 38%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
David Lee Hobson 25%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 25%
Ernest Hollings 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 63%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 63%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 25%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 38%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 40%
Daniel Inouye 60%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 88%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 63%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 13%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 75%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
William Jefferson 38%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 63%
Nancy Johnson 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 13%
Sue Kelly 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Steven Kuykendall 38%
Jon Kyl 40%
John LaFalce 50%
Ray LaHood 38%
Nicholas Lampson 63%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
Tom Lantos 75%
Stephen Largent 25%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 25%
Steve LaTourette 75%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
Rick Lazio 75%
James Leach 88%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 60%
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 75%
Jerry Lewis 25%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 75%
Ron Lewis 13%
Joe Lieberman 80%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
Dick Lugar 40%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
Matthew Martinez 25%
Frank Mascara 63%
Robert Matsui 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
Bill McCollum 38%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 40%
James McCrery III 25%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 13%
Scott McInnis 13%
David McIntosh 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 63%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 75%
Jack Metcalf 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Dan Miller 38%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 63%
John Moakley 88%
Alan Mollohan 13%
Dennis Moore 63%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
Constance Morella 88%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
Jack Murtha 13%
Sue Myrick 38%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
Robert William Ney 13%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 75%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 50%
Dave Obey 63%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 13%
Doug Ose 38%
Major Owens 75%
Michael Oxley 25%
Ronald Packard 13%
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 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 88%
Edward Pease 50%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 38%
John Peterson 13%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 63%
David Phelps 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25%
Owen Pickett 38%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 13%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 63%
Jack Quinn 13%
George Radanovich 13%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 38%
James Ramstad 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 38%
Thomas Reynolds 13%
Bob Riley 13%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
Charles Robb 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
Timothy Roemer 63%
James Rogan 13%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 63%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 80%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 75%
Jim Saxton 38%
Joe Scarborough 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 38%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 63%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 63%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 38%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 63%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
Ronnie Shows 25%
E.G. Shuster 13%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 13%
Norman Sisisky 38%
Joseph Skeen 13%
Ike Skelton 13%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 88%
Gordon Smith 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 13%
Nick Smith 13%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 63%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 13%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Charles Stenholm 13%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 50%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sununu 25%
John Sweeney 13%
James Talent 25%
Tom Tancredo 75%
John Tanner 13%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 13%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 63%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 13%
Craig Thomas 40%
William Thomas 13%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 38%
Fred Thompson 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 63%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
Karen Thurman 38%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 50%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 88%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 75%
James Turner 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 63%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 13%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 13%
James Walsh 13%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 40%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 63%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 63%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 25%
Bob Wise, Jr. 13%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 88%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%

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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