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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

1999-2000 Positions

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