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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Dale Bumpers 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
William Coyne 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Ronald Dellums 100%
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%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
William Lipinski 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
John Moakley 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Ed Towns 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Bill Bradley 90%
Harry Johnston 90%
Claiborne Pell 90%
Patricia Schroeder 90%
Paul Simon 90%
Anthony Beilenson 85%
Barbara-Rose Collins 85%
Gerry Studds 85%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 80%
Cliff Stearns 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 75%
Gary Ackerman 75%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 75%
Howard Berman 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
David Edward Bonior 75%
Robert Borski, Jr. 75%
Richard Bryan 75%
Robert Byrd 75%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
John Chafee 75%
Eva Clayton 75%
Cardiss Collins 75%
Kent Conrad 75%
Alfonse D'Amato 75%
Thomas Daschle 75%
Peter Deutsch 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Julian Dixon 75%
Chris Dodd 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
Byron Dorgan 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 75%
Lane Evans 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 75%
Russ Feingold 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
Cleo Fields 75%
Robert Franks 75%
John Glenn 75%
Daniel Graham 75%
Rodney Grams 75%
Tony Hall 75%
Jesse Helms 75%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Daniel Inouye 75%
William Jefferson 75%
Dale Kildee 75%
Ronald Klink 75%
Herb Kohl 75%
John LaFalce 75%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
Joe Lieberman 75%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
Karen McCarthy 75%
Paul McHale 75%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
Constance Morella 75%
Carol Moseley Braun 75%
Patrick Moynihan 75%
Mark Neumann 75%
Don Nickles 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
Bill Richardson 75%
Charles Robb 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
Paul Sarbanes 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 75%
Bob Smith 75%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Arlen Specter 75%
Gene Taylor 75%
Esteban Edward Torres 75%
Albert Wynn 75%
Sidney Yates 75%
William Cohen 70%
Jim Exon 70%
Sam Nunn 70%
Charles Rose III 70%
Richard Zimmer 70%
Thomas Campbell 66%
William Clay, Sr. 66%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 66%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 66%
Rick Santorum 66%
Louis Stokes 66%
Robert Torricelli 66%
John Bryant 65%
Sam Gibbons 65%
David Pryor 60%
Ronald Coleman 55%
John Baldacci 50%
Brian Bilbray 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50%
Mike Castle 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 50%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 50%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 50%
Harris Fawell 50%
Wendell Ford 50%
Jon David Fox 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Porter Goss 50%
William Phillip Gramm 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
Jane Harman 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
Kay Hutchison 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
J. Bennett Johnston 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 50%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
James Leach 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
William Luther 50%
Connie Mack 50%
Don Manzullo 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
Joseph McDade 50%
Carrie Meek 50%
Dan Miller 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Dave Obey 50%
John Edward Porter 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 50%
David Skaggs 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Craig Thomas 50%
Strom Thurmond 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
Jan Meyers 45%
Pete Peterson 45%
Mark Hatfield 40%
Peter Torkildsen 40%
Steven Gunderson 35%
Blanche Lincoln 35%
G.V. Montgomery 35%
Frank Tejeda 35%
Harold Volkmer 35%
Pat Williams 35%
Charles Wilson 35%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Floyd Flake 33%
William Frist 33%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33%
Frank Murkowski 33%
Deborah Pryce 33%
Steven Schiff 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
Bill Orton 30%
Bill Archer 25%
John Ashcroft 25%
William Baker 25%
James Barcia 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 25%
Tom Bevill 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 25%
John Breaux 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
Steve Buyer 25%
Ben Campbell 25%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 25%
Jon Lynn Christensen 25%
Robert Clement 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
Michael Collins 25%
Christopher Cox 25%
Robert Cramer 25%
Randall Cunningham 25%
Patsy Ann Danner 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
E. Kika de la Garza 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Norm Dicks 25%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 25%
Jennifer Dunn 25%
Philip English 25%
John Ensign 25%
Victor Fazio 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Tillie Fowler 25%
Gary Franks 25%
Jonas Frost III 25%
John Ganske 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Henry Gonzalez 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
James Greenwood 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 25%
Van Hilleary 25%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Stephen Horn 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 25%
Henry Hyde 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 25%
Nancy Johnson 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
Scott Klug 25%
Stephen Largent 25%
Steve LaTourette 25%
Rick Lazio 25%
John Linder 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 25%
Thomas Manton 25%
Frank Mascara 25%
Bill McCollum 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 25%
Scott McInnis 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25%
David Minge 25%
Susan Molinari 25%
John Myers 25%
Sue Myrick 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
Jim Oberstar 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
Ralph Regula 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 25%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 25%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
E.G. Shuster 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
Linda Smith 25%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 25%
Mark Souder 25%
Floyd Spence 25%
Charles Taylor 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
Ray Thornton 25%
Karen Thurman 25%
Todd Tiahrt 25%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
David Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
Rick White 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
Hank Brown 20%
Robert Dole 20%
Peter Blute 15%
Robert Dornan 15%
Carlos Moorhead 15%
Alan Simpson 10%
Barbara Vucanovich 10%
Jack Fields, Jr. 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
Richard Armey 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Sonny Bono 0%
Rick Boucher 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Jay Dickey 0%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Bill Emerson 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
George Gekas 0%
Pete Geren 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Goodling 0%
Slade Gorton 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Lee Hamilton 0%
Melton Hancock 0%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Thomas Holden 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Jay Kim 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Ray LaHood 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Greg Laughlin 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Jim Lightfoot 0%
Robert Livingston 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Matthew Martinez 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Mike Parker 0%
William Paxon 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
Owen Pickett 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Larry Pressler 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
Toby Roth 0%
Jim Saxton 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
John Shadegg 0%
Norman Sisisky 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Bob Stump 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 0%
William Tauzin 0%
William Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
Bill Zeliff 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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