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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

2004 Positions

Issues: Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 11
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 11
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 22
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 60
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 11
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 20
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 22
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 44
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 11
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 89
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 11
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 33
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 11
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 78
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 11
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 78
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 67
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 67
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 44
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 11
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 11
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 44
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 22
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 33
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 22
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 89
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 78
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 89
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 89
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 22
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 33
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 22
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 44
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 22
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 78
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 33
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 11
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 22
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 22
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 22
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 60
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 60
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 44
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 11
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 11
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 11
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 89
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 89
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 67
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 56
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 89
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 67
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 44
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 11
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 33
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 89
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 20
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 22
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 22
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic N/A
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 11
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 89
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 89
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 89
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 89
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 78
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 89
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 89
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 89
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 100
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 78
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 89
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 78
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 11
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 22
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 89
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 67
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 44
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 11
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 67
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 22
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 11
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 22
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 67
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 11
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 11
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 56
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 22
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 11
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 67
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 89
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 80
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 60
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 22
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 78
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 44
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 78
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 89
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 11
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 40
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 78
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 11
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 56
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 78
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 33
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 78
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 67
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 78
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 44
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 11
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 33
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 56
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 89
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 11
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 11
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 56
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 89
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 78
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 44
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 11
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 67
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 22
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 11
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 44
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 11
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 0
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 22
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 11
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 11
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 11
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 11
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 22
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 22
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 78
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 11
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 67
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 78
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 11
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 11
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 22
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 33
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 67
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 78
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 56
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 11
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 89
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 80
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 44
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 44
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 40
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 33
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 56
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0
Wayne Allard 40
George Allen 0
Thomas Allen 78
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 11
J. Gresham Barrett 11
Evan Bayh 60
Bob Beauprez 11
Bob Bennett 0
Marion Berry 11
Michael Bilirakis 67
Sherwood Boehlert 78
Kit Bond 0
Henry Bonilla 11
Rick Boucher 67
Allen Boyd, Jr. 11
Henry Brown, Jr. 11
Ginny Brown-Waite 44
Jim Bunning 0
Conrad Burns 0
Steve Buyer 11
Robert Byrd 40
Chris Cannon 11
Julia Carson 78
Edward Case 78
Mike Castle 78
Chris Chocola 11
Norm Coleman 40
Jon Corzine 80
Christopher Cox 11
Larry Craig 0
Robert Cramer 22
Barbara Cubin 0
Randall Cunningham 11
Artur Davis 56
James Davis 67
Jo Ann Davis 44
Lincoln Davis 11
Thomas Davis III 33
Bill Delahunt 100
Thomas DeLay 11
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11
Chris Dodd 100
Elizabeth Dole 40
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0
John Doolittle 11
Byron Dorgan 60
Chet Edwards 11
Vern Ehlers 78
Philip English 56
John Ensign 40
Bob Etheridge 56
Lane Evans 89
Terry Everett 11
Tom Feeney 22
Russ Feingold 80
Michael Ferguson 78
Mark Foley 33
Harold Ford, Jr. 89
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33
William Frist 0
Jim Gibbons 33
Wayne Gilchrest 44
Paul Gillmor 11
Virgil Goode, Jr. 22
Bart Gordon 44
Mark Green 78
Judd Gregg 0
Gilbert Gutknecht 11
Charles Hagel 20
Jane Harman 78
Katherine Harris 11
Melissa Hart 11
Robert Hayes 11
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 22
Joel Hefley 33
David Lee Hobson 11
Pete Hoekstra 22
Darlene Hooley 78
John Nathan Hostettler 22
Kenny Hulshof 22
Duncan Hunter 22
Henry Hyde 22
Jay Inslee 100
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11
William Jefferson 22
James Merrill Jeffords 80
William Lewis Jenkins 11
Nancy Johnson 78
Paul Kanjorski 44
Ric Keller 11
Sue Kelly 67
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100
Mark Kennedy 22
Patrick Kennedy 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 89
Joseph Knollenberg 11
James Kolbe 44
Tom Lantos 100
James Leach 78
Ron Lewis 22
Blanche Lincoln 40
John Linder 56
Trent Lott, Sr. 0
Jim Marshall 44
James McCrery III 22
John McHugh 22
Michael McNulty 89
Martin Meehan 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 56
Juanita Millender-McDonald 44
Alan Mollohan 22
Dennis Moore 78
Jack Murtha 33
Marilyn Musgrave 11
Robert William Ney 33
Anne Northup 44
Charles Norwood, Jr. 11
James Nussle 11
Jim Oberstar 78
Dave Obey 44
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22
Thomas William Osborne 11
Major Owens 78
Michael Oxley 22
Donald Payne 78
John Peterson 11
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22
Richard Pombo 11
Earl Pomeroy 56
Jon Porter, Sr. 33
Deborah Pryce 44
George Radanovich 11
James Ramstad 78
Ralph Regula 44
Richard Renzi 22
Thomas Reynolds 22
Jim Ryun 11
Martin Olav Sabo 78
Rick Santorum 40
Paul Sarbanes 100
H. James Saxton 67
John Shadegg 22
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56
Christopher Shays 100
Donald Sherwood 11
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100
Ike Skelton 11
Gordon Smith 40
Vic Snyder 78
Mark Souder 11
Arlen Specter 80
John Spratt, Jr. 67
Ted Stevens 0
Ted Strickland 56
Bart Stupak 44
John Sununu 0
John Sweeney 56
James Talent 20
Tom Tancredo 44
John Tanner 11
Ellen Tauscher 100
Charles Taylor 11
Gene Taylor 44
Craig Thomas 0
William Thomas 11
Todd Tiahrt 11
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 78
George Voinovich 0
James Walsh 22
Zach Wamp 22
John Warner 40
Diane Watson 67
Anthony Weiner 100
W. Curtis Weldon 56
Gerald Weller 56
Robert Wexler 100
Heather Wilson 22
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 89

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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