Rating Group: The Humane Society Legislative Fund

2004 Positions

Issues: Animals and Wildlife
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 0
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 11
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 11
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 11
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 11
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 22
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 60
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 11
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 20
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 11
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 89
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 44
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 22
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 89
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 89
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 11
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 89
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 11
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 11
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 67
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 89
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 44
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 89
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 22
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 67
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 89
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 22
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 11
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 89
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 78
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 89
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 89
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 40
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 80
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 22
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 11
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 22
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 22
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 78
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 22
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 44
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 11
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 33
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 11
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 22
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 22
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 22
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 67
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 80
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 11
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 11
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 11
ID Governor Butch Otter R 11
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 89
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 67
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 67
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 56
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 89
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 67
IN Governor Mike Pence R 22
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 22
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 67
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 11
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 20
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 33
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 11
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 89
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 89
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 80
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 89
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 78
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 67
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 89
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 89
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 78
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 80
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 11
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 78
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 11
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 89
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 11
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 44
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 67
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 11
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 89
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 33
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 80
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 11
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 67
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 11
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 22
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 67
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 60
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 20
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 11
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 56
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 89
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 22
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 22
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 67
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 22
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 44
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 78
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 89
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 89
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 11
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 67
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 78
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 11
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 78
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 33
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 89
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 89
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 78
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 89
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 89
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 67
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 89
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 11
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 44
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 11
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 89
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 11
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 33
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 89
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 60
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 11
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 11
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 11
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 56
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 89
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 78
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 11
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 11
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 11
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 80
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 11
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 89
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 60
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 11
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 44
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 11
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 11
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 22
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 11
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 11
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 11
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 11
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 11
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 11
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 22
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 78
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 11
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 11
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 11
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 78
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 89
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 11
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 11
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 22
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 33
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 67
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 11
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 11
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 11
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 78
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 67
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 56
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 80
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 11
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 89
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 78
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 22
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 44
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 44
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 67
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 40
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 33
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 56
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0
Gary Ackerman Other 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 60
Todd Akin Other 22
Wayne Allard Other 40
George Allen Other 0
Thomas Allen Other 78
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 44
Brian Baird Other 100
Richard Hugh Baker Other 11
J. Gresham Barrett Other 11
Roscoe Bartlett Other 89
Charlie Bass Other 78
Evan Bayh Other 60
Bob Beauprez Other 11
Bob Bennett Other 0
Shelley Berkley Other 56
Howard Berman Other 78
Marion Berry Other 11
Judy Biggert Other 67
Michael Bilirakis Other 67
Jeff Bingaman Other 40
Sherwood Boehlert Other 78
Kit Bond Other 0
Henry Bonilla Other 11
Mary Bono Mack Other 33
Leonard Boswell Other 44
Rick Boucher Other 67
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 11
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 11
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 44
Jim Bunning Other 0
Conrad Burns Other 0
Dan Burton Other 22
Steve Buyer Other 11
Robert Byrd Other 40
Chris Cannon Other 11
Dennis Cardoza Other 33
Julia Carson Other 78
Edward Case Other 78
Mike Castle Other 78
Ben Chandler III Other N/A
Chris Chocola Other 11
Hillary Clinton Other 100
Norm Coleman Other 40
Kent Conrad Other 80
Jon Corzine Other 80
Jerry Costello Other 89
Christopher Cox Other 11
Larry Craig Other 0
Robert Cramer Other 22
Barbara Cubin Other 0
Randall Cunningham Other 11
Artur Davis Other 56
James Davis Other 67
Jo Ann Davis Other 44
Lincoln Davis Other 11
Thomas Davis III Other 33
Bill Delahunt Other 100
Thomas DeLay Other 11
James DeMint Other 22
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 11
Norm Dicks Other 89
Chris Dodd Other 100
Elizabeth Dole Other 40
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0
John Doolittle Other 11
Byron Dorgan Other 60
David Dreier Other 11
Chet Edwards Other 11
Vern Ehlers Other 78
Jo Ann Emerson Other 11
Philip English Other 56
John Ensign Other 40
Bob Etheridge Other 56
Lane Evans Other 89
Terry Everett Other 11
Tom Feeney Other 22
Russ Feingold Other 80
Michael Ferguson Other 78
Mark Foley Other 33
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 89
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 33
Barney Frank Other 100
William Frist Other 0
Elton Gallegly Other 78
Jim Gibbons Other 33
Wayne Gilchrest Other 44
Paul Gillmor Other 11
Charlie Gonzalez Other 67
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 22
Bart Gordon Other 44
Mark Green Other 78
Judd Gregg Other 0
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 11
Jane Harman Other 78
Katherine Harris Other 11
Melissa Hart Other 11
Robert Hayes Other 11
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 22
Joel Hefley Other 33
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 11
Maurice Hinchey Other 78
David Lee Hobson Other 11
Pete Hoekstra Other 22
Thomas Holden Other 44
Darlene Hooley Other 78
John Nathan Hostettler Other 22
Kenny Hulshof Other 22
Duncan Hunter Other 22
Kay Hutchison Other 0
Henry Hyde Other 22
Daniel Inouye Other 60
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 11
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 89
William Jefferson Other 22
James Merrill Jeffords Other 80
William Lewis Jenkins Other 11
Nancy Johnson Other 78
Tim Johnson Other 44
Paul Kanjorski Other 44
Ric Keller Other 11
Sue Kelly Other 67
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100
Mark Kennedy Other 22
Patrick Kennedy Other 100
Dale Kildee Other 89
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 89
Joseph Knollenberg Other 11
Herb Kohl Other 80
James Kolbe Other 44
Dennis Kucinich Other 100
Jon Kyl Other 20
Ray LaHood Other 11
Tom Lantos Other 100
Steve LaTourette Other 56
James Leach Other 78
Jerry Lewis Other 11
Ron Lewis Other 22
Joe Lieberman Other 100
Blanche Lincoln Other 40
John Linder Other 56
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0
Dick Lugar Other 20
Don Manzullo Other 11
Jim Marshall Other 44
Thaddeus McCotter Other 22
James McCrery III Other 22
John McHugh Other 22
Michael McNulty Other 89
Martin Meehan Other 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 56
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 44
Brad Miller Other 89
Alan Mollohan Other 22
Dennis Moore Other 78
Jack Murtha Other 33
Marilyn Musgrave Other 11
Sue Myrick Other 11
Ben Nelson Other 60
Robert William Ney Other 33
Anne Northup Other 44
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 11
James Nussle Other 11
Jim Oberstar Other 78
Dave Obey Other 44
John Olver Other 89
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 22
Thomas William Osborne Other 11
Major Owens Other 78
Michael Oxley Other 22
Ron Paul Other 11
Donald Payne Other 78
John Peterson Other 11
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 22
Todd Platts Other 67
Richard Pombo Other 11
Earl Pomeroy Other 56
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 33
Deborah Pryce Other 44
George Radanovich Other 11
James Ramstad Other 78
Ralph Regula Other 44
Denny Rehberg Other 11
Richard Renzi Other 22
Silvestre Reyes Other 22
Thomas Reynolds Other 22
Mike Ross Other 11
Steve Rothman Other 100
Jim Ryun Other 11
Martin Olav Sabo Other 78
Rick Santorum Other 40
Paul Sarbanes Other 100
Jim Saxton Other 67
John Shadegg Other 22
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 56
Christopher Shays Other 100
Donald Sherwood Other 11
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 100
Ike Skelton Other 11
Gordon Smith Other 40
Olympia Snowe Other 80
Vic Snyder Other 78
Hilda Solis Other 100
Mark Souder Other 11
Arlen Specter Other 80
John Spratt, Jr. Other 67
Pete Stark Other 100
Cliff Stearns Other 33
Ted Stevens Other 0
Ted Strickland Other 56
Bart Stupak Other 44
John Sullivan Other 11
John Sununu Other 0
John Sweeney Other 56
James Talent Other 20
Tom Tancredo Other 44
John Tanner Other 11
Ellen Tauscher Other 100
Charles Taylor Other 11
Gene Taylor Other 44
Craig Thomas Other 0
William Thomas Other 11
Todd Tiahrt Other 11
Ed Towns Other 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 78
George Voinovich Other 0
James Walsh Other 22
Zach Wamp Other 22
John Warner Other 40
Diane Watson Other 67
Anthony Weiner Other 100
W. Curtis Weldon Other 56
Gerald Weller Other 56
Robert Wexler Other 100
Heather Wilson Other 22
Lynn Woolsey Other 100
David Wu Other 100
Albert Wynn Other 89

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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