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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Council for a Livable World

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 78%
Todd Akin 0%
Thomas Allen 78%
Joe Baca, Sr. 56%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Douglas Bereuter 11%
Shelley Berkley 78%
Howard Berman 67%
Judy Biggert 11%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 11%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Leonard Boswell 56%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 11%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 11%
Julia Carson 89%
Mike Castle 11%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Jerry Costello 33%
Christopher Cox 0%
Robert Cramer 22%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
James Davis 56%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 11%
Bill Delahunt 89%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
Norm Dicks 44%
Calvin Dooley 56%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Lane Evans 89%
Terry Everett 0%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 56%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
Jonas Frost III 56%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 22%
Porter Goss 11%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 44%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 44%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 78%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Thomas Holden 22%
Darlene Hooley 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 89%
William Jefferson 78%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 11%
Nancy Johnson 22%
Tim Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 11%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 56%
Dale Kildee 44%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 89%
Gerald Kleczka 89%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 11%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 44%
Tom Lantos 56%
Steve LaTourette 0%
James Leach 78%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 11%
Don Manzullo 0%
Robert Matsui 67%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 11%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 56%
Jack Murtha 22%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 89%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 89%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 33%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 44%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Silvestre Reyes 22%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Mike Ross 33%
Steve Rothman 44%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 22%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 22%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
Ike Skelton 44%
Nick Smith 11%
Vic Snyder 56%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Strickland 78%
Bart Stupak 78%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 22%
Ellen Tauscher 67%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 89%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 0%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 0%
Diane Watson 33%
Anthony Weiner 89%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 56%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 44%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 22%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 56%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 78%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 78%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 89%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 78%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 89%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 56%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 67%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 56%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 78%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 78%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 56%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 56%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 56%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 89%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young 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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