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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1997 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 75%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Gary Ackerman 81%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 6%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 94%
Bill Archer 19%
Richard Armey 25%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 19%
Henry Scott Baesler 31%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
John Baldacci 63%
Cass Ballenger 6%
James Barcia 25%
Robert Barr, Jr. 19%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 94%
Bill Barrett 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 6%
Charlie Bass 63%
Herbert Bateman 6%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 69%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 69%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Howard Berman 81%
Marion Berry 31%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Jeff Bingaman 71%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 19%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 6%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 81%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 6%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 13%
David Edward Bonior 75%
Sonny Bono 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 63%
Leonard Boswell 31%
Rick Boucher 56%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 6%
John Breaux 43%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 81%
George Brown, Jr. 81%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 14%
Richard Bryan 71%
Ed Bryant 13%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 6%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
Dan Burton 6%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 57%
Herbert Callahan 6%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 19%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 63%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
Chris Cannon 13%
Walter Holden Capps 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 81%
Julia Carson 69%
Mike Castle 81%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 38%
John Chafee 71%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 13%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 6%
Jon Lynn Christensen 19%
William Clay, Sr. 69%
Eva Clayton 75%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 69%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 29%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
Larry Combest 6%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 43%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
Merrill Cook 38%
John Cooksey 13%
Jerry Costello 63%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 38%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 19%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 6%
Barbara Cubin 6%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 94%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 25%
Thomas Daschle 71%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 94%
James Davis 81%
Thomas Davis III 63%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 94%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 94%
Bill Delahunt 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 19%
Ronald Dellums 94%
Peter Deutsch 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 19%
Norm Dicks 63%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 63%
Julian Dixon 88%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 31%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 43%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
David Dreier 19%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 19%
Jennifer Dunn 31%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 38%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 81%
Philip English 44%
John Ensign 38%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 94%
Bob Etheridge 56%
Lane Evans 88%
Terry Everett 6%
Thomas Ewing 31%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 81%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 69%
Harris Fawell 69%
Victor Fazio 50%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
Thomas Foglietta 69%
Mark Foley 44%
Michael Patrick Forbes 69%
Harold Ford, Jr. 63%
Wendell Ford 71%
Tillie Fowler 25%
Jon David Fox 63%
Barney Frank 88%
Robert Franks 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
William Frist 43%
Jonas Frost III 44%
Elizabeth Furse 81%
Elton Gallegly 13%
John Ganske 38%
Sam Gejdenson 94%
George Gekas 19%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 19%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 19%
William Goodling 13%
Bart Gordon 63%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 6%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 44%
James Greenwood 75%
Judd Gregg 71%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 6%
Tony Hall 69%
Lee Hamilton 63%
James Hansen 19%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 86%
Jane Harman 75%
J. Dennis Hastert 13%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 19%
Joel Hefley 13%
W.G. Hefner 44%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Rick Hill 13%
Van Hilleary 13%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 31%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 50%
David Lee Hobson 38%
Pete Hoekstra 38%
Thomas Holden 19%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Darlene Hooley 94%
Stephen Horn 69%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 69%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 19%
Asa Hutchinson 19%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 14%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 13%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 38%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 43%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 6%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 94%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 56%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
William Lewis Jenkins 6%
Christopher John 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 56%
Jay Johnson 63%
Nancy Johnson 94%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
Paul Kanjorski 69%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 63%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 50%
Sue Kelly 81%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 94%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 88%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 63%
Jay Kim 19%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 38%
Gerald Kleczka 94%
Ronald Klink 38%
Scott Klug 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 31%
Dennis Kucinich 81%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 69%
Ray LaHood 19%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
Tom Lantos 94%
Stephen Largent 19%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 13%
Steve LaTourette 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 69%
James Leach 69%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
Jerry Lewis 38%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 6%
Joe Lieberman 100%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 6%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 81%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
James Maloney 88%
Thomas Manton 56%
Don Manzullo 25%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 44%
Frank Mascara 44%
Robert Matsui 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
Karen McCarthy 81%
Bill McCollum 19%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 13%
Joseph McDade 31%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 81%
John McHugh 19%
Scott McInnis 13%
David McIntosh 19%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 19%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 94%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 69%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
Jack Metcalf 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 6%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Dan Miller 50%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
David Minge 69%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
John Moakley 81%
Alan Mollohan 44%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 19%
Constance Morella 94%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
Patrick Moynihan 86%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
Jack Murtha 38%
Sue Myrick 6%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 13%
Mark Neumann 38%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 19%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 31%
Dave Obey 69%
John Olver 94%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 19%
Major Owens 88%
Michael Oxley 6%
Ronald Packard 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Michael Pappas 63%
Mike Parker 6%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 81%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 63%
Ron Paul 50%
William Paxon 25%
Donald Payne 94%
Edward Pease 38%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 81%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 19%
John Peterson 6%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 44%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
Owen Pickett 19%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 19%
Richard Pombo 19%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 44%
Glenn Poshard 63%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 81%
Deborah Pryce 19%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 19%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 81%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
Bill Redmond 21%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 71%
Silvestre Reyes 56%
Frank Duncan Riggs 13%
Bob Riley 6%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
Charles Robb 86%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 47%
Timothy Roemer 50%
James Rogan 38%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 44%
William Roth, Jr. 71%
Steve Rothman 81%
Marge Roukema 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 31%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 81%
Jim Ryun 19%
Martin Olav Sabo 81%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 94%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 19%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 63%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 75%
Jim Saxton 63%
Joe Scarborough 31%
Daniel Schaefer 6%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 6%
Steven Schiff 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 69%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 75%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 6%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 44%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 6%
E.G. Shuster 6%
Norman Sisisky 20%
David Skaggs 69%
Joseph Skeen 25%
Ike Skelton 19%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 81%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 81%
Gordon Smith 14%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
Linda Smith 31%
Nick Smith 31%
Robert Smith 6%
Bob Smith 29%
Vincent Snowbarger 13%
Olympia Snowe 71%
Vic Snyder 75%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 13%
Mark Souder 31%
Arlen Specter 43%
Floyd Spence 6%
John Spratt, Jr. 69%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 81%
Pete Stark 81%
Cliff Stearns 25%
Charles Stenholm 6%
Ted Stevens 14%
Louis Stokes 75%
Ted Strickland 69%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sununu 38%
James Talent 19%
John Tanner 38%
Ellen Tauscher 94%
William Tauzin 6%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 19%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
Fred Thompson 29%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 13%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
Karen Thurman 50%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 88%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 81%
James Traficant, Jr. 6%
James Turner 19%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 81%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 69%
James Walsh 38%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 81%
Wesley Watkins 13%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 81%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 6%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 94%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 81%
Bob Weygand 69%
Rick White 38%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 19%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
Bob Wise, Jr. 63%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 31%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Albert Wynn 63%
Sidney Yates 81%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 19%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 6%

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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