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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1999-2000 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 93%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 81%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 87%
Bill Archer 7%
Richard Armey 3%
John Ashcroft 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 57%
Brian Baird 87%
Richard Hugh Baker 3%
John Baldacci 77%
Cass Ballenger 10%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 17%
Bill Barrett 3%
Roscoe Bartlett 7%
Charlie Bass 47%
Herbert Bateman 3%
Evan Bayh 81%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 37%
Shelley Berkley 80%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 27%
Judy Biggert 33%
Brian Bilbray 73%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 69%
Rod Blagojevich 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 3%
Sherwood Boehlert 70%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 97%
Mary Bono Mack 7%
Robert Borski, Jr. 87%
Leonard Boswell 53%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 19%
Richard Bryan 81%
Ed Bryant 3%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 3%
Robert Byrd 31%
Herbert Callahan 3%
Ben Campbell 6%
Thomas Campbell 37%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 7%
Chris Cannon 3%
Julia Carson 83%
Mike Castle 73%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 3%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Eva Clayton 77%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 88%
Robert Clement 47%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 7%
Gary Condit 53%
Kent Conrad 63%
Merrill Cook 10%
John Cooksey 10%
Jerry Costello 67%
Christopher Cox 10%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 30%
Philip Crane 13%
Barbara Cubin 3%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Patsy Ann Danner 27%
Thomas Daschle 56%
James Davis 73%
Thomas Davis III 37%
Bill Delahunt 93%
Thomas DeLay 3%
James DeMint 10%
Peter Deutsch 93%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 3%
Norm Dicks 80%
Julian Dixon 93%
Chris Dodd 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 53%
John Doolittle 3%
Byron Dorgan 75%
David Dreier 7%
Jennifer Dunn 7%
John Edwards 88%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 23%
Jo Ann Emerson 3%
Philip English 20%
Bob Etheridge 73%
Lane Evans 93%
Terry Everett 7%
Thomas Ewing 3%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 10%
Mark Foley 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 77%
Harold Ford, Jr. 77%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 17%
Barney Frank 90%
Robert Franks 63%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Elton Gallegly 23%
John Ganske 30%
Sam Gejdenson 87%
George Gekas 3%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 93%
Jim Gibbons 13%
Wayne Gilchrest 57%
Paul Gillmor 7%
Benjamin Gilman 70%
Charlie Gonzalez 93%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
William Goodling 3%
Bart Gordon 53%
Slade Gorton 6%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 81%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 6%
Mark Green 13%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 31%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Tony Hall 77%
James Hansen 10%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 7%
Joel Hefley 17%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 3%
Baron Hill 63%
Rick Hill 10%
Van Hilleary 7%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 63%
Maurice Hinchey 87%
David Lee Hobson 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 93%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 50%
Ernest Hollings 63%
Darlene Hooley 87%
Stephen Horn 63%
John Nathan Hostettler 7%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 3%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 7%
Daniel Inouye 44%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 3%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 81%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 13%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Paul Kanjorski 77%
Sue Kelly 77%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 81%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
Bob Kerrey 75%
Dale Kildee 87%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 87%
Gerald Kleczka 97%
Ronald Klink 53%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 75%
James Kolbe 23%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Steven Kuykendall 33%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 87%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 67%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 7%
Steve LaTourette 23%
Frank Lautenberg 88%
Rick Lazio 70%
James Leach 67%
Jerry Lewis 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
Joe Lieberman 94%
Blanche Lincoln 31%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 63%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 31%
William Luther 93%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 87%
Don Manzullo 7%
Matthew Martinez 43%
Frank Mascara 53%
Robert Matsui 93%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 3%
John McHugh 23%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 7%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 97%
Michael McNulty 87%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 73%
Jack Metcalf 23%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 93%
Dan Miller 30%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
David Minge 77%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 93%
John Moakley 93%
Alan Mollohan 43%
Dennis Moore 87%
Constance Morella 87%
Patrick Moynihan 56%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 37%
Sue Myrick 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 7%
Robert William Ney 7%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 7%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 7%
Jim Oberstar 73%
Dave Obey 87%
John Olver 97%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 43%
Doug Ose 7%
Major Owens 97%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 90%
Edward Pease 27%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 53%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 7%
Owen Pickett 30%
Richard Pombo 3%
Earl Pomeroy 57%
John Edward Porter 67%
Deborah Pryce 10%
Jack Quinn 40%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 80%
Ralph Regula 13%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Bob Riley 3%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 80%
Charles Robb 81%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 67%
James Rogan 7%
William Roth, Jr. 63%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 67%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 27%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 94%
Jim Saxton 63%
Joe Scarborough 37%
John Shadegg 7%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 97%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 27%
E.G. Shuster 7%
Norman Sisisky 33%
Joseph Skeen 7%
Ike Skelton 47%
Gordon Smith 19%
Nick Smith 13%
Bob Smith 6%
Olympia Snowe 56%
Vic Snyder 83%
Mark Souder 7%
Arlen Specter 38%
Floyd Spence 3%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
Pete Stark 83%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Charles Stenholm 7%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bob Stump 3%
Bart Stupak 70%
John Sununu 20%
John Sweeney 20%
James Talent 10%
Tom Tancredo 17%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin 7%
Charles Taylor 3%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 7%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 63%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 3%
Robert Torricelli 94%
Ed Towns 87%
James Traficant, Jr. 17%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
James Turner 43%
Bruce Vento 53%
George Voinovich 13%
James Walsh 37%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 19%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 93%
David Weldon 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 20%
Paul Wellstone 94%
Robert Wexler 97%
Bob Weygand 83%
Heather Wilson 17%
Bob Wise, Jr. 53%
Lynn Woolsey 97%
David Wu 87%
Albert Wynn 77%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 97%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 87%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 97%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 97%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 97%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 97%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 97%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 97%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 97%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 53%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 94%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 97%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 93%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 73%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 87%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 97%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 97%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 97%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 87%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 83%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 97%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 97%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 3%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 3%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 3%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 3%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 3%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 7%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 56%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 19%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 63%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 7%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 3%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 6%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 16%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 3%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 7%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 3%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 6%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 30%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 27%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 7%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 30%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 7%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 3%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 37%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 4%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 7%

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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