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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 64%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 8%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 91%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 68%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
Brian Baird 91%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 36%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
Charlie Bass 45%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 56%
Evan Bayh 56%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
Bob Bennett 4%
Douglas Bereuter 18%
Shelley Berkley 86%
Howard Berman 86%
Marion Berry 41%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 96%
Judy Biggert 27%
Michael Bilirakis 36%
Jeff Bingaman 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 68%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 8%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 9%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 73%
Rick Boucher 77%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 96%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 73%
John Breaux 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 73%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 4%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 8%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 56%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 9%
Ben Campbell 8%
Chris Cannon 9%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 60%
Brad Carson 32%
Julia Carson 91%
Mike Castle 64%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 68%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 82%
Hillary Clinton 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 68%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 8%
Michael Collins 9%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 64%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 56%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
Jon Corzine 96%
Jerry Costello 59%
Christopher Cox 14%
Larry Craig 4%
Robert Cramer 36%
Philip Crane 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 4%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
Barbara Cubin 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 91%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 68%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 91%
James Davis 77%
Jo Ann Davis 14%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 91%
Thomas Davis III 45%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 91%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 9%
Peter Deutsch 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 12%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
Norm Dicks 77%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 82%
Chris Dodd 80%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
Calvin Dooley 36%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 56%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 68%
David Dreier 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
John Edwards 68%
Chet Edwards 41%
Vern Ehlers 59%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
Philip English 32%
John Ensign 36%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 86%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
Russ Feingold 84%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Michael Ferguson 59%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
Peter Fitzgerald 52%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 14%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 23%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 27%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 55%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 68%
Elton Gallegly 18%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 91%
Jim Gibbons 9%
Wayne Gilchrest 36%
Paul Gillmor 14%
Charlie Gonzalez 73%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 68%
Porter Goss 27%
Daniel Graham 64%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 4%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 59%
James Greenwood 59%
Judd Gregg 44%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 84%
Jane Harman 91%
Melissa Hart 14%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 4%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 45%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 68%
David Lee Hobson 9%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 91%
Pete Hoekstra 32%
Thomas Holden 64%
Ernest Hollings 72%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 86%
John Nathan Hostettler 23%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 14%
Kay Hutchison 4%
Henry Hyde 14%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 76%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 95%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 68%
William Jefferson 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 76%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 9%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 73%
Nancy Johnson 73%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
Tim Johnson 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 52%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 23%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 77%
Ric Keller 9%
Sue Kelly 77%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 84%
Mark Kennedy 32%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 92%
Dale Kildee 86%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 82%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 23%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 59%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 64%
James Kolbe 9%
Dennis Kucinich 95%
Jon Kyl 8%
Ray LaHood 36%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 95%
Tom Lantos 91%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 73%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 86%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 14%
Steve LaTourette 23%
James Leach 59%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 72%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
Jerry Lewis 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 77%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 88%
Blanche Lincoln 32%
John Linder 5%
William Lipinski 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 18%
Dick Lugar 12%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
Don Manzullo 9%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 68%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 36%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
Karen McCarthy 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 4%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 36%
Scott McInnis 18%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 77%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 22%
Zell Bryan Miller 16%
Alan Mollohan 41%
Dennis Moore 82%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 45%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 77%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 76%
Jack Murtha 41%
Sue Myrick 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 77%
Ben Nelson 28%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 68%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 23%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 23%
Jim Oberstar 82%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 91%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 45%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 18%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 9%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 82%
Ron Paul 41%
Donald Payne 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
John Peterson 5%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 9%
Todd Platts 27%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 68%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 82%
Deborah Pryce 18%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 9%
Jack Quinn 41%
George Radanovich 5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 86%
James Ramstad 73%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 18%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 92%
Silvestre Reyes 55%
Thomas Reynolds 18%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
Ciro Rodriguez 68%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 18%
Mike Ross 41%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 9%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 27%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 36%
Rick Santorum 4%
Paul Sarbanes 96%
Jim Saxton 59%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
Edward Schrock 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 68%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 32%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 82%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Christopher Shays 73%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 4%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
Donald Sherwood 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 10%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 64%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 41%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
Gordon Smith 24%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 9%
Olympia Snowe 72%
Vic Snyder 64%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 52%
John Spratt, Jr. 68%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
Pete Stark 82%
Cliff Stearns 27%
Charles Stenholm 14%
Ted Stevens 8%
Ted Strickland 86%
Bart Stupak 77%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 36%
John Sweeney 36%
Tom Tancredo 14%
John Tanner 32%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 9%
Gene Taylor 45%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 9%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 14%
Ed Towns 77%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 82%
James Turner 32%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 59%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 5%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 16%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 23%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 18%
Robert Wexler 100%
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 25%
Heather Wilson 9%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 14%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
Albert Wynn 86%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 27%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 9%

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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