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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1998 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 79%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 13%
Gary Ackerman 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 3%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 87%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 93%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 97%
Bill Archer 17%
Richard Armey 17%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 14%
Henry Scott Baesler 38%
Richard Hugh Baker 7%
John Baldacci 79%
Cass Ballenger 7%
James Barcia 34%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 97%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
Charlie Bass 59%
Herbert Bateman 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 72%
Bob Bennett 7%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 76%
Douglas Bereuter 21%
Howard Berman 86%
Marion Berry 28%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 87%
Brian Bilbray 66%
Michael Bilirakis 38%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 17%
Rod Blagojevich 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 7%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 72%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
Kit Bond 7%
Henry Bonilla 7%
David Edward Bonior 83%
Robert Borski, Jr. 76%
Leonard Boswell 34%
Rick Boucher 69%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 93%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 24%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 3%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
John Breaux 47%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
George Brown, Jr. 79%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 7%
Richard Bryan 73%
Ed Bryant 10%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 7%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 3%
Steve Buyer 7%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Ben Campbell 13%
Thomas Campbell 55%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
Chris Cannon 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 79%
Julia Carson 83%
Mike Castle 76%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 38%
John Chafee 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 7%
Jon Lynn Christensen 17%
William Clay, Sr. 62%
Eva Clayton 79%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 60%
Robert Clement 66%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 83%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 3%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 14%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Larry Combest 3%
Gary Condit 34%
Kent Conrad 53%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 79%
Merrill Cook 24%
John Cooksey 10%
Jerry Costello 69%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 28%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 24%
Philip Crane 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Barbara Cubin 3%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 97%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Alfonse D'Amato 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 21%
Thomas Daschle 73%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
James Davis 76%
Thomas Davis III 52%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 97%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 97%
Bill Delahunt 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 10%
Peter Deutsch 83%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 31%
Jay Dickey 14%
Norm Dicks 69%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 66%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 7%
Calvin Dooley 34%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 53%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 41%
David Dreier 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 31%
Vern Ehlers 62%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 28%
Jo Ann Emerson 3%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 34%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 97%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Lane Evans 93%
Terry Everett 3%
Thomas Ewing 28%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 69%
Harris Fawell 62%
Victor Fazio 66%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
Mark Foley 41%
Michael Patrick Forbes 79%
Harold Ford, Jr. 45%
Wendell Ford 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
Tillie Fowler 21%
Jon David Fox 66%
Barney Frank 90%
Robert Franks 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 66%
William Frist 27%
Jonas Frost III 45%
Elizabeth Furse 86%
Elton Gallegly 10%
John Ganske 41%
Sam Gejdenson 93%
George Gekas 14%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Jim Gibbons 28%
Wayne Gilchrest 62%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 76%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 87%
Henry Gonzalez 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 14%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 14%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 62%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 41%
Daniel Graham 93%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 52%
James Greenwood 72%
Judd Gregg 60%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
Tony Hall 66%
Lee Hamilton 62%
James Hansen 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
Jane Harman 62%
J. Dennis Hastert 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 7%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 17%
Joel Hefley 14%
W.G. Hefner 62%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 7%
Rick Hill 10%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 48%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 59%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 28%
Thomas Holden 38%
Ernest Hollings 73%
Darlene Hooley 93%
Stephen Horn 62%
John Nathan Hostettler 7%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 34%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
Kenny Hulshof 31%
Duncan Hunter 14%
Asa Hutchinson 21%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 7%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 24%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 7%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 97%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 59%
William Jefferson 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 3%
Christopher John 10%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 62%
Jay Johnson 72%
Nancy Johnson 86%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 7%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
Paul Kanjorski 76%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 76%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 38%
Sue Kelly 83%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 97%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 90%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 69%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 76%
Jay Kim 17%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 24%
Gerald Kleczka 93%
Ronald Klink 52%
Scott Klug 69%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Herb Kohl 93%
James Kolbe 28%
Dennis Kucinich 86%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 79%
Ray LaHood 24%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
Tom Lantos 97%
Stephen Largent 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 14%
Steve LaTourette 34%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 72%
James Leach 76%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
Jerry Lewis 28%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
Ron Lewis 3%
Joe Lieberman 100%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 55%
Robert Livingston 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 7%
Dick Lugar 7%
William Luther 86%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
James Maloney 83%
Thomas Manton 72%
Don Manzullo 24%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 83%
Matthew Martinez 52%
Frank Mascara 52%
Robert Matsui 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
Karen McCarthy 86%
Bill McCollum 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 10%
Joseph McDade 21%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 83%
John McHugh 24%
Scott McInnis 14%
David McIntosh 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 34%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 97%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 97%
Carrie Meek 76%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
Jack Metcalf 24%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 79%
Dan Miller 41%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
David Minge 66%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 86%
John Moakley 83%
Alan Mollohan 45%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17%
Constance Morella 93%
Carol Moseley Braun 87%
Patrick Moynihan 87%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 45%
Sue Myrick 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Mark Neumann 34%
Robert William Ney 17%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 48%
Dave Obey 83%
John Olver 97%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 28%
Major Owens 93%
Michael Oxley 7%
Ronald Packard 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Michael Pappas 59%
Mike Parker 7%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 79%
Ron Paul 38%
William Paxon 14%
Donald Payne 83%
Edward Pease 34%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
John Peterson 3%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 45%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 7%
Owen Pickett 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 17%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 72%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 38%
Glenn Poshard 66%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 17%
Jack Quinn 52%
George Radanovich 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 62%
James Ramstad 83%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 72%
Bill Redmond 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 24%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
Silvestre Reyes 55%
Frank Duncan Riggs 7%
Bob Riley 3%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Robb 87%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
Ciro Rodriguez 64%
Timothy Roemer 55%
James Rogan 28%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 45%
William Roth, Jr. 53%
Steve Rothman 86%
Marge Roukema 72%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 24%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
Jim Ryun 10%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 69%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 97%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 21%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 52%
Rick Santorum 7%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 86%
Jim Saxton 66%
Joe Scarborough 31%
Daniel Schaefer 7%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 7%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 79%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 72%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 3%
John Shadegg 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 38%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 7%
E.G. Shuster 7%
Norman Sisisky 14%
David Skaggs 76%
Joseph Skeen 21%
Ike Skelton 21%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
Gordon Smith 13%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 7%
Linda Smith 21%
Nick Smith 31%
Robert Smith 3%
Bob Smith 13%
Vincent Snowbarger 7%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 79%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 10%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 47%
Floyd Spence 7%
John Spratt, Jr. 76%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 83%
Pete Stark 86%
Cliff Stearns 17%
Charles Stenholm 10%
Ted Stevens 7%
Louis Stokes 79%
Ted Strickland 76%
Bob Stump 7%
Bart Stupak 59%
John Sununu 34%
James Talent 17%
John Tanner 38%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin 7%
Charles Taylor 7%
Gene Taylor 24%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 14%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
Fred Thompson 13%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 7%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 17%
Karen Thurman 45%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 86%
Robert Torricelli 93%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
James Turner 21%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 52%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 97%
Bruce Vento 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 72%
James Walsh 52%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 13%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 76%
Wesley Watkins 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 3%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 97%
David Weldon 14%
W. Curtis Weldon 52%
Gerald Weller 28%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 72%
Rick White 28%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 7%
Heather Wilson 17%
Bob Wise, Jr. 66%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 24%
Lynn Woolsey 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 93%
Albert Wynn 79%
Sidney Yates 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 3%

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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