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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1998 Positions

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