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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1995-1996 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 4%
Gary Ackerman 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
Wayne Allard 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 92%
Bill Archer 4%
Richard Armey 4%
John Ashcroft 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 4%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 8%
William Baker 8%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 4%
James Barcia 46%
Robert Barr, Jr. 4%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 96%
Bill Barrett 4%
Roscoe Bartlett 12%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 31%
Herbert Bateman 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 81%
Anthony Beilenson 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 69%
Douglas Bereuter 38%
Howard Berman 92%
Tom Bevill 31%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 96%
Brian Bilbray 46%
Michael Bilirakis 35%
Jeff Bingaman 78%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 46%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 4%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
Peter Blute 42%
Sherwood Boehlert 77%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 4%
David Edward Bonior 88%
Sonny Bono 4%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Rick Boucher 85%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 96%
Bill Bradley 78%
John Breaux 33%
Bill Brewster 19%
Glen Browder 35%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
George Brown, Jr. 81%
Hank Brown 11%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 27%
Richard Bryan 89%
Ed Bryant 0%
John Bryant 73%
Dale Bumpers 93%
Jim Bunn 12%
Jim Bunning 8%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 4%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 15%
Robert Byrd 81%
Herbert Callahan 4%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 4%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 23%
Ben Campbell 19%
Thomas Campbell 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 62%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
John Chafee 70%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 4%
Jim Chapman 19%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 12%
Dick Chrysler 27%
William Clay, Sr. 96%
Eva Clayton 92%
Robert Clement 65%
William Clinger 15%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 19%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 12%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
William Cohen 70%
Ronald Coleman 77%
Barbara-Rose Collins 69%
Cardiss Collins 65%
Michael Collins 4%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 31%
Kent Conrad 67%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 85%
Wes Cooley 12%
Jerry Costello 54%
Paul Coverdell 4%
Christopher Cox 8%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 31%
Philip Crane 4%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 4%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 19%
Alfonse D'Amato 4%
Patsy Ann Danner 31%
Thomas Daschle 85%
Thomas Davis III 42%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
E. Kika de la Garza 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 4%
Ronald Dellums 96%
Peter Deutsch 96%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 19%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 31%
Jay Dickey 12%
Norm Dicks 69%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 81%
Julian Dixon 92%
Chris Dodd 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 96%
Robert Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 7%
Calvin Dooley 35%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 81%
Robert Dornan 4%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 42%
David Dreier 4%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 15%
Jennifer Dunn 12%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 81%
Chet Edwards 35%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 31%
Bill Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 96%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 31%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 96%
Terry Everett 4%
Thomas Ewing 27%
Jim Exon 85%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 4%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Harris Fawell 35%
Victor Fazio 69%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 89%
Cleo Fields 69%
Jack Fields, Jr. 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
Floyd Flake 81%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 35%
Thomas Foglietta 85%
Mark Foley 35%
Michael Patrick Forbes 54%
Harold Ford, Sr. 69%
Wendell Ford 59%
Tillie Fowler 8%
Jon David Fox 54%
Sheila Frahm 0%
Barney Frank 88%
Gary Franks 38%
Robert Franks 58%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
Dan Frisa 8%
William Frist 7%
Jonas Frost III 65%
David Funderburk 8%
Elizabeth Furse 92%
Elton Gallegly 8%
John Ganske 19%
Sam Gejdenson 96%
George Gekas 4%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 77%
Pete Geren 31%
Sam Gibbons 81%
Wayne Gilchrest 69%
Paul Gillmor 31%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 65%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 19%
William Goodling 19%
Bart Gordon 62%
Slade Gorton 4%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 89%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 4%
William Phillip Gramm 7%
Rodney Grams 4%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 58%
Enid Greene 8%
James Greenwood 58%
Judd Gregg 30%
Steven Gunderson 23%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 12%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 15%
Tony Hall 77%
Lee Hamilton 58%
Melton Hancock 15%
James Hansen 8%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 89%
Jane Harman 81%
J. Dennis Hastert 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Mark Hatfield 11%
James Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 12%
Joel Hefley 8%
W.G. Hefner 42%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 8%
Jesse Helms 4%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 12%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 65%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 19%
Pete Hoekstra 19%
Martin Hoke 23%
Thomas Holden 42%
Ernest Hollings 81%
Stephen Horn 58%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 23%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 12%
Kay Hutchison 7%
Henry Hyde 8%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 23%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 4%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 12%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 85%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 81%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 81%
William Jefferson 77%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 77%
Nancy Johnson 54%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 62%
Harry Johnston 85%
J. Bennett Johnston 37%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 4%
Paul Kanjorski 77%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 27%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 30%
Sue Kelly 58%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 93%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 96%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 92%
Bob Kerrey 74%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 88%
Jay Kim 12%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 31%
Gerald Kleczka 77%
Ronald Klink 58%
Scott Klug 65%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 96%
James Kolbe 15%
Jon Kyl 4%
John LaFalce 88%
Ray LaHood 31%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 12%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 8%
Steve LaTourette 35%
Greg Laughlin 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 73%
James Leach 62%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 96%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Jim Lightfoot 0%
Blanche Lincoln 27%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 62%
Robert Livingston 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
James Longley, Jr. 31%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 96%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 11%
William Luther 96%
Connie Mack 4%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Thomas Manton 85%
Don Manzullo 15%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 96%
Matthew Martinez 65%
Bill Martini 81%
Frank Mascara 50%
Robert Matsui 96%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
Karen McCarthy 92%
Bill McCollum 12%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 4%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 96%
Paul McHale 88%
John McHugh 19%
Scott McInnis 15%
David McIntosh 8%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 4%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 92%
Michael McNulty 77%
Martin Meehan 96%
Carrie Meek 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
Jack Metcalf 23%
Jan Meyers 58%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 31%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
David Minge 73%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 96%
John Moakley 69%
Susan Molinari 19%
Alan Mollohan 15%
G.V. Montgomery 12%
Carlos Moorhead 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
Constance Morella 85%
Carol Moseley Braun 85%
Patrick Moynihan 89%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 50%
John Myers 4%
Sue Myrick 4%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 4%
Mark Neumann 23%
Robert William Ney 12%
Don Nickles 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Sam Nunn 81%
James Nussle 8%
Jim Oberstar 65%
Dave Obey 69%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 27%
Bill Orton 31%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 4%
Ronald Packard 4%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 96%
Mike Parker 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
William Paxon 4%
Donald Payne 92%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 54%
Claiborne Pell 85%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 38%
Pete Peterson 42%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 46%
Owen Pickett 12%
Richard Pombo 8%
Earl Pomeroy 62%
John Edward Porter 65%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 31%
Glenn Poshard 46%
Larry Pressler 4%
Deborah Pryce 19%
David Pryor 89%
James Quillen 0%
Jack Quinn 42%
George Radanovich 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 81%
James Ramstad 54%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 81%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 96%
Ralph Regula 19%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 85%
Bill Richardson 88%
Frank Duncan Riggs 12%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 96%
Charles Robb 89%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 96%
Timothy Roemer 54%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 15%
Charles Rose III 46%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
Toby Roth 8%
William Roth, Jr. 56%
Marge Roukema 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 19%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85%
Martin Olav Sabo 81%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 27%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 96%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 62%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 96%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 35%
Daniel Schaefer 8%
Steven Schiff 23%
Patricia Schroeder 92%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 96%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 81%
Andrea Seastrand 12%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 38%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
John Shadegg 12%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 35%
Christopher Shays 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
E.G. Shuster 4%
Paul Simon 85%
Alan Simpson 11%
Norman Sisisky 20%
David Skaggs 88%
Joseph Skeen 4%
Ike Skelton 27%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 4%
Linda Smith 12%
Nick Smith 19%
Bob Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 59%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 8%
Mark Souder 15%
Arlen Specter 52%
Floyd Spence 4%
John Spratt, Jr. 77%
Pete Stark 85%
Cliff Stearns 8%
Charles Stenholm 15%
Ted Stevens 4%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 4%
Louis Stokes 85%
Gerry Studds 92%
Bob Stump 4%
Bart Stupak 54%
James Talent 15%
John Tanner 31%
Randy Tate 12%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 8%
Gene Taylor 42%
Frank Tejeda 35%
Craig Thomas 11%
William Thomas 12%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
Fred Thompson 19%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Ray Thornton 65%
Karen Thurman 65%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 4%
Peter Torkildsen 69%
Esteban Edward Torres 92%
Robert Torricelli 81%
Ed Towns 96%
James Traficant, Jr. 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
Bruce Vento 92%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 81%
Harold Volkmer 38%
Barbara Vucanovich 4%
Robert Walker 8%
James Walsh 19%
Zach Wamp 15%
Michael Ward 77%
John Warner 7%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 96%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 12%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 93%
Rick White 31%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 12%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Pat Williams 69%
Charles Wilson 27%
Bob Wise, Jr. 77%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 31%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
Albert Wynn 92%
Sidney Yates 81%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 19%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 4%
Bill Zeliff 8%
Richard Zimmer 88%

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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