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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Rifle Association

2000 Lifetime Score

Issues: Guns
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 0%
Brian Bilbray 0%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
Robert Byrd 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 0%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
William Coyne 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Norm Dicks 0%
Julian Dixon 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Calvin Dooley 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Lane Evans 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 0%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Tony Hall 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
Darlene Hooley 0%
Stephen Horn 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Herb Kohl 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
John LaFalce 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
James Leach 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
William Lipinski 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
William Luther 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
James Maloney 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 0%
Dennis Moore 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
Constance Morella 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
John Olver 0%
Major Owens 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 0%
Timothy Roemer 0%
Steve Rothman 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
Vic Snyder 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 0%
John Baldacci 8%
Sherwood Boehlert 8%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Robert Franks 17%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
John Ganske 17%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 17%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 17%
Nancy Johnson 17%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
Steven Kuykendall 17%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 17%
Doug Ose 17%
Jack Quinn 17%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
Marge Roukema 17%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 17%
Marion Berry 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
James Greenwood 25%
Rick Lazio 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Jeff Bingaman 33%
Dick Lugar 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
Brian Baird 42%
Gary Condit 42%
Thomas Davis III 42%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 42%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 42%
Maurice Hinchey 42%
Anne Northup 42%
Deborah Pryce 42%
Ciro Rodriguez 42%
James Rogan 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 42%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
Porter Goss 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Dan Miller 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Jim Saxton 67%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
Tom Tancredo 67%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
Robert Clement 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Bart Gordon 75%
Sue Kelly 75%
James Walsh 75%
Mary Bono Mack 83%
Mark Foley 83%
Steve LaTourette 83%
Bill McCollum 83%
Olympia Snowe 83%
Karen Thurman 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 83%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 92%
John Ashcroft 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
Cass Ballenger 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
Charlie Bass 92%
Judy Biggert 92%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 92%
Leonard Boswell 92%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
Ed Bryant 92%
Conrad Burns 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
Dan Burton 92%
Steve Buyer 92%
Herbert Callahan 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
Chris Cannon 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
Michael Collins 92%
Larry Combest 92%
John Cooksey 92%
Jerry Costello 92%
Christopher Cox 92%
Robert Cramer 92%
Philip Crane 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
James DeMint 92%
David Dreier 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
Vern Ehlers 92%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
Philip English 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Ernest Fletcher 92%
William Frist 92%
Elton Gallegly 92%
George Gekas 92%
Paul Gillmor 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
Slade Gorton 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
Mark Green 92%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
James Hansen 92%
J. Dennis Hastert 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 92%
Joel Hefley 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 92%
Baron Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 92%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Kay Hutchison 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Christopher John 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
James Kolbe 92%
Jon Kyl 92%
Ray LaHood 92%
Nicholas Lampson 92%
Stephen Largent 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
Jerry Lewis 92%
Ron Lewis 92%
John Linder 92%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 92%
Don Manzullo 92%
Frank Mascara 92%
James McCrery III 92%
John McHugh 92%
Scott McInnis 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
Zell Bryan Miller 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
Sue Myrick 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 92%
Michael Oxley 92%
Ron Paul 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
David Phelps 92%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
George Radanovich 92%
Ralph Regula 92%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Bob Riley 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
Jim Ryun 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 92%
Joe Scarborough 92%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
John Shadegg 92%
Donald Sherwood 92%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 92%
Ronnie Shows 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
Norman Sisisky 92%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 92%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
Nick Smith 92%
Mark Souder 92%
Floyd Spence 92%
Charles Stenholm 92%
John Sweeney 92%
John Tanner 92%
William Tauzin 92%
Gene Taylor 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
Craig Thomas 92%
William Thomas 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 92%
James Traficant, Jr. 92%
James Turner 92%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 92%
Zach Wamp 92%
Wesley Watkins 92%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 92%
David Weldon 92%
Gerald Weller 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
Heather Wilson 92%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
John Doolittle 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 100%
John Sununu 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%

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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