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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants

1999-2000 Positions

Issues: Crime Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 38%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 78%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 63%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 78%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 78%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 30%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 60%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 28%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 30%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 78%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 75%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 30%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 70%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 30%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 30%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 30%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 29%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 63%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 78%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 30%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 38%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 70%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 22%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 30%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 30%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 63%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 40%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 75%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 70%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 70%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 63%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 63%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 78%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 40%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 78%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 63%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 55%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 78%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 38%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 63%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 63%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 30%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 30%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 38%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 50%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 30%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 75%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 78%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 30%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 22%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 63%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 30%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 30%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 25%
Wayne Allard 13%
Thomas Allen 60%
Richard Armey 30%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 30%
John Baldacci 70%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 30%
Evan Bayh 63%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Marion Berry 40%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Rod Blagojevich 30%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
Kit Bond 25%
Henry Bonilla 40%
David Edward Bonior 44%
Robert Borski, Jr. 44%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
John Breaux 63%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 25%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 30%
Ben Campbell 13%
Chris Cannon 25%
Julia Carson 80%
Mike Castle 40%
Eva Clayton 89%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 63%
Robert Clement 50%
Mac Collins 10%
Larry Combest 30%
Gary Condit 30%
John Cooksey 30%
Christopher Cox 30%
William Coyne 67%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 30%
Philip Crane 30%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 30%
Thomas Daschle 63%
James Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Bill Delahunt 78%
Thomas DeLay 30%
Peter Deutsch 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Julian Dixon 62%
Chris Dodd 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 13%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 30%
Byron Dorgan 88%
Jennifer Dunn 30%
John Edwards 63%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Philip English 40%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 60%
Terry Everett 30%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 13%
Ernest Fletcher 30%
Mark Foley 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 70%
John Ganske 40%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 56%
Jim Gibbons 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Benjamin Gilman 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
Bart Gordon 44%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 63%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Mark Green 10%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
Charles Hagel 50%
Tony Hall 44%
James Hansen 30%
Robert Hayes 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 30%
Joel Hefley 30%
Jesse Helms 13%
Baron Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
David Lee Hobson 30%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Darlene Hooley 55%
Stephen Horn 30%
John Nathan Hostettler 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Duncan Hunter 30%
William Hutchinson 30%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 13%
Henry Hyde 30%
Jay Inslee 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
William Jefferson 78%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 30%
Christopher John 10%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Paul Kanjorski 44%
Sue Kelly 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 57%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
Brian Kerns 30%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
James Kolbe 44%
John LaFalce 78%
Nicholas Lampson 60%
Tom Lantos 75%
Stephen Largent 22%
James Leach 40%
Ron Lewis 30%
Blanche Lincoln 63%
John Linder 30%
William Lipinski 30%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
William Luther 40%
James Maloney 20%
Frank Mascara 40%
Robert Matsui 60%
Karen McCarthy 67%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 20%
Scott McInnis 25%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 78%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 78%
Dan Miller 30%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 78%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Dennis Moore 40%
Constance Morella 60%
Frank Murkowski 13%
Jack Murtha 22%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 40%
Robert William Ney 30%
Don Nickles 13%
Anne Northup 40%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 78%
Dave Obey 78%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Doug Ose 20%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 20%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 43%
David Phelps 30%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 30%
Earl Pomeroy 30%
Deborah Pryce 22%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 30%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 20%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Bob Riley 30%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 56%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 22%
Marge Roukema 10%
Jim Ryun 30%
Martin Olav Sabo 78%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 25%
Paul Sarbanes 63%
H. James Saxton 20%
Joe Scarborough 30%
John Shadegg 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 30%
Ronnie Shows 10%
Norman Sisisky 44%
Joseph Skeen 30%
Ike Skelton 56%
Gordon Smith 25%
Nick Smith 30%
Bob Smith 13%
Vic Snyder 78%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 63%
Floyd Spence 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 25%
Ted Strickland 60%
Robert Stump 30%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sununu 38%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 30%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 56%
William Tauzin 30%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 10%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 29%
Fred Thompson 25%
Karen Thurman 50%
Strom Thurmond 13%
Todd Tiahrt 30%
Robert Torricelli 63%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
James Turner 30%
George Voinovich 13%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 30%
John Warner 13%
Wesley Watkins 30%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 50%
Anthony Weiner 50%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 88%
Robert Wexler 67%
Heather Wilson 50%
David Wu 30%
Albert Wynn 78%

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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