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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants

1995-1996 Positions

Issues: Crime
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Gary Ackerman 75%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 38%
Bill Archer 13%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
Henry Scott Baesler 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
William Baker 20%
John Baldacci 50%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 87%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 13%
Herbert Bateman 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Anthony Beilenson 63%
Bob Bennett 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 50%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Howard Berman 87%
Tom Bevill 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Brian Bilbray 0%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 13%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
Peter Blute 30%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 13%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 13%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 50%
Rick Boucher 57%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Bill Bradley 70%
John Breaux 60%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 87%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 0%
John Bryant 50%
Dale Bumpers 80%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 30%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
Ben Campbell 10%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 63%
Mike Castle 13%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
John Chafee 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 87%
Robert Clement 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
William Cohen 30%
Ronald Coleman 50%
Barbara-Rose Collins 90%
Cardiss Collins 88%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 13%
Kent Conrad 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 87%
Jerry Costello 38%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 13%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 10%
Patsy Ann Danner 25%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Thomas Davis III 13%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
E. Kika de la Garza 40%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 38%
Thomas DeLay 13%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 38%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 50%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 80%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
Robert Dole 11%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 89%
Robert Dornan 10%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
David Dreier 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 75%
Chet Edwards 38%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Bill Emerson 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 87%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 38%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 87%
Lane Evans 87%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 13%
Jim Exon 50%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 10%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 13%
Victor Fazio 87%
Russ Feingold 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
Cleo Fields 90%
Jack Fields, Jr. 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Floyd Flake 100%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 0%
Wendell Ford 40%
Tillie Fowler 13%
Jon David Fox 0%
Barney Frank 100%
Gary Franks 20%
Robert Franks 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 43%
Elizabeth Furse 71%
Elton Gallegly 13%
John Ganske 13%
Sam Gejdenson 87%
George Gekas 13%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 62%
Pete Geren 20%
Sam Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 13%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 14%
John Glenn 89%
Henry Gonzalez 87%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
William Goodling 0%
Bart Gordon 25%
Slade Gorton 10%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 11%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 38%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 11%
Steven Gunderson 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
Tony Hall 50%
Lee Hamilton 50%
Melton Hancock 0%
James Hansen 13%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
Jane Harman 86%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
Mark Hatfield 80%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 50%
Jesse Helms 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 87%
David Lee Hobson 13%
Pete Hoekstra 13%
Thomas Holden 0%
Ernest Hollings 70%
Stephen Horn 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 25%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Henry Hyde 13%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 11%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 87%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 80%
William Jefferson 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 13%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
Harry Johnston 70%
J. Bennett Johnston 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 38%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 62%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 40%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Joseph Kennedy II 87%
Patrick Kennedy 62%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 75%
Bob Kerrey 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 80%
Dale Kildee 75%
Jay Kim 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 63%
Ronald Klink 38%
Scott Klug 13%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 13%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 13%
Tom Lantos 87%
Stephen Largent 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 25%
Greg Laughlin 33%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Rick Lazio 25%
James Leach 13%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 63%
Jerry Lewis 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 33%
Jim Lightfoot 10%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 38%
Robert Livingston 13%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 62%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
Dick Lugar 10%
William Luther 63%
Connie Mack 11%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 62%
Thomas Manton 50%
Don Manzullo 13%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 87%
Matthew Martinez 87%
Frank Mascara 38%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
Karen McCarthy 62%
Bill McCollum 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 17%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 38%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 62%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Jan Meyers 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
Dan Miller 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 87%
David Minge 38%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 87%
Susan Molinari 0%
Alan Mollohan 75%
G.V. Montgomery 30%
Carlos Moorhead 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 63%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
Jack Murtha 50%
John Myers 20%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Sam Nunn 40%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 75%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 38%
Bill Orton 20%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 62%
Mike Parker 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
William Paxon 13%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 30%
Claiborne Pell 80%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
Pete Peterson 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Owen Pickett 25%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 62%
John Edward Porter 13%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 13%
Glenn Poshard 25%
Larry Pressler 0%
Deborah Pryce 13%
David Pryor 44%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 13%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Ralph Regula 13%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
Bill Richardson 38%
Frank Duncan Riggs 13%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 63%
Charles Robb 50%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
Charles Rose III 44%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Toby Roth 20%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Marge Roukema 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 25%
Rick Santorum 11%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 87%
Jim Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 0%
Patricia Schroeder 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
John Shadegg 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 11%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Paul Simon 90%
Alan Simpson 0%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 87%
Joseph Skeen 13%
Ike Skelton 38%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Linda Smith 13%
Nick Smith 38%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 62%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 10%
Louis Stokes 100%
Gerry Studds 80%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 50%
James Talent 13%
John Tanner 13%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 13%
Frank Tejeda 43%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Ray Thornton 30%
Karen Thurman 63%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Peter Torkildsen 20%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 87%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 75%
Harold Volkmer 30%
Barbara Vucanovich 30%
James Walsh 13%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 10%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 87%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 25%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 87%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Rick White 14%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Pat Williams 50%
Charles Wilson 50%
Bob Wise, Jr. 62%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 13%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
Albert Wynn 87%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
Bill Zeliff 20%
Richard Zimmer 20%

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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