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Rating Group: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

2005-2006 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 64%
Todd Akin 6%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 53%
Brian Baird 86%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
J. Gresham Barrett 6%
Roscoe Bartlett 36%
Evan Bayh 82%
Melissa Bean 70%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 30%
Judy Biggert 36%
Jeff Bingaman 82%
Kit Bond 0%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Dan Boren 20%
Leonard Boswell 48%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 46%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Jim Bunning 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 55%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 46%
Russ Carnahan 96%
Julia Carson 96%
Mike Castle 74%
Ben Chandler III 90%
Hillary Clinton 82%
Norm Coleman 28%
Kent Conrad 64%
Jerry Costello 80%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 36%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Artur Davis 36%
Geoff Davis 0%
Jo Ann Davis 16%
Lincoln Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 95%
James DeMint 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 16%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 91%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 70%
Thelma Drake 6%
David Dreier 6%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 6%
Philip English 6%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 76%
Terry Everett 6%
Tom Feeney 11%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 56%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 6%
Barney Frank 96%
Elton Gallegly 6%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 6%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 16%
Bart Gordon 76%
Judd Gregg 10%
Jane Harman 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 40%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 50%
Darlene Hooley 96%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 20%
Daniel Inouye 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 96%
William Jefferson 53%
Tim Johnson 80%
Paul Kanjorski 69%
Ric Keller 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 73%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 6%
Jon Kyl 10%
Ray LaHood 20%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 16%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 55%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Dan Lungren 0%
Connie Mack IV 16%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 50%
Melquiades Martinez 19%
Thaddeus McCotter 6%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 6%
Michael McNulty 96%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 96%
Brad Miller 96%
Alan Mollohan 53%
Dennis Moore 86%
Jack Murtha 56%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 37%
Jim Oberstar 76%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 36%
Ron Paul 34%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
Todd Platts 30%
Earl Pomeroy 58%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 6%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 66%
Ralph Regula 6%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 6%
Silvestre Reyes 48%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Mike Ross 30%
Steve Rothman 95%
Ken Salazar 73%
Jim Saxton 76%
Jean Schmidt 0%
John Shadegg 6%
Christopher Shays 86%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 19%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 90%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 86%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 28%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Gene Taylor 46%
Craig Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 96%
George Voinovich 19%
James Walsh 36%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 6%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 96%
Heather Wilson 16%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 56%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 91%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 96%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 96%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 69%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 86%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 96%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 80%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 73%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 91%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 91%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 67%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 96%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 70%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 96%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 82%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 96%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 55%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 96%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 96%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 96%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 96%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 60%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 6%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 16%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 6%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 6%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 6%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 37%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 6%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 16%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 6%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 6%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 6%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 6%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 56%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 6%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 6%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 46%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 6%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 16%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 16%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 26%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 6%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 16%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 22%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%

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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