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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Peace Action

1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 9%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 73%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 90%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 45%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 60%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 55%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 91%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 36%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 82%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 70%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 9%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 9%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 9%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 60%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 73%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 64%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 73%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 80%
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 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 73%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 64%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 70%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 80%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 60%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 20%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 70%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 9%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 9%
Wayne Allard 10%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 30%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 20%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 10%
Herbert Bateman 10%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
Kit Bond 18%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 60%
Rick Boucher 40%
Carol Moseley Braun 91%
John Breaux 27%
George Brown, Jr. 90%
Richard Bryan 55%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 73%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 9%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 64%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 9%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Mike Castle 40%
John Chafee 36%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Eva Clayton 50%
Robert Clement 20%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 20%
Paul Coverdell 9%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 9%
Robert Cramer 20%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 18%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Thomas Daschle 91%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 70%
Chris Dodd 64%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 82%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 0%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 20%
Victor Fazio 40%
Russ Feingold 91%
Mark Foley 10%
Michael Patrick Forbes 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Wendell Ford 45%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Jon David Fox 20%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 20%
Elizabeth Furse 80%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 82%
Henry Gonzalez 30%
William Goodling 10%
Bart Gordon 20%
Slade Gorton 18%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 55%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 9%
James Greenwood 20%
Judd Gregg 9%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 50%
Lee Hamilton 30%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 20%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 70%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 30%
Ernest Hollings 36%
Stephen Horn 30%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Duncan Hunter 0%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
Nancy Johnson 20%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 9%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 30%
Bob Kerrey 73%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 80%
Ronald Klink 50%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 20%
John LaFalce 80%
Tom Lantos 70%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 20%
James Leach 40%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
William Luther 70%
Connie Mack 9%
Thomas Manton 50%
Matthew Martinez 40%
Frank Mascara 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
Karen McCarthy 60%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 10%
Paul McHale 60%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 40%
Martin Meehan 70%
Carrie Meek 50%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 60%
Dan Miller 10%
David Minge 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
John Moakley 70%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Constance Morella 70%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 91%
Frank Murkowski 9%
Jack Murtha 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 30%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 10%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Owen Pickett 10%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
John Edward Porter 10%
Glenn Poshard 50%
Deborah Pryce 10%
Jack Quinn 10%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 20%
Frank Duncan Riggs 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 70%
Charles Robb 27%
Timothy Roemer 50%
William Roth, Jr. 9%
Marge Roukema 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 9%
Paul Sarbanes 82%
H. James Saxton 10%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 70%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 10%
David Skaggs 70%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 20%
Linda Smith 0%
Nick Smith 20%
Bob Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 27%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 30%
Charles Stenholm 30%
Ted Stevens 18%
Louis Stokes 80%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 60%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 20%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 10%
Craig Thomas 9%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 18%
Karen Thurman 30%
Strom Thurmond 9%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 90%
Robert Torricelli 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
Bruce Vento 80%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 9%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 0%
Robert Wise, Jr. 40%
Albert Wynn 80%
Sidney Yates 90%

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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