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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Peace Action

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 7%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 27%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 23%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 23%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 54%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 46%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 63%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 45%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 72%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 36%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 38%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 36%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 45%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 36%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 54%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 36%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 27%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 27%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 18%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 54%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 27%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 30%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 38%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 54%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 46%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 53%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 27%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 18%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 30%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 61%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 54%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 72%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 81%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 27%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 27%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 23%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 36%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 18%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 23%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 30%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 27%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 53%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 54%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 81%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 72%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 81%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 81%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 46%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 27%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 15%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 46%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 54%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 54%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 18%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 81%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 18%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 7%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 36%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 38%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 36%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 18%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 63%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 53%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 27%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 46%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 54%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 46%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 72%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 38%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 9%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 72%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 72%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 54%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 81%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 54%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 45%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 36%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 27%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 45%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 27%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 27%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 61%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 81%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 54%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 27%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 36%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 38%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 27%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 36%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 27%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 53%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 18%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 54%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 72%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 9%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 38%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 18%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 72%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 27%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 61%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 36%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 36%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 72%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 46%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 27%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 30%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Wayne Allard 46%
Thomas Allen 54%
William Archer 27%
Richard Armey 18%
John Ashcroft 30%
Brian Baird 45%
Richard Hugh Baker 27%
John Baldacci 54%
Cass Ballenger 27%
James Barcia 36%
Robert Barr, Jr. 36%
William Barrett 18%
Herbert Bateman 18%
Evan Bayh 61%
Bob Bennett 30%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 36%
Douglas Bereuter 18%
Marion Berry 18%
Michael Bilirakis 27%
Rod Blagojevich 45%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 27%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 18%
David Edward Bonior 63%
Robert Borski, Jr. 36%
Rick Boucher 27%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 18%
John Breaux 23%
Richard Bryan 46%
Ed Bryant 27%
Jim Bunning 23%
Conrad Burns 23%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 38%
Herbert Callahan 9%
Ben Campbell 23%
Thomas Campbell 63%
Chris Cannon 36%
Julia Carson 54%
Mike Castle 18%
Helen Chenoweth 36%
William Clay, Sr. 54%
Eva Clayton 54%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 53%
Robert Clement 27%
Mac Collins 9%
Larry Combest 18%
Gary Condit 36%
Merrill Cook 45%
John Cooksey 18%
Paul Coverdell 30%
Christopher Cox 18%
William Coyne 54%
Larry Craig 30%
Robert Cramer 9%
Philip Crane 36%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Patsy Ann Danner 72%
Thomas Daschle 46%
James Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 18%
Bill Delahunt 72%
Thomas DeLay 27%
Peter Deutsch 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
Jay Dickey 9%
Julian Dixon 36%
Chris Dodd 38%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 36%
John Doolittle 18%
Byron Dorgan 53%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
John Edwards 61%
Chet Edwards 27%
Vern Ehlers 63%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 9%
Philip English 45%
Bob Etheridge 27%
Lane Evans 63%
Terry Everett 9%
Thomas Ewing 36%
Russ Feingold 84%
Peter Fitzgerald 46%
Ernest Fletcher 18%
Mark Foley 36%
Michael Patrick Forbes 27%
Harold Ford, Jr. 36%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 18%
Tillie Fowler 18%
Robert Franks 45%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 27%
John Ganske 63%
Sam Gejdenson 45%
George Gekas 27%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 45%
Jim Gibbons 36%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 9%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 45%
William Goodling 27%
Bart Gordon 27%
Slade Gorton 30%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 53%
William Phillip Gramm 38%
Rodney Grams 46%
Mark Green 36%
James Greenwood 27%
Judd Gregg 38%
Gilbert Gutknecht 45%
Charles Hagel 23%
Tony Hall 36%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 9%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 36%
Joel Hefley 36%
Jesse Helms 30%
Baron Hill 36%
Rick Hill 36%
Van Hilleary 27%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
David Lee Hobson 18%
Pete Hoekstra 27%
Ernest Hollings 53%
Darlene Hooley 81%
Stephen Horn 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 27%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 9%
Kenny Hulshof 45%
Duncan Hunter 9%
William Hutchinson 18%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 30%
Henry Hyde 9%
Jay Inslee 63%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
William Jefferson 45%
James Merrill Jeffords 46%
William Lewis Jenkins 18%
Christopher John 18%
Nancy Johnson 36%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
Sue Kelly 18%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 38%
Patrick Kennedy 36%
Bob Kerrey 46%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 54%
Gerald Kleczka 63%
Ronald Klink 36%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
James Kolbe 9%
Steven Kuykendall 27%
John LaFalce 27%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 36%
Stephen Largent 45%
Rick Lazio 18%
James Leach 45%
Ron Lewis 18%
Blanche Lincoln 38%
John Linder 36%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
William Luther 72%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 27%
Matthew Martinez 27%
Frank Mascara 27%
Robert Matsui 36%
Karen McCarthy 63%
Bill McCollum 18%
James McCrery III 18%
John McHugh 9%
Scott McInnis 27%
David McIntosh 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 36%
Martin Meehan 54%
Carrie Meek 36%
Jack Metcalf 45%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 36%
Dan Miller 27%
David Minge 72%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 81%
John Moakley 45%
Alan Mollohan 18%
Dennis Moore 36%
Constance Morella 45%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 30%
Frank Murkowski 30%
Jack Murtha 18%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 18%
Robert William Ney 27%
Don Nickles 38%
Anne Northup 18%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 36%
James Nussle 45%
Jim Oberstar 63%
Dave Obey 54%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 18%
Doug Ose 36%
Major Owens 81%
Michael Oxley 9%
Ronald Packard 18%
Donald Payne 72%
Edward Pease 27%
John Peterson 18%
David Phelps 36%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Owen Pickett 18%
Richard Pombo 27%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
John Edward Porter 27%
Deborah Pryce 27%
Jack Quinn 36%
George Radanovich 18%
James Ramstad 63%
Ralph Regula 27%
Thomas Reynolds 18%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 69%
Ciro Rodriguez 36%
Timothy Roemer 36%
James Rogan 36%
William Roth, Jr. 15%
Marge Roukema 27%
Jim Ryun 18%
Martin Olav Sabo 54%
Matthew Salmon 54%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 18%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 54%
Rick Santorum 38%
Paul Sarbanes 46%
H. James Saxton 18%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 36%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 18%
Christopher Shays 54%
Donald Sherwood 18%
Ronnie Shows 18%
E.G. Shuster 18%
Norman Sisisky 18%
Joseph Skeen 18%
Ike Skelton 18%
Gordon Smith 30%
Nick Smith 36%
Bob Smith 30%
Vic Snyder 27%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 23%
Floyd Spence 18%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Charles Stenholm 18%
Ted Stevens 23%
Ted Strickland 36%
Robert Stump 18%
Bart Stupak 45%
John Sununu 27%
John Sweeney 18%
James Talent 36%
Tom Tancredo 36%
John Tanner 18%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
William Tauzin 27%
Charles Taylor 27%
Gene Taylor 27%
Craig Thomas 30%
William Thomas 18%
Fred Thompson 23%
Karen Thurman 27%
Strom Thurmond 23%
Todd Tiahrt 27%
Robert Torricelli 69%
James Traficant, Jr. 36%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 63%
James Turner 18%
Bruce Vento 81%
George Voinovich 38%
James Walsh 27%
Zach Wamp 45%
John Warner 15%
Wesley Watkins 27%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 18%
Anthony Weiner 54%
David Weldon 27%
W. Curtis Weldon 27%
Gerald Weller 27%
Paul Wellstone 76%
Robert Wexler 36%
Robert Weygand 36%
Heather Wilson 18%
Robert Wise, Jr. 18%
David Wu 63%
Albert Wynn 36%

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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