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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Peace Action

1995 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 17%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 8%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 8%
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 75%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 25%
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 25%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 42%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 58%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 67%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 8%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 50%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 17%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 17%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 17%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 75%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 8%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 92%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 42%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 8%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 67%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 58%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 83%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 42%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 8%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 17%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 92%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 8%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 50%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 58%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 58%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 92%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 17%
Wayne Allard 17%
William Archer 8%
Richard Armey 8%
John Ashcroft 8%
Henry Scott Baesler 58%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 83%
Cass Ballenger 8%
James Barcia 42%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 17%
Herbert Bateman 8%
Bob Bennett 17%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 58%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 8%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 92%
Sonny Bono 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 83%
Rick Boucher 67%
Carol Moseley Braun 67%
John Breaux 58%
George Brown, Jr. 75%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 8%
Dale Bumpers 92%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 25%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 92%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 8%
Mike Castle 8%
John Chafee 42%
Helen Chenoweth 17%
Jon Lynn Christensen 17%
William Clay, Sr. 92%
Eva Clayton 92%
Robert Clement 50%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 8%
Gary Condit 50%
Paul Coverdell 17%
Christopher Cox 8%
William Coyne 92%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 17%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 8%
Alfonse D'Amato 25%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 92%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 58%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
Jay Dickey 8%
Julian Dixon 83%
Chris Dodd 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
Calvin Dooley 58%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 83%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 17%
Philip English 17%
John Ensign 17%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 8%
Victor Fazio 58%
Russ Feingold 92%
Floyd Flake 67%
Thomas Foglietta 92%
Mark Foley 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 8%
Wendell Ford 67%
Tillie Fowler 8%
Jon David Fox 17%
Robert Franks 67%
William Frist 8%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elizabeth Furse 92%
John Ganske 25%
Sam Gejdenson 50%
George Gekas 8%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 8%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 83%
Henry Gonzalez 50%
William Goodling 33%
Bart Gordon 75%
Slade Gorton 25%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 58%
William Phillip Gramm 25%
Rodney Grams 8%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Tony Hall 58%
Lee Hamilton 58%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 8%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Joel Hefley 8%
W.G. Hefner 58%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 75%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 42%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Stephen Horn 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 8%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Henry Hyde 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 42%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 92%
Joseph Kennedy II 92%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 42%
Bob Kerrey 92%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 42%
Ronald Klink 42%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
James Kolbe 8%
John LaFalce 67%
Tom Lantos 83%
Stephen Largent 17%
Rick Lazio 25%
James Leach 67%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 58%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 92%
Connie Mack 8%
Thomas Manton 58%
Matthew Martinez 75%
Frank Mascara 58%
Robert Matsui 75%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 8%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 0%
Paul McHale 58%
John McHugh 8%
Scott McInnis 17%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 75%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 50%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Dan Miller 17%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 83%
John Moakley 75%
Susan Molinari 8%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Constance Morella 50%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 33%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Major Owens 92%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 25%
William Paxon 8%
Donald Payne 92%
Owen Pickett 17%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
John Edward Porter 42%
Glenn Poshard 83%
Deborah Pryce 8%
Jack Quinn 17%
George Radanovich 8%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 17%
Bill Richardson 75%
Frank Duncan Riggs 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 92%
Charles Robb 58%
Timothy Roemer 50%
William Roth, Jr. 25%
Marge Roukema 67%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 8%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 17%
Rick Santorum 8%
Paul Sarbanes 92%
H. James Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 8%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 8%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 75%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Norman Sisisky 25%
David Skaggs 92%
Joseph Skeen 8%
Ike Skelton 25%
Linda Smith 8%
Nick Smith 17%
Bob Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 25%
Floyd Spence 8%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 8%
Louis Stokes 92%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 58%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 50%
William Tauzin 8%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 25%
Frank Tejeda 25%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 8%
Karen Thurman 50%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 8%
Esteban Edward Torres 75%
Robert Torricelli 75%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Bruce Vento 92%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 8%
John Warner 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
David Weldon 8%
W. Curtis Weldon 8%
Gerald Weller 8%
Paul Wellstone 92%
Rick White 17%
Robert Wise, Jr. 75%
Albert Wynn 75%
Sidney Yates 58%

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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