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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Farmers Union

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Lane Evans 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Major Owens 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 92%
John Baldacci 92%
Evan Bayh 92%
Rod Blagojevich 92%
David Edward Bonior 92%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 92%
Byron Dorgan 92%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 92%
Tony Hall 92%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 92%
Maurice Hinchey 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 92%
Thomas Holden 92%
Ernest Hollings 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 92%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Dale Kildee 92%
Dennis Kucinich 92%
Tom Lantos 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 92%
Frank Mascara 92%
Robert Matsui 92%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 92%
Jim Oberstar 92%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 92%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 92%
Earl Pomeroy 92%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 92%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 92%
Ted Strickland 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 92%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 92%
Lynn Woolsey 92%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
Albert Wynn 92%
Robert Borski, Jr. 91%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 91%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
Karen McCarthy 91%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 91%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
John Moakley 90%
Donald Payne 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
Howard Berman 89%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
Michael McNulty 89%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 83%
Thomas Allen 83%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
James Barcia 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
Conrad Burns 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Robert Clement 83%
Gary Condit 83%
Jerry Costello 83%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 83%
James Davis 83%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Edwards 83%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 83%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 83%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
William Luther 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 83%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Dennis Moore 83%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
Jack Murtha 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
John Olver 83%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
David Phelps 83%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 83%
Steve Rothman 83%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 83%
Jim Saxton 83%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 83%
Ronnie Shows 83%
Karen Thurman 83%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 83%
Ed Towns 83%
James Turner 83%
Anthony Weiner 83%
Paul Wellstone 83%
Rick Boucher 82%
Julia Carson 82%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 82%
Pete Stark 82%
William Coyne 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
William Lipinski 80%
Gene Taylor 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
Steve LaTourette 78%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 78%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 78%
Gary Ackerman 75%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
Douglas Bereuter 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 75%
Leonard Boswell 75%
John Breaux 75%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Cramer 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 75%
Peter Deutsch 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
Calvin Dooley 75%
Chet Edwards 75%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Barney Frank 75%
Jonas Frost III 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Bart Gordon 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 75%
Stephen Horn 75%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
Christopher John 75%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
Herb Kohl 75%
John LaFalce 75%
Ray LaHood 75%
James Leach 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
James Nussle 75%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
Vic Snyder 75%
Ellen Tauscher 75%
Mary Bono Mack 73%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 73%
Bill Delahunt 73%
Elton Gallegly 73%
Darlene Hooley 73%
Blanche Lincoln 73%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 73%
Jack Quinn 73%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 73%
Donald Sherwood 73%
Gerald Weller 73%
Robert Wexler 73%
Joe Scarborough 71%
Baron Hill 70%
David Wu 70%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
Brian Baird 67%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Robert Byrd 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
David Dreier 67%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Philip English 67%
Ernest Fletcher 67%
Mark Foley 67%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Porter Goss 67%
Mark Green 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
Robert Hayes 67%
Henry Hyde 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 67%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 67%
Ron Lewis 67%
Joe Lieberman 67%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 67%
Constance Morella 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 67%
Anne Northup 67%
Dave Obey 67%
Doug Ose 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 67%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Bob Riley 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
Marge Roukema 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
Gordon Smith 67%
Mark Souder 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Sweeney 67%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 67%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 67%
Robert Torricelli 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
Heather Wilson 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 64%
John Ganske 64%
James Greenwood 64%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 64%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 64%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 64%
Michael Oxley 64%
Timothy Roemer 64%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 64%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 64%
James Walsh 64%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 63%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
James Hansen 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
James Maloney 60%
Deborah Pryce 60%
John Tanner 60%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 58%
Charlie Bass 58%
Bob Bennett 58%
Marion Berry 58%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
Judy Biggert 58%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 58%
Steve Buyer 58%
Ben Campbell 58%
Mike Castle 58%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 58%
Larry Combest 58%
Larry Craig 58%
Randall Cunningham 58%
Jennifer Dunn 58%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Terry Everett 58%
Russ Feingold 58%
Peter Fitzgerald 58%
George Gekas 58%
Paul Gillmor 58%
Daniel Graham 58%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 58%
Asa Hutchinson 58%
Kay Hutchison 58%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 58%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 58%
Sue Kelly 58%
James Kolbe 58%
Dick Lugar 58%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 58%
John Peterson 58%
Richard Pombo 58%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 58%
James Ramstad 58%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 58%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 58%
Joseph Skeen 58%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 58%
William Tauzin 58%
Craig Thomas 58%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 58%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 58%
Zach Wamp 58%
John Warner 58%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 58%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
Robert Barr, Jr. 55%
Shelley Berkley 55%
Herbert Callahan 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 55%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 55%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 55%
Ted Stevens 55%
William Thomas 55%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 55%
Wesley Watkins 55%
David Weldon 55%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 55%
Wayne Allard 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
Michael Collins 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
William Frist 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Nancy Johnson 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
Frank Murkowski 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
Ralph Regula 50%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
Nick Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 50%
Bob Stump 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 45%
Cass Ballenger 45%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 44%
Sue Myrick 44%
Charles Taylor 44%
Henry Bonilla 42%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 42%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 42%
Philip Crane 42%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 42%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 42%
Jesse Helms 42%
Wally Herger, Jr. 42%
Pete Hoekstra 42%
Duncan Hunter 42%
Stephen Largent 42%
Dan Miller 42%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 42%
George Radanovich 42%
Jim Ryun 42%
Strom Thurmond 42%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
Van Hilleary 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
George Voinovich 40%
Dan Burton 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 36%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 36%
John Linder 36%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 36%
Richard Armey 33%
Jim Bunning 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
James DeMint 33%
John Doolittle 33%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
Don Manzullo 33%
Scott McInnis 33%
Ron Paul 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Fred Thompson 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
Judd Gregg 27%
Rick Santorum 27%
Chris Cannon 25%
Christopher Cox 25%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 25%
Don Nickles 25%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
John Sununu 25%
Jon Kyl 18%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 17%
John Shadegg 17%
Bob Smith 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%

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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