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Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
William Coyne 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Daniel Graham 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
John Moakley 100%
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 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Charles Robb 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
Gary Ackerman 93%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 93%
Marion Berry 93%
Jeff Bingaman 93%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
David Edward Bonior 93%
Robert Borski, Jr. 93%
John Breaux 93%
Robert Byrd 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 93%
James Davis 93%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 93%
Bill Delahunt 93%
Norm Dicks 93%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 93%
Calvin Dooley 93%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 93%
Chet Edwards 93%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 93%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
Barney Frank 93%
Sam Gejdenson 93%
Tony Hall 93%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 93%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Daniel Inouye 93%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
Dale Kildee 93%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 93%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
William Luther 93%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 93%
James Maloney 93%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 93%
Matthew Martinez 93%
Robert Matsui 93%
Karen McCarthy 93%
Carrie Meek 93%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
Dennis Moore 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 93%
Constance Morella 93%
Major Owens 93%
Donald Payne 93%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 93%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 93%
Ciro Rodriguez 93%
Steve Rothman 93%
Martin Olav Sabo 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 93%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 93%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 93%
Ellen Tauscher 93%
Karen Thurman 93%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 93%
Robert Wexler 93%
Bob Weygand 93%
Lynn Woolsey 93%
David Wu 93%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 86%
Shelley Berkley 86%
Howard Berman 86%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
Peter Deutsch 86%
Bob Etheridge 86%
Lane Evans 86%
Russ Feingold 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
Maurice Hinchey 86%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 86%
Darlene Hooley 86%
Paul Kanjorski 86%
Tom Lantos 86%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 86%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 86%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 86%
Jack Murtha 86%
Jim Oberstar 86%
John Olver 86%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 86%
Earl Pomeroy 86%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
Vic Snyder 86%
Pete Stark 86%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
Ed Towns 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
Brian Baird 80%
Brian Bilbray 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Mike Castle 80%
William Clay, Sr. 80%
Robert Clement 80%
Gary Condit 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
Thomas Davis III 80%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Robert Franks 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
Stephen Horn 80%
William Jefferson 80%
Christopher John 80%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 80%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
James Leach 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
Dave Obey 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
David Phelps 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Ted Strickland 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
Anthony Weiner 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
James Barcia 73%
Herbert Bateman 73%
Sherwood Boehlert 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
Robert Cramer 73%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 73%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 73%
Jonas Frost III 73%
John Ganske 73%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 73%
James Greenwood 73%
Baron Hill 73%
Thomas Holden 73%
Nancy Johnson 73%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 73%
Sue Kelly 73%
Steven Kuykendall 73%
William Lipinski 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
John Edward Porter 73%
James Ramstad 73%
Silvestre Reyes 73%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
Marge Roukema 73%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 73%
Christopher Shays 73%
Ronnie Shows 73%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Ike Skelton 73%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
Olympia Snowe 73%
Charles Stenholm 73%
John Tanner 73%
Gene Taylor 73%
James Turner 73%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 73%
Douglas Bereuter 66%
Mary Bono Mack 66%
Julia Carson 66%
Patsy Ann Danner 66%
Mark Foley 66%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 66%
Wayne Gilchrest 66%
Benjamin Gilman 66%
Henry Hyde 66%
James Merrill Jeffords 66%
Rick Lazio 66%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 66%
Bill McCollum 66%
John McHugh 66%
Patrick Moynihan 66%
Doug Ose 66%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 66%
Arlen Specter 66%
John Sweeney 66%
James Walsh 66%
W. Curtis Weldon 66%
Heather Wilson 66%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 66%
Michael Bilirakis 60%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
Thomas Campbell 60%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Merrill Cook 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Elton Gallegly 60%
William Goodling 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
Dan Miller 60%
David Minge 60%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Anne Northup 60%
Edward Pease 60%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
James Rogan 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Donald Sherwood 60%
David Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 60%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 53%
Bill Archer 53%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 53%
Bill Barrett 53%
Charlie Bass 53%
Judy Biggert 53%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 53%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 53%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 53%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 53%
Jay Dickey 53%
David Dreier 53%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 53%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 53%
Philip English 53%
Thomas Ewing 53%
Tillie Fowler 53%
George Gekas 53%
Jim Gibbons 53%
Paul Gillmor 53%
Porter Goss 53%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 53%
Mark Green 53%
Joel Hefley 53%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 53%
William Lewis Jenkins 53%
Joseph Knollenberg 53%
James Kolbe 53%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 53%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 53%
Sue Myrick 53%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 53%
Michael Oxley 53%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 53%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 53%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 53%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 53%
Cliff Stearns 53%
James Talent 53%
Tom Tancredo 53%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
John Warner 53%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 50%
Richard Armey 46%
Richard Hugh Baker 46%
Cass Ballenger 46%
Roscoe Bartlett 46%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 46%
Ed Bryant 46%
Steve Buyer 46%
Ben Campbell 46%
Chris Cannon 46%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 46%
John Cooksey 46%
Christopher Cox 46%
Randall Cunningham 46%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 46%
Jo Ann Emerson 46%
Peter Fitzgerald 46%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 46%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 46%
Gilbert Gutknecht 46%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 46%
Robert Hayes 46%
Van Hilleary 46%
David Lee Hobson 46%
Pete Hoekstra 46%
Duncan Hunter 46%
Asa Hutchinson 46%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 46%
Ray LaHood 46%
John Linder 46%
Scott McInnis 46%
David McIntosh 46%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 46%
Jack Metcalf 46%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 46%
Robert William Ney 46%
James Nussle 46%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 46%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 46%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 46%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 46%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 46%
E.G. Shuster 46%
Gordon Smith 46%
Nick Smith 46%
Mark Souder 46%
Floyd Spence 46%
John Sununu 46%
William Tauzin 46%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 46%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 46%
Todd Tiahrt 46%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 46%
Zach Wamp 46%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 46%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
Bob Bennett 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
Michael Collins 40%
Larry Combest 40%
Philip Crane 40%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Thomas DeLay 40%
James DeMint 40%
John Doolittle 40%
Ernest Fletcher 40%
William Frist 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 40%
James Hansen 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Wally Herger, Jr. 40%
Rick Hill 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 40%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Ron Lewis 40%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 40%
Dick Lugar 40%
Don Manzullo 40%
James McCrery III 40%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Richard Pombo 40%
George Radanovich 40%
Bob Riley 40%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Jim Ryun 40%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 40%
Joseph Skeen 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 40%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 40%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 40%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
Henry Bonilla 33%
Dan Burton 33%
Herbert Callahan 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
Terry Everett 33%
Kay Hutchison 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
Stephen Largent 33%
Ronald Packard 33%
John Peterson 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
Charles Taylor 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Paul Coverdell 26%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 26%
Judd Gregg 26%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 26%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 26%
Rick Santorum 26%
Joe Scarborough 26%
John Shadegg 26%
Bob Stump 26%
William Thomas 26%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
Slade Gorton 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
Frank Murkowski 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Wayne Allard 13%
John Ashcroft 13%
Kit Bond 13%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 13%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 13%
Larry Craig 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 13%
William Phillip Gramm 13%
Rodney Grams 13%
Jesse Helms 13%
Jon Kyl 13%
Connie Mack 13%
Don Nickles 13%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
Bob Smith 13%
J. Dennis Hastert 6%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 6%
Ron Paul 6%
Craig Thomas 6%
Fred Thompson 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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