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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2000 Positions

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

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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