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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2000 Positions

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