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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 91%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 91%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 9%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 91%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 73%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 18%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 91%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 18%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 27%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 91%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 18%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 9%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 91%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 18%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 82%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 18%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 27%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 82%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 82%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 73%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 18%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 9%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 91%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 18%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 64%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 18%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 27%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 91%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 91%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 18%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 18%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 9%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 36%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 82%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 91%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 73%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 82%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 9%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 91%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 82%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 73%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 18%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 82%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 18%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 27%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 91%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Gary Ackerman 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 82%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 9%
George Allen 36%
Thomas Allen 91%
Richard Armey 9%
Joe Baca, Sr. 82%
Brian Baird 73%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 91%
Cass Ballenger 18%
James Barcia 73%
Robert Barr, Jr. 9%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 18%
Evan Bayh 91%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Shelley Berkley 82%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 73%
Judy Biggert 18%
Michael Bilirakis 18%
Jeff Bingaman 91%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 18%
Kit Bond 18%
Henry Bonilla 18%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 9%
Robert Borski, Jr. 82%
Leonard Boswell 82%
Rick Boucher 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
John Breaux 64%
Henry Brown, Jr. 18%
Ed Bryant 9%
Jim Bunning 18%
Conrad Burns 18%
Dan Burton 9%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 91%
Herbert Callahan 18%
Ben Campbell 36%
Chris Cannon 9%
Jean Carnahan 91%
Brad Carson 73%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 27%
Eva Clayton 91%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 82%
Robert Clement 55%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 18%
Larry Combest 9%
Gary Condit 45%
Kent Conrad 91%
John Cooksey 18%
Jon Corzine 91%
Jerry Costello 73%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 91%
Larry Craig 18%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Thomas Daschle 91%
James Davis 91%
Jo Ann Davis 9%
Thomas Davis III 18%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Thomas DeLay 9%
James DeMint 9%
Peter Deutsch 82%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
Norm Dicks 91%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 9%
Byron Dorgan 91%
David Dreier 18%
Jennifer Dunn 27%
John Edwards 91%
Chet Edwards 82%
Vern Ehlers 18%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 9%
Jo Ann Emerson 27%
Philip English 18%
John Ensign 27%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Lane Evans 91%
Terry Everett 18%
Russ Feingold 82%
Michael Ferguson 18%
Peter Fitzgerald 18%
Ernest Fletcher 18%
Mark Foley 9%
Harold Ford, Jr. 91%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 27%
Barney Frank 91%
William Frist 18%
Jonas Frost III 91%
Elton Gallegly 18%
John Ganske 36%
George Gekas 18%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Jim Gibbons 18%
Wayne Gilchrest 18%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 18%
Charlie Gonzalez 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 91%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Mark Green 18%
James Greenwood 18%
Judd Gregg 18%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 18%
Gilbert Gutknecht 9%
Tony Hall 64%
James Hansen 9%
Jane Harman 82%
Melissa Hart 18%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 9%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 9%
Baron Hill 64%
Van Hilleary 18%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 73%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
David Lee Hobson 18%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Thomas Holden 73%
Ernest Hollings 91%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Stephen Horn 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
Kenny Hulshof 9%
Duncan Hunter 9%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 27%
Kay Hutchison 27%
Henry Hyde 18%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 9%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 91%
James Merrill Jeffords 73%
William Lewis Jenkins 18%
Christopher John 64%
Nancy Johnson 18%
Tim Johnson 36%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Ric Keller 18%
Sue Kelly 18%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 9%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 91%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 91%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
Herb Kohl 82%
James Kolbe 18%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 9%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 27%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
Tom Lantos 91%
Steve LaTourette 18%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 9%
Ron Lewis 9%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 91%
John Linder 9%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 27%
Dick Lugar 18%
William Luther 82%
James Maloney 73%
Don Manzullo 18%
Frank Mascara 73%
Robert Matsui 82%
Karen McCarthy 82%
James McCrery III 9%
John McHugh 18%
Scott McInnis 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 91%
Martin Meehan 91%
Carrie Meek 82%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 9%
Zell Bryan Miller 55%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 91%
Dennis Moore 73%
Constance Morella 55%
Frank Murkowski 27%
Jack Murtha 73%
Sue Myrick 9%
Ben Nelson 64%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 18%
Robert William Ney 18%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 18%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 9%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 91%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Thomas William Osborne 27%
Doug Ose 18%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 18%
Ron Paul 9%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 18%
David Phelps 64%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Todd Platts 18%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 82%
Deborah Pryce 18%
Jack Quinn 27%
George Radanovich 9%
James Ramstad 18%
Ralph Regula 18%
Denny Rehberg 18%
Silvestre Reyes 82%
Thomas Reynolds 18%
Bob Riley 18%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 91%
Mike Ross 73%
Steve Rothman 82%
Marge Roukema 27%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 82%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 82%
Rick Santorum 18%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 18%
Edward Schrock 18%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 18%
Christopher Shays 18%
Donald Sherwood 18%
Ronnie Shows 64%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 18%
Joseph Skeen 18%
Ike Skelton 82%
Gordon Smith 45%
Nick Smith 18%
Bob Smith 9%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 91%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 9%
Arlen Specter 55%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Pete Stark 73%
Cliff Stearns 9%
Charles Stenholm 73%
Ted Stevens 18%
Ted Strickland 91%
Bob Stump 9%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Sununu 18%
John Sweeney 18%
Tom Tancredo 9%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 82%
William Tauzin 18%
Charles Taylor 9%
Gene Taylor 73%
Craig Thomas 18%
William Thomas 18%
Fred Thompson 18%
Karen Thurman 91%
Strom Thurmond 18%
Todd Tiahrt 9%
Robert Torricelli 91%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 18%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 82%
George Voinovich 9%
James Walsh 18%
Zach Wamp 18%
John Warner 45%
Wesley Watkins 18%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 18%
Anthony Weiner 91%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 18%
Gerald Weller 18%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 82%
Heather Wilson 27%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 91%
Albert Wynn 73%

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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