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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
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 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy 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%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
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 100%
Brad Miller 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 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%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 91%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 91%
Joe Baca, Sr. 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
Shelley Berkley 91%
Howard Berman 91%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 91%
Robert Byrd 91%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 91%
Julia Carson 91%
Edward Case 91%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 91%
Artur Davis 91%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 91%
James Davis 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
Norm Dicks 91%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 91%
Byron Dorgan 91%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 91%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Lane Evans 91%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 91%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 91%
Darlene Hooley 91%
Daniel Inouye 91%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 91%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 91%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 91%
Dennis Moore 91%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
Jack Murtha 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
Ben Nelson 91%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 91%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 91%
Silvestre Reyes 91%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 91%
Martin Olav Sabo 91%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 91%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
Vic Snyder 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Ted Strickland 91%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
Albert Wynn 91%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
Thomas Allen 82%
Brian Baird 82%
Rick Boucher 82%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 82%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 82%
Jerry Costello 82%
Lincoln Davis 82%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 82%
Jane Harman 82%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 82%
Paul Kanjorski 82%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 82%
Alan Mollohan 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
Mike Ross 82%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 82%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Tanner 82%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 82%
David Wu 82%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 73%
Marion Berry 73%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
Leonard Boswell 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
Dennis Cardoza 73%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Bart Gordon 73%
Thomas Holden 73%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 73%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
Major Owens 73%
Donald Payne 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 73%
Ike Skelton 73%
Chet Edwards 64%
Jim Marshall 64%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
Olympia Snowe 64%
Gene Taylor 64%
Ron Paul 55%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Robert Cramer 45%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
James Leach 45%
Mike Castle 36%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 36%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 36%
Joe Lieberman 36%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 36%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 27%
Kay Hutchison 27%
Nancy Johnson 27%
Tim Johnson 27%
James Ramstad 27%
Arlen Specter 27%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 18%
Roscoe Bartlett 18%
Kit Bond 18%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 18%
Norm Coleman 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 18%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
Joel Hefley 18%
Dick Lugar 18%
John McHugh 18%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 18%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 18%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 18%
Christopher Shays 18%
Gordon Smith 18%
George Voinovich 18%
John Warner 18%
Heather Wilson 18%
Wayne Allard 9%
George Allen 9%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 9%
Charlie Bass 9%
Bob Bennett 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 9%
Jim Bunning 9%
Conrad Burns 9%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 9%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 9%
Larry Craig 9%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 9%
Jo Ann Davis 9%
Elizabeth Dole 9%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 9%
Philip English 9%
John Ensign 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 9%
William Frist 9%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 9%
Paul Gillmor 9%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 9%
Mark Green 9%
Judd Gregg 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
Jon Kyl 9%
Ray LaHood 9%
Steve LaTourette 9%
Ron Lewis 9%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 9%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 9%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 9%
James Nussle 9%
Todd Platts 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
Rick Santorum 9%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 9%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 9%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 9%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 9%
Ted Stevens 9%
John Sununu 9%
James Talent 9%
Tom Tancredo 9%
Craig Thomas 9%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 9%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 9%
James Walsh 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
Chris Chocola 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Mark Foley 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Mark Kennedy 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Jim Saxton 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
William Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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