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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
Gary Ackerman 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 30%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 10%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 20%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 30%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
J. Gresham Barrett 30%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 60%
Roscoe Bartlett 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
Evan Bayh 100%
Melissa Bean 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 10%
Shelley Berkley 70%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 10%
Brian Bilbray 0%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
Kit Bond 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 20%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 30%
Dan Boren 50%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
Henry Brown, Jr. 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 20%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100%
Steve Buyer 30%
Robert Byrd 90%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 20%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Dennis Cardoza 70%
Russ Carnahan 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 90%
Julia Carson 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 10%
Mike Castle 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Ben Chandler III 70%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 20%
Norm Coleman 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 20%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 80%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 90%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 80%
Jerry Costello 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 20%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 30%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
Geoff Davis 30%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Lincoln Davis 60%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
Thomas Davis III 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 80%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 80%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
James DeMint 0%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 30%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 20%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
Thelma Drake 30%
David Dreier 30%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 30%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Terry Everett 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Tom Feeney 10%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
Michael Ferguson 30%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 20%
Barney Frank 90%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Paul Gillmor 30%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 20%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
Bart Gordon 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Judd Gregg 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
Robert Hayes 30%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 70%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
David Lee Hobson 30%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Thomas Holden 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 30%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
William Jefferson 60%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
Tim Johnson 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 30%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 40%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
Steve LaTourette 50%
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 90%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 90%
Ron Lewis 30%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 20%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
Dick Lugar 20%
Dan Lungren 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Connie Mack IV 30%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
Don Manzullo 10%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 30%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
Jim Marshall 60%
Melquiades Martinez 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 30%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 40%
James McCrery III 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 20%
John McHugh 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 30%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 20%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 80%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 90%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 30%
Sue Myrick 20%
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%
Ben Nelson 60%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 20%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 70%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
John Peterson 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 10%
Todd Platts 40%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 30%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 30%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 10%
Deborah Pryce 30%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 80%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
George Radanovich 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
James Ramstad 60%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 20%
Denny Rehberg 20%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Richard Renzi 40%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
Mike Ross 70%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 70%
Ken Salazar 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Jim Saxton 30%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
Jean Schmidt 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 20%
John Shadegg 0%
Christopher Shays 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 30%
Ike Skelton 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 30%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 90%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 10%
Bart Stupak 90%
John Sullivan 20%
John Sununu 0%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Gene Taylor 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
Craig Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 30%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
Todd Tiahrt 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 30%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
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%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 30%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Diane Watson 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 30%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 20%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 20%
Heather Wilson 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%

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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