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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund

2006 Positions

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