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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Information Technology Industry Council

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 50%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 75%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 75%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 62%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 62%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 62%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 62%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 67%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 40%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 62%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 38%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 38%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 62%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 62%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 62%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 100%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 56%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 57%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 57%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 62%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 40%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 56%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 62%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 75%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 62%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 88%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 56%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 60%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 44%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 75%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 71%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 38%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 78%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 62%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 38%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 33%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 78%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 20%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 38%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 88%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 78%
James Barcia 62%
Robert Barr, Jr. 67%
William Barrett 100%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Evan Bayh 50%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 89%
Marion Berry 75%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Rod Blagojevich 75%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 62%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
John Breaux 20%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 62%
Mike Castle 100%
Helen Chenoweth 43%
William Clay, Sr. 62%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 40%
Robert Clement 100%
Mac Collins 75%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 75%
Merrill Cook 75%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 67%
William Coyne 62%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 75%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 78%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 89%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 30%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 88%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 62%
Jay Dickey 71%
Julian Dixon 75%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 62%
Byron Dorgan 40%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 25%
Chet Edwards 83%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 75%
Philip English 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 50%
Terry Everett 71%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 75%
Robert Franks 100%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 88%
John Ganske 62%
Sam Gejdenson 67%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Jim Gibbons 62%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 62%
William Goodling 75%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 71%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 75%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 88%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 75%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 67%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 75%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 62%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jay Inslee 88%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 62%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
Bob Kerrey 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Ronald Klink 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Steven Kuykendall 100%
John LaFalce 62%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
Tom Lantos 57%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 100%
James Leach 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 75%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 88%
Matthew Martinez 62%
Frank Mascara 62%
Robert Matsui 83%
Karen McCarthy 88%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 44%
Michael McNulty 88%
Martin Meehan 78%
Carrie Meek 62%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 88%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 38%
John Moakley 75%
Alan Mollohan 62%
Dennis Moore 88%
Constance Morella 100%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 75%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 67%
Dave Obey 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 50%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 56%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75%
Owen Pickett 88%
Richard Pombo 75%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
John Edward Porter 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 71%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Charles Robb 75%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Timothy Roemer 100%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 75%
Marge Roukema 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 88%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
H. James Saxton 88%
Joe Scarborough 67%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 75%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 75%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 88%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 88%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 57%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 62%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 75%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 67%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 75%
Gene Taylor 62%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 75%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Robert Torricelli 33%
James Traficant, Jr. 62%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Turner 88%
Bruce Vento 38%
George Voinovich 75%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 62%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 50%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 25%
Robert Wexler 33%
Robert Weygand 50%
Heather Wilson 100%
Robert Wise, Jr. 62%
David Wu 50%
Albert Wynn 62%

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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