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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Better Immigration

1989-2002 Lifetime Score

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
Gary Ackerman 13%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 57%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Todd Akin 60%
Wayne Allard 28%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 37%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
Joe Baca, Sr. 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 27%
Cass Ballenger 91%
Roscoe Bartlett 95%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 94%
Charlie Bass 85%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
Evan Bayh 35%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Bob Bennett 18%
Douglas Bereuter 95%
Shelley Berkley 13%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 23%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 22%
Judy Biggert 37%
Michael Bilirakis 94%
Jeff Bingaman 21%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 11%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 26%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 55%
Kit Bond 33%
Henry Bonilla 48%
Mary Bono Mack 34%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 57%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 52%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 22%
John Breaux 60%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
Henry Brown, Jr. 59%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
Jim Bunning 82%
Conrad Burns 51%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 74%
Dan Burton 98%
Steve Buyer 71%
Robert Byrd 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 87%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 82%
Ben Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 25%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 93%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 21%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
Brad Carson 57%
Julia Carson 31%
Mike Castle 61%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 37%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 16%
Hillary Clinton 34%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 96%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 29%
Michael Collins 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 43%
Larry Combest 95%
Kent Conrad 52%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
Jon Corzine 78%
Jerry Costello 18%
Christopher Cox 91%
Larry Craig 68%
Robert Cramer 62%
Philip Crane 77%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 74%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 55%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 13%
Barbara Cubin 91%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 21%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 21%
James Davis 12%
Jo Ann Davis 93%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 21%
Thomas Davis III 21%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 99%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 79%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 22%
Bill Delahunt 19%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 18%
Thomas DeLay 71%
James DeMint 63%
Peter Deutsch 14%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 18%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
Norm Dicks 20%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 24%
Chris Dodd 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 24%
Calvin Dooley 8%
John Doolittle 94%
Byron Dorgan 25%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 35%
David Dreier 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 99%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
John Edwards 17%
Chet Edwards 24%
Vern Ehlers 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 99%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 15%
Philip English 21%
John Ensign 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 32%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 22%
Bob Etheridge 46%
Lane Evans 6%
Terry Everett 96%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 13%
Russ Feingold 23%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 56%
Michael Ferguson 55%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 14%
Peter Fitzgerald 59%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 58%
Ernest Fletcher 37%
Mark Foley 84%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 66%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 37%
Barney Frank 12%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
William Frist 23%
Jonas Frost III 11%
Elton Gallegly 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 16%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 82%
Paul Gillmor 72%
Charlie Gonzalez 5%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 99%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
Bart Gordon 35%
Porter Goss 91%
Daniel Graham 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 49%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 66%
Mark Green 47%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 10%
James Greenwood 91%
Judd Gregg 27%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
Gilbert Gutknecht 78%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 24%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 18%
Jane Harman 52%
Melissa Hart 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 94%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 75%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 21%
Robert Hayes 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 30%
Joel Hefley 96%
Wally Herger, Jr. 96%
Baron Hill 19%
Maurice Hinchey 55%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 5%
David Lee Hobson 67%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 14%
Pete Hoekstra 52%
Thomas Holden 70%
Ernest Hollings 79%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 1%
Darlene Hooley 35%
John Nathan Hostettler 86%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
Kenny Hulshof 57%
Duncan Hunter 96%
Kay Hutchison 26%
Henry Hyde 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 50%
Daniel Inouye 38%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 37%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 76%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
William Jefferson 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 66%
Christopher John 35%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 26%
Nancy Johnson 34%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 94%
Tim Johnson 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 91%
Paul Kanjorski 32%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 22%
Ric Keller 94%
Sue Kelly 39%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 17%
Mark Kennedy 33%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 20%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 23%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 12%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 33%
Gerald Kleczka 32%
Joseph Knollenberg 29%
Herb Kohl 23%
James Kolbe 66%
Dennis Kucinich 23%
Jon Kyl 69%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 26%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 33%
Tom Lantos 22%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 21%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 18%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 63%
Steve LaTourette 23%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 16%
James Leach 56%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 24%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 21%
Jerry Lewis 54%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 6%
Ron Lewis 88%
Joe Lieberman 31%
Blanche Lincoln 63%
John Linder 84%
William Lipinski 76%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 32%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 78%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 37%
Dick Lugar 24%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
Don Manzullo 50%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 27%
Robert Matsui 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 16%
Karen McCarthy 38%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 23%
James McCrery III 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 12%
John McHugh 19%
Scott McInnis 34%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 87%
Michael McNulty 14%
Martin Meehan 15%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 59%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 42%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 21%
Dennis Moore 47%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 55%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 43%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 52%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 15%
Jack Murtha 29%
Sue Myrick 30%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 30%
Ben Nelson 70%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 75%
Robert William Ney 71%
Don Nickles 24%
Anne Northup 54%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 95%
James Nussle 63%
Jim Oberstar 6%
Dave Obey 56%
John Olver 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 4%
Thomas William Osborne 21%
Doug Ose 18%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 53%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 62%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
Ron Paul 53%
Donald Payne 6%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 5%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 60%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 81%
John Peterson 85%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 76%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 83%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 52%
Todd Platts 55%
Richard Pombo 78%
Earl Pomeroy 63%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 12%
Deborah Pryce 27%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 53%
Jack Quinn 28%
George Radanovich 69%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 23%
James Ramstad 81%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
Ralph Regula 74%
Denny Rehberg 55%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 74%
Silvestre Reyes 6%
Thomas Reynolds 37%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 74%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 87%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 7%
Mike Ross 21%
Steve Rothman 26%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 98%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 27%
Jim Ryun 55%
Martin Olav Sabo 12%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 14%
Rick Santorum 24%
Paul Sarbanes 22%
Jim Saxton 93%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 21%
Edward Schrock 70%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 26%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 87%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 98%
John Shadegg 95%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 87%
Christopher Shays 73%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
Donald Sherwood 62%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 55%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 33%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 41%
Ike Skelton 26%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 13%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 19%
Gordon Smith 32%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 82%
Nick Smith 29%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Vic Snyder 12%
Hilda Solis 4%
Mark Souder 14%
Arlen Specter 25%
John Spratt, Jr. 43%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 60%
Pete Stark 2%
Cliff Stearns 94%
Charles Stenholm 93%
Ted Stevens 31%
Ted Strickland 40%
Bart Stupak 38%
John Sullivan 91%
John Sununu 56%
John Sweeney 50%
James Talent 85%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 85%
Ellen Tauscher 16%
William Tauzin 85%
Charles Taylor 93%
Gene Taylor 93%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 18%
Craig Thomas 72%
William Thomas 51%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 65%
Todd Tiahrt 42%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 38%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 55%
Ed Towns 6%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
James Turner 19%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 23%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 39%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 41%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 56%
George Voinovich 64%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
James Walsh 18%
Zach Wamp 94%
John Warner 23%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
Diane Watson 29%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 17%
Anthony Weiner 28%
David Weldon 69%
W. Curtis Weldon 66%
Gerald Weller 72%
Robert Wexler 24%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 81%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 79%
Heather Wilson 24%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 88%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
David Wu 18%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
Albert Wynn 13%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 81%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%

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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