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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Better Immigration

1989-2003 Lifetime Score

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 99%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 99%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 99%
Jo Ann Emerson 99%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 99%
Duncan Hunter 99%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 99%
Joel Hefley 98%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 98%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 97%
Terry Everett 97%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 97%
John Sullivan 97%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 96%
Richard Hugh Baker 96%
Dan Burton 96%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 96%
John Shadegg 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 95%
Douglas Bereuter 95%
Michael Bilirakis 95%
Robert Byrd 95%
Jo Ann Davis 95%
John Doolittle 95%
Elton Gallegly 95%
Robert Hayes 95%
Cliff Stearns 95%
Charles Taylor 95%
Gene Taylor 95%
Zach Wamp 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 94%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 94%
Jim Saxton 94%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 94%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 94%
Michael Collins 93%
Barbara Cubin 93%
James Greenwood 93%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 93%
Randall Cunningham 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 92%
John Peterson 92%
Charles Stenholm 92%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%
Todd Akin 91%
Cass Ballenger 91%
Christopher Cox 91%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 91%
Jim Bunning 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Ron Lewis 90%
James McCrery III 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 89%
James Talent 89%
Charlie Bass 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
Porter Goss 88%
Edward Schrock 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 87%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 87%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 87%
Ginny Brown-Waite 86%
John Linder 86%
John Tanner 86%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 86%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 85%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 85%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 85%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 85%
James Ramstad 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 84%
Wayne Gilchrest 84%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 84%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
Mark Foley 83%
Ric Keller 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 83%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
Todd Platts 82%
William Tauzin 82%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 81%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 81%
Richard Pombo 81%
Christopher Shays 81%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 80%
George Allen 80%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 80%
James DeMint 80%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Jim Marshall 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 79%
Ernest Hollings 79%
William Lipinski 79%
Donald Sherwood 79%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 78%
Mike Castle 78%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 78%
Philip Crane 78%
Lincoln Davis 78%
Tom Feeney 78%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 78%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 78%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 78%
Katherine Harris 78%
Kenny Hulshof 78%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
Tim Johnson 78%
Thaddeus McCotter 78%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
Marilyn Musgrave 78%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 78%
Ralph Regula 78%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 78%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 77%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 77%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 77%
Robert William Ney 77%
Craig Thomas 77%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 77%
Max Burns 76%
Michael Ferguson 76%
William Lewis Jenkins 76%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 76%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 76%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 76%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 76%
Jim Ryun 76%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 76%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 76%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 74%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 73%
Ron Paul 73%
Steve Buyer 72%
Mark Green 72%
David Lee Hobson 72%
Gerald Weller 72%
Thomas Holden 71%
Anne Northup 71%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 71%
David Weldon 71%
Pete Hoekstra 70%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 69%
James Nussle 69%
George Radanovich 69%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 68%
Thomas DeLay 68%
Paul Gillmor 68%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 68%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 68%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 68%
Earl Pomeroy 68%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 66%
Henry Hyde 66%
Jon Kyl 66%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
Dennis Cardoza 65%
James Leach 65%
Bob Beauprez 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 64%
Robert Cramer 64%
Blanche Lincoln 64%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 64%
Rick Boucher 63%
Brad Carson 63%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 63%
Dave Obey 63%
Jennifer Dunn 62%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 62%
David Dreier 61%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 61%
Henry Brown, Jr. 60%
Edward Case 60%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 60%
Jon Porter, Sr. 60%
Larry Craig 59%
Vern Ehlers 59%
Maurice Hinchey 59%
Michael Oxley 59%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 59%
Chris Chocola 58%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 58%
William Thomas 58%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 57%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 57%
Henry Bonilla 56%
John Breaux 56%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 56%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 56%
Bob Etheridge 55%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 55%
Christopher John 54%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 54%
Ted Strickland 54%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 53%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 53%
Kent Conrad 52%
Don Manzullo 52%
Mike Ross 51%
James Kolbe 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 49%
Mark Kennedy 49%
Denny Rehberg 49%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 49%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 48%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 48%
Jane Harman 47%
Melissa Hart 47%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 47%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 47%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 46%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 46%
Judy Biggert 45%
Conrad Burns 45%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 43%
Thomas William Osborne 43%
John Ensign 42%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 42%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 42%
Jerry Lewis 42%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 42%
John Sweeney 42%
Sue Kelly 41%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 41%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
Thomas Allen 39%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 39%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 39%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 38%
Daniel Inouye 38%
William Janklow 38%
Thomas Reynolds 38%
Todd Tiahrt 38%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 37%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 37%
Bart Stupak 37%
John Sununu 37%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 36%
Brad Miller 36%
Dennis Moore 36%
Sue Myrick 36%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 36%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 35%
Karen McCarthy 35%
Richard Renzi 35%
John Spratt, Jr. 35%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 35%
Mary Bono Mack 34%
Paul Kanjorski 34%
Kit Bond 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 33%
Nick Smith 33%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 32%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 32%
Nancy Johnson 32%
Denise Majette 32%
Jack Murtha 32%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 32%
Darlene Hooley 31%
Ted Stevens 31%
David Wu 31%
Gerald Kleczka 30%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 30%
Doug Ose 30%
Steve Rothman 30%
George Voinovich 30%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 29%
Jon Corzine 29%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 29%
Joseph Knollenberg 29%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 29%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 29%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 29%
Wayne Allard 28%
Chris Bell 28%
Marion Berry 28%
Julia Carson 28%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 28%
Sherwood Boehlert 27%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 27%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 27%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 27%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 26%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 26%
Kay Hutchison 26%
Dennis Kucinich 26%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 26%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 26%
Deborah Pryce 26%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 26%
Heather Wilson 26%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
Jerry Costello 25%
Byron Dorgan 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Ben Nelson 25%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Robert Wexler 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 24%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 24%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 24%
Peter Fitzgerald 24%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 24%
Nicholas Lampson 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 24%
Joe Lieberman 24%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 24%
Don Nickles 24%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 24%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 24%
Rick Santorum 24%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 23%
Ben Campbell 23%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 23%
William Frist 23%
Ray LaHood 23%
Tom Lantos 23%
John McHugh 23%
Scott McInnis 23%
John Warner 23%
Anthony Weiner 23%
Evan Bayh 22%
Leonard Boswell 22%
Chris Cannon 22%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 22%
Dale Kildee 22%
Steve LaTourette 22%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 22%
Dick Lugar 22%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 21%
Norm Dicks 21%
Chet Edwards 21%
Philip English 21%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 21%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 20%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
Artur Davis 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 20%
Bill Delahunt 19%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 19%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 19%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 19%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 19%
Herb Kohl 19%
Jack Quinn 19%
Paul Sarbanes 19%
Gordon Smith 19%
Bob Bennett 18%
Jeff Bingaman 18%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 18%
Russ Feingold 18%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 18%
Baron Hill 18%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 18%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
Hillary Clinton 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
Michael McNulty 17%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
Mark Souder 17%
James Walsh 17%
Gary Ackerman 16%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 16%
Thomas Davis III 16%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 16%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 16%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 16%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 16%
Ike Skelton 16%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 16%
Arlen Specter 16%
Diane Watson 16%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 15%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 15%
Howard Berman 14%
Norm Coleman 14%
Peter Deutsch 14%
Chris Dodd 14%
Elizabeth Dole 14%
Barney Frank 14%
Jonas Frost III 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
Patrick Kennedy 14%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 14%
Martin Meehan 14%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 14%
Martin Olav Sabo 14%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 14%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 13%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 13%
Hilda Solis 13%
James Turner 13%
Albert Wynn 13%
Thomas Daschle 12%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 12%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 12%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 12%
John Edwards 12%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 12%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 11%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
Major Owens 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 11%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 11%
Brian Baird 10%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
Lane Evans 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
John Olver 10%
Donald Payne 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
Ed Towns 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
William Jefferson 9%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 9%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 7%
Calvin Dooley 6%
Robert Matsui 6%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 6%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 6%
Pete Stark 6%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 6%
Shelley Berkley 5%
James Davis 5%
Charlie Gonzalez 5%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 4%
Daniel Graham 4%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 4%
Silvestre Reyes 4%
Vic Snyder 4%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 2%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 1%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn 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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