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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

1987-1999 Positions

Issues: Guns
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
William Coyne 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
John Ganske 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
William Luther 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
Constance Morella 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 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%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
Vic Snyder 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky 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%
Albert Wynn 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 95%
Robert Byrd 95%
Paul Wellstone 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 94%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 94%
Nancy Johnson 94%
James Leach 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 94%
William Lipinski 94%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 94%
Marge Roukema 94%
Martin Olav Sabo 94%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 93%
Daniel Inouye 93%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
Donald Payne 93%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 91%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Daniel Graham 89%
Joe Lieberman 89%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 89%
Sherwood Boehlert 88%
Tony Hall 88%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 88%
Michael McNulty 87%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 87%
Evan Bayh 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Blanche Lincoln 86%
Timothy Roemer 86%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 84%
John Baldacci 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 83%
James Greenwood 82%
Stephen Horn 82%
Earl Pomeroy 82%
Brian Baird 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
Dennis Moore 80%
Doug Ose 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
David Wu 80%
Thomas Daschle 79%
Russ Feingold 78%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
John Moakley 75%
Jim Saxton 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 74%
Maurice Hinchey 73%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 73%
Jack Quinn 73%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 71%
George Voinovich 71%
James Traficant, Jr. 69%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 69%
Kent Conrad 68%
Julia Carson 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Byron Dorgan 64%
Henry Hyde 63%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 63%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 63%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 62%
Marion Berry 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Jonas Frost III 60%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 60%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 60%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
Chet Edwards 57%
James Ramstad 57%
Robert Clement 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 55%
Dan Miller 55%
Jeff Bingaman 53%
Dick Lugar 53%
John Warner 53%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 47%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Michael Oxley 44%
Ralph Regula 44%
Ernest Hollings 42%
Judy Biggert 40%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
John Cooksey 40%
Baron Hill 40%
Anne Northup 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
James Walsh 40%
Bart Gordon 38%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 38%
Ted Strickland 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 37%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 36%
Bart Stupak 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
Porter Goss 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Gerald Weller 33%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Elton Gallegly 31%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 30%
John Breaux 29%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 29%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 27%
Thomas Holden 27%
Dave Obey 27%
Nick Smith 27%
William Thomas 27%
Vern Ehlers 25%
James Kolbe 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
James Nussle 21%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Mark Green 20%
Robert Hayes 20%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 20%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
Ron Paul 20%
John Peterson 20%
Bob Riley 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
Jim Ryun 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
Ronnie Shows 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
James Turner 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 20%
Jerry Costello 19%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
Pete Hoekstra 18%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
Ben Campbell 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Philip English 17%
Mark Foley 17%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 17%
Van Hilleary 17%
John Nathan Hostettler 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
Ray LaHood 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
Steve LaTourette 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Gordon Smith 17%
Mark Souder 17%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 17%
Zach Wamp 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 16%
Strom Thurmond 16%
William Frist 15%
Herbert Callahan 14%
Christopher Cox 14%
Robert Cramer 14%
John Doolittle 14%
John Edwards 14%
David Lee Hobson 14%
Ron Lewis 14%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 14%
Rick Boucher 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
Paul Kanjorski 13%
Alan Mollohan 13%
Jack Murtha 13%
Jim Oberstar 13%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 13%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 13%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Bob Bennett 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 11%
Judd Gregg 11%
Kay Hutchison 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
Arlen Specter 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 9%
James Barcia 9%
Steve Buyer 9%
Michael Collins 9%
Terry Everett 9%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 9%
John Linder 9%
Scott McInnis 9%
Richard Pombo 9%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
Jon Kyl 8%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
Rick Santorum 8%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 8%
Olympia Snowe 8%
Craig Thomas 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 7%
Paul Gillmor 7%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 7%
Charles Taylor 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 6%
Larry Combest 6%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 6%
Wally Herger, Jr. 6%
Ike Skelton 6%
Bob Stump 6%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 6%
Kit Bond 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Don Nickles 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Ted Stevens 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
Richard Armey 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
David Dreier 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
John Ensign 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
George Gekas 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Stephen Largent 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
David Phelps 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 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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