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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: United States Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

2003 Positions on International Middle East Human Rights

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican -1
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican -2
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican -1
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican -1
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican -2
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican -2
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican -2
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican -2
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic -1
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican -2
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic -2
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican -1
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican -1
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican -2
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican -1
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic +1
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican -2
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic +4
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic +3
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic -3
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic +4
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic +2
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic -1
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic -1
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic -1
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic +1
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic -3
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican -2
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic +5
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic -3
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic -3
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic +2
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican -1
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican -2
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican +1
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic -2
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican +3
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic -1
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic -2
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic +1
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic -2
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat -1
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic -2
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic -2
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic -1
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican -2
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic -2
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican -2
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican -3
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican -2
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican -3
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican -2
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic -2
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican -2
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican -1
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican -2
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican -2
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic -2
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican -2
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic -2
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic -1
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic -1
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic +1
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican -1
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic -1
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic -2
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican -2
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican -3
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican -2
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican -2
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican -3
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic -2
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican -3
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic +2
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic -2
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic +1
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic -3
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic -3
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican -2
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican -2
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican -3
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican -2
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican +1
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican -2
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican -1
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican -1
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican -2
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican -2
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic -2
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic -1
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican -2
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican -2
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic -1
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic -1
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic +3
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic +1
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic -2
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic +1
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic -2
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic -1
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic -3
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic -2
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic -3
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic -2
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic -2
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican -1
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican -1
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic -3
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic -1
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic -1
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican -1
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican -2
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican -2
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican -2
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican -2
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic -2
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic +3
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic +6
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican -3
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor -1
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor -2
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor -1
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican -3
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic +3
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican -2
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican -2
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican -2
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican -1
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican -2
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic -1
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican -2
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic -1
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic -2
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic -1
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican +1
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican -2
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican -1
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic +3
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican -2
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic -2
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican -1
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic +3
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic -2
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL -1
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic -1
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican -2
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican -2
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican -2
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic -2
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic -3
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican -2
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican -2
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican -2
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic -3
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic +2
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic -3
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican -2
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic -1
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic -2
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican -2
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic -1
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic -3
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic -1
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic -3
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican -2
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic -3
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic -3
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic -4
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic -4
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic -2
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic +2
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic -2
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic -2
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican -2
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican -2
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican -2
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic +2
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic +4
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican -2
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican -2
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic -2
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican -1
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican -2
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican -2
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican -2
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic -1
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican -2
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic +3
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican -2
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican -2
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican -2
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic -2
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican -1
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic -3
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican -2
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican -2
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel -2
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic -1
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic -2
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent +2
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican -3
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican -2
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican -2
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic -1
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican +1
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic -2
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican -2
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican -1
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican -1
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican -2
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican -2
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican -2
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican -2
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican -2
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican -2
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican +3
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic -2
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic -2
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic -1
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic +1
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican -2
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic +1
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican -2
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic -2
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican -2
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican -3
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican -1
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican -2
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic -2
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican -2
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican +1
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican -3
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic +4
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic +2
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent +1
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic -1
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic -1
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic -1
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic -1
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic +4
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic -1
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican -2
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic +3
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic +1
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican -2
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic -1
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican -2
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic +6
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican +1
Wayne Allard -1
George Allen -1
Thomas Allen -2
Brian Baird +4
Richard Hugh Baker -2
Frank Ballance, Jr. -2
Cass Ballenger 0
J. Gresham Barrett -2
Evan Bayh -1
Bob Beauprez -1
Chris Bell -1
Bob Bennett -1
Douglas Bereuter 0
Marion Berry -2
Michael Bilirakis -2
Sherwood Boehlert -2
Kit Bond -1
Henry Bonilla -2
Rick Boucher 0
Allen Boyd, Jr. -2
John Breaux -1
Henry Brown, Jr. -2
Ginny Brown-Waite -1
Jim Bunning -2
Conrad Burns -1
Max Burns -3
Steve Buyer 0
Robert Byrd +1
Ben Campbell -1
Chris Cannon -2
Brad Carson -2
Julia Carson -2
Edward Case -2
Mike Castle -2
Chris Chocola -2
Norm Coleman -1
Mac Collins 0
Jon Corzine -1
Christopher Cox -2
Larry Craig -2
Robert Cramer -2
Philip Crane -2
Barbara Cubin -1
Randall Cunningham -1
Thomas Daschle -1
Artur Davis -2
James Davis -2
Jo Ann Davis -2
Lincoln Davis -2
Thomas Davis III -2
Bill Delahunt +1
Thomas DeLay -3
Peter Deutsch -4
Lincoln Diaz-Balart -3
Chris Dodd -1
Elizabeth Dole -1
Pete Domenici, Jr. -1
Calvin Dooley 0
John Doolittle -2
Byron Dorgan -1
Jennifer Dunn -1
John Edwards -1
Chet Edwards -2
Vern Ehlers -2
Philip English -3
John Ensign -3
Bob Etheridge -1
Lane Evans -2
Terry Everett -1
Tom Feeney -2
Russ Feingold -1
Michael Ferguson -2
Peter Fitzgerald -1
Mark Foley -2
Harold Ford, Jr. -2
Vito Fossella, Jr. -2
William Frist -1
Jonas Frost III -3
Richard Andrew Gephardt -1
Jim Gibbons -2
Wayne Gilchrest +1
Paul Gillmor 0
Virgil Goode, Jr. -2
Bart Gordon -2
Porter Goss -2
Daniel Graham -1
Mark Green -2
James Greenwood -2
Judd Gregg +1
Gilbert Gutknecht +1
Charles Hagel +1
Jane Harman -2
Katherine Harris -2
Melissa Hart -2
J. Dennis Hastert 0
Robert Hayes -2
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. -1
Joel Hefley -2
Baron Hill -2
David Lee Hobson 0
Pete Hoekstra -2
Ernest Hollings +1
Darlene Hooley -2
John Nathan Hostettler 0
Amory Houghton, Jr. +3
Kenny Hulshof 0
Duncan Hunter +1
Henry Hyde -3
Jay Inslee +1
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0
William Janklow -3
William Jefferson -2
James Merrill Jeffords +2
William Lewis Jenkins -2
Christopher John -2
Nancy Johnson 0
Paul Kanjorski 0
Ric Keller -2
Sue Kelly -2
Edward Kennedy, Sr. -1
Mark Kennedy -4
Patrick Kennedy -1
Carolyn Kilpatrick +3
Gerald Kleczka +3
Joseph Knollenberg -2
James Kolbe +1
Nicholas Lampson -2
Tom Lantos -5
James Leach 0
Ron Lewis -2
Blanche Lincoln -1
John Linder -3
William Lipinski -2
Trent Lott, Sr. -1
Denise Majette -2
Jim Marshall -2
Robert Matsui -2
Karen McCarthy -2
James McCrery III -2
John McHugh -2
Scott McInnis -2
Michael McNulty -3
Martin Meehan -2
Kendrick Meek, Sr. -2
Juanita Millender-McDonald +1
Zell Bryan Miller -2
Alan Mollohan 0
Dennis Moore -2
Jack Murtha 0
Marilyn Musgrave -3
George Nethercutt, Jr. -2
Robert William Ney 0
Don Nickles -2
Anne Northup -2
Charles Norwood, Jr. -1
James Nussle -2
Jim Oberstar +1
Dave Obey +1
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. -2
Thomas William Osborne 0
Doug Ose -2
Major Owens -2
Michael Oxley 0
Donald Payne 0
John Peterson -2
Charles Pickering, Jr. -2
Richard Pombo -1
Earl Pomeroy 0
Jon Porter, Sr. -3
Deborah Pryce -2
Jack Quinn 0
George Radanovich -2
James Ramstad -3
Ralph Regula +1
Richard Renzi 0
Thomas Reynolds -4
Ciro Rodriguez -2
Jim Ryun -2
Martin Olav Sabo +1
Max Sandlin, Jr. -2
Rick Santorum -2
Paul Sarbanes -1
H. James Saxton -2
Edward Schrock -2
John Shadegg -1
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. -2
Christopher Shays -3
Donald Sherwood 0
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0
Ike Skelton -1
Gordon Smith -1
Nick Smith 0
Vic Snyder +1
Mark Souder -3
Arlen Specter -1
John Spratt, Jr. -1
Charles Stenholm 0
Ted Stevens -1
Ted Strickland -2
Bart Stupak -2
John Sununu +1
John Sweeney -3
James Talent -1
Tom Tancredo -2
John Tanner -2
Ellen Tauscher -2
William Tauzin -2
Charles Taylor 0
Gene Taylor 0
Craig Thomas -1
William Thomas 0
Todd Tiahrt 0
Stephanie Tubbs Jones -2
James Turner -2
George Voinovich -1
James Walsh +1
Zach Wamp -3
John Warner +1
Diane Watson -2
Anthony Weiner -3
David Weldon -2
W. Curtis Weldon -2
Gerald Weller -3
Robert Wexler -3
Heather Wilson -2
David Wu -1
Albert Wynn -2

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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