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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 84%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 96%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 15%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 15%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 77%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 78%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 77%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 15%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 65%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 78%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 65%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 11%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 89%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 78%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 67%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 5%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 78%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 68%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 83%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 26%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 19%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 19%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 31%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 73%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 74%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 78%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 74%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 22%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 81%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 78%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 26%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 78%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 31%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 26%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 52%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 65%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 13%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 89%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 74%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 70%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 89%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 19%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 41%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 89%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 78%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 81%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 59%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 74%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 85%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 11%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 4%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 74%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 56%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 26%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 15%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 81%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 5%
Todd Akin 85%
Wayne Allard 90%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 15%
Richard Armey 93%
Joe Baca, Sr. 15%
Brian Baird 22%
Richard Hugh Baker 80%
John Baldacci 7%
Cass Ballenger 74%
James Barcia 37%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 74%
Charlie Bass 78%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Bennett 75%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 19%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 19%
Marion Berry 37%
Judy Biggert 81%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Jeff Bingaman 5%
Rod Blagojevich 15%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
Kit Bond 65%
Henry Bonilla 78%
David Edward Bonior 7%
Mary Bono Mack 78%
Robert Borski, Jr. 15%
Leonard Boswell 26%
Rick Boucher 23%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
John Breaux 20%
Henry Brown, Jr. 89%
Ed Bryant 74%
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 70%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 81%
Robert Byrd 15%
Herbert Callahan 82%
Ben Campbell 80%
Chris Cannon 85%
Jean Carnahan 20%
Brad Carson 33%
Julia Carson 12%
Mike Castle 70%
Eva Clayton 4%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 33%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Michael Collins 81%
Larry Combest 78%
Gary Condit 26%
Kent Conrad 0%
John Cooksey 72%
Jon Corzine 25%
Jerry Costello 22%
Christopher Cox 91%
William Coyne 15%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 96%
Barbara Cubin 79%
Randall Cunningham 81%
Thomas Daschle 5%
James Davis 19%
Jo Ann Davis 81%
Thomas Davis III 78%
Bill Delahunt 11%
Thomas DeLay 96%
James DeMint 96%
Peter Deutsch 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Norm Dicks 15%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 61%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 81%
Jennifer Dunn 85%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 26%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 78%
Jo Ann Emerson 67%
Philip English 74%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 26%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 72%
Russ Feingold 35%
Michael Ferguson 63%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Ernest Fletcher 78%
Mark Foley 70%
Harold Ford, Jr. 23%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 81%
Barney Frank 19%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 12%
Elton Gallegly 78%
John Ganske 58%
George Gekas 70%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 7%
Jim Gibbons 79%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 54%
Benjamin Gilman 41%
Charlie Gonzalez 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 74%
Bart Gordon 37%
Porter Goss 85%
Daniel Graham 25%
William Phillip Gramm 90%
Mark Green 93%
James Greenwood 69%
Judd Gregg 80%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 63%
Gilbert Gutknecht 78%
Tony Hall 20%
James Hansen 74%
Jane Harman 26%
Melissa Hart 70%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 74%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 74%
Jesse Helms 70%
Wally Herger, Jr. 85%
Baron Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 78%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
David Lee Hobson 67%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Thomas Holden 15%
Ernest Hollings 16%
Darlene Hooley 19%
Stephen Horn 59%
John Nathan Hostettler 81%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
Kenny Hulshof 74%
Duncan Hunter 74%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 75%
Kay Hutchison 75%
Henry Hyde 70%
Daniel Inouye 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 96%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
William Jefferson 26%
James Merrill Jeffords 26%
William Lewis Jenkins 70%
Christopher John 62%
Nancy Johnson 63%
Tim Johnson 59%
Paul Kanjorski 19%
Ric Keller 93%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 20%
Mark Kennedy 70%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 89%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Gerald Kleczka 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 77%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 85%
Dennis Kucinich 7%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 15%
Ray LaHood 56%
Nicholas Lampson 15%
Tom Lantos 7%
Steve LaTourette 56%
James Leach 46%
Jerry Lewis 70%
Ron Lewis 74%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 93%
William Lipinski 36%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
Dick Lugar 90%
William Luther 19%
James Maloney 37%
Don Manzullo 88%
Frank Mascara 22%
Robert Matsui 4%
Karen McCarthy 15%
James McCrery III 74%
John McHugh 58%
Scott McInnis 76%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
Michael McNulty 19%
Martin Meehan 27%
Carrie Meek 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 4%
Dan Miller 96%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
Alan Mollohan 13%
Dennis Moore 41%
Constance Morella 48%
Frank Murkowski 79%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 89%
Ben Nelson 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 78%
Robert William Ney 63%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 81%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 65%
James Nussle 78%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 4%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Thomas William Osborne 67%
Doug Ose 67%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 78%
Ron Paul 84%
Donald Payne 11%
John Peterson 77%
David Phelps 26%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 70%
Todd Platts 64%
Richard Pombo 74%
Earl Pomeroy 15%
Deborah Pryce 70%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 77%
James Ramstad 78%
Ralph Regula 59%
Denny Rehberg 70%
Silvestre Reyes 11%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
Bob Riley 74%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 19%
Ciro Rodriguez 19%
Timothy Roemer 30%
Mike Ross 26%
Steve Rothman 16%
Marge Roukema 62%
Jim Ryun 85%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 26%
Rick Santorum 79%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
Jim Saxton 54%
Edward Schrock 89%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 81%
Christopher Shays 81%
Donald Sherwood 78%
Ronnie Shows 41%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 59%
Joseph Skeen 74%
Ike Skelton 44%
Gordon Smith 80%
Nick Smith 81%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 19%
Hilda Solis 11%
Mark Souder 81%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 8%
Pete Stark 16%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Charles Stenholm 41%
Ted Stevens 68%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bob Stump 81%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 63%
Tom Tancredo 93%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 26%
William Tauzin 81%
Charles Taylor 70%
Gene Taylor 41%
Craig Thomas 68%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 90%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 85%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 59%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 12%
James Turner 31%
George Voinovich 79%
James Walsh 62%
Zach Wamp 85%
John Warner 75%
Wesley Watkins 78%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 81%
Anthony Weiner 19%
David Weldon 78%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 78%
Paul Wellstone 10%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 70%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 15%
Albert Wynn 12%

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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