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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 56%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 42%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 50%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 81%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 45%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 35%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 64%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 3%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 3%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 51%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 98%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 51%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 13%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 6%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 18%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 3%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 13%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 94%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 34%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 53%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 65%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 62%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 18%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 78%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 19%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 63%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 6%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 43%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 95%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 43%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 93%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 13%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 55%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 79%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 3%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 95%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 63%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 69%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 45%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 6%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 84%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 29%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 7%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 3%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 15%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 13%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 19%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 19%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 65%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 35%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 3%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 3%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 78%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 65%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 37%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 7%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 79%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 53%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 74%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 78%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 58%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 3%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 97%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 34%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 3%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 6%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 38%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 98%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 11%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 48%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 55%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 63%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 69%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 45%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 70%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 19%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 6%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 30%
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 38%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 69%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 55%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 19%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 22%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 31%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 73%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 7%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 69%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 26%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 87%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 19%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 26%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 63%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 82%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 3%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 73%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 68%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 7%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 19%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 63%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 21%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 19%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 43%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 13%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 60%
Gary Ackerman 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14%
Todd Akin 93%
Wayne Allard 75%
George Allen 63%
Thomas Allen 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 10%
Brian Baird 16%
Richard Hugh Baker 53%
J. Gresham Barrett 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 95%
Charlie Bass 74%
Evan Bayh 20%
Bob Beauprez 85%
Bob Bennett 63%
Shelley Berkley 16%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 8%
Judy Biggert 58%
Michael Bilirakis 68%
Jeff Bingaman 6%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Henry Bonilla 40%
Mary Bono Mack 39%
Leonard Boswell 26%
Rick Boucher 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 29%
Henry Brown, Jr. 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Jim Bunning 60%
Conrad Burns 56%
Dan Burton 72%
Steve Buyer 56%
Robert Byrd 29%
Chris Cannon 79%
Dennis Cardoza 23%
Julia Carson 0%
Edward Case 32%
Mike Castle 60%
Ben Chandler III 15%
Chris Chocola 88%
Hillary Clinton 8%
Norm Coleman 56%
Kent Conrad 19%
Jon Corzine 25%
Jerry Costello 23%
Christopher Cox 95%
Larry Craig 67%
Robert Cramer 28%
Barbara Cubin 79%
Randall Cunningham 44%
Artur Davis 15%
James Davis 21%
Jo Ann Davis 68%
Lincoln Davis 43%
Thomas Davis III 43%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 60%
James DeMint 97%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 51%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 13%
Elizabeth Dole 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 57%
John Doolittle 48%
Byron Dorgan 6%
David Dreier 45%
Chet Edwards 28%
Vern Ehlers 53%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Philip English 53%
John Ensign 93%
Bob Etheridge 10%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 53%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 38%
Michael Ferguson 46%
Mark Foley 53%
Harold Ford, Jr. 16%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 74%
Barney Frank 3%
William Frist 56%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Paul Gillmor 59%
Charlie Gonzalez 18%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 70%
Bart Gordon 28%
Mark Green 83%
Judd Gregg 87%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Jane Harman 30%
Katherine Harris 76%
Melissa Hart 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Robert Hayes 49%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90%
Joel Hefley 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 85%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 21%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 38%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Thomas Holden 28%
Darlene Hooley 28%
John Nathan Hostettler 85%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 51%
Kay Hutchison 69%
Henry Hyde 48%
Daniel Inouye 7%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 8%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 63%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 3%
Ric Keller 82%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 25%
Mark Kennedy 75%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 3%
Joseph Knollenberg 43%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 43%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Jon Kyl 94%
Ray LaHood 29%
Tom Lantos 8%
Steve LaTourette 30%
James Leach 39%
Jerry Lewis 41%
Ron Lewis 60%
Joe Lieberman 14%
Blanche Lincoln 13%
John Linder 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. 63%
Dick Lugar 67%
Don Manzullo 78%
Jim Marshall 29%
Thaddeus McCotter 53%
James McCrery III 65%
John McHugh 33%
Michael McNulty 13%
Martin Meehan 11%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 11%
Brad Miller 13%
Alan Mollohan 4%
Dennis Moore 23%
Jack Murtha 5%
Marilyn Musgrave 95%
Sue Myrick 93%
Ben Nelson 20%
Robert William Ney 49%
Anne Northup 43%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 55%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 5%
John Olver 3%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 5%
Thomas William Osborne 43%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 51%
Ron Paul 87%
Donald Payne 3%
John Peterson 43%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 48%
Todd Platts 50%
Richard Pombo 55%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Deborah Pryce 49%
George Radanovich 61%
James Ramstad 78%
Ralph Regula 40%
Denny Rehberg 58%
Richard Renzi 48%
Silvestre Reyes 8%
Thomas Reynolds 62%
Mike Ross 15%
Steve Rothman 12%
Jim Ryun 74%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 13%
Jim Saxton 34%
John Shadegg 97%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 45%
Christopher Shays 59%
Donald Sherwood 38%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 33%
Ike Skelton 23%
Gordon Smith 56%
Olympia Snowe 31%
Vic Snyder 23%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 15%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 88%
Ted Stevens 56%
Ted Strickland 13%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sullivan 75%
John Sununu 80%
John Sweeney 35%
James Talent 63%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 15%
Charles Taylor 55%
Gene Taylor 47%
Craig Thomas 63%
William Thomas 49%
Todd Tiahrt 54%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
George Voinovich 56%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 63%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 46%
W. Curtis Weldon 41%
Gerald Weller 49%
Robert Wexler 3%
Heather Wilson 46%
Lynn Woolsey 3%
David Wu 18%
Albert Wynn 15%

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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