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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 33%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 12%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 68%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 13%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 22%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 24%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 16%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 72%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 87%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 72%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 9%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 71%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 68%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 68%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 68%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 16%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 73%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 16%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 16%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 64%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 24%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 28%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 76%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 64%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 63%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 13%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 16%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 16%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 14%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 61%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 72%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 28%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 16%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 12%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 76%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 76%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 72%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 24%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 13%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 24%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 20%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 16%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 76%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 76%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 68%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 68%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 70%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 78%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 13%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 13%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 76%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 61%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 18%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 11%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 74%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 24%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 63%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 74%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 62%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 19%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 79%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 73%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 68%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 32%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 26%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 11%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 71%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 65%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 18%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 70%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 18%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 84%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 13%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 47%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 53%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 13%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 74%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 54%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 68%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 66%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 68%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 66%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 13%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 68%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 66%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 11%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 84%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 16%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 24%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 22%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 73%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 34%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 76%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 76%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 74%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 61%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 16%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 68%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 47%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 89%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 55%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 16%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 13%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 89%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 76%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 24%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 13%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 68%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 72%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 77%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 22%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 71%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 47%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 8%
Gary Ackerman 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 16%
Todd Akin 95%
Wayne Allard 80%
George Allen 76%
Thomas Allen 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
Brian Baird 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 86%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 13%
Cass Ballenger 69%
J. Gresham Barrett 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 87%
Charlie Bass 76%
Evan Bayh 36%
Bob Beauprez 87%
Chris Bell 16%
Bob Bennett 63%
Douglas Bereuter 43%
Shelley Berkley 14%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 26%
Judy Biggert 55%
Michael Bilirakis 84%
Jeff Bingaman 24%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 58%
Henry Bonilla 64%
Mary Bono Mack 57%
Leonard Boswell 24%
Rick Boucher 11%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 32%
John Breaux 21%
Henry Brown, Jr. 66%
Ginny Brown-Waite 76%
Jim Bunning 80%
Conrad Burns 56%
Max Burns 68%
Dan Burton 81%
Steve Buyer 86%
Robert Byrd 16%
Ben Campbell 54%
Chris Cannon 89%
Dennis Cardoza 24%
Brad Carson 28%
Julia Carson 14%
Edward Case 21%
Mike Castle 53%
Chris Chocola 82%
Hillary Clinton 16%
Norm Coleman 72%
Michael Collins 87%
Kent Conrad 8%
Jon Corzine 20%
Jerry Costello 25%
Christopher Cox 94%
Larry Craig 72%
Robert Cramer 35%
Philip Crane 89%
Barbara Cubin 76%
Randall Cunningham 79%
Thomas Daschle 4%
Artur Davis 16%
James Davis 13%
Jo Ann Davis 79%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 62%
Bill Delahunt 13%
Thomas DeLay 77%
James DeMint 95%
Peter Deutsch 21%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 16%
Elizabeth Dole 72%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 58%
Calvin Dooley 37%
John Doolittle 68%
Byron Dorgan 4%
David Dreier 68%
Jennifer Dunn 68%
John Edwards 13%
Chet Edwards 27%
Vern Ehlers 54%
Jo Ann Emerson 71%
Philip English 47%
John Ensign 88%
Bob Etheridge 16%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 81%
Tom Feeney 92%
Russ Feingold 44%
Michael Ferguson 70%
Peter Fitzgerald 80%
Mark Foley 65%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 87%
Barney Frank 13%
William Frist 68%
Jonas Frost III 11%
Elton Gallegly 68%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 43%
Jim Gibbons 87%
Wayne Gilchrest 54%
Paul Gillmor 63%
Charlie Gonzalez 16%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 71%
Bart Gordon 24%
Porter Goss 64%
Daniel Graham 25%
Mark Green 95%
James Greenwood 53%
Judd Gregg 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 84%
Jane Harman 17%
Melissa Hart 66%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Robert Hayes 76%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 78%
Joel Hefley 82%
Wally Herger, Jr. 89%
Baron Hill 24%
Maurice Hinchey 13%
David Lee Hobson 63%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Thomas Holden 26%
Ernest Hollings 13%
Darlene Hooley 18%
John Nathan Hostettler 71%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 76%
Duncan Hunter 82%
Kay Hutchison 72%
Henry Hyde 70%
Daniel Inouye 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 72%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 13%
William Jefferson 24%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 81%
Christopher John 36%
Nancy Johnson 46%
Tim Johnson 42%
Paul Kanjorski 11%
Ric Keller 81%
Sue Kelly 57%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
Mark Kennedy 79%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Dale Kildee 13%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 13%
Gerald Kleczka 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 59%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 55%
Dennis Kucinich 16%
Jon Kyl 88%
Ray LaHood 58%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 6%
Steve LaTourette 54%
James Leach 41%
Jerry Lewis 61%
Ron Lewis 76%
Joe Lieberman 14%
Blanche Lincoln 24%
John Linder 89%
William Lipinski 26%
Trent Lott, Sr. 72%
Dick Lugar 71%
Denise Majette 16%
Don Manzullo 82%
Jim Marshall 24%
Robert Matsui 16%
Karen McCarthy 17%
Thaddeus McCotter 82%
James McCrery III 66%
John McHugh 52%
Scott McInnis 72%
Michael McNulty 11%
Martin Meehan 13%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 14%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 13%
Brad Miller 11%
Zell Bryan Miller 71%
Alan Mollohan 14%
Dennis Moore 19%
Jack Murtha 16%
Marilyn Musgrave 89%
Sue Myrick 81%
Ben Nelson 28%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 65%
Robert William Ney 66%
Don Nickles 88%
Anne Northup 68%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 88%
James Nussle 68%
Jim Oberstar 11%
Dave Obey 13%
John Olver 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 8%
Thomas William Osborne 61%
Doug Ose 66%
Major Owens 11%
Michael Oxley 74%
Ron Paul 79%
Donald Payne 15%
John Peterson 71%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 64%
Todd Platts 58%
Richard Pombo 74%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
Jon Porter, Sr. 66%
Deborah Pryce 61%
Jack Quinn 56%
George Radanovich 76%
James Ramstad 74%
Ralph Regula 63%
Denny Rehberg 68%
Richard Renzi 66%
Silvestre Reyes 11%
Thomas Reynolds 64%
Ciro Rodriguez 11%
Mike Ross 21%
Steve Rothman 16%
Jim Ryun 89%
Martin Olav Sabo 13%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 17%
Rick Santorum 76%
Paul Sarbanes 8%
Jim Saxton 53%
Edward Schrock 81%
John Shadegg 95%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 61%
Christopher Shays 61%
Donald Sherwood 63%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 32%
Gordon Smith 71%
Nick Smith 92%
Olympia Snowe 44%
Vic Snyder 17%
Hilda Solis 11%
Mark Souder 65%
Arlen Specter 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 8%
Pete Stark 13%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Charles Stenholm 45%
Ted Stevens 56%
Ted Strickland 13%
Bart Stupak 14%
John Sullivan 78%
John Sununu 88%
John Sweeney 51%
James Talent 68%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 16%
William Tauzin 68%
Charles Taylor 82%
Gene Taylor 63%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 63%
Todd Tiahrt 73%
Ed Towns 18%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
James Turner 39%
George Voinovich 74%
James Walsh 62%
Zach Wamp 74%
John Warner 64%
Diane Watson 16%
Anthony Weiner 13%
David Weldon 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 52%
Gerald Weller 68%
Robert Wexler 11%
Heather Wilson 55%
Lynn Woolsey 14%
David Wu 13%
Albert Wynn 13%

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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