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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2003 Positions

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

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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