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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 90%
Gary Ackerman 4%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 67%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 11%
Wayne Allard 85%
Thomas Allen 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 21%
Bill Archer 89%
Richard Armey 89%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 82%
Richard Hugh Baker 71%
John Baldacci 7%
Cass Ballenger 77%
James Barcia 22%
Robert Barr, Jr. 96%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 29%
Bill Barrett 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 81%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
Charlie Bass 75%
Herbert Bateman 64%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 55%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 7%
Douglas Bereuter 54%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 22%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
Brian Bilbray 61%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 30%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 21%
Rod Blagojevich 19%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 70%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 71%
Sherwood Boehlert 39%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 78%
Kit Bond 63%
Henry Bonilla 78%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 71%
Robert Borski, Jr. 11%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 7%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 6%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 32%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 74%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 18%
John Breaux 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
George Brown, Jr. 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 19%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85%
Richard Bryan 30%
Ed Bryant 71%
Jim Bunning 65%
Conrad Burns 65%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 81%
Dan Burton 72%
Steve Buyer 68%
Robert Byrd 20%
Herbert Callahan 71%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 68%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 75%
Ben Campbell 55%
Thomas Campbell 68%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 68%
Chris Cannon 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 12%
Julia Carson 4%
Mike Castle 57%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 68%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 75%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 4%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 15%
Robert Clement 18%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 81%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 60%
Michael Collins 89%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Larry Combest 71%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 4%
Merrill Cook 74%
John Cooksey 69%
Jerry Costello 11%
Paul Coverdell 70%
Christopher Cox 93%
William Coyne 14%
Larry Craig 65%
Robert Cramer 36%
Philip Crane 93%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 63%
Barbara Cubin 79%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
James Davis 11%
Thomas Davis III 52%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 19%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
Bill Delahunt 4%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 86%
Peter Deutsch 18%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 82%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 4%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 5%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 7%
John Doolittle 75%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 24%
David Dreier 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
Jennifer Dunn 79%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
Chet Edwards 11%
Vern Ehlers 61%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 85%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
Philip English 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 4%
Bob Etheridge 11%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 71%
Thomas Ewing 64%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
Russ Feingold 45%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 4%
Mark Foley 71%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 4%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 82%
Tillie Fowler 64%
Barney Frank 15%
Robert Franks 61%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
William Frist 65%
Jonas Frost III 7%
Elton Gallegly 68%
John Ganske 54%
Sam Gejdenson 4%
George Gekas 69%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 82%
Wayne Gilchrest 57%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Benjamin Gilman 43%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 74%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 86%
William Goodling 81%
Bart Gordon 29%
Slade Gorton 50%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Rodney Grams 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 68%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
James Greenwood 54%
Judd Gregg 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 11%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
Tony Hall 19%
James Hansen 81%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 16%
J. Dennis Hastert 79%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 75%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 55%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 93%
Jesse Helms 57%
Wally Herger, Jr. 81%
Rick Hill 68%
Van Hilleary 89%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
David Lee Hobson 86%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 25%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 14%
Stephen Horn 61%
John Nathan Hostettler 86%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 41%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
Kenny Hulshof 78%
Duncan Hunter 78%
Asa Hutchinson 77%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 89%
Kay Hutchison 65%
Henry Hyde 85%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 78%
Daniel Inouye 18%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 88%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 7%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
William Lewis Jenkins 75%
Christopher John 31%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 25%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 86%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
Paul Kanjorski 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 19%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 89%
Sue Kelly 61%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 16%
Patrick Kennedy 7%
Bob Kerrey 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 16%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 86%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Ronald Klink 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Herb Kohl 45%
James Kolbe 75%
Dennis Kucinich 11%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 15%
Ray LaHood 54%
Nicholas Lampson 4%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 11%
Tom Lantos 4%
Stephen Largent 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 71%
Steve LaTourette 57%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 10%
Rick Lazio 61%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 35%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
Jerry Lewis 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
Ron Lewis 71%
Joe Lieberman 10%
John Linder 85%
William Lipinski 29%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 58%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 18%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 79%
Dick Lugar 85%
William Luther 29%
Connie Mack 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 18%
James Maloney 32%
Don Manzullo 93%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
Matthew Martinez 4%
Frank Mascara 18%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 95%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 26%
Karen McCarthy 19%
Bill McCollum 79%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 60%
James McCrery III 72%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 4%
John McHugh 57%
Scott McInnis 85%
David McIntosh 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 73%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 14%
Michael McNulty 19%
Martin Meehan 15%
Carrie Meek 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 4%
Jack Metcalf 71%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 89%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 19%
David Minge 21%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 4%
Alan Mollohan 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
Constance Morella 29%
Patrick Moynihan 25%
Frank Murkowski 74%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
Jack Murtha 14%
Sue Myrick 93%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 74%
Robert William Ney 67%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 68%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 74%
James Nussle 74%
Jim Oberstar 4%
Dave Obey 14%
John Olver 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 11%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 68%
Ronald Packard 74%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 21%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
Ron Paul 88%
Donald Payne 4%
Edward Pease 67%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
John Peterson 79%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 70%
Owen Pickett 29%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 82%
Richard Pombo 79%
Earl Pomeroy 18%
John Edward Porter 68%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
Deborah Pryce 79%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 86%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 7%
James Ramstad 61%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 20%
Ralph Regula 57%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
Silvestre Reyes 4%
Bob Riley 71%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 21%
Charles Robb 35%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 60%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 16%
Ciro Rodriguez 11%
Timothy Roemer 32%
James Rogan 93%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 63%
William Roth, Jr. 63%
Steve Rothman 11%
Marge Roukema 64%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
Jim Ryun 79%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 12%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 15%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 93%
Rick Santorum 75%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
Jim Saxton 57%
Joe Scarborough 96%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 86%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
John Shadegg 93%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 61%
Christopher Shays 64%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 71%
E.G. Shuster 79%
Norman Sisisky 30%
Joseph Skeen 64%
Ike Skelton 29%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
Gordon Smith 65%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
Nick Smith 81%
Bob Smith 89%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 4%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 39%
Floyd Spence 71%
John Spratt, Jr. 4%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 11%
Pete Stark 15%
Cliff Stearns 79%
Charles Stenholm 32%
Ted Stevens 55%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bob Stump 86%
Bart Stupak 11%
John Sununu 79%
James Talent 74%
John Tanner 21%
Ellen Tauscher 18%
William Tauzin 63%
Charles Taylor 71%
Gene Taylor 71%
Craig Thomas 85%
William Thomas 71%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 75%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 82%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 75%
Karen Thurman 14%
Strom Thurmond 70%
Todd Tiahrt 79%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 14%
Robert Torricelli 5%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 43%
James Turner 26%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 68%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
Bruce Vento 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
James Walsh 43%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 70%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 79%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 71%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 11%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Gerald Weller 64%
Paul Wellstone 21%
Robert Wexler 11%
Bob Weygand 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 68%
Heather Wilson 58%
Bob Wise, Jr. 7%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 79%
Lynn Woolsey 7%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 32%
Albert Wynn 7%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 80%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 56%

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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