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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

1995 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Newt Gingrich 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 97%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Scott Klug 95%
Stephen Largent 95%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
Nick Smith 95%
Hank Brown 94%
Charlie Bass 93%
Jon Lynn Christensen 93%
Dan Miller 93%
James Ramstad 93%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 93%
Linda Smith 93%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 92%
Wayne Allard 91%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
Dick Chrysler 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 91%
Porter Goss 91%
Rodney Grams 91%
Mark Neumann 91%
Mark Souder 91%
Philip Crane 90%
Bill Zeliff 90%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 88%
John Ensign 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 88%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 88%
Scott McInnis 88%
Sue Myrick 88%
James Nussle 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
Joe Scarborough 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 88%
John Shadegg 88%
James Talent 88%
Todd Tiahrt 88%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 88%
Richard Zimmer 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 86%
David Dreier 86%
Jack Fields, Jr. 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 86%
Judd Gregg 86%
Don Manzullo 86%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 86%
William Paxon 86%
Toby Roth 86%
Cliff Stearns 86%
Zach Wamp 86%
Bill Archer 84%
Ed Bryant 84%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 84%
Wes Cooley 84%
Christopher Cox 84%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 84%
Harris Fawell 84%
Mark Foley 84%
John Ganske 84%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 84%
Melton Hancock 84%
Van Hilleary 84%
David Lee Hobson 84%
Jay Kim 84%
Jon Kyl 84%
David McIntosh 84%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Randy Tate 84%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 84%
Dick Lugar 83%
Don Nickles 83%
Bob Smith 83%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 83%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Dan Frisa 82%
David Funderburk 82%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 82%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 82%
Bill Martini 82%
Jack Metcalf 82%
George Radanovich 82%
Richard Armey 81%
John Ashcroft 81%
Robert Dole 81%
Thomas Ewing 81%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 81%
Jon David Fox 81%
William Phillip Gramm 81%
James Longley, Jr. 81%
Connie Mack 81%
Andrea Seastrand 81%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Robert Franks 80%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Rick White 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 79%
Michael Bilirakis 79%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 79%
Jan Meyers 79%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 78%
Robert Dornan 78%
Craig Thomas 78%
Fred Thompson 78%
Robert Barr, Jr. 77%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 77%
Paul Gillmor 77%
Wally Herger, Jr. 77%
Stephen Horn 77%
John Nathan Hostettler 77%
John Linder 77%
Daniel Schaefer 77%
Christopher Shays 77%
Bob Stump 77%
David Weldon 77%
Paul Coverdell 76%
Barbara Cubin 76%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 76%
Elton Gallegly 76%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 76%
Kay Hutchison 76%
Larry Pressler 76%
William Baker 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Peter Blute 75%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 75%
Mike Castle 75%
Michael Collins 75%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Jay Dickey 75%
Tillie Fowler 75%
Enid Greene 75%
Steven Gunderson 75%
J. Dennis Hastert 75%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 75%
Joel Hefley 75%
Jesse Helms 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Michael Oxley 75%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
John Warner 75%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 75%
Gerald Weller 75%
Sonny Bono 74%
Vern Ehlers 74%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 74%
Jim Bunning 73%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 73%
Larry Combest 73%
Larry Craig 73%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 73%
Jennifer Dunn 73%
Gary Franks 73%
William Frist 73%
Dirk Kempthorne 73%
Susan Molinari 73%
Richard Pombo 73%
John Edward Porter 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
Douglas Bereuter 72%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 72%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 72%
Mike Parker 72%
Jack Quinn 72%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 71%
Philip English 71%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 71%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
Ron Lewis 71%
Trent Lott, Sr. 71%
Bill McCollum 71%
Carlos Moorhead 71%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
Charles Taylor 71%
Strom Thurmond 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 71%
Cass Ballenger 70%
Brian Bilbray 70%
William Thomas 70%
Bill Barrett 68%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 68%
Steve Buyer 68%
Alfonse D'Amato 68%
Thomas DeLay 68%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 68%
Henry Hyde 68%
Ray LaHood 68%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 68%
James McCrery III 68%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 68%
Olympia Snowe 68%
Bob Bennett 67%
Alan Simpson 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 66%
Terry Everett 66%
Wayne Gilchrest 66%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 66%
Steve LaTourette 66%
Rick Lazio 66%
Conrad Burns 65%
John Chafee 65%
Bill Emerson 65%
Michael Patrick Forbes 65%
Slade Gorton 65%
James Hansen 65%
Greg Laughlin 65%
Frank Duncan Riggs 65%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 65%
Richard Hugh Baker 64%
Herbert Callahan 64%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 64%
Thomas Davis III 64%
Duncan Hunter 64%
James Merrill Jeffords 64%
Sue Kelly 64%
James Kolbe 64%
James Leach 64%
John McHugh 64%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 64%
Henry Bonilla 63%
Benjamin Gilman 63%
Mark Hatfield 63%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 63%
Marge Roukema 63%
Steven Schiff 63%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 62%
Kit Bond 62%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 62%
Gary Condit 62%
Joseph Knollenberg 62%
G.V. Montgomery 62%
Frank Murkowski 62%
Ronald Packard 62%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 62%
William Tauzin 62%
Peter Torkildsen 62%
Barbara Vucanovich 61%
Jim Bunn 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Ted Stevens 60%
John Myers 59%
Joseph Skeen 59%
Jerry Lewis 58%
James Barcia 57%
Ben Campbell 57%
Arlen Specter 57%
William Cohen 55%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Jim Lightfoot 55%
Robert Livingston 55%
William Luther 55%
David Minge 55%
Herbert Bateman 54%
Pete Geren 54%
Gene Taylor 53%
James Walsh 53%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 53%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 52%
Blanche Lincoln 52%
Timothy Roemer 51%
Jane Harman 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Constance Morella 50%
William Lipinski 47%
Sherwood Boehlert 46%
Glenn Poshard 46%
Calvin Dooley 45%
Michael McNulty 45%
Robert Cramer 44%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
Russ Feingold 44%
Bill Orton 44%
Martin Meehan 43%
Ike Skelton 43%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 42%
Gerald Kleczka 42%
Herb Kohl 42%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
Sam Nunn 40%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Tom Bevill 37%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 37%
Lee Hamilton 37%
Charles Robb 36%
Jerry Costello 35%
Karen McCarthy 35%
Norman Sisisky 35%
Ernest Hollings 34%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 34%
Earl Pomeroy 34%
Bart Stupak 34%
Henry Scott Baesler 33%
Bill Bradley 33%
Peter Deutsch 33%
Byron Dorgan 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Jim Exon 33%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 33%
Charles Rose III 33%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 31%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 31%
Frank Mascara 31%
Owen Pickett 31%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 31%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 31%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 29%
Michael Ward 29%
Bob Kerrey 28%
Frank Lautenberg 28%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 28%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 28%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 27%
Kent Conrad 27%
E. Kika de la Garza 27%
Patrick Kennedy 27%
Karen Thurman 27%
Robert Torricelli 27%
Harold Volkmer 27%
Jeff Bingaman 26%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 26%
Daniel Graham 26%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 26%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 26%
Paul Wellstone 26%
Barney Frank 25%
Patricia Schroeder 25%
Charles Wilson 25%
John Baldacci 24%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 24%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 23%
Richard Bryan 23%
John Glenn 23%
Tony Hall 23%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 23%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 23%
Major Owens 23%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 22%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22%
Bruce Vento 22%
John Bryant 21%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 21%
Joe Lieberman 21%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 21%
Claiborne Pell 21%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
Joseph Kennedy II 20%
Dale Kildee 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
Thomas Manton 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
Dave Obey 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
Pete Peterson 19%
Bill Richardson 19%
Ray Thornton 19%
John Breaux 18%
George Brown, Jr. 18%
Robert Byrd 18%
Ronald Dellums 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 18%
Cleo Fields 18%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 18%
John LaFalce 18%
Carol Moseley Braun 18%
Jim Oberstar 18%
Donald Payne 18%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 18%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 18%
Paul Simon 18%
Pete Stark 18%
Frank Tejeda 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 18%
Lynn Woolsey 18%
Cardiss Collins 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 17%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 17%
Ed Towns 17%
Dale Bumpers 16%
Tom Lantos 16%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 16%
Patrick Moynihan 16%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 16%
Gerry Studds 16%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 16%
Albert Wynn 16%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 15%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
Thomas Daschle 15%
Norm Dicks 15%
Chris Dodd 15%
Lane Evans 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
Sam Gejdenson 15%
Sam Gibbons 15%
W.G. Hefner 15%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 15%
Matthew Martinez 15%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
John Olver 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
Gary Ackerman 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 14%
Jonas Frost III 14%
Harry Johnston 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 14%
Pat Williams 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 13%
Victor Fazio 13%
Floyd Flake 13%
Henry Gonzalez 13%
Maurice Hinchey 13%
J. Bennett Johnston 13%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 13%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 13%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 13%
David Pryor 13%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 13%
Bob Wise, Jr. 13%
Robert Matsui 12%
Anthony Beilenson 11%
Howard Berman 11%
Rick Boucher 11%
Eva Clayton 11%
Julian Dixon 11%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 11%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 9%
William Clay, Sr. 9%
Ronald Coleman 9%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
William Jefferson 9%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
Esteban Edward Torres 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
David Edward Bonior 8%
David Skaggs 8%
Sidney Yates 8%
Wendell Ford 7%
Alan Mollohan 7%
Paul Sarbanes 7%
Barbara-Rose Collins 6%
Carrie Meek 6%
Daniel Inouye 5%
John Moakley 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 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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