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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 61%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 76%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 73%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 69%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 94%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 95%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 9%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 3%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 11%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 3%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 80%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 14%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 3%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 3%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 68%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 52%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 61%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 64%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 68%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 9%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 4%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 23%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 76%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 77%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 65%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 69%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 92%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 61%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 19%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 57%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 57%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 66%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 61%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 69%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 66%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 3%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 3%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 3%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 84%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 42%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 52%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 62%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 3%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 46%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 65%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 69%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 57%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 73%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 19%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 76%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 3%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 9%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 88%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 84%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 3%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 19%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 7%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 53%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 19%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 84%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 76%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 24%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 61%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 86%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 76%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 73%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 61%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 23%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 16%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 20%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 9%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 4%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 4%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 65%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 34%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 19%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 65%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 4%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 69%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 24%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 19%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 16%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 34%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 34%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 3%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 71%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 61%
Wayne Allard 90%
Thomas Allen 0%
William Archer 87%
Richard Armey 84%
John Ashcroft 71%
Brian Baird 7%
Richard Hugh Baker 62%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 73%
James Barcia 23%
Robert Barr, Jr. 80%
William Barrett 73%
Herbert Bateman 57%
Evan Bayh 19%
Bob Bennett 66%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 7%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Marion Berry 26%
Michael Bilirakis 61%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 69%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
Kit Bond 57%
Henry Bonilla 69%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 19%
John Breaux 14%
Richard Bryan 14%
Ed Bryant 69%
Jim Bunning 66%
Conrad Burns 71%
Steve Buyer 84%
Robert Byrd 19%
Herbert Callahan 69%
Ben Campbell 61%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Chris Cannon 76%
Julia Carson 8%
Mike Castle 53%
Helen Chenoweth 75%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 15%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 4%
Robert Clement 19%
Mac Collins 84%
Larry Combest 68%
Gary Condit 46%
Merrill Cook 64%
John Cooksey 66%
Paul Coverdell 61%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 8%
Larry Craig 66%
Robert Cramer 28%
Philip Crane 92%
Barbara Cubin 70%
Randall Cunningham 73%
Patsy Ann Danner 32%
Thomas Daschle 4%
James Davis 11%
Thomas Davis III 57%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Thomas DeLay 80%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 80%
Julian Dixon 4%
Chris Dodd 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 52%
Calvin Dooley 23%
John Doolittle 80%
Byron Dorgan 9%
Jennifer Dunn 69%
John Edwards 9%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 65%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 87%
Philip English 52%
Bob Etheridge 23%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 72%
Thomas Ewing 65%
Russ Feingold 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 76%
Ernest Fletcher 73%
Mark Foley 65%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 8%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 86%
Tillie Fowler 60%
Robert Franks 69%
William Frist 66%
Jonas Frost III 3%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 4%
George Gekas 60%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 65%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Paul Gillmor 73%
Benjamin Gilman 34%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 73%
William Goodling 64%
Bart Gordon 28%
Slade Gorton 57%
Porter Goss 69%
Daniel Graham 14%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Rodney Grams 80%
Mark Green 84%
James Greenwood 48%
Judd Gregg 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 73%
Charles Hagel 85%
Tony Hall 12%
James Hansen 69%
J. Dennis Hastert 90%
Robert Hayes 69%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 88%
Joel Hefley 88%
Jesse Helms 66%
Baron Hill 15%
Rick Hill 69%
Van Hilleary 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 69%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Ernest Hollings 4%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 46%
John Nathan Hostettler 88%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 62%
Duncan Hunter 68%
William Hutchinson 57%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 75%
Henry Hyde 69%
Jay Inslee 15%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
William Jefferson 5%
James Merrill Jeffords 42%
William Lewis Jenkins 65%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 11%
Sue Kelly 69%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 9%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 14%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 3%
Gerald Kleczka 19%
Ronald Klink 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 65%
James Kolbe 69%
Steven Kuykendall 53%
John LaFalce 7%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 91%
Rick Lazio 69%
James Leach 53%
Ron Lewis 69%
Blanche Lincoln 14%
John Linder 76%
William Lipinski 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 61%
William Luther 38%
Connie Mack 68%
James Maloney 30%
Matthew Martinez 4%
Frank Mascara 4%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 12%
Bill McCollum 59%
James McCrery III 69%
John McHugh 53%
Scott McInnis 92%
David McIntosh 88%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 4%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 24%
Carrie Meek 3%
Jack Metcalf 72%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 80%
David Minge 19%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 4%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 8%
Dennis Moore 15%
Constance Morella 26%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 25%
Frank Murkowski 61%
Jack Murtha 8%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 69%
Robert William Ney 60%
Don Nickles 80%
Anne Northup 69%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 65%
James Nussle 73%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 19%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Doug Ose 69%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 79%
Ronald Packard 69%
Donald Payne 3%
Edward Pease 65%
John Peterson 63%
David Phelps 7%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 73%
Owen Pickett 15%
Richard Pombo 76%
Earl Pomeroy 15%
John Edward Porter 57%
Deborah Pryce 68%
Jack Quinn 36%
George Radanovich 65%
James Ramstad 84%
Ralph Regula 57%
Thomas Reynolds 64%
Bob Riley 72%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 24%
Charles Robb 19%
Ciro Rodriguez 3%
Timothy Roemer 34%
James Rogan 88%
William Roth, Jr. 66%
Marge Roukema 73%
Jim Ryun 88%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
Matthew Salmon 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 12%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 71%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
H. James Saxton 46%
Joe Scarborough 84%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 80%
Donald Sherwood 64%
Ronnie Shows 29%
E.G. Shuster 68%
Norman Sisisky 15%
Joseph Skeen 68%
Ike Skelton 23%
Gordon Smith 55%
Nick Smith 84%
Bob Smith 80%
Vic Snyder 11%
Mark Souder 76%
Arlen Specter 42%
Floyd Spence 69%
John Spratt, Jr. 7%
Charles Stenholm 32%
Ted Stevens 52%
Ted Strickland 11%
Robert Stump 73%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sununu 92%
John Sweeney 56%
James Talent 72%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 20%
Ellen Tauscher 11%
William Tauzin 65%
Charles Taylor 75%
Gene Taylor 52%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 62%
Fred Thompson 76%
Karen Thurman 12%
Strom Thurmond 66%
Todd Tiahrt 84%
Robert Torricelli 4%
James Traficant, Jr. 34%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 4%
James Turner 15%
Bruce Vento 11%
George Voinovich 65%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 88%
John Warner 55%
Wesley Watkins 72%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 72%
Anthony Weiner 4%
David Weldon 76%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 19%
Robert Wexler 0%
Robert Weygand 11%
Heather Wilson 57%
Robert Wise, Jr. 3%
David Wu 15%
Albert Wynn 0%

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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