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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Consumer Federation of America

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 44%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 44%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 89%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 78%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 44%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 60%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 44%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 44%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 44%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 30%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 56%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 44%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 44%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 44%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 44%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 44%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 44%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 44%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 33%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 44%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 78%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 30%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 44%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 78%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 44%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 44%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 44%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 78%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 78%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 44%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 44%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 89%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 56%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 67%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 56%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 70%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 78%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 56%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 56%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 56%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 44%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 78%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 56%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 56%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 67%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 44%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 22%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 78%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 44%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 78%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 70%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 56%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 22%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 44%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 56%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 89%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 89%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 89%
Richard Armey 44%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 33%
John Baldacci 78%
Cass Ballenger 44%
James Barcia 56%
Robert Barr, Jr. 22%
Evan Bayh 70%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 78%
Douglas Bereuter 56%
Marion Berry 78%
Michael Bilirakis 78%
Rod Blagojevich 89%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 33%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 89%
Rick Boucher 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
John Breaux 60%
Ed Bryant 44%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 20%
Steve Buyer 44%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 33%
Ben Campbell 10%
Chris Cannon 44%
Julia Carson 88%
Mike Castle 67%
Eva Clayton 67%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 70%
Robert Clement 44%
Mac Collins 44%
Larry Combest 33%
Gary Condit 56%
John Cooksey 22%
Christopher Cox 44%
William Coyne 89%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 44%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 22%
Randall Cunningham 56%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 78%
Thomas Davis III 44%
Bill Delahunt 89%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 44%
John Doolittle 33%
Jennifer Dunn 56%
John Edwards 90%
Chet Edwards 88%
Vern Ehlers 78%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Philip English 56%
Bob Etheridge 78%
Lane Evans 89%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 86%
Ernest Fletcher 44%
Mark Foley 56%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 44%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 78%
John Ganske 56%
George Gekas 44%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 67%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Benjamin Gilman 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 44%
Bart Gordon 56%
Porter Goss 56%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 20%
Mark Green 44%
James Greenwood 56%
Judd Gregg 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 56%
Charles Hagel 10%
Tony Hall 67%
James Hansen 44%
Robert Hayes 44%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 78%
Van Hilleary 44%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 78%
David Lee Hobson 67%
Pete Hoekstra 56%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Darlene Hooley 89%
Stephen Horn 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 56%
William Hutchinson 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Henry Hyde 33%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 44%
William Jefferson 78%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 44%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Paul Kanjorski 89%
Sue Kelly 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 89%
Joseph Knollenberg 44%
James Kolbe 33%
John LaFalce 89%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Tom Lantos 89%
Stephen Largent 33%
James Leach 56%
Ron Lewis 44%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 78%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 78%
Frank Mascara 89%
Robert Matsui 89%
Karen McCarthy 78%
James McCrery III 33%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 56%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 89%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 78%
Carrie Meek 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 44%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 86%
Alan Mollohan 56%
Dennis Moore 89%
Constance Morella 67%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Jack Murtha 78%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 56%
Robert William Ney 44%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 44%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 44%
James Nussle 56%
Jim Oberstar 67%
Dave Obey 89%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 78%
Doug Ose 44%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 33%
Donald Payne 89%
John Peterson 33%
David Phelps 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 44%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Deborah Pryce 56%
Jack Quinn 78%
George Radanovich 44%
James Ramstad 78%
Ralph Regula 44%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 78%
Ciro Rodriguez 89%
Timothy Roemer 78%
Marge Roukema 56%
Jim Ryun 33%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 67%
Joe Scarborough 44%
John Shadegg 56%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 44%
Christopher Shays 78%
Donald Sherwood 78%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Norman Sisisky 44%
Joseph Skeen 44%
Ike Skelton 89%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 33%
Bob Smith 20%
Vic Snyder 75%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 44%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
Charles Stenholm 44%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 89%
Robert Stump 33%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sununu 44%
John Sweeney 44%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Tanner 44%
Ellen Tauscher 75%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 22%
Gene Taylor 56%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 22%
Fred Thompson 20%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Robert Torricelli 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 78%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 67%
George Voinovich 30%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 44%
John Warner 20%
Wesley Watkins 44%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 44%
Anthony Weiner 89%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 56%
Gerald Weller 44%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 67%
David Wu 78%
Albert Wynn 67%

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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