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Rating Group: Consumer Federation of America

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 29%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 29%
Thomas Allen 67%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 14%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
Henry Scott Baesler 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
John Baldacci 67%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 67%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 83%
Bill Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 57%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 67%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 50%
David Edward Bonior 67%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 50%
John Breaux 71%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 67%
George Brown, Jr. 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29%
Richard Bryan 57%
Ed Bryant 33%
Dale Bumpers 71%
Jim Bunning 50%
Conrad Burns 29%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 50%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 67%
Chris Cannon 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 67%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
John Chafee 43%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 67%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 29%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 43%
Michael Collins 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 43%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 86%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 29%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 33%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 86%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 83%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Jay Dickey 50%
Norm Dicks 83%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 83%
Julian Dixon 83%
Chris Dodd 71%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
David Dreier 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 50%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 67%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 83%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 50%
Thomas Ewing 67%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 83%
Russ Feingold 71%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Wendell Ford 86%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Jon David Fox 67%
Barney Frank 83%
Robert Franks 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
William Frist 29%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Wayne Gilchrest 67%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
John Glenn 71%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
William Goodling 50%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 71%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Rodney Grams 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
James Greenwood 67%
Judd Gregg 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
Tony Hall 67%
Lee Hamilton 83%
James Hansen 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
Jane Harman 83%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 29%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
W.G. Hefner 67%
Jesse Helms 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 50%
Rick Hill 33%
Van Hilleary 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 67%
Maurice Hinchey 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 86%
Darlene Hooley 83%
Stephen Horn 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Asa Hutchinson 50%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 29%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Henry Hyde 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 29%
Daniel Inouye 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 83%
William Jefferson 83%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Christopher John 67%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
Jay Johnson 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 50%
Sue Kelly 67%
Dirk Kempthorne 29%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 71%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 100%
Bob Kerrey 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
Dale Kildee 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 67%
Jay Kim 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Ronald Klink 100%
Scott Klug 67%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 43%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 14%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 67%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
Tom Lantos 83%
Stephen Largent 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 50%
Steve LaTourette 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 86%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 67%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 71%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 67%
Jerry Lewis 67%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 50%
Joe Lieberman 86%
John Linder 50%
William Lipinski 67%
Robert Livingston 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. 29%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 50%
Dick Lugar 29%
William Luther 83%
Connie Mack 29%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Thomas Manton 83%
Don Manzullo 33%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 67%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
James McCrery III 67%
Joseph McDade 50%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 83%
Paul McHale 100%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 50%
David McIntosh 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
Jack Metcalf 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
Dan Miller 50%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 67%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 83%
Alan Mollohan 67%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 57%
Patrick Moynihan 71%
Frank Murkowski 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
Jack Murtha 67%
Sue Myrick 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 67%
Mark Neumann 33%
Robert William Ney 83%
Don Nickles 29%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
James Nussle 50%
Jim Oberstar 83%
Dave Obey 83%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ronald Packard 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Michael Pappas 50%
Mike Parker 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 83%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 67%
Ron Paul 33%
William Paxon 50%
Donald Payne 83%
Edward Pease 50%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
John Peterson 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Owen Pickett 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 50%
Richard Pombo 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
John Edward Porter 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 50%
Glenn Poshard 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 67%
Deborah Pryce 67%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
James Ramstad 67%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
Bill Redmond 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 67%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 86%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Frank Duncan Riggs 50%
Bob Riley 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Charles Robb 71%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 29%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Timothy Roemer 83%
James Rogan 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
William Roth, Jr. 43%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
Jim Ryun 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
Rick Santorum 29%
Paul Sarbanes 86%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 33%
Daniel Schaefer 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
John Shadegg 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 50%
E.G. Shuster 50%
Norman Sisisky 67%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 67%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
Gordon Smith 29%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 50%
Linda Smith 50%
Nick Smith 50%
Robert Smith 50%
Bob Smith 29%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Vic Snyder 67%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 50%
Mark Souder 50%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 67%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 50%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 29%
Louis Stokes 83%
Ted Strickland 83%
Bob Stump 33%
Bart Stupak 67%
John Sununu 50%
James Talent 67%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 83%
William Tauzin 67%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 29%
William Thomas 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
Fred Thompson 43%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 50%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 29%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 67%
Robert Torricelli 71%
Ed Towns 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
James Turner 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 83%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 83%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 29%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 83%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 86%
Robert Wexler 67%
Bob Weygand 83%
Rick White 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
Bob Wise, Jr. 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Albert Wynn 67%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 50%

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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