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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Consumer Federation of America

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Gary Ackerman 89%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 90%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Armey 20%
John Ashcroft 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
John Baldacci 90%
Cass Ballenger 30%
James Barcia 70%
Robert Barr, Jr. 20%
Bill Barrett 30%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman 10%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 40%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 20%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
Chris Cannon 10%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 60%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 70%
Merrill Cook 30%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 20%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Jay Dickey 20%
Norm Dicks 70%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 80%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Philip English 20%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 40%
Russ Feingold 90%
Mark Foley 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 78%
Robert Franks 40%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elton Gallegly 30%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
George Gekas 30%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 22%
William Goodling 20%
Bart Gordon 60%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 10%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 20%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 20%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 30%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
Rick Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 89%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 30%
Thomas Holden 60%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 70%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 30%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Gerald Kleczka 60%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 30%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 10%
John LaFalce 90%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 20%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 80%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 78%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 10%
James Maloney 70%
Don Manzullo 20%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 70%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 90%
Jack Metcalf 30%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 20%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 89%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Constance Morella 70%
Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Jack Murtha 89%
Sue Myrick 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 20%
Ronald Packard 30%
Ron Paul 20%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 20%
John Peterson 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Owen Pickett 40%
Richard Pombo 20%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
John Edward Porter 40%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 30%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Bob Riley 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
James Rogan 20%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Steve Rothman 80%
Marge Roukema 70%
Jim Ryun 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 10%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 50%
E.G. Shuster 20%
Norman Sisisky 40%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 60%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 30%
Bob Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 70%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bob Stump 20%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sununu 30%
James Talent 20%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 60%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 22%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 20%
Fred Thompson 30%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 10%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 40%
James Turner 50%
Bruce Vento 90%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 30%
John Warner 30%
Wesley Watkins 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 89%
Bob Weygand 70%
Heather Wilson 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 70%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 70%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 70%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 78%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 70%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 70%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 70%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 70%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 60%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%

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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