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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Consumer Federation of America

1998 Positions

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