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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Consumer Federation of America

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 60%
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 75%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 92%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 75%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 67%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 58%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 58%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 73%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 8%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 83%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 8%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 8%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 8%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 83%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 17%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 58%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 17%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 58%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 67%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 67%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 58%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 17%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 58%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 75%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 58%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 63%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 58%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 67%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 58%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 70%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 73%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 36%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 8%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 8%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 42%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 63%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 17%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 42%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 17%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 75%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 92%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 58%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 8%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 58%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 92%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 8%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 8%
Wayne Allard 8%
Thomas Allen 67%
William Archer 8%
Richard Armey 8%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 67%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 8%
William Barrett 25%
Herbert Bateman 17%
Evan Bayh 67%
Bob Bennett 8%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 58%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Marion Berry 50%
Michael Bilirakis 8%
Rod Blagojevich 75%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 42%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 83%
Robert Borski, Jr. 67%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
John Breaux 75%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 8%
Steve Buyer 8%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 8%
Ben Campbell 17%
Thomas Campbell 42%
Chris Cannon 8%
Julia Carson 73%
Mike Castle 25%
Helen Chenoweth 25%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 67%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 58%
Robert Clement 50%
Mac Collins 8%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 58%
Merrill Cook 17%
John Cooksey 8%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 8%
William Coyne 75%
Larry Craig 8%
Robert Cramer 17%
Philip Crane 8%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Thomas Daschle 75%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Bill Delahunt 92%
Thomas DeLay 8%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 8%
Julian Dixon 92%
Chris Dodd 58%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
Calvin Dooley 42%
John Doolittle 8%
Byron Dorgan 83%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 75%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 8%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 0%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Lane Evans 92%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 8%
Russ Feingold 92%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 8%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Robert Franks 25%
William Frist 8%
Jonas Frost III 50%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 75%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Paul Gillmor 8%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 8%
Bart Gordon 33%
Slade Gorton 8%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 8%
Rodney Grams 8%
Mark Green 8%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 8%
Gilbert Gutknecht 8%
Charles Hagel 8%
Tony Hall 73%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 25%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 50%
Rick Hill 8%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 58%
David Lee Hobson 8%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 70%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Stephen Horn 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 8%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Kenny Hulshof 8%
Duncan Hunter 8%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 8%
Henry Hyde 25%
Jay Inslee 58%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 58%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Christopher John 25%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Sue Kelly 17%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
Patrick Kennedy 58%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Ronald Klink 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 17%
Steven Kuykendall 17%
John LaFalce 75%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Tom Lantos 75%
Stephen Largent 9%
Rick Lazio 17%
James Leach 50%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 75%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 25%
Matthew Martinez 67%
Frank Mascara 58%
Robert Matsui 75%
Karen McCarthy 58%
Bill McCollum 8%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 8%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 91%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 75%
Carrie Meek 83%
Jack Metcalf 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 67%
Dan Miller 8%
David Minge 64%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 67%
John Moakley 67%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 58%
Constance Morella 50%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 67%
Frank Murkowski 8%
Jack Murtha 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 8%
Don Nickles 17%
Anne Northup 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Doug Ose 25%
Major Owens 75%
Michael Oxley 8%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 83%
Edward Pease 0%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 25%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
John Edward Porter 33%
Deborah Pryce 8%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 25%
Ralph Regula 8%
Thomas Reynolds 8%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 67%
Charles Robb 42%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Timothy Roemer 42%
James Rogan 25%
William Roth, Jr. 8%
Marge Roukema 25%
Jim Ryun 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Matthew Salmon 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 25%
Rick Santorum 8%
Paul Sarbanes 83%
H. James Saxton 17%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Christopher Shays 33%
Donald Sherwood 8%
Ronnie Shows 42%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 33%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 42%
Gordon Smith 8%
Nick Smith 8%
Bob Smith 8%
Vic Snyder 58%
Mark Souder 8%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 8%
John Spratt, Jr. 58%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Stevens 8%
Ted Strickland 42%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 17%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 8%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 58%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 58%
Craig Thomas 8%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 17%
Karen Thurman 67%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
James Turner 42%
Bruce Vento 83%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 8%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 83%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 8%
Paul Wellstone 92%
Robert Wexler 67%
Robert Weygand 58%
Heather Wilson 17%
Robert Wise, Jr. 42%
David Wu 67%
Albert Wynn 60%

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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