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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Restaurant Association

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
Brian Baird 17%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 43%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 17%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 14%
Chris Cannon 75%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
Julia Carson 8%
Edward Case 33%
Mike Castle 92%
Ben Chandler III 40%
Chris Chocola 100%
Hillary Clinton 29%
Norm Coleman 100%
Kent Conrad 29%
Jon Corzine 14%
Jerry Costello 25%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 75%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Artur Davis 33%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 58%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 14%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 83%
Byron Dorgan 14%
David Dreier 92%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 83%
Philip English 83%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 100%
Tom Feeney 92%
Russ Feingold 43%
Michael Ferguson 83%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 42%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 92%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Jim Gibbons 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 42%
Mark Green 100%
Judd Gregg 86%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Jane Harman 25%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 0%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 42%
Darlene Hooley 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Henry Hyde 92%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 17%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Tim Johnson 75%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Dale Kildee 17%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 33%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 83%
Tom Lantos 17%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 50%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
Jim Marshall 42%
Robert Matsui 8%
Thaddeus McCotter 83%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 67%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 8%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Brad Miller 17%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 33%
Jack Murtha 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 92%
Ben Nelson 71%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 8%
Thomas William Osborne 92%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 92%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
George Radanovich 92%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Mike Ross 33%
Steve Rothman 17%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
Jim Saxton 75%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 92%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 92%
Ike Skelton 42%
Gordon Smith 86%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Vic Snyder 25%
Hilda Solis 8%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 57%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 86%
Ted Strickland 17%
Bart Stupak 17%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 86%
John Sweeney 75%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 17%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 92%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 17%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 8%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 25%
Albert Wynn 42%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 33%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 17%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 17%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 29%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 14%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 29%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 17%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 17%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 29%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 14%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 29%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 58%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 29%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 43%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 83%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 58%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 75%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 71%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83%

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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