Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union
1996 Positions
Issues:
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 21% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 12% |
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 18% |
| AZ | U.S. House-5 | Matthew Salmon | R | 12% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 69% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 35% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 59% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 79% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 93% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 73% |
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 94% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 7% |
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 94% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 12% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 6% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 93% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 69% |
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 75% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 12% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 87% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 33% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | Other | 6% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 12% |
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 94% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 0% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 94% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 17% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 39% |
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 6% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 19% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 69% |
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 87% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 75% |
| IN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Daniel Coats | R | 18% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 69% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 13% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 20% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 22% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 6% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 47% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 88% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 39% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 62% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 56% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 44% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 12% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 12% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 69% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 69% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 38% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 11% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 80% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 33% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 39% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 47% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 6% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 12% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 6% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 93% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 64% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 53% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 19% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 12% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 62% |
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 25% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 22% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 62% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 25% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-10 | Jerry Nadler | D | 93% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 94% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 69% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 88% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 88% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Jr | Rob Portman | R | 6% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 13% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 6% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 67% |
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | R | 6% |
| OH | State Senate-28 | Thomas Sawyer | D | 62% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 17% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 24% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Thomas Coburn | R | 13% |
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 12% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 42% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 75% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 81% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 94% |
| PA | U.S. House-14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | D | 50% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 75% |
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 12% |
| SC | U.S. House-1 | Mark Sanford, Jr. | R | 25% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 75% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 27% |
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 20% |
| TX | U.S. House-3 | Sam Johnson | R | 19% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 19% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 6% |
| TX | U.S. House-13 | Mac Thornberry | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 93% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 7% |
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 67% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 75% |
| TX | U.S. House-35 | Lloyd Doggett | D | 81% |
| TX | U.S. House-36 | Steve Stockman | R | 17% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 17% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 81% |
| VA | U.S. House-6 | Bob Goodlatte | R | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 56% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 12% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 59% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 59% |
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 12% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 19% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 31% |
| WI | Mayor-At-Large | Tom Barrett | D | 69% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 28% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 69% |
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | Other | 17% | ||
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 69% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 44% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 12% | ||
| Bill Archer | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Armey | Other | 0% | ||
| John Ashcroft | Other | 22% | ||
| Henry Scott Baesler | Other | 38% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 0% | ||
| William Baker | Other | 17% | ||
| John Baldacci | Other | 56% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 0% | ||
| James Barcia | Other | 50% | ||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Bill Barrett | Other | 0% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 19% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 12% | ||
| Herbert Bateman | Other | 7% | ||
| Anthony Beilenson | Other | 92% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 24% | ||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 6% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 77% | ||
| Tom Bevill | Other | 25% | ||
| Brian Bilbray | Other | 12% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 0% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 44% | ||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Blute | Other | 17% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 27% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 11% | ||
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 25% | ||
| David Edward Bonior | Other | 81% | ||
| Sonny Bono | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | Other | 56% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 71% | ||
| Bill Bradley | Other | 83% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 17% | ||
| George Brown, Jr. | Other | 88% | ||
| Hank Brown | Other | 8% | ||
| Richard Bryan | Other | 35% | ||
| Ed Bryant | Other | 6% | ||
| John Bryant | Other | 83% | ||
| Dale Bumpers | Other | 50% | ||
| Jim Bunn | Other | 8% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 12% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 22% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 6% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 6% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 33% | ||
| Herbert Callahan | Other | 7% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 18% | ||
| Thomas Campbell | Other | 25% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 12% | ||
| John Chafee | Other | 50% | ||
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | Other | 20% | ||
| Jon Lynn Christensen | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Chrysler | Other | 9% | ||
| William Clay, Sr. | Other | 92% | ||
| Eva Clayton | Other | 75% | ||
| Robert Clement | Other | 40% | ||
| William Cohen | Other | 58% | ||
| Ronald Coleman | Other | 83% | ||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | Other | 90% | ||
| Cardiss Collins | Other | 92% | ||
| Michael Collins | Other | 12% | ||
| Larry Combest | Other | 6% | ||
| Gary Condit | Other | 33% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 35% | ||
| Wes Cooley | Other | 8% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 50% | ||
| Paul Coverdell | Other | 22% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 0% | ||
| William Coyne | Other | 94% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 22% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 19% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 12% | ||
| Frank Arnold Cremeans | Other | 8% | ||
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 12% | ||
| Randall Cunningham | Other | 6% | ||
| Alfonse D'Amato | Other | 17% | ||
| Patsy Ann Danner | Other | 31% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 44% | ||
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 12% | ||
| E. Kika de la Garza | Other | 40% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 0% | ||
| Ronald Dellums | Other | 100% | ||
| Peter Deutsch | Other | 44% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 31% | ||
| Jay Dickey | Other | 7% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 69% | ||
| Julian Dixon | Other | 81% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 39% | ||
| Robert Dole | Other | 0% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 13% | ||
| Calvin Dooley | Other | 40% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 25% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 44% | ||
| Robert Dornan | Other | 8% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 0% | ||
| Jennifer Dunn | Other | 0% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 50% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 25% | ||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Bill Emerson | Other | 8% | ||
| Philip English | Other | 19% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 40% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 94% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 6% | ||
| Thomas Ewing | Other | 12% | ||
| Jim Exon | Other | 33% | ||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | Other | 29% | ||
| Harris Fawell | Other | 6% | ||
| Victor Fazio | Other | 69% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 82% | ||
| Cleo Fields | Other | 78% | ||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | Other | 8% | ||
| Floyd Flake | Other | 81% | ||
| Michael Patrick Flanagan | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Foglietta | Other | 88% | ||
| Mark Foley | Other | 6% | ||
| Michael Patrick Forbes | Other | 13% | ||
| Wendell Ford | Other | 17% | ||
| Tillie Fowler | Other | 13% | ||
| Jon David Fox | Other | 6% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 88% | ||
| Gary Franks | Other | 42% | ||
| Robert Franks | Other | 27% | ||
| Dan Frisa | Other | 8% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 17% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 44% | ||
| David Funderburk | Other | 0% | ||
| Elizabeth Furse | Other | 67% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 0% | ||
| John Ganske | Other | 6% | ||
| Sam Gejdenson | Other | 88% | ||
| George Gekas | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | Other | 47% | ||
| Pete Geren | Other | 27% | ||
| Sam Gibbons | Other | 83% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 6% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 12% | ||
| Benjamin Gilman | Other | 19% | ||
| Newt Gingrich | Other | 0% | ||
| John Glenn | Other | 50% | ||
| Henry Gonzalez | Other | 75% | ||
| William Goodling | Other | 12% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 38% | ||
| Slade Gorton | Other | 11% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 39% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 20% | ||
| Rodney Grams | Other | 22% | ||
| Enid Greene | Other | 8% | ||
| James Greenwood | Other | 13% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 17% | ||
| Steven Gunderson | Other | 25% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 6% | ||
| Tony Hall | Other | 79% | ||
| Lee Hamilton | Other | 25% | ||
| Melton Hancock | Other | 8% | ||
| James Hansen | Other | 6% | ||
| Jane Harman | Other | 47% | ||
| J. Dennis Hastert | Other | 0% | ||
| Mark Hatfield | Other | 45% | ||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | Other | 12% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 6% | ||
| W.G. Hefner | Other | 44% | ||
| Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman | Other | 8% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 18% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 7% | ||
| Van Hilleary | Other | 19% | ||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | Other | 80% | ||
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 94% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 0% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 25% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 31% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 29% | ||
| Stephen Horn | Other | 20% | ||
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 7% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 13% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 0% | ||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | Other | 6% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 12% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 0% | ||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | Other | 12% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 35% | ||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | Other | 6% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 93% | ||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | Other | 42% | ||
| William Jefferson | Other | 81% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 33% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 6% | ||
| Harry Johnston | Other | 82% | ||
| J. Bennett Johnston | Other | 42% | ||
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 50% | ||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Other | 58% | ||
| Sue Kelly | Other | 6% | ||
| Dirk Kempthorne | Other | 22% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Joseph Kennedy II | Other | 69% | ||
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 81% | ||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | Other | 56% | ||
| Bob Kerrey | Other | 47% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 50% | ||
| Jay Kim | Other | 6% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 56% | ||
| Ronald Klink | Other | 62% | ||
| Scott Klug | Other | 25% | ||
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 0% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 35% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 19% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 12% | ||
| John LaFalce | Other | 80% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 12% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 69% | ||
| Stephen Largent | Other | 12% | ||
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 6% | ||
| Greg Laughlin | Other | 25% | ||
| Rick Lazio | Other | 6% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 19% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 12% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 19% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 28% | ||
| Jim Lightfoot | Other | 8% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 42% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 6% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 25% | ||
| Robert Livingston | Other | 0% | ||
| James Longley, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 17% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 17% | ||
| William Luther | Other | 62% | ||
| Connie Mack | Other | 31% | ||
| Thomas Manton | Other | 38% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 12% | ||
| Matthew Martinez | Other | 81% | ||
| Bill Martini | Other | 17% | ||
| Frank Mascara | Other | 31% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 94% | ||
| Karen McCarthy | Other | 75% | ||
| Bill McCollum | Other | 6% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 0% | ||
| Joseph McDade | Other | 18% | ||
| Paul McHale | Other | 44% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 19% | ||
| Scott McInnis | Other | 19% | ||
| David McIntosh | Other | 20% | ||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | Other | 80% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 40% | ||
| Martin Meehan | Other | 80% | ||
| Carrie Meek | Other | 87% | ||
| Jack Metcalf | Other | 6% | ||
| Jan Meyers | Other | 36% | ||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Other | 75% | ||
| Dan Miller | Other | 6% | ||
| David Minge | Other | 69% | ||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | Other | 94% | ||
| John Moakley | Other | 67% | ||
| Susan Molinari | Other | 0% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 62% | ||
| G.V. Montgomery | Other | 8% | ||
| Carlos Moorhead | Other | 8% | ||
| Constance Morella | Other | 56% | ||
| Carol Moseley Braun | Other | 78% | ||
| Patrick Moynihan | Other | 53% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 6% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 56% | ||
| John Myers | Other | 8% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 6% | ||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | Other | 19% | ||
| Mark Neumann | Other | 25% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 12% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 22% | ||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 6% | ||
| Sam Nunn | Other | 58% | ||
| James Nussle | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 88% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 67% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 94% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 53% | ||
| Bill Orton | Other | 33% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 7% | ||
| Mike Parker | Other | 0% | ||
| William Paxon | Other | 6% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 94% | ||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | Other | 42% | ||
| Claiborne Pell | Other | 83% | ||
| Pete Peterson | Other | 58% | ||
| Owen Pickett | Other | 38% | ||
| Richard Pombo | Other | 19% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 44% | ||
| John Edward Porter | Other | 7% | ||
| Glenn Poshard | Other | 56% | ||
| Larry Pressler | Other | 8% | ||
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 6% | ||
| David Pryor | Other | 60% | ||
| Jack Quinn | Other | 19% | ||
| George Radanovich | Other | 7% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 12% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 6% | ||
| Bill Richardson | Other | 62% | ||
| Frank Duncan Riggs | Other | 0% | ||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | Other | 81% | ||
| Charles Robb | Other | 39% | ||
| Timothy Roemer | Other | 44% | ||
| Charles Rose III | Other | 58% | ||
| Toby Roth | Other | 0% | ||
| William Roth, Jr. | Other | 6% | ||
| Marge Roukema | Other | 38% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 94% | ||
| Rick Santorum | Other | 17% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 44% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 6% | ||
| Joe Scarborough | Other | 27% | ||
| Daniel Schaefer | Other | 0% | ||
| Steven Schiff | Other | 13% | ||
| Patricia Schroeder | Other | 92% | ||
| Andrea Seastrand | Other | 8% | ||
| John Shadegg | Other | 12% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 25% | ||
| E.G. Shuster | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Simon | Other | 100% | ||
| Alan Simpson | Other | 58% | ||
| Norman Sisisky | Other | 25% | ||
| David Skaggs | Other | 94% | ||
| Joseph Skeen | Other | 12% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 31% | ||
| Linda Smith | Other | 27% | ||
| Nick Smith | Other | 7% | ||
| Bob Smith | Other | 28% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 22% | ||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | Other | 7% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 25% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 33% | ||
| Floyd Spence | Other | 7% | ||
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 33% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 6% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 31% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 11% | ||
| Louis Stokes | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerry Studds | Other | 91% | ||
| Bob Stump | Other | 6% | ||
| Bart Stupak | Other | 62% | ||
| James Talent | Other | 0% | ||
| John Tanner | Other | 40% | ||
| Randy Tate | Other | 8% | ||
| William Tauzin | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 7% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 12% | ||
| Frank Tejeda | Other | 36% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 28% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 6% | ||
| Fred Thompson | Other | 11% | ||
| Ray Thornton | Other | 67% | ||
| Karen Thurman | Other | 53% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 17% | ||
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 12% | ||
| Peter Torkildsen | Other | 50% | ||
| Esteban Edward Torres | Other | 88% | ||
| Robert Torricelli | Other | 56% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 93% | ||
| James Traficant, Jr. | Other | 31% | ||
| Bruce Vento | Other | 88% | ||
| Harold Volkmer | Other | 27% | ||
| Barbara Vucanovich | Other | 8% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 25% | ||
| Zach Wamp | Other | 19% | ||
| Michael Ward | Other | 82% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 22% | ||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | Other | 20% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 0% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 8% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Wellstone | Other | 56% | ||
| Rick White | Other | 19% | ||
| Pat Williams | Other | 90% | ||
| Charles Wilson | Other | 64% | ||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | Other | 62% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 88% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 81% | ||
| Sidney Yates | Other | 94% | ||
| Bill Zeliff | Other | 25% | ||
| Richard Zimmer | Other | 33% |
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.