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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 33%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 22%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 44%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 22%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 77%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 12%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 87%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 11%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 22%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 66%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 55%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 77%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 77%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 11%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 11%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 66%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 22%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 88%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 11%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 88%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 77%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 25%
George Allen 25%
Thomas Allen 88%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 66%
Brian Baird 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 77%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 44%
Evan Bayh 50%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 77%
Douglas Bereuter 22%
Shelley Berkley 66%
Howard Berman 88%
Marion Berry 44%
Judy Biggert 55%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Rod Blagojevich 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 55%
Kit Bond 50%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 88%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 66%
Leonard Boswell 77%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
John Breaux 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 25%
Conrad Burns 50%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 0%
Jean Carnahan 25%
Brad Carson 77%
Julia Carson 88%
Mike Castle 44%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Robert Clement 44%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Michael Collins 11%
Larry Combest 11%
Gary Condit 66%
Kent Conrad 25%
John Cooksey 0%
Jon Corzine 50%
Jerry Costello 44%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 25%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 66%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 85%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 66%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 88%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 25%
David Dreier 22%
Jennifer Dunn 11%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 77%
Vern Ehlers 22%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 12%
Jo Ann Emerson 22%
Philip English 22%
John Ensign 25%
Bob Etheridge 77%
Lane Evans 87%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 75%
Michael Ferguson 11%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
Ernest Fletcher 11%
Mark Foley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 77%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 25%
Jonas Frost III 66%
Elton Gallegly 11%
John Ganske 22%
George Gekas 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Paul Gillmor 11%
Benjamin Gilman 44%
Charlie Gonzalez 87%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 55%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 25%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 55%
Judd Gregg 25%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 33%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 77%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Baron Hill 87%
Van Hilleary 11%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 88%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Thomas Holden 44%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 87%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 25%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 25%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 87%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 44%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Tim Johnson 22%
Paul Kanjorski 55%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 66%
Jon Kyl 25%
John LaFalce 55%
Ray LaHood 11%
Nicholas Lampson 77%
Tom Lantos 75%
Steve LaTourette 11%
James Leach 62%
Jerry Lewis 11%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 12%
Trent Lott, Sr. 25%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 75%
James Maloney 77%
Don Manzullo 22%
Frank Mascara 44%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
James McCrery III 11%
John McHugh 11%
Scott McInnis 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 66%
Martin Meehan 88%
Carrie Meek 87%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 77%
Dan Miller 22%
Zell Bryan Miller 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 88%
Constance Morella 66%
Frank Murkowski 25%
Jack Murtha 55%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 11%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 25%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 11%
Jim Oberstar 77%
Dave Obey 77%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 44%
Thomas William Osborne 22%
Doug Ose 33%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 66%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 11%
David Phelps 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 11%
Todd Platts 22%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 66%
Deborah Pryce 22%
Jack Quinn 11%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 33%
Ralph Regula 11%
Denny Rehberg 25%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 55%
Mike Ross 66%
Steve Rothman 66%
Marge Roukema 33%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Rick Santorum 25%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 11%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 11%
Christopher Shays 66%
Donald Sherwood 11%
Ronnie Shows 33%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 44%
Joseph Skeen 11%
Ike Skelton 22%
Gordon Smith 50%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 25%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 87%
Hilda Solis 88%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 66%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 33%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 77%
Bob Stump 11%
Bart Stupak 55%
John Sununu 11%
John Sweeney 22%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 50%
William Thomas 33%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 77%
Strom Thurmond 25%
Todd Tiahrt 11%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Ed Towns 75%
James Traficant, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 66%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 11%
John Warner 25%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 11%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 50%
Robert Wexler 77%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 88%
Albert Wynn 77%

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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