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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 31%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 23%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 85%
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 69%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 38%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 85%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 85%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 85%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 31%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 77%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 23%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 23%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 15%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 8%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 46%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 15%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 67%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 67%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 38%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 17%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 23%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 54%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 38%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 15%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 77%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 38%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 31%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 15%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 8%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 15%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 85%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 23%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 85%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 67%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 62%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 42%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 62%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 69%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 23%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 31%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 23%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 23%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 77%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 23%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 23%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 85%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 23%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 38%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 62%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 69%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 54%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 69%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 77%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 69%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 23%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 62%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 23%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 31%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 69%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 62%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 46%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 22%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 85%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 31%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 31%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 77%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 85%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 38%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 31%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 85%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 31%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 23%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 77%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 23%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 15%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 54%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 23%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 31%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 8%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 31%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 69%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 31%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 69%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 31%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 23%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 77%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 54%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 17%
Wayne Allard 17%
Thomas Allen 85%
William Archer 23%
Richard Armey 23%
John Ashcroft 17%
Brian Baird 69%
Richard Hugh Baker 15%
John Baldacci 77%
Cass Ballenger 23%
James Barcia 46%
Robert Barr, Jr. 31%
William Barrett 23%
Herbert Bateman 23%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Bennett 17%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 77%
Douglas Bereuter 23%
Marion Berry 23%
Michael Bilirakis 23%
Rod Blagojevich 69%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 15%
Sherwood Boehlert 62%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 46%
David Edward Bonior 69%
Robert Borski, Jr. 67%
Rick Boucher 69%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
John Breaux 33%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Steve Buyer 23%
Robert Byrd 33%
Herbert Callahan 23%
Ben Campbell 50%
Thomas Campbell 69%
Chris Cannon 31%
Julia Carson 83%
Mike Castle 54%
Helen Chenoweth 45%
William Clay, Sr. 85%
Eva Clayton 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 67%
Robert Clement 23%
Mac Collins 8%
Larry Combest 23%
Gary Condit 38%
Merrill Cook 15%
John Cooksey 54%
Paul Coverdell 33%
Christopher Cox 23%
William Coyne 85%
Larry Craig 50%
Robert Cramer 23%
Philip Crane 31%
Barbara Cubin 15%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Patsy Ann Danner 31%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 54%
Thomas Davis III 31%
Bill Delahunt 77%
Thomas DeLay 15%
Peter Deutsch 62%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 23%
Jay Dickey 23%
Julian Dixon 85%
Chris Dodd 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 69%
John Doolittle 38%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Jennifer Dunn 23%
John Edwards 60%
Chet Edwards 62%
Vern Ehlers 31%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 38%
Philip English 38%
Bob Etheridge 38%
Lane Evans 77%
Terry Everett 23%
Thomas Ewing 23%
Russ Feingold 83%
Peter Fitzgerald 20%
Ernest Fletcher 31%
Mark Foley 46%
Michael Patrick Forbes 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Tillie Fowler 23%
Robert Franks 31%
William Frist 17%
Jonas Frost III 67%
John Ganske 23%
Sam Gejdenson 85%
George Gekas 23%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 31%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 46%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 38%
William Goodling 31%
Bart Gordon 23%
Slade Gorton 50%
Porter Goss 31%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Rodney Grams 17%
Mark Green 31%
James Greenwood 69%
Judd Gregg 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 23%
Charles Hagel 17%
Tony Hall 23%
James Hansen 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 31%
Joel Hefley 23%
Jesse Helms 33%
Baron Hill 38%
Rick Hill 23%
Van Hilleary 23%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 69%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 46%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Darlene Hooley 75%
Stephen Horn 46%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Kenny Hulshof 31%
Duncan Hunter 23%
William Hutchinson 23%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Henry Hyde 23%
Jay Inslee 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 23%
William Jefferson 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 23%
Christopher John 23%
Nancy Johnson 46%
Paul Kanjorski 62%
Sue Kelly 38%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 67%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 85%
Gerald Kleczka 69%
Ronald Klink 62%
Joseph Knollenberg 23%
James Kolbe 54%
Steven Kuykendall 46%
John LaFalce 62%
Nicholas Lampson 69%
Tom Lantos 77%
Stephen Largent 23%
Rick Lazio 8%
James Leach 46%
Ron Lewis 23%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 31%
William Lipinski 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 17%
William Luther 62%
Connie Mack 20%
James Maloney 54%
Matthew Martinez 73%
Frank Mascara 31%
Robert Matsui 85%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 23%
James McCrery III 8%
John McHugh 15%
Scott McInnis 25%
David McIntosh 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 85%
Michael McNulty 58%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 85%
Jack Metcalf 23%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
Dan Miller 38%
David Minge 62%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 62%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Dennis Moore 62%
Constance Morella 77%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 50%
Frank Murkowski 17%
Jack Murtha 62%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 31%
Robert William Ney 46%
Don Nickles 33%
Anne Northup 23%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 23%
James Nussle 23%
Jim Oberstar 69%
Dave Obey 62%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 23%
Doug Ose 38%
Major Owens 85%
Michael Oxley 23%
Ronald Packard 17%
Donald Payne 85%
Edward Pease 46%
John Peterson 17%
David Phelps 31%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 15%
Owen Pickett 69%
Richard Pombo 38%
Earl Pomeroy 54%
John Edward Porter 69%
Deborah Pryce 33%
Jack Quinn 23%
George Radanovich 23%
James Ramstad 8%
Ralph Regula 23%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Bob Riley 23%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 92%
Charles Robb 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 38%
James Rogan 23%
William Roth, Jr. 17%
Marge Roukema 15%
Jim Ryun 23%
Martin Olav Sabo 85%
Matthew Salmon 23%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 54%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 31%
Rick Santorum 17%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
H. James Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 45%
John Shadegg 23%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 46%
Donald Sherwood 23%
Ronnie Shows 8%
E.G. Shuster 23%
Norman Sisisky 69%
Joseph Skeen 38%
Ike Skelton 17%
Gordon Smith 17%
Nick Smith 15%
Bob Smith 33%
Vic Snyder 77%
Mark Souder 15%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 23%
John Spratt, Jr. 38%
Charles Stenholm 23%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 69%
Robert Stump 23%
Bart Stupak 62%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 15%
James Talent 15%
Tom Tancredo 23%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 77%
William Tauzin 23%
Charles Taylor 23%
Gene Taylor 8%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 30%
Fred Thompson 17%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 17%
Todd Tiahrt 31%
Robert Torricelli 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 31%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 67%
James Turner 15%
Bruce Vento 77%
George Voinovich 40%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 31%
John Warner 33%
Wesley Watkins 23%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 23%
Anthony Weiner 64%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 8%
Gerald Weller 31%
Paul Wellstone 83%
Robert Wexler 77%
Robert Weygand 69%
Heather Wilson 38%
Robert Wise, Jr. 67%
David Wu 75%
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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