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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Immigration Control

1997 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 66%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 66%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 66%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 66%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 66%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 66%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 66%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 66%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 66%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 66%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 66%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 66%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 66%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 66%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
Bill Archer 66%
Richard Armey 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 66%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 66%
Charlie Bass 100%
Herbert Bateman 66%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 0%
Brian Bilbray 66%
Michael Bilirakis 66%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 66%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 33%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Thomas Campbell 66%
Chris Cannon 66%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 33%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Robert Clement 33%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 50%
Merrill Cook 33%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Christopher Cox 66%
William Coyne 0%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Randall Cunningham 66%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
James Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 33%
Julian Dixon 0%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 50%
David Dreier 66%
Jennifer Dunn 66%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 33%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 50%
Mark Foley 66%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 66%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 66%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elton Gallegly 66%
John Ganske 100%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 66%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 66%
Bart Gordon 33%
Porter Goss 50%
James Greenwood 66%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 33%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 66%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 66%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 66%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Thomas Holden 33%
Darlene Hooley 0%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 66%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 33%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Ronald Klink 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 33%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 33%
John LaFalce 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 33%
Stephen Largent 100%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Rick Lazio 33%
James Leach 33%
Jerry Lewis 66%
Ron Lewis 66%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 0%
William Luther 33%
James Maloney 33%
Don Manzullo 66%
Matthew Martinez 0%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 33%
Bill McCollum 66%
James McCrery III 33%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 33%
David McIntosh 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 33%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 33%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Constance Morella 33%
Jack Murtha 0%
Sue Myrick 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 66%
Anne Northup 66%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 66%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Major Owens 33%
Michael Oxley 33%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 33%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 66%
John Peterson 66%
David Phelps 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 33%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
John Edward Porter 66%
Deborah Pryce 66%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 66%
James Ramstad 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 66%
James Rogan 66%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 66%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 66%
Christopher Shays 33%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 33%
Joseph Skeen 66%
Ike Skelton 33%
Nick Smith 66%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 33%
Floyd Spence 66%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 66%
Charles Stenholm 33%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob Stump 66%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 33%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 100%
William Thomas 33%
Karen Thurman 33%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 66%
James Turner 33%
Bruce Vento 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 66%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 66%
Gerald Weller 33%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
Albert Wynn 0%

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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