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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Americans for Immigration Control

1996 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 85%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 12%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 45%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 24%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 12%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 24%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 76%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 48%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 76%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 76%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 76%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 12%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 12%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 15%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 15%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 76%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 64%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 36%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 15%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 36%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 88%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 64%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 24%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 76%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 24%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 24%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 24%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 76%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 24%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 48%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 24%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 12%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 48%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 88%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 12%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 36%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 76%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 48%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 15%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 30%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 12%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 24%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 48%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 48%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 48%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 88%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 24%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 64%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 64%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 64%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 48%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 48%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 24%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 24%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 24%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 12%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 48%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 76%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 30%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 36%
William Archer 88%
Richard Armey 24%
John Ashcroft 15%
Henry Scott Baesler 24%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
John Baldacci 24%
Cass Ballenger 64%
James Barcia 24%
Robert Barr, Jr. 88%
William Barrett 76%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 15%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 24%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Michael Bilirakis 88%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 88%
Sherwood Boehlert 36%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 24%
David Edward Bonior 12%
Sonny Bono 88%
Robert Borski, Jr. 12%
Rick Boucher 12%
Carol Moseley Braun 0%
John Breaux 30%
George Brown, Jr. 24%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 88%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 76%
Conrad Burns 70%
Steve Buyer 88%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 76%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 12%
Mike Castle 100%
John Chafee 30%
Helen Chenoweth 64%
Jon Lynn Christensen 36%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 24%
Robert Clement 100%
Mac Collins 76%
Larry Combest 76%
Gary Condit 36%
Paul Coverdell 15%
Christopher Cox 76%
William Coyne 24%
Larry Craig 15%
Robert Cramer 36%
Philip Crane 36%
Barbara Cubin 76%
Randall Cunningham 88%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 48%
Thomas Daschle 15%
Thomas Davis III 24%
Thomas DeLay 76%
Ronald Dellums 12%
Peter Deutsch 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 12%
Jay Dickey 76%
Julian Dixon 24%
Chris Dodd 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 64%
Byron Dorgan 15%
Jennifer Dunn 24%
Chet Edwards 24%
Vern Ehlers 64%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Philip English 24%
John Ensign 36%
Lane Evans 12%
Terry Everett 76%
Thomas Ewing 88%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 85%
Harris Fawell 88%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
Floyd Flake 12%
Thomas Foglietta 12%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 24%
Wendell Ford 0%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Jon David Fox 36%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 24%
Elizabeth Furse 12%
John Ganske 88%
Sam Gejdenson 24%
George Gekas 76%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 24%
Wayne Gilchrest 88%
Paul Gillmor 88%
Benjamin Gilman 12%
John Glenn 45%
Henry Gonzalez 12%
William Goodling 36%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 30%
Porter Goss 88%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 15%
Rodney Grams 15%
James Greenwood 76%
Judd Gregg 45%
Gilbert Gutknecht 88%
Tony Hall 36%
Lee Hamilton 24%
James Hansen 36%
Jane Harman 36%
J. Dennis Hastert 76%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 36%
Joel Hefley 88%
W.G. Hefner 24%
Jesse Helms 30%
Van Hilleary 76%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
David Lee Hobson 76%
Pete Hoekstra 48%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Stephen Horn 88%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 24%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 76%
Henry Hyde 88%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 64%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 12%
James Merrill Jeffords 70%
Nancy Johnson 12%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
Sue Kelly 36%
Dirk Kempthorne 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 15%
Joseph Kennedy II 12%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 12%
Bob Kerrey 30%
Jay Kim 48%
Gerald Kleczka 24%
Ronald Klink 48%
Scott Klug 36%
Joseph Knollenberg 36%
James Kolbe 76%
John LaFalce 12%
Tom Lantos 24%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 12%
James Leach 64%
Ron Lewis 76%
John Linder 36%
William Lipinski 76%
Robert Livingston 36%
Trent Lott, Sr. 55%
William Luther 24%
Connie Mack 0%
Thomas Manton 24%
Matthew Martinez 24%
Frank Mascara 48%
Robert Matsui 24%
Karen McCarthy 12%
Bill McCollum 88%
James McCrery III 76%
Joseph McDade 64%
Paul McHale 36%
John McHugh 36%
Scott McInnis 36%
David McIntosh 36%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 24%
Michael McNulty 24%
Martin Meehan 12%
Carrie Meek 12%
Jack Metcalf 76%
Dan Miller 24%
David Minge 76%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 24%
Susan Molinari 76%
Alan Mollohan 24%
Constance Morella 0%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 15%
Frank Murkowski 45%
Jack Murtha 48%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 76%
Mark Neumann 76%
Robert William Ney 88%
Don Nickles 15%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 88%
James Nussle 64%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 76%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 12%
Major Owens 12%
Michael Oxley 76%
Ronald Packard 88%
Paul Michael Parker 76%
William Paxon 36%
Donald Payne 12%
Owen Pickett 64%
Richard Pombo 64%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
Glenn Poshard 36%
Deborah Pryce 36%
Jack Quinn 12%
James Ramstad 88%
Ralph Regula 48%
Frank Duncan Riggs 88%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Charles Robb 15%
Timothy Roemer 36%
William Roth, Jr. 85%
Marge Roukema 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 24%
Matthew Salmon 88%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 24%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
H. James Saxton 88%
Joe Scarborough 88%
Daniel Schaefer 76%
Steven Schiff 24%
John Shadegg 76%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 88%
Christopher Shays 100%
E.G. Shuster 76%
Norman Sisisky 76%
David Skaggs 52%
Joseph Skeen 76%
Ike Skelton 24%
Linda Smith 64%
Nick Smith 24%
Bob Smith 15%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 76%
Mark Souder 24%
Arlen Specter 30%
Floyd Spence 76%
John Spratt, Jr. 24%
Charles Stenholm 88%
Ted Stevens 45%
Robert Stump 76%
Bart Stupak 36%
James Talent 76%
John Tanner 76%
William Tauzin 88%
Charles Taylor 76%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 85%
William Thomas 24%
Fred Thompson 30%
Karen Thurman 24%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Todd Tiahrt 36%
Esteban Edward Torres 12%
Robert Torricelli 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Bruce Vento 36%
James Walsh 36%
Zach Wamp 88%
John Warner 15%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 76%
David Weldon 36%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 76%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Rick White 12%
Robert Wise, Jr. 12%
Albert Wynn 12%
Sidney Yates 12%

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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