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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Public Citizen's Congress Watch

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 27%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 45%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 12%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 55%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 9%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 73%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 88%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 73%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 36%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 36%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 36%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 55%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 45%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 36%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 36%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 64%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 18%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 12%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 64%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 55%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 9%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 64%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 12%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 27%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 9%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 55%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 55%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 45%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 73%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 64%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 45%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 36%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 9%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 62%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 36%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 82%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 36%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 73%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 73%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 55%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 18%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 73%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 55%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 82%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 45%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 45%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 64%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 73%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 45%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 45%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 62%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 62%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 45%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 55%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 12%
Gary Ackerman 45%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 75%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 64%
Bill Archer 18%
Richard Armey 45%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 36%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 55%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 64%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 45%
Charlie Bass 64%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 27%
Douglas Bereuter 9%
Howard Berman 45%
Marion Berry 18%
Brian Bilbray 36%
Michael Bilirakis 27%
Jeff Bingaman 88%
Rod Blagojevich 82%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 27%
Kit Bond 12%
Henry Bonilla 9%
David Edward Bonior 55%
Robert Borski, Jr. 64%
Leonard Boswell 64%
Rick Boucher 27%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 18%
John Breaux 50%
George Brown, Jr. 45%
Richard Bryan 62%
Ed Bryant 27%
Dale Bumpers 75%
Jim Bunning 27%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 36%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 88%
Herbert Callahan 18%
Ben Campbell 12%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Chris Cannon 36%
Julia Carson 82%
Mike Castle 55%
John Chafee 38%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 36%
Jon Lynn Christensen 27%
William Clay, Sr. 45%
Eva Clayton 36%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Robert Clement 9%
Michael Collins 45%
Larry Combest 9%
Gary Condit 82%
Kent Conrad 75%
Merrill Cook 45%
John Cooksey 27%
Jerry Costello 55%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 55%
William Coyne 73%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 18%
Philip Crane 27%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 36%
Alfonse D'Amato 25%
Patsy Ann Danner 36%
Thomas Daschle 62%
James Davis 36%
Thomas Davis III 9%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Thomas DeLay 9%
Ronald Dellums 91%
Peter Deutsch 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 36%
Jay Dickey 36%
Norm Dicks 0%
Julian Dixon 27%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 27%
Byron Dorgan 75%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
Chet Edwards 18%
Vern Ehlers 45%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 18%
Philip English 27%
John Ensign 82%
Bob Etheridge 27%
Lane Evans 64%
Terry Everett 18%
Thomas Ewing 9%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 45%
Victor Fazio 18%
Russ Feingold 75%
Mark Foley 45%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 36%
Wendell Ford 50%
Tillie Fowler 55%
Jon David Fox 45%
Barney Frank 73%
Robert Franks 82%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 18%
Elizabeth Furse 73%
Elton Gallegly 27%
John Ganske 64%
Sam Gejdenson 82%
George Gekas 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 55%
Jim Gibbons 64%
Wayne Gilchrest 18%
Paul Gillmor 45%
Benjamin Gilman 27%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 88%
Henry Gonzalez 9%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
William Goodling 55%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 12%
Porter Goss 45%
Daniel Graham 62%
William Phillip Gramm 12%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 27%
Judd Gregg 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 64%
Tony Hall 45%
Lee Hamilton 9%
James Hansen 27%
Jane Harman 64%
J. Dennis Hastert 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 55%
Joel Hefley 73%
W.G. Hefner 36%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Rick Hill 18%
Van Hilleary 45%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
David Lee Hobson 45%
Pete Hoekstra 55%
Thomas Holden 36%
Ernest Hollings 38%
Darlene Hooley 64%
Stephen Horn 64%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 36%
Duncan Hunter 45%
Asa Hutchinson 45%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 12%
Kay Hutchison 38%
Henry Hyde 18%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 55%
Daniel Inouye 62%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 36%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 73%
William Jefferson 18%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 18%
Christopher John 18%
Jay Johnson 36%
Nancy Johnson 18%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Sue Kelly 55%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
Joseph Kennedy II 82%
Patrick Kennedy 91%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 36%
Bob Kerrey 62%
Dale Kildee 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 45%
Jay Kim 9%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Ronald Klink 45%
Scott Klug 73%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 9%
Dennis Kucinich 82%
Jon Kyl 12%
John LaFalce 55%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 45%
Tom Lantos 73%
Stephen Largent 27%
Steve LaTourette 18%
Frank Lautenberg 75%
Rick Lazio 27%
James Leach 36%
Jerry Lewis 18%
Ron Lewis 27%
Joe Lieberman 62%
John Linder 27%
William Lipinski 64%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 25%
William Luther 73%
Connie Mack 25%
James Maloney 64%
Thomas Manton 18%
Don Manzullo 27%
Matthew Martinez 36%
Frank Mascara 55%
Robert Matsui 9%
Karen McCarthy 36%
Bill McCollum 27%
James McCrery III 9%
Joseph McDade 18%
Paul McHale 55%
John McHugh 45%
Scott McInnis 55%
David McIntosh 55%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 82%
Michael McNulty 64%
Martin Meehan 82%
Carrie Meek 27%
Jack Metcalf 45%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 36%
Dan Miller 55%
David Minge 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 55%
John Moakley 64%
Alan Mollohan 27%
Constance Morella 45%
Carol Moseley Braun 62%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 27%
Sue Myrick 45%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 9%
Mark Neumann 64%
Robert William Ney 36%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 45%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 27%
Dave Obey 82%
John Olver 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 18%
Major Owens 91%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Michael Pappas 45%
Mike Parker 27%
Ron Paul 91%
William Paxon 45%
Donald Payne 64%
Edward Pease 36%
John Peterson 18%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Owen Pickett 0%
Richard Pombo 36%
Earl Pomeroy 27%
John Edward Porter 36%
Glenn Poshard 45%
Deborah Pryce 36%
Jack Quinn 45%
George Radanovich 45%
James Ramstad 64%
Bill Redmond 9%
Ralph Regula 9%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Frank Duncan Riggs 36%
Bob Riley 18%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 18%
Timothy Roemer 45%
James Rogan 45%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Steve Rothman 91%
Marge Roukema 36%
Jim Ryun 45%
Martin Olav Sabo 64%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 18%
Rick Santorum 12%
Paul Sarbanes 75%
Jim Saxton 36%
Joe Scarborough 82%
Daniel Schaefer 27%
Steven Schiff 0%
John Shadegg 45%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 45%
Christopher Shays 82%
E.G. Shuster 36%
Norman Sisisky 36%
David Skaggs 27%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 18%
Gordon Smith 25%
Linda Smith 64%
Nick Smith 55%
Robert Smith 18%
Bob Smith 12%
Vincent Snowbarger 27%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Vic Snyder 36%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 36%
Mark Souder 73%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Pete Stark 64%
Cliff Stearns 64%
Charles Stenholm 9%
Ted Stevens 0%
Louis Stokes 55%
Ted Strickland 55%
Bob Stump 27%
Bart Stupak 55%
John Sununu 64%
James Talent 64%
John Tanner 27%
Ellen Tauscher 64%
William Tauzin 18%
Charles Taylor 27%
Gene Taylor 64%
Craig Thomas 12%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 12%
Karen Thurman 27%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 73%
Esteban Edward Torres 64%
Robert Torricelli 88%
Ed Towns 27%
James Traficant, Jr. 45%
James Turner 18%
Bruce Vento 82%
James Walsh 27%
Zach Wamp 55%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 27%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 27%
David Weldon 45%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 18%
Paul Wellstone 75%
Robert Wexler 64%
Bob Weygand 91%
Rick White 27%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 91%
Albert Wynn 18%
Sidney Yates 45%

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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