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Rating Group: Public Citizen's Congress Watch

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 76%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 6%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 41%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 6%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 53%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 41%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 23%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 71%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 82%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 54%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 41%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 65%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 12%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 82%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 8%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 6%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 23%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 62%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 65%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 65%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
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 41%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 62%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 85%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 94%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 76%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 88%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 35%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 6%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 76%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 92%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 76%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 76%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 82%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 6%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 23%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 23%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 69%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 62%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 62%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
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 92%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 54%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 92%
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 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 69%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 54%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 54%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 69%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 54%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 69%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 54%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 92%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 46%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 77%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 54%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 77%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 23%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 8%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 8%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 8%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 23%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 62%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 62%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 92%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 8%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 62%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 69%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 77%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 23%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 69%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 23%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 46%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 69%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 77%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 8%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 85%
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 46%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 8%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 46%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 77%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 46%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 8%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 54%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 23%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 69%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 15%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 8%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 41%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 54%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 8%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 12%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 18%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 54%
Gary Ackerman 69%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 94%
Todd Akin 31%
Wayne Allard 6%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 85%
Joe Baca, Sr. 77%
Brian Baird 62%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 31%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 15%
Evan Bayh 59%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 46%
Howard Berman 69%
Marion Berry 69%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 71%
Sherwood Boehlert 15%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Leonard Boswell 46%
Rick Boucher 54%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 15%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 31%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 82%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 62%
Julia Carson 69%
Edward Case 54%
Mike Castle 15%
Ben Chandler III 40%
Chris Chocola 0%
Hillary Clinton 76%
Norm Coleman 0%
Kent Conrad 53%
Jon Corzine 76%
Jerry Costello 77%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 12%
Robert Cramer 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Artur Davis 38%
James Davis 46%
Jo Ann Davis 23%
Lincoln Davis 15%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 92%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 8%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
Norm Dicks 46%
Chris Dodd 82%
Elizabeth Dole 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 23%
Byron Dorgan 71%
David Dreier 0%
Chet Edwards 31%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Jo Ann Emerson 23%
Philip English 8%
John Ensign 18%
Bob Etheridge 54%
Lane Evans 85%
Terry Everett 8%
Tom Feeney 8%
Russ Feingold 94%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 8%
Barney Frank 85%
William Frist 6%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Jim Gibbons 8%
Wayne Gilchrest 8%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Charlie Gonzalez 46%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 31%
Bart Gordon 38%
Mark Green 31%
Judd Gregg 29%
Gilbert Gutknecht 23%
Jane Harman 46%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 31%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Joel Hefley 15%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 31%
Thomas Holden 54%
Darlene Hooley 62%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 23%
Kay Hutchison 6%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 76%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 46%
James Merrill Jeffords 59%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Tim Johnson 8%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 82%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 69%
Dale Kildee 92%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 69%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 76%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 92%
Jon Kyl 12%
Ray LaHood 0%
Tom Lantos 77%
Steve LaTourette 8%
James Leach 15%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 35%
Blanche Lincoln 35%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 12%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 77%
Robert Matsui 54%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 15%
Michael McNulty 92%
Martin Meehan 62%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 38%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 77%
Brad Miller 85%
Alan Mollohan 85%
Dennis Moore 38%
Jack Murtha 62%
Marilyn Musgrave 8%
Sue Myrick 8%
Ben Nelson 24%
Robert William Ney 0%
Anne Northup 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 23%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 77%
John Olver 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 38%
Thomas William Osborne 8%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 46%
Donald Payne 92%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 8%
Richard Pombo 15%
Earl Pomeroy 31%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 8%
Richard Renzi 8%
Silvestre Reyes 31%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Mike Ross 54%
Steve Rothman 85%
Jim Ryun 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Rick Santorum 6%
Paul Sarbanes 82%
Jim Saxton 8%
John Shadegg 8%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 15%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 15%
Ike Skelton 38%
Gordon Smith 12%
Olympia Snowe 41%
Vic Snyder 54%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 12%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 6%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bart Stupak 77%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 29%
John Sweeney 15%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 23%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 54%
Charles Taylor 38%
Gene Taylor 62%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 54%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 77%
George Voinovich 24%
James Walsh 8%
Zach Wamp 15%
John Warner 0%
Diane Watson 62%
Anthony Weiner 62%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 8%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 77%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 62%
Albert Wynn 62%

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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