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Rating Group: Public Citizen's Congress Watch

2003-2004 Positions

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