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Rating Group: Public Citizen's Congress Watch

2005-2006 Positions on Population Stabilization

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
Gary Ackerman 82%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 92%
Todd Akin 6%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 6%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 94%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 76%
Joe Baca, Sr. 71%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 6%
Brian Baird 76%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 6%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 59%
Roscoe Bartlett 18%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 6%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
Evan Bayh 77%
Melissa Bean 53%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 82%
Howard Berman 88%
Marion Berry 53%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 92%
Judy Biggert 12%
Jeff Bingaman 69%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 47%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 94%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 6%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 6%
Kit Bond 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 12%
Mary Bono Mack 6%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 6%
Dan Boren 18%
Leonard Boswell 35%
Rick Boucher 53%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 12%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 71%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. 6%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 8%
Ginny Brown-Waite 12%
Jim Bunning 8%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 6%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 8%
Dan Burton 12%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 71%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 77%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 6%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 20%
Chris Cannon 6%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 6%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 94%
Dennis Cardoza 47%
Russ Carnahan 94%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 77%
Julia Carson 82%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 6%
Mike Castle 41%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 6%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Ben Chandler III 59%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 76%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 88%
Hillary Clinton 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 76%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 29%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 6%
Norm Coleman 23%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 6%
Kent Conrad 69%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 82%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 71%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 53%
Jerry Costello 65%
Larry Craig 8%
Robert Cramer 29%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 23%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 82%
Barbara Cubin 12%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 6%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 88%
Artur Davis 53%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 76%
Geoff Davis 6%
Jo Ann Davis 6%
Lincoln Davis 35%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 88%
Thomas Davis III 24%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 94%
Bill Delahunt 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 94%
James DeMint 8%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 6%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 12%
Norm Dicks 71%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 76%
Chris Dodd 85%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 94%
Elizabeth Dole 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 18%
Byron Dorgan 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 76%
Thelma Drake 6%
David Dreier 6%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 85%
Chet Edwards 29%
Vern Ehlers 24%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 76%
Jo Ann Emerson 12%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 94%
Philip English 12%
John Ensign 23%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 82%
Bob Etheridge 71%
Terry Everett 12%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Tom Feeney 12%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 69%
Michael Ferguson 12%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 6%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 6%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 12%
Barney Frank 94%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 29%
Elton Gallegly 12%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 24%
Wayne Gilchrest 29%
Paul Gillmor 12%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 65%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 24%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 6%
Bart Gordon 47%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 6%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 65%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 53%
Judd Gregg 23%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 94%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 6%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
Jane Harman 76%
J. Dennis Hastert 10%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 76%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 6%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 12%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 6%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 65%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 82%
Maurice Hinchey 94%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 35%
David Lee Hobson 12%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 47%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 71%
Kenny Hulshof 12%
Duncan Hunter 12%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 18%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 8%
Daniel Inouye 85%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 94%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 6%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 94%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 71%
William Jefferson 53%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
Tim Johnson 41%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 35%
Paul Kanjorski 53%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 76%
Ric Keller 12%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 76%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 92%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 24%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 6%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 35%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 6%
Joseph Knollenberg 6%
Herb Kohl 69%
Dennis Kucinich 94%
John Kuhl, Jr. 6%
Jon Kyl 8%
Ray LaHood 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 94%
Tom Lantos 94%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 59%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 6%
Steve LaTourette 24%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
Jerry Lewis 6%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 94%
Ron Lewis 6%
Joe Lieberman 62%
Blanche Lincoln 54%
John Linder 6%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 53%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 94%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 6%
Dick Lugar 0%
Dan Lungren 6%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 94%
Connie Mack IV 18%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 12%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 6%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 94%
Jim Marshall 47%
Melquiades Martinez 8%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 94%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 6%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 18%
James McCrery III 6%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 12%
John McHugh 18%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 6%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
Michael McNulty 94%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 82%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 59%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 29%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 6%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 76%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 92%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 94%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 12%
Brad Miller 88%
Alan Mollohan 65%
Dennis Moore 59%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 94%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 6%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 6%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 85%
Jack Murtha 47%
Marilyn Musgrave 6%
Sue Myrick 6%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
Ben Nelson 31%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 69%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 6%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 69%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 82%
John Olver 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 94%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
Ron Paul 35%
Donald Payne 82%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 41%
John Peterson 6%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 35%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
Todd Platts 29%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 6%
Earl Pomeroy 59%
Jon Porter, Sr. 12%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 6%
Deborah Pryce 6%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 69%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 12%
George Radanovich 6%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 53%
James Ramstad 35%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
Ralph Regula 12%
Denny Rehberg 12%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 18%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 92%
Richard Renzi 6%
Silvestre Reyes 35%
Thomas Reynolds 12%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 54%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 6%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 12%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 6%
Mike Ross 53%
Steve Rothman 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 12%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 76%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 12%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 71%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 59%
Ken Salazar 69%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 94%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
Jim Saxton 41%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
Jean Schmidt 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 76%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 35%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 6%
John Shadegg 0%
Christopher Shays 53%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 6%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 12%
Ike Skelton 53%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
Gordon Smith 8%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Vic Snyder 59%
Hilda Solis 94%
Mark Souder 6%
Arlen Specter 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 82%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 69%
Pete Stark 88%
Cliff Stearns 6%
Ted Stevens 0%
Bart Stupak 65%
John Sullivan 6%
John Sununu 23%
Tom Tancredo 18%
John Tanner 47%
Ellen Tauscher 71%
Gene Taylor 59%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 24%
Craig Thomas 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 6%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 23%
Todd Tiahrt 6%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 94%
Ed Towns 65%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 82%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 12%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 8%
George Voinovich 15%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 12%
James Walsh 24%
Zach Wamp 12%
John Warner 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
Diane Watson 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 94%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 12%
Gerald Weller 6%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
Robert Wexler 88%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 6%
Heather Wilson 18%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 29%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
David Wu 82%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
Albert Wynn 65%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 18%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 6%

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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