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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Public Citizen's Congress Watch

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 73%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 19%
Gary Ackerman 69%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 65%
Bill Archer 15%
Richard Armey 19%
John Ashcroft 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 23%
Henry Scott Baesler 57%
Richard Hugh Baker 15%
William Baker 15%
John Baldacci 73%
Cass Ballenger 7%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 15%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 92%
Bill Barrett 11%
Roscoe Bartlett 23%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
Charlie Bass 23%
Herbert Bateman 3%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 69%
Anthony Beilenson 80%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 50%
Douglas Bereuter 23%
Howard Berman 73%
Tom Bevill 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Brian Bilbray 34%
Michael Bilirakis 34%
Jeff Bingaman 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 57%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 7%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
Peter Blute 38%
Sherwood Boehlert 46%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
Kit Bond 5%
Henry Bonilla 19%
David Edward Bonior 84%
Sonny Bono 15%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Rick Boucher 53%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
Bill Bradley 95%
John Breaux 52%
Bill Brewster 26%
Glen Browder 53%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 73%
George Brown, Jr. 69%
Hank Brown 19%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
Richard Bryan 86%
Ed Bryant 7%
John Bryant 73%
Dale Bumpers 90%
Jim Bunn 23%
Jim Bunning 19%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 15%
Dan Burton 23%
Steve Buyer 15%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 3%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 23%
Ben Campbell 14%
Thomas Campbell 73%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 23%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 80%
Mike Castle 34%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 34%
John Chafee 52%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
Jim Chapman 46%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 19%
Jon Lynn Christensen 26%
Dick Chrysler 30%
William Clay, Sr. 84%
Eva Clayton 80%
Robert Clement 50%
William Clinger 7%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 69%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 24%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 26%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
William Cohen 71%
Ronald Coleman 57%
Barbara-Rose Collins 73%
Cardiss Collins 69%
Michael Collins 15%
Larry Combest 15%
Gary Condit 42%
Kent Conrad 81%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 96%
Wes Cooley 23%
Jerry Costello 84%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 19%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 42%
Philip Crane 7%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 11%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 19%
Barbara Cubin 11%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 82%
Randall Cunningham 19%
Alfonse D'Amato 24%
Patsy Ann Danner 42%
Thomas Daschle 86%
Thomas Davis III 23%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 42%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 84%
E. Kika de la Garza 46%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 80%
Thomas DeLay 3%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 73%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 24%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Jay Dickey 19%
Norm Dicks 73%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 69%
Julian Dixon 76%
Chris Dodd 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
Robert Dole 730%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 34%
John Doolittle 15%
Byron Dorgan 81%
Robert Dornan 30%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 65%
David Dreier 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30%
Jennifer Dunn 23%
Chet Edwards 42%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 19%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 46%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 76%
Lane Evans 88%
Terry Everett 11%
Thomas Ewing 15%
Jim Exon 71%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 10%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 69%
Harris Fawell 23%
Victor Fazio 57%
Russ Feingold 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
Cleo Fields 69%
Jack Fields, Jr. 11%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 65%
Floyd Flake 61%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 23%
Thomas Foglietta 84%
Mark Foley 34%
Michael Patrick Forbes 23%
Wendell Ford 71%
Tillie Fowler 34%
Jon David Fox 30%
Sheila Frahm 0%
Barney Frank 80%
Gary Franks 23%
Robert Franks 38%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
Dan Frisa 23%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 42%
David Funderburk 19%
Elizabeth Furse 84%
Elton Gallegly 11%
John Ganske 23%
Sam Gejdenson 80%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 80%
Pete Geren 19%
Sam Gibbons 61%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Paul Gillmor 30%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 90%
Henry Gonzalez 46%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 19%
William Goodling 38%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 5%
Porter Goss 26%
Daniel Graham 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 26%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 61%
Enid Greene 34%
James Greenwood 30%
Judd Gregg 19%
Steven Gunderson 23%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 80%
Gilbert Gutknecht 34%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 15%
Tony Hall 61%
Lee Hamilton 53%
Melton Hancock 26%
James Hansen 23%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
Jane Harman 57%
J. Dennis Hastert 7%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 76%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Mark Hatfield 29%
James Hayes 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 23%
Joel Hefley 30%
W.G. Hefner 38%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 15%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Van Hilleary 26%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 65%
Maurice Hinchey 92%
David Lee Hobson 23%
Pete Hoekstra 38%
Martin Hoke 38%
Thomas Holden 46%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 23%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 19%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 65%
Duncan Hunter 11%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 15%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 23%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 82%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 69%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 65%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 65%
Nancy Johnson 26%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
Harry Johnston 76%
J. Bennett Johnston 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 23%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 84%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 26%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 33%
Sue Kelly 19%
Dirk Kempthorne 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Joseph Kennedy II 84%
Patrick Kennedy 84%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 57%
Bob Kerrey 81%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 90%
Dale Kildee 88%
Jay Kim 15%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 34%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 23%
Gerald Kleczka 76%
Ronald Klink 76%
Scott Klug 46%
Joseph Knollenberg 15%
Herb Kohl 76%
James Kolbe 23%
Jon Kyl 14%
John LaFalce 76%
Ray LaHood 23%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 30%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 7%
Steve LaTourette 26%
Greg Laughlin 3%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
Rick Lazio 23%
James Leach 42%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 80%
Jerry Lewis 7%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 19%
Joe Lieberman 71%
Jim Lightfoot 7%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 23%
William Lipinski 76%
Robert Livingston 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 73%
James Longley, Jr. 34%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 3%
Dick Lugar 19%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 80%
Thomas Manton 65%
Don Manzullo 26%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
Matthew Martinez 69%
Bill Martini 50%
Frank Mascara 65%
Robert Matsui 73%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 38%
Karen McCarthy 69%
Bill McCollum 11%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 15%
Joseph McDade 3%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
Paul McHale 80%
John McHugh 26%
Scott McInnis 30%
David McIntosh 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 84%
Michael McNulty 61%
Martin Meehan 76%
Carrie Meek 69%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 73%
Jack Metcalf 42%
Jan Meyers 38%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 76%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 91%
Dan Miller 26%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 96%
David Minge 61%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
John Moakley 61%
Susan Molinari 34%
Alan Mollohan 61%
G.V. Montgomery 23%
Carlos Moorhead 11%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 61%
Constance Morella 57%
Carol Moseley Braun 62%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
Jack Murtha 57%
John Myers 7%
Sue Myrick 19%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 84%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 19%
Mark Neumann 46%
Robert William Ney 11%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 7%
Sam Nunn 43%
James Nussle 19%
Jim Oberstar 84%
Dave Obey 80%
John Olver 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Bill Orton 57%
Major Owens 92%
Michael Oxley 11%
Ronald Packard 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
Mike Parker 7%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 53%
William Paxon 15%
Donald Payne 84%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 42%
Claiborne Pell 67%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 84%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Pete Peterson 38%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 34%
Owen Pickett 30%
Richard Pombo 19%
Earl Pomeroy 65%
John Edward Porter 42%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 19%
Glenn Poshard 69%
Larry Pressler 14%
Deborah Pryce 26%
David Pryor 76%
James Quillen 3%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 19%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 84%
James Ramstad 38%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 73%
Ralph Regula 19%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 81%
Bill Richardson 57%
Frank Duncan Riggs 23%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 96%
Charles Robb 81%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Timothy Roemer 53%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 26%
Charles Rose III 42%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 34%
Toby Roth 15%
William Roth, Jr. 38%
Marge Roukema 46%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 34%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 73%
Martin Olav Sabo 84%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 46%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 76%
Jim Saxton 34%
Joe Scarborough 30%
Daniel Schaefer 15%
Steven Schiff 15%
Patricia Schroeder 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 76%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 73%
Andrea Seastrand 23%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 38%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
John Shadegg 26%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Christopher Shays 61%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 24%
E.G. Shuster 23%
Paul Simon 86%
Alan Simpson 24%
Norman Sisisky 26%
David Skaggs 73%
Joseph Skeen 3%
Ike Skelton 38%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 19%
Linda Smith 46%
Nick Smith 19%
Bob Smith 14%
Olympia Snowe 48%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 26%
Mark Souder 34%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 61%
Pete Stark 92%
Cliff Stearns 19%
Charles Stenholm 30%
Ted Stevens 5%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 19%
Louis Stokes 92%
Gerry Studds 80%
Bob Stump 15%
Bart Stupak 73%
James Talent 26%
John Tanner 26%
Randy Tate 34%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 11%
Gene Taylor 53%
Frank Tejeda 38%
Craig Thomas 14%
William Thomas 7%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 76%
Fred Thompson 43%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 7%
Ray Thornton 50%
Karen Thurman 65%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 34%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Esteban Edward Torres 76%
Ed Towns 73%
James Traficant, Jr. 46%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
Bruce Vento 84%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 80%
Harold Volkmer 50%
Barbara Vucanovich 7%
Robert Walker 15%
James Walsh 19%
Zach Wamp 26%
Michael Ward 69%
John Warner 24%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 73%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 23%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 96%
David Weldon 26%
W. Curtis Weldon 34%
Gerald Weller 11%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 19%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 3%
Pat Williams 57%
Charles Wilson 53%
Bob Wise, Jr. 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 46%
Lynn Woolsey 92%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Albert Wynn 76%
Sidney Yates 84%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 19%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 15%
Bill Zeliff 11%
Richard Zimmer 53%

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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