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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
William Coyne 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
William Luther 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Charles Robb 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Brian Baird 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 90%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Robert Clement 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
James Davis 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
Chet Edwards 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Daniel Graham 90%
Baron Hill 90%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Bob Kerrey 90%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
John LaFalce 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
David Phelps 90%
Earl Pomeroy 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
Ronnie Shows 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Howard Berman 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 89%
Frank Mascara 89%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Bob Wise, Jr. 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
John Breaux 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
Thomas Holden 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
David Minge 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
James Barcia 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
William Lipinski 70%
James Maloney 70%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
Marion Berry 67%
Christopher John 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Tanner 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Ganske 60%
Constance Morella 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Robert Cramer 56%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Robert Franks 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
James Leach 40%
John Edward Porter 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
Heather Wilson 40%
Nancy Johnson 38%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
Brian Bilbray 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
James Walsh 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 30%
Charlie Bass 30%
Herbert Bateman 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Judy Biggert 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 30%
Barbara Cubin 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
David Dreier 30%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
George Gekas 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
James Greenwood 30%
Rick Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
Stephen Horn 30%
Kenny Hulshof 30%
Henry Hyde 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 30%
James Kolbe 30%
Steven Kuykendall 30%
Ray LaHood 30%
Steve LaTourette 30%
Rick Lazio 30%
Jerry Lewis 30%
John Linder 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
Bill McCollum 30%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
Sue Myrick 30%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 30%
James Nussle 30%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 30%
Jack Quinn 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 30%
Gordon Smith 30%
Olympia Snowe 30%
William Thomas 30%
Zach Wamp 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
John Peterson 25%
Deborah Pryce 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
Robert Barr, Jr. 22%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 22%
Dan Burton 22%
John Cooksey 22%
Christopher Cox 22%
Jo Ann Emerson 22%
Tillie Fowler 22%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Asa Hutchinson 22%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 22%
Stephen Largent 22%
John McHugh 22%
Jack Metcalf 22%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 22%
E.G. Shuster 22%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 22%
John Sununu 22%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Cass Ballenger 20%
Bill Barrett 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
Ed Bryant 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
Herbert Callahan 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
Michael Collins 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Philip Crane 20%
Randall Cunningham 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
Thomas DeLay 20%
James DeMint 20%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
Jay Dickey 20%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Philip English 20%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 20%
Peter Fitzgerald 20%
Ernest Fletcher 20%
Mark Foley 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
William Goodling 20%
Porter Goss 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
Mark Green 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 20%
Robert Hayes 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
Ron Lewis 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
Don Manzullo 20%
James McCrery III 20%
Scott McInnis 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
Dan Miller 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Anne Northup 20%
Doug Ose 20%
Michael Oxley 20%
Ronald Packard 20%
Edward Pease 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
Richard Pombo 20%
George Radanovich 20%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
James Rogan 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
Jim Ryun 20%
Rick Santorum 20%
Jim Saxton 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 20%
John Shadegg 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 20%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Nick Smith 20%
Mark Souder 20%
Floyd Spence 20%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Bob Stump 20%
James Talent 20%
Tom Tancredo 20%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 20%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
George Voinovich 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 20%
Wesley Watkins 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
David Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
Steve Buyer 14%
David McIntosh 13%
Richard Armey 11%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 11%
Bob Riley 11%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 11%
John Sweeney 11%
John Ashcroft 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Jim Bunning 10%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 10%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
Merrill Cook 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
John Doolittle 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Rodney Grams 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
James Hansen 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 10%
John Warner 10%
Wayne Allard 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Slade Gorton 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Connie Mack 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Ron Paul 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Strom Thurmond 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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