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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 22%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 63%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 20%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 11%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 20%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 89%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 80%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
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 14 Ron Paul Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 78%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Marion Berry 80%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 60%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 10%
Eva Clayton 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 90%
Mac Collins 10%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 90%
John Cooksey 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 70%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Chris Dodd 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 70%
John Doolittle 10%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 89%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Philip English 20%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 10%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
Ernest Fletcher 10%
Mark Foley 10%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 30%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 90%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 10%
James Greenwood 11%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 25%
Robert Hayes 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Stephen Horn 20%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 10%
William Hutchinson 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 20%
Jay Inslee 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Christopher John 70%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
Stephen Largent 0%
James Leach 20%
Ron Lewis 10%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 70%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 90%
James Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 90%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 89%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 10%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Dennis Moore 50%
Constance Morella 30%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 80%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 22%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Marge Roukema 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 20%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 80%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 90%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 11%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 70%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 78%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 90%
George Voinovich 40%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 22%
Gerald Weller 20%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 20%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 89%

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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