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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 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%
Robert Byrd 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 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%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Daniel Graham 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson 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%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson 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%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
John Moakley 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 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%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 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%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Eva Clayton 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 90%
Gary Condit 90%
James Davis 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Norm Dicks 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Byron Dorgan 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Bart Gordon 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
William Jefferson 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
William Luther 90%
Frank Mascara 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
Steve Rothman 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Pete Stark 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
James Turner 90%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
Kent Conrad 89%
Chet Edwards 89%
Michael McNulty 89%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
Joe Baca, Sr. 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Shelley Berkley 80%
Marion Berry 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Thomas Holden 80%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
David Phelps 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 78%
Robert Torricelli 78%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
Robert Cramer 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Baron Hill 70%
Christopher John 70%
William Lipinski 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
Leonard Boswell 63%
James Barcia 60%
John Breaux 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
James Maloney 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
George Voinovich 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
John Ganske 30%
Constance Morella 30%
Ron Paul 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 22%
John McHugh 22%
Jack Quinn 22%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 22%
W. Curtis Weldon 22%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Philip English 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Stephen Horn 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
James Leach 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
Jim Saxton 20%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
Olympia Snowe 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 20%
James Walsh 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Heather Wilson 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11%
Nick Smith 11%
Floyd Spence 11%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
Mike Castle 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
Michael Collins 10%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 10%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Thomas Davis III 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
John Doolittle 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Terry Everett 10%
Ernest Fletcher 10%
Mark Foley 10%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 10%
Elton Gallegly 10%
George Gekas 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Porter Goss 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
Mark Green 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Robert Hayes 10%
Joel Hefley 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 10%
Van Hilleary 10%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
Nancy Johnson 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
Steve LaTourette 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
John Linder 10%
Don Manzullo 10%
Scott McInnis 10%
Dan Miller 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
Mark Souder 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
David Weldon 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 0%
Richard Armey 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Judy Biggert 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%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
James Hansen 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Stephen Largent 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Doug Ose 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
John Peterson 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
Marge Roukema 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Bob Stump 0%
John Sununu 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 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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