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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

1997 Positions

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

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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