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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

1997 Positions

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