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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Bill Bradley 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Ronald Coleman 100%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
Cleo Fields 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Floyd Flake 100%
Wendell Ford 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
John Glenn 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
J. Bennett Johnston 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
John LaFalce 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Thomas Manton 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
John Olver 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%
Claiborne Pell 100%
David Pryor 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Louis Stokes 100%
Gerry Studds 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Pat Williams 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
John Baldacci 90%
Anthony Beilenson 90%
Tom Bevill 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
John Bryant 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Eva Clayton 90%
Robert Clement 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Kent Conrad 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
William Coyne 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
Ronald Dellums 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
Jim Exon 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
Thomas Foglietta 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
Sam Gibbons 90%
Henry Gonzalez 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 90%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
Glenn Poshard 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Rose III 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 90%
Patricia Schroeder 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
Paul Simon 90%
David Skaggs 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Frank Tejeda 90%
Ray Thornton 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
Michael Ward 90%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Dale Bumpers 89%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 89%
Victor Fazio 89%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 89%
Tony Hall 89%
Harry Johnston 89%
Ronald Klink 89%
Robert Matsui 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
Sidney Yates 89%
John Tanner 88%
Henry Scott Baesler 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Howard Berman 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
George Brown, Jr. 80%
E. Kika de la Garza 80%
Peter Deutsch 80%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Barney Frank 80%
W.G. Hefner 80%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
Joe Lieberman 80%
William Lipinski 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Paul McHale 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 80%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sam Nunn 80%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 80%
Pete Peterson 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
Bill Richardson 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Charles Wilson 80%
James Barcia 78%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 78%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
Harold Volkmer 75%
John Breaux 70%
Richard Bryan 70%
Robert Cramer 70%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Elizabeth Furse 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
Daniel Graham 70%
Lee Hamilton 70%
Thomas Holden 70%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 70%
Herb Kohl 70%
Karen McCarthy 70%
David Minge 70%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
Bill Orton 70%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Charles Robb 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Jane Harman 60%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Kit Bond 50%
William Cohen 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Steven Schiff 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Jon David Fox 40%
Robert Franks 40%
James Greenwood 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
James Leach 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
Constance Morella 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 40%
James Walsh 40%
Richard Zimmer 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Brian Bilbray 30%
Conrad Burns 30%
Thomas Campbell 30%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 30%
John Chafee 30%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
John Ensign 30%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Slade Gorton 30%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 30%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
Mark Hatfield 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kay Hutchison 30%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Sue Kelly 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
Scott Klug 30%
Steve LaTourette 30%
Rick Lazio 30%
Jack Metcalf 30%
Mark Neumann 30%
William Roth, Jr. 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
Linda Smith 30%
Bob Smith 30%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Arlen Specter 30%
William Tauzin 30%
Strom Thurmond 30%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
John Warner 30%
Joseph McDade 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 22%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Connie Mack 22%
Jan Meyers 22%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 22%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 22%
John Ashcroft 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Bob Bennett 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Peter Blute 20%
Sonny Bono 20%
Jim Bunn 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
Jon Lynn Christensen 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Larry Craig 20%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 20%
Thomas Davis III 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
Philip English 20%
Harris Fawell 20%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Gary Franks 20%
John Ganske 20%
Pete Geren 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
William Phillip Gramm 20%
Enid Greene 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 20%
Jesse Helms 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
Dirk Kempthorne 20%
Jon Kyl 20%
Stephen Largent 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Jim Lightfoot 20%
James Longley, Jr. 20%
Bill Martini 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
Bill McCollum 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 20%
G.V. Montgomery 20%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
John Edward Porter 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Frank Duncan Riggs 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 20%
Joe Scarborough 20%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 20%
Mark Souder 20%
Randy Tate 20%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
Susan Molinari 14%
Jay Dickey 13%
Jennifer Dunn 13%
William Paxon 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
Robert Dornan 11%
Ronald Packard 11%
Wayne Allard 10%
Bill Archer 10%
Richard Armey 10%
William Baker 10%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Herbert Bateman 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
Henry Bonilla 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
Dick Chrysler 10%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 10%
Wes Cooley 10%
Christopher Cox 10%
Philip Crane 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
Robert Dole 10%
John Doolittle 10%
David Dreier 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Bill Emerson 10%
Terry Everett 10%
Thomas Ewing 10%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 10%
Jack Fields, Jr. 10%
Dan Frisa 10%
William Frist 10%
David Funderburk 10%
Elton Gallegly 10%
George Gekas 10%
William Goodling 10%
Porter Goss 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
Rodney Grams 10%
Steven Gunderson 10%
Melton Hancock 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 10%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 10%
Jay Kim 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
Greg Laughlin 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
John Linder 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
Don Manzullo 10%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
Dan Miller 10%
Carlos Moorhead 10%
John Myers 10%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 10%
Michael Oxley 10%
Mike Parker 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
Larry Pressler 10%
George Radanovich 10%
Toby Roth 10%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
Daniel Schaefer 10%
Andrea Seastrand 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Alan Simpson 10%
Joseph Skeen 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Floyd Spence 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 10%
Barbara Vucanovich 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 10%
David Weldon 10%
Rick White 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Hank Brown 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Newt Gingrich 0%
James Hansen 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Robert Livingston 0%
Bob Stump 0%
James Talent 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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