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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
John Baldacci 100%
James Barcia 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 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%
Richard Bryan 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
William Coyne 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Darlene Hooley 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%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur 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%
Ronald Klink 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee 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%
Joe Lieberman 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
William Luther 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 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%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler 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%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 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%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer 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%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Norman Sisisky 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
Vic Snyder 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky 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%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
John Breaux 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Cramer 90%
Daniel Graham 90%
Bob Kerrey 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
Owen Pickett 90%
Charles Stenholm 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
James Turner 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 89%
Patsy Ann Danner 89%
Christopher John 89%
William Lipinski 89%
James Maloney 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Martin Olav Sabo 88%
Robert Byrd 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Constance Morella 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Arlen Specter 80%
Mike Castle 70%
John Ganske 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
John Chafee 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
James Leach 60%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Heather Wilson 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
John McHugh 50%
John Edward Porter 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
Christopher Shays 50%
James Walsh 50%
Brian Bilbray 44%
Michael Patrick Forbes 44%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 44%
Deborah Pryce 43%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Kit Bond 40%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Robert Franks 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
James Greenwood 40%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
Stephen Horn 40%
Rick Lazio 40%
Robert William Ney 40%
James Ramstad 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
William Tauzin 38%
Jerry Lewis 33%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
Bill Barrett 30%
Charlie Bass 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 30%
Ben Campbell 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 30%
George Gekas 30%
Sue Kelly 30%
James Kolbe 30%
Steve LaTourette 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
Marge Roukema 30%
Joseph Skeen 30%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
Herbert Bateman 25%
Joel Hefley 25%
Steve Buyer 22%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 22%
Philip English 22%
Tillie Fowler 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 22%
Ray LaHood 22%
James McCrery III 22%
Scott McInnis 22%
Mark Souder 22%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 22%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 22%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Wayne Allard 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
William Goodling 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Rick Hill 20%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Stephen Largent 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
Dick Lugar 20%
Bill McCollum 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
Jack Metcalf 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Anne Northup 20%
James Nussle 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
Rick Santorum 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 20%
Nick Smith 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
James Talent 20%
William Thomas 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 20%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Cass Ballenger 13%
Christopher Cox 13%
John Linder 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 11%
Dan Burton 11%
Herbert Callahan 11%
John Cooksey 11%
Randall Cunningham 11%
David Dreier 11%
Terry Everett 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
Ron Paul 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
James Rogan 11%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 11%
Jim Saxton 11%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 10%
Bill Archer 10%
Richard Armey 10%
John Ashcroft 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
Larry Combest 10%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Larry Craig 10%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Jay Dickey 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Thomas Ewing 10%
Mark Foley 10%
William Frist 10%
Elton Gallegly 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Slade Gorton 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 10%
Van Hilleary 10%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Jon Kyl 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 10%
Connie Mack 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ronald Packard 10%
Edward Pease 10%
John Peterson 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
Bob Riley 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
John Shadegg 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Gordon Smith 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 10%
Bob Smith 10%
Floyd Spence 10%
John Sununu 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Wesley Watkins 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Merrill Cook 0%
Philip Crane 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
John Doolittle 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Porter Goss 0%
James Hansen 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Dan Miller 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
George Radanovich 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Bob Stump 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 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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