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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2008 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
James DeMint 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 100%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 100%
John Linder 100%
Connie Mack IV 100%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
Todd Akin 96%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 96%
J. Gresham Barrett 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 96%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 96%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 96%
Geoff Davis 96%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 96%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 96%
Jon Kyl 96%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 96%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 96%
John Shadegg 96%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 96%
Zach Wamp 96%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
Brian Bilbray 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 92%
John Ensign 92%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 92%
Elton Gallegly 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
Don Manzullo 92%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
John Sullivan 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 91%
Sue Myrick 91%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 91%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
Ron Paul 90%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
Jim Bunning 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 88%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 88%
Wally Herger, Jr. 88%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
Dan Lungren 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 88%
George Radanovich 87%
Jean Schmidt 87%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 86%
David Dreier 86%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
Judy Biggert 84%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 84%
Steve Buyer 84%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 84%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 84%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 84%
Jerry Lewis 84%
Denny Rehberg 84%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 84%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 84%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 84%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 83%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 83%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 83%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 83%
Judd Gregg 83%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 83%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 79%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 79%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 78%
Ginny Brown-Waite 77%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 76%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 76%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 76%
Kay Hutchison 76%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 76%
Kit Bond 75%
John Sununu 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
Mary Bono Mack 74%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 73%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 72%
Thaddeus McCotter 72%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 72%
Mark Souder 72%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 72%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 68%
Tim Johnson 68%
Todd Platts 68%
Bob Bennett 64%
Dick Lugar 63%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 63%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 63%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 63%
Vern Ehlers 61%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 60%
Melquiades Martinez 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 58%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 58%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 56%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 52%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 52%
Steve LaTourette 52%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 52%
George Voinovich 52%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Norm Coleman 48%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 48%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 48%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 48%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 48%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 44%
Arlen Specter 42%
Travis Childers 41%
John McHugh 40%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
Harry Mitchell 32%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 32%
Evan Bayh 29%
Mike Castle 28%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 28%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 28%
Jim Marshall 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 26%
Jason Altmire 24%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 24%
Dan Boren 24%
Russ Feingold 24%
Ciro Rodriguez 24%
Heath Shuler 24%
Gene Taylor 24%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 23%
Melissa Bean 20%
Christopher Carney 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
Gabrielle Giffords 20%
Baron Hill 20%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 17%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Brad Ellsworth 16%
Thomas Holden 16%
Steve Kagen 16%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 16%
Ben Nelson 16%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 16%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 16%
Marion Berry 13%
Jerry Costello 13%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 13%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 13%
Pete Stark 13%
John Tanner 13%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 13%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 12%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 12%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 12%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 12%
Ben Chandler III 12%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 12%
Artur Davis 12%
Lincoln Davis 12%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12%
Maurice Hinchey 12%
Paul Hodes 12%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 12%
Paul Kanjorski 12%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 12%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 12%
Patrick Murphy 12%
Mike Ross 12%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 12%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 12%
Olympia Snowe 12%
Zack Space 12%
Bart Stupak 12%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 12%
Hillary Clinton 11%
Bill Delahunt 10%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Rick Boucher 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
Dennis Cardoza 8%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
Byron Dorgan 8%
Chet Edwards 8%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Joe Lieberman 8%
Blanche Lincoln 8%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 8%
Donald Payne 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
Silvestre Reyes 8%
Steve Rothman 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 8%
Jim Webb, Jr. 8%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 8%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
Vic Snyder 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
Michael Arcuri 4%
Brian Baird 4%
Shelley Berkley 4%
Howard Berman 4%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 4%
Leonard Boswell 4%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 4%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 4%
Chris Dodd 4%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 4%
Bart Gordon 4%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 4%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 4%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 4%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
Ron Klein 4%
Herb Kohl 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 4%
Alan Mollohan 4%
Dennis Moore 4%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 4%
Jack Murtha 4%
Jim Oberstar 4%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
Earl Pomeroy 4%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 4%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 4%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 4%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 4%
Ken Salazar 4%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 4%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 4%
Ike Skelton 4%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 4%
John Spratt, Jr. 4%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 4%
Betty Sutton 4%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 4%
Diane Watson 4%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 4%
Lynn Woolsey 4%
David Wu 4%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 4%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
Robert Byrd 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
Russ Carnahan 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Norm Dicks 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
OH U.S. House 11 Marcia Fudge Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
John Hall 0%
Phil Hare 0%
Jane Harman 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Daniel Inouye 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Brad Miller 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Laura Richardson 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 0%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
Ed Towns 0%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 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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