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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Medical Association

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 66%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 66%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 66%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 66%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 66%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 66%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 66%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 66%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 66%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 66%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 66%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 66%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 66%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 66%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 66%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 66%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 66%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 66%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 66%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 66%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 66%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 66%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 66%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 66%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 66%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 66%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 66%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 66%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 66%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 66%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 66%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 66%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 66%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 66%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 66%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 66%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 66%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 66%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 66%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 66%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 66%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 66%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 66%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 66%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 66%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 66%
Richard Armey 66%
Brian Baird 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 66%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 66%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 66%
Charlie Bass 33%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 66%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Shelley Berkley 66%
Howard Berman 66%
Marion Berry 100%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 66%
David Edward Bonior 66%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 66%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
John Breaux 100%
Ed Bryant 66%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 66%
Steve Buyer 66%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 66%
Mike Castle 66%
Eva Clayton 66%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 100%
Michael Collins 66%
Larry Combest 66%
Gary Condit 66%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Cooksey 66%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 66%
William Coyne 33%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 66%
Philip Crane 66%
Barbara Cubin 66%
Randall Cunningham 66%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 66%
Thomas DeLay 66%
James DeMint 66%
Peter Deutsch 66%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Norm Dicks 66%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 66%
John Doolittle 66%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 66%
Jennifer Dunn 66%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 66%
Vern Ehlers 66%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 66%
Philip English 66%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 66%
Terry Everett 66%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 66%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 66%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 66%
Barney Frank 66%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 66%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 100%
George Gekas 66%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 66%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 66%
Paul Gillmor 66%
Benjamin Gilman 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 66%
Bart Gordon 100%
Porter Goss 66%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 66%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 66%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 66%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 66%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 66%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 66%
Baron Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 66%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 66%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
David Lee Hobson 66%
Pete Hoekstra 66%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 66%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 66%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 66%
Kenny Hulshof 66%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 66%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 66%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 66%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 66%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 33%
Dennis Kucinich 66%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 66%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 66%
Steve LaTourette 100%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 66%
Ron Lewis 66%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 66%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 66%
Frank Mascara 66%
Robert Matsui 66%
Karen McCarthy 33%
James McCrery III 66%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 66%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 33%
Carrie Meek 66%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 66%
Dan Miller 66%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 66%
Alan Mollohan 66%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 66%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 66%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 66%
Robert William Ney 66%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 66%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 66%
James Nussle 66%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 66%
John Olver 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Doug Ose 66%
Major Owens 33%
Michael Oxley 66%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 33%
John Peterson 66%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 66%
Richard Pombo 66%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Deborah Pryce 66%
Jack Quinn 100%
George Radanovich 66%
James Ramstad 66%
Ralph Regula 66%
Silvestre Reyes 66%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 66%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 66%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Timothy Roemer 100%
Steve Rothman 66%
Marge Roukema 100%
Jim Ryun 66%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 66%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 100%
John Shadegg 66%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 66%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 100%
Joseph Skeen 66%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 66%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 0%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mark Souder 66%
Arlen Specter 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 33%
Cliff Stearns 66%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 33%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 66%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 66%
John Tanner 66%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
William Tauzin 66%
Charles Taylor 33%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 66%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 66%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 66%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 33%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 66%
James Turner 100%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 66%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 66%
Anthony Weiner 33%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 66%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 66%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 66%
David Wu 66%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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