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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Medical Association

1999 Positions

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