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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Arab American Institute

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 67%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 75%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 63%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 67%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 75%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 60%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 40%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 43%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 60%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 43%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 40%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 60%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 63%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 67%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 43%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 67%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 50%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 43%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 67%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 33%
Richard Armey 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 60%
Brian Baird 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 67%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Charlie Bass 0%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 33%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 0%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
Rod Blagojevich 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
John Breaux 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 33%
Jean Carnahan 40%
Brad Carson 20%
Julia Carson 60%
Mike Castle 0%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 33%
Robert Clement 50%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Jon Corzine 60%
Jerry Costello 40%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 80%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 50%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 67%
James Davis 40%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Bill Delahunt 71%
Thomas DeLay 25%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Norm Dicks 25%
Chris Dodd 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 33%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 60%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 20%
John Ensign 50%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 60%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 57%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 0%
John Ganske 0%
George Gekas 40%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 43%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 17%
Charlie Gonzalez 57%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 0%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 75%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 0%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 33%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 40%
Melissa Hart 20%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 33%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 70%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 0%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 20%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 75%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Tim Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 71%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 80%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 33%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 50%
Ray LaHood 50%
Nicholas Lampson 33%
Tom Lantos 50%
Stephen Largent 20%
Steve LaTourette 20%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 50%
William Luther 25%
James Maloney 50%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 67%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 20%
Martin Meehan 50%
Carrie Meek 60%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Dan Miller 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 40%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 40%
Constance Morella 43%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 67%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 67%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 75%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 25%
Major Owens 71%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ron Paul 80%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 89%
Ciro Rodriguez 43%
Timothy Roemer 0%
Mike Ross 25%
Steve Rothman 43%
Marge Roukema 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Ronnie Shows 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 40%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 33%
Nick Smith 50%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 50%
Hilda Solis 83%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 40%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 50%
John Sweeney 20%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 67%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 40%
Ed Towns 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 0%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 80%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 17%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Robert Wexler 43%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
David Wu 67%
Albert Wynn 40%

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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