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Rating Group: Arab American Institute

2001-2002 Positions

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