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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Arab American Institute

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 67%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 33%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
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 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 60%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 50%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 40%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
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 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 25%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 75%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
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 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 40%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 33%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
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%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 29%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 63%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 40%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
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 75%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 75%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 50%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling 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 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
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 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 60%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. 40%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 50%
Cass Ballenger 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Beauprez 25%
Chris Bell 25%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 20%
Marion Berry 0%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Leonard Boswell 0%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
John Breaux 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Max Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 67%
Dennis Cardoza 25%
Brad Carson 17%
Julia Carson 75%
Edward Case 0%
Mike Castle 0%
Chris Chocola 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Norm Coleman 25%
Michael Collins 33%
Kent Conrad 25%
Jon Corzine 57%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 33%
Randall Cunningham 25%
Thomas Daschle 0%
Artur Davis 0%
James Davis 25%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 67%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Norm Dicks 20%
Chris Dodd 20%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 33%
John Doolittle 25%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 33%
Jennifer Dunn 25%
John Edwards 20%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 40%
Terry Everett 25%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 67%
Michael Ferguson 25%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Barney Frank 67%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 29%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
Jim Gibbons 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 75%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Jane Harman 20%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 25%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 0%
Maurice Hinchey 75%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 0%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 25%
Daniel Inouye 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 67%
William Janklow 0%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 75%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Tim Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 17%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 83%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 20%
Ray LaHood 50%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 17%
Steve LaTourette 0%
Frank Lautenberg 20%
James Leach 50%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Blanche Lincoln 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 50%
Denise Majette 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 0%
Robert Matsui 25%
Karen McCarthy 33%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 20%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 20%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 60%
Brad Miller 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 17%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 20%
Jack Murtha 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 25%
Ben Nelson 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 50%
John Olver 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 50%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 50%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 25%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 50%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 40%
Mike Ross 0%
Steve Rothman 20%
Jim Ryun 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 0%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 60%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sullivan 25%
John Sununu 60%
John Sweeney 0%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 40%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Turner 20%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 50%
Diane Watson 67%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 25%
Lynn Woolsey 83%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 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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