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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Immigration Lawyers Association

1995-2004 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Gary Ackerman 93%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Todd Akin 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 29%
Wayne Allard 71%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 85%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 19%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 15%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 19%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 27%
Charlie Bass 19%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
Evan Bayh 67%
Bob Beauprez 29%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
Bob Bennett 53%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 93%
Marion Berry 77%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 53%
Judy Biggert 40%
Michael Bilirakis 19%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 86%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 31%
Sherwood Boehlert 55%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
Kit Bond 47%
Henry Bonilla 38%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 17%
Mary Bono Mack 42%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 69%
Rick Boucher 63%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 81%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 81%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
Jim Bunning 33%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 29%
Conrad Burns 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 44%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 31%
Robert Byrd 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 31%
Chris Cannon 64%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 10%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
Dennis Cardoza 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 83%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Edward Case 43%
Mike Castle 56%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 31%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
Chris Chocola 29%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 69%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 47%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 63%
Christopher Cox 19%
Larry Craig 47%
Robert Cramer 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
Barbara Cubin 14%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
James Davis 92%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 57%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
Thomas Davis III 69%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 53%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 85%
Bill Delahunt 92%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
Thomas DeLay 19%
James DeMint 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 69%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 71%
Norm Dicks 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 81%
Chris Dodd 80%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 94%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 53%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
David Dreier 44%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 43%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 56%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 93%
Bob Etheridge 69%
Lane Evans 88%
Terry Everett 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 87%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 73%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 54%
Michael Ferguson 30%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 40%
Mark Foley 25%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
Barney Frank 93%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
William Frist 53%
Elton Gallegly 6%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 50%
Jim Gibbons 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 31%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 8%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
Bart Gordon 56%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 31%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 30%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 81%
Judd Gregg 47%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 31%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
Jane Harman 81%
Katherine Harris 14%
Melissa Hart 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 29%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 38%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 60%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 6%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 43%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Maurice Hinchey 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Thomas Holden 44%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 92%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
Kenny Hulshof 23%
Duncan Hunter 6%
Kay Hutchison 53%
Henry Hyde 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 47%
Daniel Inouye 87%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 13%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
William Jefferson 81%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 23%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
Nancy Johnson 56%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
Tim Johnson 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
Paul Kanjorski 69%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 57%
Ric Keller 10%
Sue Kelly 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 79%
Mark Kennedy 44%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 73%
Dale Kildee 81%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 85%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 69%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 14%
Joseph Knollenberg 44%
Herb Kohl 87%
James Kolbe 69%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
Jon Kyl 33%
Ray LaHood 44%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 89%
Tom Lantos 94%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 44%
Steve LaTourette 56%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 86%
James Leach 73%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 83%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
Jerry Lewis 38%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 87%
Ron Lewis 19%
Joe Lieberman 77%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 47%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
Dick Lugar 53%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
Don Manzullo 19%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 94%
Jim Marshall 29%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 85%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 47%
Thaddeus McCotter 14%
James McCrery III 25%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 92%
John McHugh 31%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 25%
Michael McNulty 88%
Martin Meehan 94%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 19%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 73%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 88%
Dennis Moore 60%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 31%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 25%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
Ben Nelson 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
Robert William Ney 19%
Anne Northup 42%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 8%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 29%
James Nussle 44%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 75%
John Olver 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Thomas William Osborne 40%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
Major Owens 87%
Michael Oxley 44%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 81%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 77%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 94%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 87%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 31%
John Peterson 15%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 31%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 31%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 15%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 63%
Jon Porter, Sr. 71%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
Deborah Pryce 36%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
George Radanovich 36%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
James Ramstad 19%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 87%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 57%
Ralph Regula 38%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 47%
Richard Renzi 14%
Silvestre Reyes 82%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 73%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
Mike Ross 90%
Steve Rothman 83%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 86%
Jim Ryun 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 94%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 94%
Rick Santorum 47%
Paul Sarbanes 80%
Jim Saxton 31%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 87%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 15%
John Shadegg 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 44%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
Donald Sherwood 22%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 20%
Ike Skelton 85%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 71%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 19%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 56%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 63%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 85%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Ted Stevens 47%
Ted Strickland 69%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sullivan 10%
John Sweeney 11%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 27%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 70%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 44%
Todd Tiahrt 25%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 40%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
Ed Towns 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 14%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 31%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 63%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
James Walsh 63%
Zach Wamp 6%
John Warner 47%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 93%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 56%
Robert Wexler 82%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 19%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 10%
Heather Wilson 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 31%
Lynn Woolsey 94%
David Wu 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 79%
Albert Wynn 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%

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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