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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Immigration Lawyers Association

1995-2004 Positions

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