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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Society for Animal Protective Legislation

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 66%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 66%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 66%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 17%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 66%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 66%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 66%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 66%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 66%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 17%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 50%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 66%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 17%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
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 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 66%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 66%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 66%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 66%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 25%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 75%
Thomas Allen 83%
Richard Armey 0%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
John Baldacci 66%
Cass Ballenger 17%
James Barcia 66%
Robert Barr, Jr. 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Charlie Bass 66%
Evan Bayh 50%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 50%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 33%
Judy Biggert 83%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Rod Blagojevich 83%
Sherwood Boehlert 66%
Kit Bond 25%
Henry Bonilla 17%
David Edward Bonior 66%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 66%
Leonard Boswell 17%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 17%
John Breaux 0%
Ed Bryant 17%
Jim Bunning 25%
Conrad Burns 25%
Dan Burton 17%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 17%
Ben Campbell 25%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 66%
Eva Clayton 50%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 50%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 17%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 25%
John Cooksey 17%
Jerry Costello 83%
Christopher Cox 33%
William Coyne 66%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 66%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 66%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 17%
James DeMint 33%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Norm Dicks 83%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 66%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 25%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Philip English 50%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 17%
Russ Feingold 75%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 17%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
Barney Frank 83%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elton Gallegly 66%
John Ganske 17%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Benjamin Gilman 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 50%
Porter Goss 66%
Daniel Graham 75%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 50%
James Greenwood 83%
Judd Gregg 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Tony Hall 83%
James Hansen 17%
Robert Hayes 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 17%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 17%
Baron Hill 50%
Van Hilleary 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
Maurice Hinchey 83%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 33%
Ernest Hollings 25%
Darlene Hooley 66%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 66%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 50%
Daniel Inouye 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 83%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 75%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 0%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Herb Kohl 75%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Tom Lantos 66%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 66%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ron Lewis 17%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 50%
William Luther 83%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 66%
Karen McCarthy 66%
James McCrery III 17%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Michael McNulty 66%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
Dan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 66%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Dennis Moore 66%
Constance Morella 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 17%
Sue Myrick 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 66%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Doug Ose 33%
Major Owens 83%
Michael Oxley 17%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 83%
John Peterson 17%
David Phelps 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
Richard Pombo 17%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 17%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 83%
Ralph Regula 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
Bob Riley 17%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Timothy Roemer 66%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 83%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Rick Santorum 75%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 17%
Ronnie Shows 33%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Ike Skelton 17%
Gordon Smith 50%
Nick Smith 17%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mark Souder 17%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 17%
Charles Stenholm 17%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 66%
Bob Stump 17%
Bart Stupak 33%
John Sununu 17%
John Sweeney 17%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 17%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 66%
Craig Thomas 50%
William Thomas 17%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 50%
Strom Thurmond 25%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 66%
James Turner 33%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 17%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 25%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 66%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 33%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 83%

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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