Rating Group: Society for Animal Protective Legislation
2005-2006 U.S. House Score
Issues:
Animals and Wildlife
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | U.S. House-1 | Jo Bonner, Jr. | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House-3 | Mike Rogers | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House-4 | Robert Aderholt | R | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 66% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Boozman | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Flake | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House-3 | Raúl Grijalva | D | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House-8 | Trent Franks | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-5 | Mike Thompson | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-6 | Doris Matsui | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-13 | Barbara Lee | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-16 | Jim Costa | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-17 | Mike Honda | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-24 | Lois Capps | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-28 | Adam Schiff | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-30 | Brad Sherman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-31 | Gary Miller | R | 33% |
| CA | U.S. House-32 | Grace Napolitano | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-45 | John Campbell III | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-46 | Loretta Sanchez | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-49 | Darrell Issa | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-53 | Susan Davis | D | 100% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 33% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 33% |
| CO | U.S. House-1 | Diana DeGette | D | 100% |
| CO | Commissioner of Agriculture | John Salazar | N/A | 0% |
| CT | U.S. House-1 | John Larson | D | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-4 | Ander Crenshaw | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 33% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 33% |
| FL | U.S. House-23 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-25 | Mario Diaz-Balart | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 100% |
| FL | Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Adam Putnam | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-3 | Lynn Westmoreland | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-6 | Tom Price | R | 66% |
| GA | U.S. House-11 | Phil Gingrey | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-12 | John Barrow | D | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-13 | David Scott | D | 100% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 0% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. House-4 | Steve King | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. House-2 | Mike Simpson | R | 0% |
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | R | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Kirk | R | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 66% |
| IL | U.S. House-3 | Daniel Lipinski | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-7 | Danny Davis | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-15 | John Shimkus | R | 0% |
| IL | Mayor-At-Large | Rahm Emanuel | D | 100% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 100% |
| IN | Governor | Mike Pence | R | 33% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jerry Moran | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 100% |
| LA | U.S. House-3 | Charles Boustany, Jr. | R | 0% |
| LA | U.S. House-5 | Rodney Alexander | R | 66% |
| LA | Governor | Bobby Jindal | R | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-6 | John Tierney | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-7 | Mike Capuano | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-7 | Elijah Cummings | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-8 | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. House-2 | Mike Michaud | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-8 | Mike Rogers | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-10 | Candice Miller | R | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-2 | John Kline | R | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-4 | Betty McCollum | DFL | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 33% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roy Blunt | R | 0% |
| MO | U.S. House-1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House-5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 66% |
| MO | U.S. House-6 | Sam Graves | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 33% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-1 | G.K. Butterfield, Jr. | D | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-4 | David Price | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-5 | Virginia Foxx | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-7 | Mike McIntyre | D | 66% |
| NC | U.S. House-10 | Patrick McHenry | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 100% |
| NE | U.S. House-1 | Jeff Fortenberry | R | 0% |
| NE | U.S. House-2 | Lee Terry | R | 0% |
| NH | State Senate-3 | Jeb Bradley | R | 66% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-5 | Scott Garrett | R | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. House-2 | Steve Pearce | R | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House-1 | Tim Bishop | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-3 | Steve Israel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-4 | Carolyn McCarthy | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-5 | Gregory Meeks | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-14 | Joe Crowley | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-26 | Brian Higgins | D | 66% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 0% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-10 | Mike Turner | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-12 | Pat Tiberi | R | 66% |
| OH | U.S. House-13 | Tim Ryan | D | 100% |
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 0% |
| OK | U.S. House-4 | Tom Cole | R | 0% |
| OR | U.S. House-2 | Greg Walden | R | 0% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-1 | Bob Brady | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-6 | Jim Gerlach | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-8 | Mike Fitzpatrick | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-9 | Bill Shuster | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-13 | Allyson Schwartz | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-15 | Charlie Dent | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-16 | Joe Pitts | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-18 | Tim Murphy | R | 0% |
| RI | U.S. House-2 | Jim Langevin | D | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House-2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | R | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 100% |
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 0% |
| TN | U.S. House-5 | Jim Cooper | D | 0% |
| TN | U.S. House-7 | Marsha Blackburn | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-1 | Louie Gohmert | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-2 | Ted Poe | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-5 | Jeb Hensarling | R | 33% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-7 | John Culberson | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-8 | Kevin Brady | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-9 | Al Green | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-10 | Michael McCaul | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-11 | Mike Conaway | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-12 | Kay Granger | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-13 | Mac Thornberry | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-15 | Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | D | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-19 | Randy Neugebauer | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-24 | Kenny Marchant | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-26 | Michael Burgess | R | 66% |
| TX | U.S. House-28 | Henry Cuellar | D | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-31 | John Carter | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-32 | Pete Sessions | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-35 | Lloyd Doggett | D | 100% |
| UT | U.S. House-1 | Rob Bishop | R | 0% |
| UT | U.S. House-4 | Jim Matheson | D | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-4 | Randy Forbes | R | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-6 | Bob Goodlatte | R | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House-7 | Eric Cantor | R | 33% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-2 | Rick Larsen | D | 33% |
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House-5 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | R | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 33% |
| WA | U.S. House-8 | Dave Reichert | R | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-9 | Adam Smith | D | 100% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-1 | Paul Ryan | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-3 | Ron Kind | D | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-4 | Gwen Moore | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 0% |
| WV | U.S. House-2 | Shelley Moore Capito | R | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 100% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 100% | ||
| Todd Akin | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Allen | Other | 100% | ||
| Brian Baird | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 0% | ||
| J. Gresham Barrett | Other | 66% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 100% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 100% | ||
| Melissa Bean | Other | 100% | ||
| Shelley Berkley | Other | 100% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 100% | ||
| Marion Berry | Other | 0% | ||
| Judy Biggert | Other | 100% | ||
| Brian Bilbray | Other | 100% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 0% | ||
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 0% | ||
| Mary Bono Mack | Other | 100% | ||
| Dan Boren | Other | 0% | ||
| Leonard Boswell | Other | 0% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 66% | ||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Henry Brown, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Ginny Brown-Waite | Other | 0% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 0% | ||
| Chris Cannon | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Cardoza | Other | 0% | ||
| Russ Carnahan | Other | 100% | ||
| Julia Carson | Other | 100% | ||
| Edward Case | Other | 100% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 100% | ||
| Ben Chandler III | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Chocola | Other | 0% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 66% | ||
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 0% | ||
| Artur Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Geoff Davis | Other | 33% | ||
| James Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Jo Ann Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Lincoln Davis | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Delahunt | Other | 100% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 100% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 100% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 0% | ||
| Thelma Drake | Other | 0% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 100% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 0% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 66% | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Other | 0% | ||
| Philip English | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Etheridge | Other | 33% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 66% | ||
| Tom Feeney | Other | 0% | ||
| Michael Ferguson | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Foley | Other | 100% | ||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Other | 33% | ||
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Gibbons | Other | 100% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 66% | ||
| Charlie Gonzalez | Other | 100% | ||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | Other | 66% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 0% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 0% | ||
| Jane Harman | Other | 100% | ||
| Melissa Hart | Other | 33% | ||
| Robert Hayes | Other | 0% | ||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 0% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Other | 0% | ||
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 66% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 66% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 33% | ||
| Darlene Hooley | Other | 100% | ||
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 100% | ||
| Kenny Hulshof | Other | 0% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| William Jefferson | Other | 100% | ||
| William Lewis Jenkins | Other | 0% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 100% | ||
| Tim Johnson | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 100% | ||
| Ric Keller | Other | 100% | ||
| Sue Kelly | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Kennedy | Other | 33% | ||
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 100% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 100% | ||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 0% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Kucinich | Other | 100% | ||
| John Kuhl, Jr. | Other | 33% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 0% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 100% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 100% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 0% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 66% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 100% | ||
| Dan Lungren | Other | 66% | ||
| Connie Mack IV | Other | 33% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Marshall | Other | 0% | ||
| Thaddeus McCotter | Other | 100% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 0% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 0% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 100% | ||
| Martin Meehan | Other | 100% | ||
| Kendrick Meek, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Charlie Melancon, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Other | 100% | ||
| Brad Miller | Other | 100% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 100% | ||
| Dennis Moore | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 66% | ||
| Marilyn Musgrave | Other | 0% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 66% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 100% | ||
| Anne Northup | Other | 33% | ||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 0% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 0% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 100% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 33% | ||
| Thomas William Osborne | Other | 0% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 100% | ||
| Ron Paul | Other | 33% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 100% | ||
| John Peterson | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Todd Platts | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Pombo | Other | 0% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 0% | ||
| Jon Porter, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 100% | ||
| George Radanovich | Other | 0% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 100% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 100% | ||
| Denny Rehberg | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Renzi | Other | 100% | ||
| Silvestre Reyes | Other | 66% | ||
| Thomas Reynolds | Other | 100% | ||
| Mike Ross | Other | 0% | ||
| Steve Rothman | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Ryun | Other | 0% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 100% | ||
| Jean Schmidt | Other | 100% | ||
| John Schwarz | Other | 0% | ||
| John Shadegg | Other | 0% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 100% | ||
| Donald Sherwood | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Ruhl Simmons | Other | 100% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 0% | ||
| Vic Snyder | Other | 33% | ||
| Mike Sodrel | Other | 0% | ||
| Hilda Solis | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 0% | ||
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 0% | ||
| Bart Stupak | Other | 33% | ||
| John Sullivan | Other | 0% | ||
| John Sweeney | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Tancredo | Other | 0% | ||
| John Tanner | Other | 100% | ||
| Ellen Tauscher | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 66% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 100% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 0% | ||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Other | 100% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 100% | ||
| Zach Wamp | Other | 33% | ||
| Diane Watson | Other | 100% | ||
| Anthony Weiner | Other | 100% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 0% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Wexler | Other | 100% | ||
| Heather Wilson | Other | 0% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Wu | Other | 100% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 100% |
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.
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