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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

1999-2000 Positions

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