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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

2000 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 63%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 56%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 78%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 59%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 87%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 16%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 13%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 23%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 80%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 29%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 54%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 27%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 55%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 42%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 68%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 27%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 72%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 63%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 76%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 21%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 55%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 70%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 56%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 66%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 41%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 53%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 21%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 16%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 18%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 23%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 54%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 21%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 64%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 24%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 64%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 58%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 13%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 18%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 63%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 37%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 31%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 22%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 26%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 44%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 74%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 16%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 27%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 51%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 62%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 68%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 82%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 16%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 32%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 32%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 67%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 59%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 21%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 31%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 19%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 66%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 11%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 56%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 24%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 63%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 68%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 54%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 27%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 63%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 35%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 56%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 21%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 31%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 32%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 8%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 82%
Gary Ackerman 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Wayne Allard 78%
Thomas Allen 17%
Richard Armey 63%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
Brian Baird 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 59%
John Baldacci 20%
Cass Ballenger 59%
James Barcia 43%
Robert Barr, Jr. 79%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Charlie Bass 45%
Evan Bayh 10%
Bob Bennett 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 15%
Douglas Bereuter 44%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 15%
Marion Berry 37%
Judy Biggert 43%
Michael Bilirakis 58%
Jeff Bingaman 12%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 26%
Kit Bond 68%
Henry Bonilla 63%
David Edward Bonior 24%
Mary Bono Mack 47%
Robert Borski, Jr. 29%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 28%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 18%
Ed Bryant 62%
Jim Bunning 84%
Conrad Burns 70%
Dan Burton 75%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 31%
Herbert Callahan 56%
Ben Campbell 68%
Chris Cannon 70%
Julia Carson 18%
Mike Castle 32%
Eva Clayton 16%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 16%
Robert Clement 32%
Michael Collins 74%
Larry Combest 68%
Gary Condit 42%
Kent Conrad 20%
John Cooksey 54%
Jerry Costello 41%
Christopher Cox 71%
William Coyne 21%
Larry Craig 77%
Robert Cramer 31%
Philip Crane 69%
Barbara Cubin 68%
Randall Cunningham 62%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 41%
Bill Delahunt 22%
Thomas DeLay 68%
James DeMint 65%
Peter Deutsch 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 46%
Norm Dicks 18%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 22%
John Doolittle 80%
Byron Dorgan 16%
David Dreier 53%
Jennifer Dunn 51%
John Edwards 13%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 53%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 49%
Jo Ann Emerson 57%
Philip English 47%
Bob Etheridge 28%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 68%
Russ Feingold 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 68%
Ernest Fletcher 51%
Mark Foley 37%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 57%
Barney Frank 24%
William Frist 68%
Jonas Frost III 17%
Elton Gallegly 48%
John Ganske 48%
George Gekas 53%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 22%
Jim Gibbons 65%
Wayne Gilchrest 35%
Paul Gillmor 42%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 21%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 76%
Bart Gordon 32%
Porter Goss 52%
Daniel Graham 13%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Mark Green 55%
James Greenwood 32%
Judd Gregg 79%
Gilbert Gutknecht 65%
Tony Hall 31%
James Hansen 62%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
Robert Hayes 59%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 72%
Joel Hefley 81%
Jesse Helms 84%
Wally Herger, Jr. 67%
Baron Hill 28%
Van Hilleary 70%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 16%
Maurice Hinchey 20%
David Lee Hobson 53%
Pete Hoekstra 66%
Thomas Holden 35%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 25%
Stephen Horn 36%
John Nathan Hostettler 81%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
Kenny Hulshof 61%
Duncan Hunter 63%
Asa Hutchinson 56%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Kay Hutchison 70%
Henry Hyde 52%
Daniel Inouye 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 72%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 26%
William Jefferson 19%
James Merrill Jeffords 41%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 35%
Nancy Johnson 38%
Paul Kanjorski 26%
Sue Kelly 32%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
Patrick Kennedy 28%
Dale Kildee 32%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
Gerald Kleczka 28%
Joseph Knollenberg 53%
Herb Kohl 18%
James Kolbe 48%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
Jon Kyl 79%
John LaFalce 27%
Ray LaHood 56%
Nicholas Lampson 25%
Tom Lantos 21%
Stephen Largent 68%
Steve LaTourette 46%
James Leach 42%
Jerry Lewis 53%
Ron Lewis 65%
Joe Lieberman 14%
Blanche Lincoln 10%
John Linder 63%
William Lipinski 39%
Trent Lott, Sr. 71%
Dick Lugar 58%
William Luther 22%
James Maloney 29%
Don Manzullo 72%
Frank Mascara 35%
Robert Matsui 18%
Karen McCarthy 17%
James McCrery III 53%
John McHugh 43%
Scott McInnis 68%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 38%
Michael McNulty 26%
Martin Meehan 18%
Carrie Meek 19%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
Dan Miller 53%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 31%
John Moakley 22%
Alan Mollohan 32%
Dennis Moore 30%
Constance Morella 20%
Frank Murkowski 68%
Jack Murtha 30%
Sue Myrick 61%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Robert William Ney 62%
Don Nickles 83%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 67%
James Nussle 58%
Jim Oberstar 26%
Dave Obey 29%
John Olver 18%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Doug Ose 47%
Major Owens 19%
Michael Oxley 54%
Ron Paul 95%
Donald Payne 22%
John Peterson 63%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 62%
Richard Pombo 81%
Earl Pomeroy 17%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 63%
James Ramstad 45%
Ralph Regula 49%
Silvestre Reyes 15%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 65%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 36%
Ciro Rodriguez 17%
Timothy Roemer 38%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 40%
Jim Ryun 67%
Martin Olav Sabo 21%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 73%
Paul Sarbanes 16%
Jim Saxton 48%
Joe Scarborough 72%
John Shadegg 76%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 41%
Christopher Shays 39%
Donald Sherwood 50%
Ronnie Shows 43%
Norman Sisisky 31%
Joseph Skeen 56%
Ike Skelton 34%
Gordon Smith 55%
Nick Smith 56%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Vic Snyder 16%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 48%
Floyd Spence 64%
John Spratt, Jr. 26%
Pete Stark 32%
Cliff Stearns 76%
Charles Stenholm 47%
Ted Stevens 62%
Ted Strickland 28%
Bob Stump 72%
Bart Stupak 36%
John Sununu 68%
John Sweeney 52%
Tom Tancredo 72%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 26%
William Tauzin 53%
Charles Taylor 73%
Gene Taylor 52%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 52%
Fred Thompson 74%
Karen Thurman 21%
Strom Thurmond 73%
Todd Tiahrt 70%
Robert Torricelli 26%
Ed Towns 18%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
James Turner 25%
George Voinovich 72%
James Walsh 46%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 60%
Wesley Watkins 64%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 59%
Anthony Weiner 13%
David Weldon 66%
W. Curtis Weldon 44%
Gerald Weller 48%
Paul Wellstone 17%
Robert Wexler 21%
Heather Wilson 47%
Lynn Woolsey 20%
David Wu 32%
Albert Wynn 19%

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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