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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

2001 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 65%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 65%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 53%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 85%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 42%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 5%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 42%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 5%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 68%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 70%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 58%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 16%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 89%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 72%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 21%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 65%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 65%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 43%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 72%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 70%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 55%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 63%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 65%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 37%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 20%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 60%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 58%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 53%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 21%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 70%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 55%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 35%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 5%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 65%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 65%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 75%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 82%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 61%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 26%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 68%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 75%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 16%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 68%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 15%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 5%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 11%
Todd Akin 90%
Wayne Allard 89%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 5%
Richard Armey 65%
Joe Baca, Sr. 26%
Brian Baird 26%
Richard Hugh Baker 65%
John Baldacci 5%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 45%
Robert Barr, Jr. 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 80%
Charlie Bass 55%
Evan Bayh 30%
Bob Bennett 95%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 21%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 45%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 65%
Jeff Bingaman 11%
Rod Blagojevich 15%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 85%
Henry Bonilla 63%
David Edward Bonior 10%
Mary Bono Mack 65%
Robert Borski, Jr. 16%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 26%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 37%
John Breaux 55%
Henry Brown, Jr. 60%
Ed Bryant 70%
Jim Bunning 90%
Conrad Burns 89%
Dan Burton 82%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 60%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 68%
Jean Carnahan 40%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 45%
Eva Clayton 5%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 45%
Robert Clement 40%
Hillary Clinton 5%
Michael Collins 70%
Larry Combest 70%
Gary Condit 45%
Kent Conrad 15%
John Cooksey 65%
Jon Corzine 5%
Jerry Costello 40%
Christopher Cox 70%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 85%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 75%
Randall Cunningham 63%
Thomas Daschle 5%
James Davis 20%
Jo Ann Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Thomas DeLay 68%
James DeMint 75%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Norm Dicks 20%
Chris Dodd 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84%
Calvin Dooley 30%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 65%
Jennifer Dunn 58%
John Edwards 20%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 58%
Jo Ann Emerson 59%
Philip English 55%
John Ensign 80%
Bob Etheridge 30%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 70%
Russ Feingold 25%
Michael Ferguson 58%
Peter Fitzgerald 83%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Mark Foley 63%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 63%
Barney Frank 10%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Elton Gallegly 60%
John Ganske 60%
George Gekas 60%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 11%
Jim Gibbons 65%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 58%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 15%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Bart Gordon 47%
Porter Goss 55%
Daniel Graham 15%
William Phillip Gramm 90%
Mark Green 60%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 85%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 55%
Gilbert Gutknecht 70%
Tony Hall 11%
James Hansen 74%
Jane Harman 25%
Melissa Hart 60%
Robert Hayes 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 70%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 95%
Wally Herger, Jr. 80%
Baron Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 60%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Thomas Holden 35%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 32%
Stephen Horn 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 95%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 32%
Kenny Hulshof 65%
Duncan Hunter 65%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 85%
Kay Hutchison 80%
Henry Hyde 65%
Daniel Inouye 6%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 11%
William Jefferson 15%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 45%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Tim Johnson 60%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
Ric Keller 65%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 5%
Mark Kennedy 70%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Brian Kerns 85%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 70%
Herb Kohl 26%
James Kolbe 45%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 15%
Ray LaHood 70%
Nicholas Lampson 18%
Tom Lantos 10%
Steve LaTourette 60%
James Leach 40%
Jerry Lewis 72%
Ron Lewis 75%
Joe Lieberman 10%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 65%
William Lipinski 42%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
William Luther 15%
James Maloney 35%
Don Manzullo 75%
Frank Mascara 30%
Robert Matsui 10%
Karen McCarthy 15%
James McCrery III 65%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 70%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 16%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 5%
Carrie Meek 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 60%
Zell Bryan Miller 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 6%
Alan Mollohan 35%
Dennis Moore 35%
Constance Morella 35%
Frank Murkowski 90%
Jack Murtha 20%
Sue Myrick 75%
Ben Nelson 55%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 65%
Robert William Ney 60%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 68%
James Nussle 65%
Jim Oberstar 11%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 39%
Thomas William Osborne 60%
Doug Ose 55%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 58%
Ron Paul 95%
Donald Payne 15%
John Peterson 60%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 65%
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 47%
George Radanovich 65%
James Ramstad 65%
Ralph Regula 60%
Denny Rehberg 60%
Silvestre Reyes 25%
Thomas Reynolds 65%
Bob Riley 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 24%
Ciro Rodriguez 16%
Timothy Roemer 40%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 13%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 16%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 55%
Edward Schrock 65%
John Shadegg 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 45%
Donald Sherwood 60%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 47%
Gordon Smith 80%
Nick Smith 60%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 5%
Hilda Solis 15%
Mark Souder 79%
Arlen Specter 65%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 85%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 72%
Ted Strickland 20%
Bob Stump 71%
Bart Stupak 28%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 35%
William Tauzin 60%
Charles Taylor 65%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Robert Torricelli 35%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 35%
George Voinovich 90%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 80%
Wesley Watkins 72%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
Anthony Weiner 5%
David Weldon 80%
W. Curtis Weldon 53%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
Heather Wilson 60%
Lynn Woolsey 5%
David Wu 15%
Albert Wynn 16%

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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