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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

2001 Positions

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