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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

1999 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 62%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 57%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 65%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 76%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 74%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 25%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 82%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 28%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 48%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 23%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 57%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 41%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 62%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 56%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 70%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 12%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 61%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 13%
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 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 57%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 12%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 37%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 65%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 57%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 55%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 51%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 23%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 22%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 52%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 23%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 12%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 66%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 56%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 62%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 62%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 62%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
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 25%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 32%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 27%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 56%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 23%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 46%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 55%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 84%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 81%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 47%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 35%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 35%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 67%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 55%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 44%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 52%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 28%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 55%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 22%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 12%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 34%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 58%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 85%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 65%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 35%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 20%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 12%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 55%
Gary Ackerman 18%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
Wayne Allard 74%
Thomas Allen 21%
Bill Archer 62%
Richard Armey 62%
John Ashcroft 70%
Brian Baird 22%
Richard Hugh Baker 61%
John Baldacci 20%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 37%
Robert Barr, Jr. 80%
Bill Barrett 57%
Roscoe Bartlett 77%
Charlie Bass 45%
Herbert Bateman 50%
Evan Bayh 15%
Bob Bennett 60%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 17%
Douglas Bereuter 43%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 30%
Judy Biggert 41%
Brian Bilbray 48%
Michael Bilirakis 62%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 51%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
Kit Bond 63%
Henry Bonilla 61%
David Edward Bonior 23%
Mary Bono Mack 47%
Robert Borski, Jr. 30%
Leonard Boswell 17%
Rick Boucher 23%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 17%
John Breaux 17%
Richard Bryan 7%
Ed Bryant 60%
Jim Bunning 82%
Conrad Burns 66%
Dan Burton 81%
Steve Buyer 57%
Robert Byrd 23%
Herbert Callahan 52%
Ben Campbell 60%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Chris Cannon 72%
Julia Carson 21%
Mike Castle 27%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 94%
William Clay, Sr. 18%
Eva Clayton 17%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 17%
Robert Clement 22%
Michael Collins 70%
Larry Combest 71%
Gary Condit 42%
Kent Conrad 23%
Merrill Cook 57%
John Cooksey 55%
Jerry Costello 38%
Paul Coverdell 67%
Christopher Cox 71%
William Coyne 23%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 75%
Barbara Cubin 70%
Randall Cunningham 64%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 12%
James Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 38%
Bill Delahunt 21%
Thomas DeLay 70%
James DeMint 63%
Peter Deutsch 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Jay Dickey 64%
Norm Dicks 22%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 62%
Calvin Dooley 17%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 50%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
John Edwards 17%
Chet Edwards 23%
Vern Ehlers 57%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 43%
Jo Ann Emerson 57%
Philip English 55%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 71%
Thomas Ewing 55%
Russ Feingold 42%
Peter Fitzgerald 69%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 37%
Michael Patrick Forbes 47%
Harold Ford, Jr. 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 56%
Tillie Fowler 55%
Barney Frank 25%
Robert Franks 35%
William Frist 62%
Jonas Frost III 21%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 23%
George Gekas 52%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 20%
Jim Gibbons 62%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 42%
Benjamin Gilman 35%
Charlie Gonzalez 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75%
William Goodling 72%
Bart Gordon 27%
Slade Gorton 60%
Porter Goss 47%
Daniel Graham 20%
William Phillip Gramm 75%
Rodney Grams 67%
Mark Green 55%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 71%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
Tony Hall 32%
James Hansen 61%
J. Dennis Hastert 55%
Robert Hayes 58%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 84%
Wally Herger, Jr. 70%
Baron Hill 27%
Rick Hill 65%
Van Hilleary 74%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
Maurice Hinchey 23%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 34%
Ernest Hollings 28%
Darlene Hooley 18%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 87%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 23%
Kenny Hulshof 57%
Duncan Hunter 55%
Asa Hutchinson 52%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 76%
Kay Hutchison 65%
Henry Hyde 52%
Daniel Inouye 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 27%
William Jefferson 14%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
William Lewis Jenkins 61%
Christopher John 26%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Sue Kelly 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 15%
Patrick Kennedy 26%
Bob Kerrey 12%
Dale Kildee 35%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
Gerald Kleczka 32%
Ronald Klink 38%
Joseph Knollenberg 47%
Herb Kohl 15%
James Kolbe 45%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
Steven Kuykendall 37%
Jon Kyl 74%
John LaFalce 30%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 20%
Stephen Largent 67%
Steve LaTourette 45%
Frank Lautenberg 15%
Rick Lazio 30%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 47%
Ron Lewis 67%
Joe Lieberman 10%
Blanche Lincoln 12%
John Linder 62%
William Lipinski 39%
Trent Lott, Sr. 65%
Dick Lugar 51%
William Luther 20%
Connie Mack 62%
James Maloney 22%
Don Manzullo 70%
Matthew Martinez 23%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 22%
Karen McCarthy 17%
Bill McCollum 54%
James McCrery III 52%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 71%
David McIntosh 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 37%
Michael McNulty 29%
Martin Meehan 21%
Carrie Meek 21%
Jack Metcalf 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 18%
Dan Miller 57%
David Minge 20%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 30%
John Moakley 23%
Alan Mollohan 35%
Dennis Moore 22%
Constance Morella 15%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 61%
Jack Murtha 32%
Sue Myrick 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Robert William Ney 65%
Don Nickles 80%
Anne Northup 47%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 67%
James Nussle 57%
Jim Oberstar 29%
Dave Obey 23%
John Olver 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Doug Ose 36%
Major Owens 21%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ronald Packard 63%
Ron Paul 97%
Donald Payne 25%
Edward Pease 70%
John Peterson 71%
David Phelps 36%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 64%
Owen Pickett 15%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 32%
Deborah Pryce 38%
Jack Quinn 42%
George Radanovich 65%
James Ramstad 47%
Ralph Regula 42%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Thomas Reynolds 44%
Bob Riley 65%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 39%
Charles Robb 7%
Ciro Rodriguez 17%
Timothy Roemer 35%
James Rogan 64%
William Roth, Jr. 57%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 42%
Jim Ryun 72%
Martin Olav Sabo 18%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 70%
Paul Sarbanes 17%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 77%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 39%
Christopher Shays 37%
Donald Sherwood 44%
Ronnie Shows 33%
E.G. Shuster 61%
Norman Sisisky 15%
Joseph Skeen 52%
Ike Skelton 28%
Gordon Smith 46%
Nick Smith 57%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 17%
Mark Souder 55%
Arlen Specter 35%
Floyd Spence 62%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 41%
Cliff Stearns 77%
Charles Stenholm 45%
Ted Stevens 52%
Ted Strickland 20%
Bob Stump 77%
Bart Stupak 37%
John Sununu 66%
John Sweeney 50%
James Talent 57%
Tom Tancredo 77%
John Tanner 27%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
William Tauzin 51%
Charles Taylor 74%
Gene Taylor 58%
Craig Thomas 72%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 70%
Karen Thurman 23%
Strom Thurmond 70%
Todd Tiahrt 74%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 22%
James Turner 22%
Bruce Vento 20%
George Voinovich 72%
James Walsh 45%
Zach Wamp 70%
John Warner 47%
Wesley Watkins 65%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 57%
Anthony Weiner 17%
David Weldon 64%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 55%
Paul Wellstone 22%
Robert Wexler 18%
Bob Weygand 35%
Heather Wilson 45%
Bob Wise, Jr. 20%
Lynn Woolsey 23%
David Wu 26%
Albert Wynn 20%

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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