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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: FreedomWorks

2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
James DeMint 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
John Sununu 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
Todd Akin 92%
Wayne Allard 92%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Ginny Brown-Waite 92%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
Larry Craig 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
Jim Gibbons 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
Judd Gregg 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Katherine Harris 92%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 92%
Ric Keller 92%
Mark Kennedy 92%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
Jon Kyl 92%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
Sue Myrick 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
Cliff Stearns 92%
John Sullivan 92%
Tom Tancredo 92%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
George Allen 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
Bob Beauprez 83%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 83%
Jim Bunning 83%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 83%
Barbara Cubin 83%
Geoff Davis 83%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 83%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
Kay Hutchison 83%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 83%
Ron Lewis 83%
John Linder 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 83%
Marilyn Musgrave 83%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 83%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 83%
Todd Platts 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 83%
Rick Santorum 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 83%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Bob Bennett 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
Steve Buyer 75%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Elizabeth Dole 75%
Terry Everett 75%
William Frist 75%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 75%
Dan Lungren 75%
Connie Mack IV 75%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 75%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 75%
Ron Paul 75%
Jon Porter, Sr. 75%
Deborah Pryce 75%
James Ramstad 75%
Mike Sodrel 75%
Mark Souder 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
Charlie Bass 67%
Melissa Bean 67%
Judy Biggert 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 67%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 67%
Henry Brown, Jr. 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
Chris Cannon 67%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 67%
Jo Ann Davis 67%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 67%
John Doolittle 67%
Thelma Drake 67%
David Dreier 67%
Philip English 67%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 67%
Elton Gallegly 67%
Paul Gillmor 67%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 67%
Melissa Hart 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
Wally Herger, Jr. 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 67%
Henry Hyde 67%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 67%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 67%
John Kuhl, Jr. 67%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 67%
James McCrery III 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 67%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 67%
Thomas William Osborne 67%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 67%
Richard Pombo 67%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 67%
George Radanovich 67%
Denny Rehberg 67%
Richard Renzi 67%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 67%
Jim Ryun 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
John Tanner 67%
William Thomas 67%
Todd Tiahrt 67%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 67%
Zach Wamp 67%
John Warner 67%
David Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 67%
Richard Hugh Baker 58%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 58%
Kit Bond 58%
Henry Bonilla 58%
Dan Boren 58%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 58%
Conrad Burns 58%
Dan Burton 58%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 58%
Mike Castle 58%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 58%
Lincoln Davis 58%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Michael Ferguson 58%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 58%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 58%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 58%
Robert Hayes 58%
John Nathan Hostettler 58%
Tim Johnson 58%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 58%
Sue Kelly 58%
Joseph Knollenberg 58%
James Kolbe 58%
Ray LaHood 58%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 58%
Don Manzullo 58%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 58%
Thaddeus McCotter 58%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 58%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 58%
Charles Taylor 58%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 58%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 58%
Brian Bilbray 50%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Mark Foley 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
William Jefferson 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
James Nussle 50%
Michael Oxley 50%
John Peterson 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
Donald Sherwood 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
James Talent 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 42%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 42%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 42%
Norm Coleman 42%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 42%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Nancy Johnson 42%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 42%
John McHugh 42%
Anne Northup 42%
Ralph Regula 42%
Jim Saxton 42%
John Schwarz 42%
Arlen Specter 42%
George Voinovich 42%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 42%
Marion Berry 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
Hillary Clinton 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
Robert Cramer 33%
Artur Davis 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
Jim Marshall 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 33%
Mike Ross 33%
Ken Salazar 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
John Sweeney 33%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
Kent Conrad 25%
Bob Etheridge 25%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 25%
Barney Frank 25%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 25%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 25%
Thomas Holden 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
James Leach 25%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
Martin Meehan 25%
Dennis Moore 25%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
Silvestre Reyes 25%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
James Walsh 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
Brian Baird 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 17%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
Edward Case 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
Russ Feingold 17%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 17%
Charlie Gonzalez 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 17%
Jane Harman 17%
Darlene Hooley 17%
Daniel Inouye 17%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
Herb Kohl 17%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
Joe Lieberman 17%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 17%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
Alan Mollohan 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 17%
Jack Murtha 17%
Earl Pomeroy 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 17%
Olympia Snowe 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Ellen Tauscher 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 17%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
Albert Wynn 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Evan Bayh 8%
Jeff Bingaman 8%
Rick Boucher 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
Russ Carnahan 8%
Ben Chandler III 8%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 8%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
Byron Dorgan 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
James Merrill Jeffords 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 8%
Paul Kanjorski 8%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 8%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
Dave Obey 8%
Major Owens 8%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
Vic Snyder 8%
Ted Strickland 8%
Ed Towns 8%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
David Wu 8%
Thomas Allen 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 0%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
Robert Byrd 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jerry Costello 0%
James Davis 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Lane Evans 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Brad Miller 0%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
Jim Oberstar 0%
John Olver 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Steve Rothman 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Bart Stupak 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Lynn Woolsey 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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