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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 31%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 19%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 19%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 19%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 19%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 31%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 94%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 13%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 88%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 94%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 19%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 81%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 94%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 94%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 94%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 69%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 19%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 81%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 31%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 19%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 31%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 38%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 94%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 19%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 19%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 19%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 13%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 94%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 56%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 44%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 94%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 13%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 81%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 19%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 19%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 94%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 94%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 44%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 19%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 19%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 94%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 19%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 81%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 38%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 94%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 88%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 88%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 19%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 94%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 38%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 94%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 31%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 13%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 19%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 94%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 19%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 94%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 88%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 88%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 94%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 81%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 19%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 19%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 19%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 38%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 94%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 13%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 63%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 19%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 13%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 94%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 94%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 25%
Wayne Allard 19%
Thomas Allen 94%
Richard Armey 6%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 6%
James Barcia 69%
Robert Barr, Jr. 13%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 38%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 94%
Douglas Bereuter 31%
Marion Berry 69%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 13%
Henry Bonilla 25%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Rick Boucher 69%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
John Breaux 94%
Ed Bryant 19%
Jim Bunning 19%
Conrad Burns 38%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 81%
Herbert Callahan 6%
Ben Campbell 19%
Chris Cannon 13%
Julia Carson 94%
Mike Castle 44%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 94%
Robert Clement 75%
Mac Collins 13%
Larry Combest 13%
Gary Condit 69%
John Cooksey 31%
Christopher Cox 19%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 19%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 13%
Barbara Cubin 19%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 81%
Thomas Davis III 38%
Bill Delahunt 94%
Thomas DeLay 13%
Peter Deutsch 81%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 38%
Chris Dodd 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 88%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 13%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 81%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 19%
Philip English 44%
Bob Etheridge 88%
Lane Evans 94%
Terry Everett 6%
Russ Feingold 94%
Peter Fitzgerald 38%
Ernest Fletcher 19%
Mark Foley 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 94%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
William Frist 25%
Jonas Frost III 69%
John Ganske 25%
George Gekas 19%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 88%
Jim Gibbons 31%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 19%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 6%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 19%
Mark Green 25%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 25%
Gilbert Gutknecht 19%
Charles Hagel 13%
Tony Hall 69%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 6%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 19%
Joel Hefley 6%
Jesse Helms 13%
Baron Hill 81%
Van Hilleary 19%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 19%
Pete Hoekstra 19%
Ernest Hollings 94%
Darlene Hooley 81%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Nathan Hostettler 19%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 6%
William Hutchinson 19%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 13%
Henry Hyde 25%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 13%
William Jefferson 69%
James Merrill Jeffords 69%
William Lewis Jenkins 19%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 94%
Sue Kelly 44%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 94%
Joseph Knollenberg 6%
James Kolbe 19%
John LaFalce 94%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 19%
James Leach 44%
Ron Lewis 13%
Blanche Lincoln 94%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 44%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
William Luther 81%
James Maloney 69%
Frank Mascara 88%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 88%
James McCrery III 19%
John McHugh 31%
Scott McInnis 19%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 88%
Martin Meehan 88%
Carrie Meek 94%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 6%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 88%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 81%
Dennis Moore 81%
Constance Morella 75%
Frank Murkowski 19%
Jack Murtha 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 19%
Robert William Ney 38%
Don Nickles 25%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 94%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Doug Ose 19%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 13%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 6%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 19%
Richard Pombo 19%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
Deborah Pryce 31%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 13%
James Ramstad 25%
Ralph Regula 31%
Thomas Reynolds 25%
Bob Riley 13%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 81%
Marge Roukema 19%
Jim Ryun 13%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 88%
Rick Santorum 31%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 38%
Joe Scarborough 19%
John Shadegg 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 44%
Donald Sherwood 25%
Ronnie Shows 63%
Norman Sisisky 81%
Joseph Skeen 19%
Ike Skelton 69%
Gordon Smith 44%
Nick Smith 19%
Bob Smith 19%
Vic Snyder 94%
Mark Souder 19%
Arlen Specter 69%
Floyd Spence 13%
John Spratt, Jr. 88%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 44%
Ted Strickland 81%
Robert Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 94%
John Sununu 13%
John Sweeney 44%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 69%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
William Tauzin 13%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 38%
Craig Thomas 25%
William Thomas 19%
Fred Thompson 25%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 19%
Todd Tiahrt 19%
Robert Torricelli 94%
James Traficant, Jr. 69%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 94%
James Turner 75%
George Voinovich 25%
James Walsh 44%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 19%
Wesley Watkins 19%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 19%
Anthony Weiner 94%
David Weldon 19%
W. Curtis Weldon 31%
Gerald Weller 31%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 88%
Heather Wilson 44%
David Wu 88%
Albert Wynn 94%

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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