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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Pete Stark 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Evan Bayh 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 93%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 93%
Thomas Daschle 93%
John Edwards 93%
Russ Feingold 93%
Daniel Graham 93%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Herb Kohl 93%
Blanche Lincoln 93%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 93%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 93%
Rick Boucher 92%
Jerry Costello 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 92%
James Davis 92%
Bob Etheridge 92%
Harold Ford, Jr. 92%
Jonas Frost III 92%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 92%
Thomas Holden 92%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 92%
Patrick Kennedy 92%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 92%
Silvestre Reyes 92%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 92%
Ted Strickland 92%
Bart Stupak 92%
Ellen Tauscher 92%
Calvin Dooley 91%
Baron Hill 91%
Vic Snyder 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Robert Wexler 91%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
Chris Dodd 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
Marion Berry 83%
Leonard Boswell 83%
Brad Carson 83%
Chet Edwards 83%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 83%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
James Turner 83%
David Wu 83%
Brian Baird 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 79%
Kent Conrad 79%
Byron Dorgan 79%
Bart Gordon 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Mike Ross 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
William Lipinski 73%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
John Tanner 73%
Robert Byrd 71%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Christopher John 67%
Ben Nelson 64%
John Breaux 62%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
Charles Stenholm 58%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
Robert Cramer 45%
James Leach 42%
Christopher Shays 42%
Zell Bryan Miller 38%
Jack Quinn 36%
Arlen Specter 36%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Ron Paul 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Olympia Snowe 29%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
Judy Biggert 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Mike Castle 25%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
David Dreier 25%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Tim Johnson 25%
Sue Kelly 25%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
James Kolbe 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 25%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
John McHugh 25%
Thomas William Osborne 25%
Doug Ose 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
James Walsh 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
Heather Wilson 25%
Gordon Smith 23%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 21%
Steve Buyer 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
Steve LaTourette 18%
Deborah Pryce 18%
John Sweeney 18%
Charlie Bass 17%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 17%
Henry Bonilla 17%
Mary Bono Mack 17%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Philip English 17%
Michael Ferguson 17%
Ernest Fletcher 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Porter Goss 17%
Mark Green 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
Melissa Hart 17%
David Lee Hobson 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
Ray LaHood 17%
Jerry Lewis 17%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Anne Northup 17%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 17%
Michael Oxley 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
James Ramstad 17%
Ralph Regula 17%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
Donald Sherwood 17%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
Mark Souder 17%
John Sununu 17%
William Tauzin 17%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 17%
William Thomas 17%
Todd Tiahrt 17%
Ben Campbell 15%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
George Voinovich 14%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 10%
Chris Cannon 9%
Jo Ann Emerson 9%
George Radanovich 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 8%
Cass Ballenger 8%
Douglas Bereuter 8%
Michael Bilirakis 8%
Henry Brown, Jr. 8%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 8%
Michael Collins 8%
Christopher Cox 8%
Thomas DeLay 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
Terry Everett 8%
Peter Fitzgerald 8%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 8%
Elton Gallegly 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 8%
James Greenwood 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
Robert Hayes 8%
Joel Hefley 8%
John Nathan Hostettler 8%
Kenny Hulshof 8%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 8%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Ric Keller 8%
Mark Kennedy 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 8%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 8%
James Nussle 8%
John Peterson 8%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 8%
Todd Platts 8%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 8%
Denny Rehberg 8%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 8%
Jim Saxton 8%
Edward Schrock 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
Nick Smith 8%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 8%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 8%
Zach Wamp 8%
W. Curtis Weldon 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 8%
George Allen 7%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 7%
Kay Hutchison 7%
Trent Lott, Sr. 7%
Rick Santorum 7%
John Warner 7%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
James DeMint 0%
John Doolittle 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
David Weldon 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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