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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Howard Berman 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Robert Byrd 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%
Hillary Clinton 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 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%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 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%
Daniel Graham 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 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%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Denise Majette 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 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%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Brad Miller 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 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%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi 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%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez 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%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky 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%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 94%
Byron Dorgan 94%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
Russ Feingold 94%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 94%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 94%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 94%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 94%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Joe Baca, Sr. 89%
Brian Baird 89%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 89%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 89%
Edward Case 89%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 89%
Jerry Costello 89%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
Artur Davis 89%
Peter Deutsch 89%
Norm Dicks 89%
Bob Etheridge 89%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
Jonas Frost III 89%
Charlie Gonzalez 89%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 89%
Jane Harman 89%
Baron Hill 89%
Thomas Holden 89%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 89%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 89%
Herb Kohl 89%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Alan Mollohan 89%
Dennis Moore 89%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 89%
Jack Murtha 89%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 89%
Major Owens 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
Steve Rothman 89%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 89%
John Spratt, Jr. 89%
Ted Strickland 89%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 89%
Ed Towns 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
Julia Carson 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 88%
James Davis 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 88%
Vic Snyder 88%
James Turner 88%
Evan Bayh 83%
Kent Conrad 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 78%
Chris Bell 78%
Shelley Berkley 78%
Marion Berry 78%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
Leonard Boswell 78%
Rick Boucher 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
John Breaux 78%
Dennis Cardoza 78%
Brad Carson 78%
Lincoln Davis 78%
Calvin Dooley 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
Darlene Hooley 78%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 78%
Nicholas Lampson 78%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 78%
Mike Ross 78%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 78%
Ike Skelton 78%
John Tanner 78%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 78%
David Wu 78%
Albert Wynn 78%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Bart Gordon 75%
William Lipinski 71%
Chet Edwards 67%
Christopher John 67%
Jim Marshall 67%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Robert Cramer 56%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Ben Nelson 47%
James Leach 44%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 44%
Ron Paul 38%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Mike Castle 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Tim Johnson 33%
John McHugh 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 28%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 28%
Olympia Snowe 28%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
Tom Tancredo 25%
Charlie Bass 22%
Philip English 22%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Joel Hefley 22%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 22%
Todd Platts 22%
Jack Quinn 22%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
Christopher Shays 22%
Nick Smith 22%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 22%
Steve Buyer 17%
Kay Hutchison 17%
Michael Ferguson 14%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 14%
Sherwood Boehlert 13%
Christopher Cox 13%
Thomas DeLay 13%
Tom Feeney 13%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 13%
William Janklow 13%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
James McCrery III 13%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
Jim Saxton 13%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 13%
Gordon Smith 13%
John Sullivan 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
Cass Ballenger 11%
Roscoe Bartlett 11%
Bob Beauprez 11%
Judy Biggert 11%
Michael Bilirakis 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
Henry Bonilla 11%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 11%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
Ben Campbell 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
Chris Chocola 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 11%
Norm Coleman 11%
Philip Crane 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Jo Ann Davis 11%
Thomas Davis III 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 11%
Elizabeth Dole 11%
John Doolittle 11%
David Dreier 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
Jennifer Dunn 11%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 11%
Mark Foley 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
Elton Gallegly 11%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 11%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
Porter Goss 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
Mark Green 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Katherine Harris 11%
Melissa Hart 11%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Duncan Hunter 11%
Henry Hyde 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 11%
Ric Keller 11%
Sue Kelly 11%
Mark Kennedy 11%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 11%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 11%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Ray LaHood 11%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
Jerry Lewis 11%
Ron Lewis 11%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
Don Manzullo 11%
Thaddeus McCotter 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 11%
Sue Myrick 11%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 11%
Robert William Ney 11%
Anne Northup 11%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 11%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Doug Ose 11%
Michael Oxley 11%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 11%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 11%
Richard Pombo 11%
Jon Porter, Sr. 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
Deborah Pryce 11%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
George Radanovich 11%
James Ramstad 11%
Ralph Regula 11%
Denny Rehberg 11%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 11%
Donald Sherwood 11%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 11%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
Mark Souder 11%
Cliff Stearns 11%
John Sweeney 11%
William Tauzin 11%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
William Thomas 11%
Todd Tiahrt 11%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 11%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 11%
David Weldon 11%
Gerald Weller 11%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
Heather Wilson 11%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 11%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
Zell Bryan Miller 7%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 6%
Wayne Allard 6%
George Allen 6%
Bob Bennett 6%
Kit Bond 6%
Jim Bunning 6%
Conrad Burns 6%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 6%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 6%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 6%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 6%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 6%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 6%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
Trent Lott, Sr. 6%
Dick Lugar 6%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 6%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
Arlen Specter 6%
Ted Stevens 6%
James Talent 6%
George Voinovich 6%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
Max Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
James DeMint 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
John Ensign 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Steve LaTourette 0%
John Linder 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Renzi 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
John Sununu 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. 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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