Rating Group: Big Cat Rescue

2007-2008 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 33
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 33
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 33
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 66
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 66
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 66
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 66
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 33
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 66
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 66
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 66
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 66
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 66
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 50
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 66
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 66
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 66
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 66
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 66
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 66
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 33
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 66
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 33
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 66
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 66
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 33
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 50
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 66
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 66
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 66
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 66
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 66
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 66
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 66
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 66
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 66
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 50
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 66
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 66
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 66
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 50
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 66
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 66
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 66
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 66
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 66
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 66
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 66
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 33
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 50
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 66
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 66
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 66
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 66
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 66
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 66
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 50
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 50
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 66
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 66
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 66
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 33
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 33
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 66
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 66
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 33
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 66
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 66
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 66
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 50
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 66
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 66
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 66
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 66
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 66
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 33
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 66
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 66
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 50
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 50
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 66
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 66
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 66
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 50
IN Governor Mike Pence R 50
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 33
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 66
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 66
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 0
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 33
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 66
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 50
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 66
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 50
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 66
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 66
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 66
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 66
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 66
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 66
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 66
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 66
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 66
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 66
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 66
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 66
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 33
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 66
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 66
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 66
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 66
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 50
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 66
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 33
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 66
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 66
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 33
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 66
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 66
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 66
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 66
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 66
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 66
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 50
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 33
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 66
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 50
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 66
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 66
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 33
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 66
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 66
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 66
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 66
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 66
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 50
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 66
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 50
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 66
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 66
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 66
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 33
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 66
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 50
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 66
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 66
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 66
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 66
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 66
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 50
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 66
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 50
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 66
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 66
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 66
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 66
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 33
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 66
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 66
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 66
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 66
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 33
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 33
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 33
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 66
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 50
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 66
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 66
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 50
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 66
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 66
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 66
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 33
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 33
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 66
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 33
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 66
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 66
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 66
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 33
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 66
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 33
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 33
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 66
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 33
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 66
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 33
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 66
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 33
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 33
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 66
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 50
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 66
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 33
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 66
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 33
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 66
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 50
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 66
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 66
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 33
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 66
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 66
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 66
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 66
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 33
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 66
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 66
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 66
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 50
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 66
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 66
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 33
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 50
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 66
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 50
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 66
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 66
Gary Ackerman Other 66
Todd Akin Other 50
Thomas Allen Other 66
Jason Altmire Other 66
Michael Arcuri Other 66
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 66
Brian Baird Other 66
J. Gresham Barrett Other 33
Roscoe Bartlett Other 66
Melissa Bean Other 66
Shelley Berkley Other 66
Howard Berman Other 66
Marion Berry Other 66
Judy Biggert Other 66
Brian Bilbray Other 66
Mary Bono Mack Other 66
Dan Boren Other 33
Leonard Boswell Other 66
Rick Boucher Other 66
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 66
Nancy Boyda Other 66
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 66
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 33
Dan Burton Other 33
Steve Buyer Other 33
Chris Cannon Other 0
Dennis Cardoza Other 50
Russ Carnahan Other 66
Christopher Carney Other 66
Mike Castle Other 66
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. Other 50
Ben Chandler III Other 66
Travis Childers Other 50
Jerry Costello Other 66
Robert Cramer Other 66
Barbara Cubin Other 33
Artur Davis Other 66
David Davis Other 0
Geoff Davis Other 33
Lincoln Davis Other 66
Thomas Davis III Other 100
Bill Delahunt Other 66
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50
Norm Dicks Other 66
John Doolittle Other 33
Thelma Drake Other 66
David Dreier Other 33
Chet Edwards Other 66
Vern Ehlers Other 66
Brad Ellsworth Other 66
Jo Ann Emerson Other 33
Philip English Other 50
Bob Etheridge Other 66
Terry Everett Other 33
Tom Feeney Other 0
Michael Ferguson Other 100
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 50
Barney Frank Other 66
Elton Gallegly Other 66
Gabrielle Giffords Other 66
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100
Charlie Gonzalez Other 66
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0
Bart Gordon Other 50
John Hall Other 66
Phil Hare Other 66
Jane Harman Other 66
Robert Hayes Other 33
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 33
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 66
Baron Hill Other 66
Maurice Hinchey Other 66
David Lee Hobson Other 66
Paul Hodes Other 66
Pete Hoekstra Other 66
Thomas Holden Other 66
Darlene Hooley Other 66
Kenny Hulshof Other 100
Duncan Hunter Other 0
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 33
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 66
William Jefferson Other 66
Tim Johnson Other 50
Steve Kagen Other 66
Paul Kanjorski Other 50
Ric Keller Other 66
Patrick Kennedy Other 100
Dale Kildee Other 66
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 66
Ron Klein Other 66
Joseph Knollenberg Other 66
Dennis Kucinich Other 66
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 33
Ray LaHood Other 33
Nicholas Lampson Other 50
Steve LaTourette Other 66
Jerry Lewis Other 33
Ron Lewis Other 0
John Linder Other 66
Dan Lungren Other 33
Connie Mack IV Other 0
Tim Mahoney Other 66
Don Manzullo Other 33
Jim Marshall Other 66
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66
James McCrery III Other 66
John McHugh Other 66
Michael McNulty Other 66
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 66
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 66
Brad Miller Other 66
Harry Mitchell Other 66
Alan Mollohan Other 66
Dennis Moore Other 66
Patrick Murphy Other 66
Jack Murtha Other 66
Marilyn Musgrave Other 33
Sue Myrick Other 33
Jim Oberstar Other 66
Dave Obey Other 66
John Olver Other 66
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 66
Ron Paul Other 0
Donald Payne Other 50
John Peterson Other 0
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 66
Todd Platts Other 66
Earl Pomeroy Other 66
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 66
Deborah Pryce Other 100
George Radanovich Other 50
James Ramstad Other 66
Ralph Regula Other 66
Denny Rehberg Other 66
Richard Renzi Other 33
Silvestre Reyes Other 66
Thomas Reynolds Other 66
Laura Richardson Other 50
Ciro Rodriguez Other 66
Mike Ross Other 66
Steve Rothman Other 50
William Sali Other 0
Jim Saxton Other 50
Jean Schmidt Other 50
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 66
John Shadegg Other 50
Christopher Shays Other 66
Heath Shuler Other 66
Ike Skelton Other 66
Vic Snyder Other 66
Hilda Solis Other 66
Mark Souder Other 0
Zack Space Other 66
John Spratt, Jr. Other 66
Pete Stark Other 50
Cliff Stearns Other 0
Bart Stupak Other 66
John Sullivan Other 0
Betty Sutton Other 66
Tom Tancredo Other 33
John Tanner Other 50
Ellen Tauscher Other 66
Gene Taylor Other 50
Todd Tiahrt Other 33
Ed Towns Other 66
James Walsh Other 50
Zach Wamp Other 0
Diane Watson Other 66
Anthony Weiner Other 66
David Weldon Other 50
Gerald Weller Other 66
Robert Wexler Other 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 66
Heather Wilson Other 100
Lynn Woolsey Other 66
David Wu Other 66

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.

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