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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Big Cat Rescue

2007-2008 Positions

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

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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