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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Liberal on Defense/Foreign Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 40%
Gary Ackerman 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 78%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 95%
Bill Archer 9%
Richard Armey 35%
John Ashcroft 16%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
John Baldacci 78%
Cass Ballenger 27%
James Barcia 49%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Bill Barrett 31%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 28%
Herbert Bateman 41%
Evan Bayh 56%
Bob Bennett 23%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 68%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Howard Berman 84%
Marion Berry 74%
Judy Biggert 41%
Brian Bilbray 15%
Michael Bilirakis 3%
Jeff Bingaman 62%
Rod Blagojevich 61%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 42%
Sherwood Boehlert 53%
Kit Bond 33%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Mary Bono Mack 45%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Leonard Boswell 65%
Rick Boucher 68%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 68%
John Breaux 62%
Richard Bryan 62%
Ed Bryant 3%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 16%
Dan Burton 9%
Steve Buyer 42%
Robert Byrd 53%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Ben Campbell 23%
Thomas Campbell 41%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 89%
Mike Castle 48%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 15%
William Clay, Sr. 84%
Eva Clayton 92%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 56%
Robert Clement 63%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 10%
Gary Condit 48%
Kent Conrad 62%
Merrill Cook 20%
John Cooksey 46%
Jerry Costello 57%
Paul Coverdell 16%
Christopher Cox 38%
William Coyne 93%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 54%
Philip Crane 3%
Barbara Cubin 15%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Patsy Ann Danner 43%
Thomas Daschle 87%
James Davis 74%
Thomas Davis III 49%
Bill Delahunt 93%
Thomas DeLay 15%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 63%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Jay Dickey 15%
Norm Dicks 70%
Julian Dixon 89%
Chris Dodd 78%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 23%
Calvin Dooley 74%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 60%
David Dreier 49%
Jennifer Dunn 43%
John Edwards 71%
Chet Edwards 68%
Vern Ehlers 46%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 37%
Philip English 41%
Bob Etheridge 61%
Lane Evans 89%
Terry Everett 10%
Thomas Ewing 27%
Russ Feingold 54%
Peter Fitzgerald 10%
Ernest Fletcher 23%
Mark Foley 31%
Michael Patrick Forbes 55%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
Tillie Fowler 31%
Barney Frank 65%
Robert Franks 39%
William Frist 23%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elton Gallegly 23%
John Ganske 23%
Sam Gejdenson 93%
George Gekas 37%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 9%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 39%
Benjamin Gilman 48%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 15%
Bart Gordon 55%
Slade Gorton 23%
Porter Goss 43%
Daniel Graham 56%
William Phillip Gramm 6%
Rodney Grams 37%
Mark Green 37%
James Greenwood 47%
Judd Gregg 6%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 74%
James Hansen 31%
Robert Hayes 36%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 3%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 66%
Rick Hill 3%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 95%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 49%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 74%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 59%
Ernest Hollings 51%
Darlene Hooley 78%
Stephen Horn 43%
John Nathan Hostettler 3%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
Kenny Hulshof 19%
Duncan Hunter 45%
Asa Hutchinson 23%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 16%
Henry Hyde 47%
Daniel Inouye 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 3%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 61%
William Jefferson 85%
James Merrill Jeffords 51%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 59%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 67%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 78%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Bob Kerrey 78%
Dale Kildee 63%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Gerald Kleczka 61%
Ronald Klink 61%
Joseph Knollenberg 49%
Herb Kohl 71%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
Steven Kuykendall 36%
Jon Kyl 37%
John LaFalce 78%
Ray LaHood 28%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 23%
Steve LaTourette 46%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 40%
Jerry Lewis 52%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 62%
Blanche Lincoln 62%
John Linder 15%
William Lipinski 52%
Trent Lott, Sr. 23%
Dick Lugar 48%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 44%
James Maloney 58%
Don Manzullo 9%
Matthew Martinez 85%
Frank Mascara 58%
Robert Matsui 85%
Karen McCarthy 92%
Bill McCollum 31%
James McCrery III 23%
John McHugh 45%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 53%
Michael McNulty 61%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 95%
Jack Metcalf 3%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Dan Miller 23%
David Minge 65%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 60%
John Moakley 74%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 65%
Constance Morella 63%
Patrick Moynihan 76%
Frank Murkowski 23%
Jack Murtha 59%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 23%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 6%
Anne Northup 36%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 3%
James Nussle 23%
Jim Oberstar 95%
Dave Obey 92%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 66%
Doug Ose 52%
Major Owens 89%
Michael Oxley 45%
Ronald Packard 22%
Ron Paul 28%
Donald Payne 95%
Edward Pease 3%
John Peterson 30%
David Phelps 57%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Owen Pickett 63%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
John Edward Porter 55%
Deborah Pryce 48%
Jack Quinn 42%
George Radanovich 28%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 43%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Thomas Reynolds 22%
Bob Riley 31%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 53%
Charles Robb 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 74%
Timothy Roemer 52%
James Rogan 9%
William Roth, Jr. 46%
Steve Rothman 78%
Marge Roukema 34%
Jim Ryun 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 87%
Jim Saxton 35%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 47%
Ronnie Shows 56%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 59%
Joseph Skeen 37%
Ike Skelton 74%
Gordon Smith 62%
Nick Smith 31%
Bob Smith 16%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Vic Snyder 77%
Mark Souder 15%
Arlen Specter 48%
Floyd Spence 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 54%
Cliff Stearns 3%
Charles Stenholm 58%
Ted Stevens 23%
Ted Strickland 77%
Bob Stump 20%
Bart Stupak 73%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 8%
James Talent 31%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 58%
Ellen Tauscher 68%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 15%
Gene Taylor 41%
Craig Thomas 23%
William Thomas 28%
Fred Thompson 16%
Karen Thurman 71%
Strom Thurmond 6%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Robert Torricelli 56%
Ed Towns 73%
James Traficant, Jr. 39%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 61%
Bruce Vento 89%
George Voinovich 35%
James Walsh 48%
Zach Wamp 3%
John Warner 48%
Wesley Watkins 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 23%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 31%
W. Curtis Weldon 37%
Gerald Weller 36%
Paul Wellstone 62%
Robert Wexler 78%
Bob Weygand 74%
Heather Wilson 38%
Bob Wise, Jr. 58%
Lynn Woolsey 83%
David Wu 73%
Albert Wynn 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 55%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 55%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 61%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 77%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 87%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 68%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 87%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 74%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 55%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 74%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 57%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 87%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 78%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 74%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 68%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 74%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 87%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 53%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 87%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 78%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 78%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 65%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 61%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 61%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 78%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 62%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 78%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 78%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 87%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 58%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 68%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 67%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 87%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 27%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 61%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 3%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 23%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 46%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 28%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 3%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 23%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 37%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 16%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 3%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 3%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 3%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 34%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 31%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 55%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 15%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 31%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 3%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 28%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 52%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 15%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 44%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 46%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 23%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 31%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 3%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 39%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 34%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 3%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 23%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 31%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 15%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 3%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 15%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 15%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 39%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 3%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 23%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 37%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 23%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 36%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 23%

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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