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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 89%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 48%
Gary Ackerman 89%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 16%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 84%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 64%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 39%
Brian Baird 79%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 84%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 84%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 59%
Robert Barr, Jr. 35%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 81%
Bill Barrett 36%
Roscoe Bartlett 16%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 38%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
Evan Bayh 59%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
Bob Bennett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 64%
Douglas Bereuter 38%
Shelley Berkley 73%
Howard Berman 88%
Marion Berry 54%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
Judy Biggert 23%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 39%
Jeff Bingaman 63%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
Rod Blagojevich 79%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 23%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 19%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Mary Bono Mack 23%
Robert Borski, Jr. 81%
Leonard Boswell 59%
Rick Boucher 62%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 52%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 28%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 89%
John Breaux 55%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 89%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 72%
Ed Bryant 16%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 19%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 23%
Dan Burton 22%
Steve Buyer 21%
Robert Byrd 72%
Herbert Callahan 29%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 28%
Ben Campbell 43%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 23%
Chris Cannon 29%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 69%
Julia Carson 89%
Mike Castle 44%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 52%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 36%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 42%
William Clay, Sr. 89%
Eva Clayton 81%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 84%
Robert Clement 57%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 35%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 35%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 35%
Michael Collins 16%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 51%
Kent Conrad 68%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
Merrill Cook 29%
John Cooksey 27%
Jerry Costello 63%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 89%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 52%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 79%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 89%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Thomas Daschle 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
James Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 38%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 73%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 84%
Bill Delahunt 76%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 84%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 69%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 49%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 48%
Jay Dickey 29%
Norm Dicks 69%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 89%
Julian Dixon 81%
Chris Dodd 71%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 19%
Calvin Dooley 54%
John Doolittle 40%
Byron Dorgan 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 64%
David Dreier 29%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
John Edwards 58%
Chet Edwards 66%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 21%
Jo Ann Emerson 29%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 89%
Philip English 48%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 73%
Bob Etheridge 59%
Lane Evans 84%
Terry Everett 16%
Thomas Ewing 16%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 84%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 89%
Russ Feingold 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 68%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 89%
Peter Fitzgerald 32%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 38%
Michael Patrick Forbes 52%
Harold Ford, Jr. 71%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 27%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Barney Frank 76%
Robert Franks 29%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 72%
Elton Gallegly 29%
John Ganske 52%
Sam Gejdenson 84%
George Gekas 21%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Paul Gillmor 16%
Benjamin Gilman 51%
Charlie Gonzalez 79%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 29%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 23%
William Goodling 29%
Bart Gordon 55%
Slade Gorton 19%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 87%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 46%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 19%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 71%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 30%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 84%
Gilbert Gutknecht 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 46%
Tony Hall 66%
James Hansen 16%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 36%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 84%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 46%
Robert Hayes 16%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 29%
Jesse Helms 19%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 60%
Rick Hill 29%
Van Hilleary 16%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 89%
Maurice Hinchey 89%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 69%
David Lee Hobson 29%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 84%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 56%
Ernest Hollings 66%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 76%
Darlene Hooley 64%
Stephen Horn 48%
John Nathan Hostettler 42%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 71%
Kenny Hulshof 27%
Duncan Hunter 35%
Asa Hutchinson 27%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 26%
Kay Hutchison 40%
Henry Hyde 43%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 26%
Daniel Inouye 66%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 44%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 84%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 51%
William Lewis Jenkins 29%
Christopher John 54%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 69%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 39%
Paul Kanjorski 63%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 65%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 29%
Sue Kelly 46%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
Bob Kerrey 59%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 80%
Dale Kildee 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 79%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 49%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
Gerald Kleczka 76%
Ronald Klink 65%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 90%
James Kolbe 40%
Dennis Kucinich 73%
Steven Kuykendall 43%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 73%
Ray LaHood 48%
Nicholas Lampson 79%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 56%
Tom Lantos 69%
Stephen Largent 42%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 45%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Rick Lazio 42%
James Leach 48%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 73%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 87%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 67%
Jerry Lewis 46%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 73%
Ron Lewis 16%
Joe Lieberman 59%
Blanche Lincoln 56%
John Linder 45%
William Lipinski 53%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 72%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 89%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 51%
Dick Lugar 29%
William Luther 66%
Connie Mack 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 79%
James Maloney 60%
Don Manzullo 23%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 89%
Matthew Martinez 89%
Frank Mascara 76%
Robert Matsui 76%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 18%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 61%
Karen McCarthy 68%
Bill McCollum 27%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 89%
John McHugh 48%
Scott McInnis 16%
David McIntosh 29%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 89%
Michael McNulty 84%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 84%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 79%
Jack Metcalf 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 16%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 84%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Dan Miller 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 69%
David Minge 68%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 81%
John Moakley 89%
Alan Mollohan 59%
Dennis Moore 61%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 56%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
Constance Morella 56%
Patrick Moynihan 68%
Frank Murkowski 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83%
Jack Murtha 62%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 68%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 84%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 29%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 16%
Jim Oberstar 89%
Dave Obey 89%
John Olver 81%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 81%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 73%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 67%
Ron Paul 47%
Donald Payne 89%
Edward Pease 29%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
John Peterson 23%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 36%
David Phelps 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 16%
Earl Pomeroy 58%
John Edward Porter 42%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 65%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 76%
James Ramstad 36%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 84%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 84%
Ralph Regula 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 79%
Thomas Reynolds 23%
Bob Riley 21%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 60%
Charles Robb 64%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 37%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 87%
Ciro Rodriguez 84%
Timothy Roemer 55%
James Rogan 16%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 16%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 45%
William Roth, Jr. 37%
Steve Rothman 73%
Marge Roukema 45%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 36%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 70%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 63%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 76%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 58%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 45%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 89%
Jim Saxton 49%
Joe Scarborough 29%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 81%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 81%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 23%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 38%
Christopher Shays 43%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 67%
Donald Sherwood 29%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 29%
Ronnie Shows 57%
E.G. Shuster 22%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 29%
Norman Sisisky 54%
Joseph Skeen 21%
Ike Skelton 57%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 46%
Gordon Smith 46%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 62%
Mark Souder 16%
Arlen Specter 54%
Floyd Spence 23%
John Spratt, Jr. 64%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 65%
Pete Stark 81%
Cliff Stearns 16%
Charles Stenholm 52%
Ted Stevens 32%
Ted Strickland 73%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 89%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 44%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 53%
Ellen Tauscher 57%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 51%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 29%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 29%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 89%
Fred Thompson 37%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 23%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 23%
Karen Thurman 76%
Strom Thurmond 35%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 73%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 16%
Robert Torricelli 59%
Ed Towns 81%
James Traficant, Jr. 58%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 89%
James Turner 58%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 76%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 76%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 71%
Bruce Vento 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
George Voinovich 44%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 23%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 38%
John Warner 32%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 89%
Anthony Weiner 84%
David Weldon 23%
W. Curtis Weldon 46%
Gerald Weller 36%
Paul Wellstone 72%
Robert Wexler 84%
Bob Weygand 61%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 36%
Bob Wise, Jr. 65%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 23%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
David Wu 73%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 65%
Albert Wynn 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 40%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 16%

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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