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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

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