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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 51%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 79%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 83%
Thomas Allen 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
Bill Archer 84%
Richard Armey 84%
John Ashcroft 83%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 61%
Brian Baird 19%
Richard Hugh Baker 84%
John Baldacci 12%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
Cass Ballenger 84%
James Barcia 41%
Robert Barr, Jr. 64%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 17%
Bill Barrett 62%
Roscoe Bartlett 79%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 84%
Charlie Bass 84%
Herbert Bateman 61%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
Evan Bayh 37%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 57%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 36%
Douglas Bereuter 61%
Shelley Berkley 27%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 45%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
Judy Biggert 73%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 61%
Jeff Bingaman 36%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
Rod Blagojevich 21%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 84%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 32%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 73%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 84%
Kit Bond 75%
Henry Bonilla 84%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 73%
Robert Borski, Jr. 17%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 38%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 71%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 44%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 83%
Richard Bryan 25%
Ed Bryant 79%
Jim Bunning 83%
Conrad Burns 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 73%
Dan Burton 77%
Steve Buyer 79%
Robert Byrd 25%
Herbert Callahan 65%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 72%
Ben Campbell 56%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 73%
Chris Cannon 65%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 37%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 31%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 55%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 84%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 47%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 62%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 58%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 17%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 13%
Robert Clement 42%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 64%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 64%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 63%
Michael Collins 79%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 49%
Larry Combest 84%
Gary Condit 48%
Kent Conrad 29%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Merrill Cook 65%
John Cooksey 72%
Jerry Costello 36%
Paul Coverdell 83%
Christopher Cox 84%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 83%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 84%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 19%
Barbara Cubin 84%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 84%
Patsy Ann Danner 45%
Thomas Daschle 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 39%
Thomas Davis III 62%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 84%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 24%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 12%
Bill Delahunt 24%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 12%
Thomas DeLay 84%
James DeMint 84%
Peter Deutsch 31%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 51%
Jay Dickey 65%
Norm Dicks 30%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Julian Dixon 19%
Chris Dodd 28%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 29%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 58%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
David Dreier 65%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 58%
Jennifer Dunn 84%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 41%
Chet Edwards 34%
Vern Ehlers 84%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 78%
Jo Ann Emerson 65%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 52%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 24%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 12%
Terry Everett 79%
Thomas Ewing 79%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 65%
Ernest Fletcher 84%
Mark Foley 61%
Michael Patrick Forbes 47%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 72%
Tillie Fowler 84%
Barney Frank 21%
Robert Franks 65%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 73%
William Frist 68%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Elton Gallegly 65%
John Ganske 48%
Sam Gejdenson 12%
George Gekas 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 16%
Jim Gibbons 58%
Wayne Gilchrest 52%
Paul Gillmor 79%
Benjamin Gilman 49%
Charlie Gonzalez 19%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 65%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 73%
William Goodling 65%
Bart Gordon 45%
Slade Gorton 75%
Porter Goss 84%
Daniel Graham 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 53%
William Phillip Gramm 83%
Rodney Grams 83%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
Mark Green 84%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 28%
James Greenwood 54%
Judd Gregg 68%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 12%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 53%
Tony Hall 34%
James Hansen 79%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 64%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 16%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 84%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 52%
Robert Hayes 79%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 84%
Joel Hefley 65%
Jesse Helms 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. 84%
Baron Hill 39%
Rick Hill 65%
Van Hilleary 79%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
David Lee Hobson 65%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 12%
Pete Hoekstra 84%
Thomas Holden 43%
Ernest Hollings 32%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 21%
Darlene Hooley 35%
Stephen Horn 52%
John Nathan Hostettler 58%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 54%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 28%
Kenny Hulshof 73%
Duncan Hunter 64%
Asa Hutchinson 73%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 71%
Kay Hutchison 57%
Henry Hyde 57%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 71%
Daniel Inouye 32%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 28%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 84%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 12%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 48%
William Lewis Jenkins 65%
Christopher John 46%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 30%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 84%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 35%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 65%
Sue Kelly 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 29%
Bob Kerrey 37%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 17%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 19%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 58%
Gerald Kleczka 24%
Ronald Klink 34%
Joseph Knollenberg 84%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 58%
Dennis Kucinich 24%
Steven Kuykendall 56%
Jon Kyl 83%
John LaFalce 24%
Ray LaHood 51%
Nicholas Lampson 21%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 42%
Tom Lantos 30%
Stephen Largent 57%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 32%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 84%
Steve LaTourette 55%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
Rick Lazio 58%
James Leach 52%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 24%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 32%
Jerry Lewis 53%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 27%
Ron Lewis 79%
Joe Lieberman 37%
Blanche Lincoln 42%
John Linder 54%
William Lipinski 47%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 28%
Trent Lott, Sr. 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 84%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 49%
Dick Lugar 70%
William Luther 33%
Connie Mack 74%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 21%
James Maloney 39%
Don Manzullo 73%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Matthew Martinez 0%
Frank Mascara 24%
Robert Matsui 21%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 81%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 38%
Karen McCarthy 32%
Bill McCollum 72%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 83%
James McCrery III 84%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 51%
Scott McInnis 79%
David McIntosh 65%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 84%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 12%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 19%
Jack Metcalf 78%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 79%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 73%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 31%
David Minge 32%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 17%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 41%
Dennis Moore 39%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 44%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 62%
Constance Morella 44%
Patrick Moynihan 29%
Frank Murkowski 82%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 16%
Jack Murtha 38%
Sue Myrick 84%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 31%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 12%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 65%
Robert William Ney 58%
Don Nickles 83%
Anne Northup 84%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 58%
James Nussle 79%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 17%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 24%
Doug Ose 84%
Major Owens 17%
Michael Oxley 84%
Ronald Packard 84%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 24%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 32%
Ron Paul 52%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 65%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 46%
John Peterson 77%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 62%
David Phelps 32%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 84%
Owen Pickett 44%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 84%
Richard Pombo 79%
Earl Pomeroy 41%
John Edward Porter 57%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 34%
Deborah Pryce 84%
Jack Quinn 49%
George Radanovich 84%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 21%
James Ramstad 62%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 12%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 13%
Ralph Regula 65%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 21%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
Bob Riley 78%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 39%
Charles Robb 35%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 60%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 12%
Timothy Roemer 45%
James Rogan 79%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Steve Rothman 24%
Marge Roukema 54%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 84%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 62%
Jim Ryun 84%
Martin Olav Sabo 30%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 21%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 84%
Rick Santorum 54%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 71%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 84%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 73%
John Shadegg 84%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 61%
Christopher Shays 56%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 32%
Donald Sherwood 65%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 65%
Ronnie Shows 43%
E.G. Shuster 77%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 71%
Norman Sisisky 45%
Joseph Skeen 78%
Ike Skelton 42%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 54%
Gordon Smith 52%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 84%
Nick Smith 84%
Bob Smith 83%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 38%
Mark Souder 79%
Arlen Specter 45%
Floyd Spence 73%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 34%
Pete Stark 19%
Cliff Stearns 79%
Charles Stenholm 47%
Ted Stevens 65%
Ted Strickland 24%
Bob Stump 84%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sununu 84%
John Sweeney 55%
James Talent 84%
Tom Tancredo 84%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 42%
William Tauzin 84%
Charles Taylor 84%
Gene Taylor 48%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 65%
Craig Thomas 83%
William Thomas 65%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 60%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 37%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 73%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 73%
Karen Thurman 21%
Strom Thurmond 63%
Todd Tiahrt 84%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 24%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 79%
Robert Torricelli 37%
Ed Towns 17%
James Traficant, Jr. 41%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 42%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 84%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 28%
Bruce Vento 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 24%
George Voinovich 55%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
James Walsh 58%
Zach Wamp 61%
John Warner 65%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 84%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 84%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 12%
David Weldon 73%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 62%
Paul Wellstone 25%
Robert Wexler 12%
Bob Weygand 39%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 65%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 84%
Heather Wilson 62%
Bob Wise, Jr. 34%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 73%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 24%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 34%
Albert Wynn 16%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 79%

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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