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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

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