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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

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