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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1999 Conservative on Defense/Foreign Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 73%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 81%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 56%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 84%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 66%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 47%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 53%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 23%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 23%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 16%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 86%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 73%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 64%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 78%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 70%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 94%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 81%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 24%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 46%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 65%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 86%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 62%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 81%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 52%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 23%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 12%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 73%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 27%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 72%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 81%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 11%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 73%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 44%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 44%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 37%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 34%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 47%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 32%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 22%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 56%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 72%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 97%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 94%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 44%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 29%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 43%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 70%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 23%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 13%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 38%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 81%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 65%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 24%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 56%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 37%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 48%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 37%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 66%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 27%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 42%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 41%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 37%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 84%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 56%
Gary Ackerman 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 13%
Wayne Allard 84%
Thomas Allen 0%
Bill Archer 91%
Richard Armey 64%
John Ashcroft 77%
Brian Baird 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 86%
John Baldacci 17%
Cass Ballenger 72%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 97%
Bill Barrett 66%
Roscoe Bartlett 86%
Charlie Bass 70%
Herbert Bateman 59%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Bennett 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 32%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Shelley Berkley 27%
Howard Berman 15%
Marion Berry 23%
Judy Biggert 58%
Brian Bilbray 85%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Rod Blagojevich 39%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 58%
Sherwood Boehlert 47%
Kit Bond 66%
Henry Bonilla 86%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Mary Bono Mack 55%
Robert Borski, Jr. 26%
Leonard Boswell 34%
Rick Boucher 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
John Breaux 29%
Richard Bryan 29%
Ed Bryant 92%
Jim Bunning 94%
Conrad Burns 77%
Dan Burton 90%
Steve Buyer 57%
Robert Byrd 46%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Ben Campbell 67%
Thomas Campbell 58%
Chris Cannon 97%
Julia Carson 11%
Mike Castle 51%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 85%
William Clay, Sr. 16%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 40%
Robert Clement 36%
Michael Collins 86%
Larry Combest 86%
Gary Condit 51%
Kent Conrad 29%
Merrill Cook 78%
John Cooksey 54%
Jerry Costello 43%
Paul Coverdell 77%
Christopher Cox 62%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 94%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 92%
Barbara Cubin 81%
Randall Cunningham 81%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 23%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Thomas DeLay 81%
James DeMint 97%
Peter Deutsch 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 55%
Jay Dickey 81%
Norm Dicks 30%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 67%
Calvin Dooley 23%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 38%
David Dreier 50%
Jennifer Dunn 55%
John Edwards 24%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 53%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 62%
Philip English 58%
Bob Etheridge 37%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 86%
Thomas Ewing 72%
Russ Feingold 45%
Peter Fitzgerald 84%
Ernest Fletcher 73%
Mark Foley 66%
Michael Patrick Forbes 44%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 69%
Tillie Fowler 66%
Barney Frank 34%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 67%
Jonas Frost III 30%
Elton Gallegly 73%
John Ganske 73%
Sam Gejdenson 5%
George Gekas 62%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 17%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Wayne Gilchrest 55%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Benjamin Gilman 52%
Charlie Gonzalez 12%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 97%
William Goodling 81%
Bart Gordon 44%
Slade Gorton 67%
Porter Goss 55%
Daniel Graham 40%
William Phillip Gramm 90%
Rodney Grams 60%
Mark Green 62%
James Greenwood 53%
Judd Gregg 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 97%
Tony Hall 23%
James Hansen 69%
Robert Hayes 63%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 78%
Joel Hefley 92%
Jesse Helms 94%
Wally Herger, Jr. 97%
Baron Hill 34%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 97%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 86%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 47%
Darlene Hooley 17%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 80%
Duncan Hunter 54%
Asa Hutchinson 73%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 94%
Kay Hutchison 77%
Henry Hyde 52%
Daniel Inouye 13%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 37%
William Jefferson 12%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
William Lewis Jenkins 78%
Christopher John 41%
Nancy Johnson 48%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 48%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 13%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Bob Kerrey 13%
Dale Kildee 36%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 39%
Ronald Klink 37%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 24%
James Kolbe 48%
Dennis Kucinich 48%
Steven Kuykendall 64%
Jon Kyl 60%
John LaFalce 17%
Ray LaHood 70%
Nicholas Lampson 12%
Tom Lantos 11%
Stephen Largent 77%
Steve LaTourette 53%
Rick Lazio 59%
James Leach 59%
Jerry Lewis 48%
Ron Lewis 78%
Joe Lieberman 29%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 81%
William Lipinski 48%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
Dick Lugar 49%
William Luther 12%
Connie Mack 54%
James Maloney 41%
Don Manzullo 91%
Matthew Martinez 12%
Frank Mascara 42%
Robert Matsui 12%
Karen McCarthy 8%
Bill McCollum 66%
James McCrery III 73%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 86%
David McIntosh 78%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 47%
Michael McNulty 39%
Martin Meehan 15%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 92%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 12%
Dan Miller 73%
David Minge 34%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
John Moakley 23%
Alan Mollohan 39%
Dennis Moore 34%
Constance Morella 36%
Patrick Moynihan 23%
Frank Murkowski 67%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 97%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 73%
Robert William Ney 78%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 63%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 73%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Doug Ose 48%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 54%
Ronald Packard 77%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 92%
John Peterson 69%
David Phelps 43%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 86%
Owen Pickett 36%
Richard Pombo 86%
Earl Pomeroy 12%
John Edward Porter 45%
Deborah Pryce 52%
Jack Quinn 57%
George Radanovich 70%
James Ramstad 86%
Ralph Regula 55%
Silvestre Reyes 30%
Thomas Reynolds 77%
Bob Riley 66%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 46%
Charles Robb 24%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
Timothy Roemer 48%
James Rogan 91%
William Roth, Jr. 52%
Steve Rothman 17%
Marge Roukema 65%
Jim Ryun 81%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 17%
Rick Santorum 84%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 64%
Joe Scarborough 73%
John Shadegg 97%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 55%
Christopher Shays 59%
Donald Sherwood 53%
Ronnie Shows 43%
E.G. Shuster 97%
Norman Sisisky 40%
Joseph Skeen 62%
Ike Skelton 23%
Gordon Smith 29%
Nick Smith 66%
Bob Smith 77%
Olympia Snowe 63%
Vic Snyder 22%
Mark Souder 81%
Arlen Specter 49%
Floyd Spence 66%
John Spratt, Jr. 30%
Pete Stark 46%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 22%
Bob Stump 78%
Bart Stupak 27%
John Sununu 97%
John Sweeney 91%
James Talent 69%
Tom Tancredo 86%
John Tanner 41%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
William Tauzin 85%
Charles Taylor 81%
Gene Taylor 58%
Craig Thomas 67%
William Thomas 70%
Fred Thompson 77%
Karen Thurman 27%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 80%
Robert Torricelli 40%
Ed Towns 27%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 39%
Bruce Vento 8%
George Voinovich 64%
James Walsh 51%
Zach Wamp 92%
John Warner 49%
Wesley Watkins 86%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 73%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 66%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Gerald Weller 63%
Paul Wellstone 29%
Robert Wexler 17%
Bob Weygand 23%
Heather Wilson 61%
Bob Wise, Jr. 41%
Lynn Woolsey 16%
David Wu 27%
Albert Wynn 12%

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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