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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2000 Conservative on Foreign Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 21%
Gary Ackerman 27%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 53%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 30%
Wayne Allard 86%
Thomas Allen 6%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 49%
Richard Armey 88%
Joe Baca, Sr. 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 62%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
John Baldacci 26%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 6%
Cass Ballenger 88%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 88%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 88%
Charlie Bass 76%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
Evan Bayh 15%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Bob Bennett 75%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 42%
Douglas Bereuter 69%
Shelley Berkley 42%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 21%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 28%
Judy Biggert 57%
Michael Bilirakis 78%
Jeff Bingaman 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
Rod Blagojevich 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
Sherwood Boehlert 47%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 68%
Kit Bond 67%
Henry Bonilla 57%
David Edward Bonior 16%
Mary Bono Mack 57%
Robert Borski, Jr. 33%
Leonard Boswell 47%
Rick Boucher 28%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 51%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 24%
John Breaux 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 27%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 6%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
Ed Bryant 88%
Jim Bunning 86%
Conrad Burns 58%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
Dan Burton 68%
Steve Buyer 69%
Robert Byrd 34%
Herbert Callahan 62%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 69%
Ben Campbell 75%
Chris Cannon 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 28%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 33%
Julia Carson 20%
Mike Castle 53%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 57%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 45%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 76%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 6%
Eva Clayton 28%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 34%
Robert Clement 34%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 78%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 58%
Michael Collins 69%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 48%
Larry Combest 62%
Gary Condit 45%
Kent Conrad 43%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 4%
John Cooksey 88%
Jerry Costello 38%
Christopher Cox 88%
William Coyne 10%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 42%
Philip Crane 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 37%
Barbara Cubin 57%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 15%
Randall Cunningham 62%
Thomas Daschle 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 3%
James Davis 38%
Thomas Davis III 62%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 69%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 28%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 9%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 16%
Thomas DeLay 88%
James DeMint 76%
Peter Deutsch 40%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 53%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Norm Dicks 28%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 28%
Chris Dodd 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 16%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 57%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 88%
Byron Dorgan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
David Dreier 78%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 49%
Jennifer Dunn 78%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 12%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 28%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 78%
Jo Ann Emerson 69%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 24%
Philip English 47%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 10%
Bob Etheridge 34%
Lane Evans 21%
Terry Everett 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
Russ Feingold 31%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 52%
Ernest Fletcher 78%
Mark Foley 88%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 61%
Barney Frank 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 62%
William Frist 67%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elton Gallegly 62%
John Ganske 42%
George Gekas 88%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 49%
Paul Gillmor 69%
Benjamin Gilman 69%
Charlie Gonzalez 16%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 57%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 57%
Bart Gordon 51%
Porter Goss 88%
Daniel Graham 38%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
William Phillip Gramm 75%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 67%
Mark Green 53%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 42%
James Greenwood 78%
Judd Gregg 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 26%
Gilbert Gutknecht 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
Tony Hall 36%
James Hansen 78%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 58%
Robert Hayes 88%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 88%
Joel Hefley 78%
Jesse Helms 86%
Wally Herger, Jr. 61%
Baron Hill 21%
Van Hilleary 76%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 21%
Maurice Hinchey 6%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 31%
David Lee Hobson 69%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 34%
Pete Hoekstra 57%
Thomas Holden 47%
Ernest Hollings 38%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
Darlene Hooley 28%
Stephen Horn 49%
John Nathan Hostettler 78%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 49%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 40%
Kenny Hulshof 78%
Duncan Hunter 69%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 95%
Kay Hutchison 67%
Henry Hyde 78%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 95%
Daniel Inouye 34%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 24%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 57%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 6%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
William Jefferson 24%
James Merrill Jeffords 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 88%
Christopher John 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 16%
Nancy Johnson 49%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 88%
Paul Kanjorski 21%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 26%
Sue Kelly 47%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 15%
Patrick Kennedy 42%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 28%
Dale Kildee 40%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 78%
Gerald Kleczka 28%
Joseph Knollenberg 69%
Herb Kohl 44%
James Kolbe 62%
Dennis Kucinich 31%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 15%
Ray LaHood 53%
Nicholas Lampson 28%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 31%
Tom Lantos 10%
Stephen Largent 56%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 21%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 51%
Steve LaTourette 49%
James Leach 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 16%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 21%
Jerry Lewis 53%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 9%
Ron Lewis 78%
Joe Lieberman 42%
Blanche Lincoln 12%
John Linder 62%
William Lipinski 44%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 6%
Trent Lott, Sr. 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 3%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 78%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 53%
Dick Lugar 48%
William Luther 21%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 24%
James Maloney 34%
Don Manzullo 57%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 16%
Frank Mascara 40%
Robert Matsui 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 39%
Karen McCarthy 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 86%
James McCrery III 78%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 69%
Scott McInnis 88%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 78%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
Michael McNulty 39%
Martin Meehan 15%
Carrie Meek 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 3%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 78%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 14%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
Dan Miller 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 10%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 23%
Alan Mollohan 34%
Dennis Moore 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 24%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 78%
Constance Morella 32%
Frank Murkowski 74%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 39%
Sue Myrick 56%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 78%
Robert William Ney 78%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 62%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 76%
James Nussle 42%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 6%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 49%
Doug Ose 69%
Major Owens 3%
Michael Oxley 62%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 38%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 42%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 16%
Ron Paul 42%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 28%
John Peterson 69%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 49%
David Phelps 38%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 78%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
Richard Pombo 88%
Earl Pomeroy 3%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 62%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 6%
Deborah Pryce 88%
Jack Quinn 75%
George Radanovich 88%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 40%
James Ramstad 45%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
Ralph Regula 68%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 34%
Silvestre Reyes 42%
Thomas Reynolds 69%
Bob Riley 88%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 34%
Timothy Roemer 36%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 69%
Steve Rothman 45%
Marge Roukema 69%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 88%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 62%
Jim Ryun 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 26%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 16%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 28%
Rick Santorum 84%
Paul Sarbanes 31%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 3%
Jim Saxton 62%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 51%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 62%
John Shadegg 88%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 78%
Christopher Shays 45%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 28%
Donald Sherwood 69%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 62%
Ronnie Shows 57%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 69%
Joseph Skeen 78%
Ike Skelton 45%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 16%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 51%
Gordon Smith 47%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 78%
Nick Smith 69%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 48%
Vic Snyder 10%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 83%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
Pete Stark 16%
Cliff Stearns 88%
Charles Stenholm 47%
Ted Stevens 58%
Ted Strickland 24%
Bob Stump 69%
Bart Stupak 32%
John Sununu 57%
John Sweeney 62%
Tom Tancredo 88%
John Tanner 28%
Ellen Tauscher 16%
William Tauzin 88%
Charles Taylor 78%
Gene Taylor 53%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 78%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 78%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 24%
Fred Thompson 75%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 78%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 62%
Karen Thurman 34%
Strom Thurmond 67%
Todd Tiahrt 67%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 16%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 78%
Robert Torricelli 46%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 51%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 42%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 16%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
George Voinovich 64%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 78%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 76%
John Warner 58%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 9%
Wesley Watkins 78%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 6%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 6%
Anthony Weiner 5%
David Weldon 88%
W. Curtis Weldon 88%
Gerald Weller 76%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Robert Wexler 34%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 79%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 69%
Heather Wilson 56%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 53%
Lynn Woolsey 21%
David Wu 45%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 5%
Albert Wynn 24%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 61%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%

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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