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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2000 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 14%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 60%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 93%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 28%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 70%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 34%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 66%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 32%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 29%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 14%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 34%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 14%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 6%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 27%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 48%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 68%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 6%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 84%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 48%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 41%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 78%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 70%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 84%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 78%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 75%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 6%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 68%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 69%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 84%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 53%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 65%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 6%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 39%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 51%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 84%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 49%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 74%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 74%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 78%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 84%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 69%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 29%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 45%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 71%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 92%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 64%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 25%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 25%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 85%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 96%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 34%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 84%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 68%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 92%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 81%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 34%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 82%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 81%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 6%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 76%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 62%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 77%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 6%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 41%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 92%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 68%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 78%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 89%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 94%
Wayne Allard 14%
Thomas Allen 92%
Richard Armey 6%
Joe Baca, Sr. 67%
Brian Baird 64%
Richard Hugh Baker 18%
John Baldacci 80%
Cass Ballenger 6%
James Barcia 54%
Robert Barr, Jr. 6%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 42%
Evan Bayh 64%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 45%
Shelley Berkley 57%
Howard Berman 92%
Marion Berry 58%
Judy Biggert 36%
Michael Bilirakis 29%
Jeff Bingaman 66%
Rod Blagojevich 63%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 95%
Mary Bono Mack 18%
Robert Borski, Jr. 84%
Leonard Boswell 56%
Rick Boucher 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
John Breaux 53%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 44%
Dan Burton 6%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 59%
Herbert Callahan 36%
Ben Campbell 41%
Chris Cannon 6%
Julia Carson 71%
Mike Castle 46%
Eva Clayton 64%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 54%
Michael Collins 6%
Larry Combest 18%
Gary Condit 52%
Kent Conrad 70%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 61%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 92%
Larry Craig 14%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 18%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Thomas Daschle 75%
James Davis 77%
Thomas Davis III 39%
Bill Delahunt 70%
Thomas DeLay 15%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 44%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Calvin Dooley 54%
John Doolittle 29%
Byron Dorgan 72%
David Dreier 29%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
John Edwards 90%
Chet Edwards 68%
Vern Ehlers 46%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 41%
Jo Ann Emerson 18%
Philip English 48%
Bob Etheridge 58%
Lane Evans 77%
Terry Everett 17%
Russ Feingold 94%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 18%
Mark Foley 34%
Harold Ford, Jr. 63%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 29%
Barney Frank 73%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 73%
Elton Gallegly 29%
John Ganske 49%
George Gekas 6%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 84%
Jim Gibbons 41%
Wayne Gilchrest 46%
Paul Gillmor 36%
Benjamin Gilman 53%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 53%
Porter Goss 34%
Daniel Graham 76%
William Phillip Gramm 41%
Mark Green 18%
James Greenwood 43%
Judd Gregg 37%
Gilbert Gutknecht 29%
Tony Hall 69%
James Hansen 18%
Robert Hayes 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 6%
Jesse Helms 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 72%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 74%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 29%
Thomas Holden 62%
Ernest Hollings 67%
Darlene Hooley 63%
Stephen Horn 51%
John Nathan Hostettler 44%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 6%
Duncan Hunter 29%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 32%
Henry Hyde 42%
Daniel Inouye 73%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 52%
William Lewis Jenkins 24%
Christopher John 53%
Nancy Johnson 49%
Paul Kanjorski 78%
Sue Kelly 44%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 96%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Dale Kildee 81%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 81%
Gerald Kleczka 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 6%
Herb Kohl 61%
James Kolbe 25%
Dennis Kucinich 81%
Jon Kyl 32%
John LaFalce 85%
Ray LaHood 44%
Nicholas Lampson 61%
Tom Lantos 78%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 39%
James Leach 46%
Jerry Lewis 37%
Ron Lewis 6%
Joe Lieberman 63%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 6%
William Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 36%
Dick Lugar 27%
William Luther 70%
James Maloney 55%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 65%
Robert Matsui 85%
Karen McCarthy 92%
James McCrery III 18%
John McHugh 44%
Scott McInnis 40%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 73%
Michael McNulty 68%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 92%
Dan Miller 29%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 67%
Alan Mollohan 63%
Dennis Moore 58%
Constance Morella 56%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Jack Murtha 67%
Sue Myrick 18%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 29%
Robert William Ney 39%
Don Nickles 27%
Anne Northup 18%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 29%
James Nussle 28%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 85%
John Olver 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Doug Ose 6%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 6%
Ron Paul 49%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 15%
David Phelps 59%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Deborah Pryce 18%
Jack Quinn 52%
George Radanovich 18%
James Ramstad 42%
Ralph Regula 25%
Silvestre Reyes 85%
Thomas Reynolds 18%
Bob Riley 6%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Timothy Roemer 55%
Steve Rothman 81%
Marge Roukema 42%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 56%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 96%
Jim Saxton 50%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 48%
Donald Sherwood 38%
Ronnie Shows 52%
Joseph Skeen 18%
Ike Skelton 59%
Gordon Smith 32%
Nick Smith 33%
Bob Smith 14%
Olympia Snowe 48%
Vic Snyder 77%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 54%
John Spratt, Jr. 58%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 56%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 73%
Bob Stump 25%
Bart Stupak 70%
John Sununu 34%
John Sweeney 29%
Tom Tancredo 6%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 60%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 58%
Craig Thomas 14%
William Thomas 6%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 81%
Strom Thurmond 27%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 56%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 53%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 92%
James Turner 61%
George Voinovich 51%
James Walsh 48%
Zach Wamp 15%
John Warner 27%
Wesley Watkins 15%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 6%
Anthony Weiner 75%
David Weldon 6%
W. Curtis Weldon 46%
Gerald Weller 46%
Paul Wellstone 96%
Robert Wexler 71%
Heather Wilson 34%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 65%
Albert Wynn 72%

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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