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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2001 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 27%
Todd Akin 89%
Wayne Allard 66%
George Allen 77%
Thomas Allen 9%
Richard Armey 82%
Joe Baca, Sr. 27%
Brian Baird 35%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
Cass Ballenger 80%
James Barcia 42%
Robert Barr, Jr. 89%
Roscoe Bartlett 69%
Charlie Bass 56%
Evan Bayh 37%
Bob Bennett 86%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 36%
Douglas Bereuter 56%
Shelley Berkley 39%
Howard Berman 10%
Marion Berry 44%
Judy Biggert 69%
Michael Bilirakis 56%
Jeff Bingaman 31%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 66%
Henry Bonilla 82%
David Edward Bonior 11%
Mary Bono Mack 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Leonard Boswell 44%
Rick Boucher 39%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
John Breaux 49%
Henry Brown, Jr. 74%
Ed Bryant 94%
Jim Bunning 86%
Conrad Burns 77%
Dan Burton 94%
Steve Buyer 74%
Robert Byrd 35%
Herbert Callahan 79%
Ben Campbell 75%
Chris Cannon 89%
Jean Carnahan 42%
Brad Carson 45%
Julia Carson 21%
Mike Castle 52%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 37%
Robert Clement 47%
Hillary Clinton 13%
Michael Collins 68%
Larry Combest 89%
Gary Condit 47%
Kent Conrad 31%
John Cooksey 79%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 37%
Christopher Cox 94%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 94%
Robert Cramer 48%
Philip Crane 94%
Barbara Cubin 94%
Randall Cunningham 82%
Thomas Daschle 15%
James Davis 38%
Jo Ann Davis 68%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 94%
Peter Deutsch 23%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 66%
Norm Dicks 25%
Chris Dodd 9%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 59%
Calvin Dooley 47%
John Doolittle 89%
Byron Dorgan 33%
David Dreier 69%
Jennifer Dunn 65%
John Edwards 23%
Chet Edwards 37%
Vern Ehlers 61%
Jo Ann Emerson 54%
Philip English 54%
John Ensign 62%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 23%
Terry Everett 81%
Russ Feingold 19%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 56%
Mark Foley 63%
Harold Ford, Jr. 43%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 66%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 84%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Elton Gallegly 68%
John Ganske 50%
George Gekas 66%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 8%
Jim Gibbons 68%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 31%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 88%
Bart Gordon 47%
Porter Goss 69%
Daniel Graham 23%
William Phillip Gramm 94%
Mark Green 66%
James Greenwood 58%
Judd Gregg 62%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 58%
Gilbert Gutknecht 66%
Tony Hall 34%
James Hansen 94%
Jane Harman 43%
Melissa Hart 63%
Robert Hayes 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 89%
Joel Hefley 61%
Jesse Helms 94%
Wally Herger, Jr. 94%
Baron Hill 36%
Van Hilleary 74%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 11%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 69%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 31%
Pete Hoekstra 69%
Thomas Holden 37%
Ernest Hollings 34%
Darlene Hooley 38%
Stephen Horn 53%
John Nathan Hostettler 63%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 52%
Kenny Hulshof 69%
Duncan Hunter 89%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 77%
Kay Hutchison 73%
Henry Hyde 66%
Daniel Inouye 22%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 94%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 24%
William Jefferson 32%
James Merrill Jeffords 49%
William Lewis Jenkins 74%
Christopher John 49%
Nancy Johnson 51%
Tim Johnson 53%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Ric Keller 73%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 9%
Mark Kennedy 61%
Patrick Kennedy 31%
Brian Kerns 74%
Dale Kildee 19%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Gerald Kleczka 21%
Joseph Knollenberg 89%
Herb Kohl 35%
James Kolbe 82%
Dennis Kucinich 11%
Jon Kyl 86%
John LaFalce 19%
Ray LaHood 52%
Nicholas Lampson 35%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 56%
James Leach 49%
Jerry Lewis 86%
Ron Lewis 94%
Joe Lieberman 27%
Blanche Lincoln 46%
John Linder 86%
William Lipinski 46%
Trent Lott, Sr. 94%
Dick Lugar 73%
William Luther 23%
James Maloney 42%
Don Manzullo 82%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 11%
Karen McCarthy 27%
James McCrery III 86%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 62%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 13%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 14%
Carrie Meek 18%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 73%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 11%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Dennis Moore 43%
Constance Morella 48%
Jack Murtha 27%
Sue Myrick 82%
Ben Nelson 49%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Robert William Ney 61%
Don Nickles 77%
Anne Northup 82%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 94%
James Nussle 89%
Jim Oberstar 14%
Dave Obey 19%
John Olver 6%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 37%
Thomas William Osborne 69%
Doug Ose 63%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 80%
Ron Paul 52%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 74%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 74%
Todd Platts 53%
Richard Pombo 74%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Deborah Pryce 69%
Jack Quinn 51%
George Radanovich 89%
James Ramstad 53%
Ralph Regula 66%
Denny Rehberg 63%
Silvestre Reyes 31%
Thomas Reynolds 66%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Ciro Rodriguez 29%
Timothy Roemer 40%
Mike Ross 45%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 53%
Jim Ryun 94%
Martin Olav Sabo 13%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 46%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 51%
Edward Schrock 89%
John Shadegg 94%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 56%
Donald Sherwood 74%
Ronnie Shows 48%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 56%
Joseph Skeen 82%
Ike Skelton 44%
Gordon Smith 61%
Nick Smith 58%
Bob Smith 94%
Olympia Snowe 54%
Vic Snyder 33%
Hilda Solis 9%
Mark Souder 94%
Arlen Specter 48%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 63%
Charles Stenholm 48%
Ted Stevens 60%
Ted Strickland 32%
Bob Stump 86%
Bart Stupak 19%
John Sweeney 56%
Tom Tancredo 69%
John Tanner 45%
Ellen Tauscher 43%
William Tauzin 82%
Charles Taylor 86%
Gene Taylor 47%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 65%
Fred Thompson 62%
Karen Thurman 19%
Strom Thurmond 94%
Todd Tiahrt 94%
Robert Torricelli 37%
Ed Towns 41%
James Traficant, Jr. 58%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 15%
James Turner 43%
George Voinovich 66%
James Walsh 63%
Zach Wamp 58%
John Warner 62%
Wesley Watkins 74%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Anthony Weiner 11%
David Weldon 74%
W. Curtis Weldon 49%
Gerald Weller 69%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 69%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 29%
Albert Wynn 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 40%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 21%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 29%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 46%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 29%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 35%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 23%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 19%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 32%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 13%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 27%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 41%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 29%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 23%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 42%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 35%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 11%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 27%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 22%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 21%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 6%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 29%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 23%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 39%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 19%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 42%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 29%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 25%
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 23%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 39%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 47%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 74%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 89%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 94%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 81%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 82%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 94%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 74%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 82%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 66%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 49%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 89%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 94%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 58%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 54%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 77%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 69%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 77%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 69%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 61%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 71%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 94%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 94%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 54%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 51%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 74%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 55%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 94%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 61%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 63%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 94%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 53%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 94%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 82%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 69%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 86%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 74%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 74%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 94%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 63%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 69%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 49%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 86%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 89%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 94%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 94%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 69%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 74%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 82%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 94%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 61%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 80%

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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