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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2001 Conservative on Foreign Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 28%
Gary Ackerman 28%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 69%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14%
Todd Akin 97%
Wayne Allard 72%
George Allen 72%
Thomas Allen 15%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 41%
Richard Armey 82%
Joe Baca, Sr. 41%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
Brian Baird 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 87%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Cass Ballenger 87%
James Barcia 34%
Robert Barr, Jr. 82%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 69%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 97%
Charlie Bass 74%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14%
Evan Bayh 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
Bob Bennett 72%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 47%
Douglas Bereuter 53%
Shelley Berkley 34%
Howard Berman 25%
Marion Berry 41%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 3%
Judy Biggert 53%
Michael Bilirakis 82%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 31%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 87%
Sherwood Boehlert 53%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 87%
Kit Bond 72%
Henry Bonilla 97%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Mary Bono Mack 47%
Robert Borski, Jr. 28%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 32%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 46%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 36%
John Breaux 43%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
Henry Brown, Jr. 60%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 72%
Ed Bryant 81%
Jim Bunning 94%
Conrad Burns 72%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 85%
Dan Burton 81%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 27%
Herbert Callahan 97%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
Ben Campbell 65%
Chris Cannon 82%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 60%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 22%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 28%
Jean Carnahan 27%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 27%
Brad Carson 47%
Julia Carson 18%
Mike Castle 53%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 51%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 16%
Eva Clayton 15%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 43%
Robert Clement 28%
Hillary Clinton 27%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 82%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 94%
Michael Collins 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 54%
Larry Combest 53%
Gary Condit 36%
Kent Conrad 27%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
John Cooksey 85%
Jon Corzine 3%
Jerry Costello 41%
Christopher Cox 74%
William Coyne 15%
Larry Craig 72%
Robert Cramer 41%
Philip Crane 97%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 74%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 31%
Barbara Cubin 97%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 87%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 12%
Randall Cunningham 72%
Thomas Daschle 14%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 46%
Jo Ann Davis 69%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 41%
Thomas Davis III 74%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 3%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 21%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 16%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
Thomas DeLay 97%
Peter Deutsch 28%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 65%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 85%
Norm Dicks 36%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 40%
Chris Dodd 14%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 72%
Calvin Dooley 36%
John Doolittle 69%
Byron Dorgan 27%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
David Dreier 87%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 53%
Jennifer Dunn 87%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 3%
John Edwards 27%
Chet Edwards 36%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Jo Ann Emerson 58%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 34%
Philip English 47%
John Ensign 72%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 72%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 12%
Bob Etheridge 47%
Lane Evans 18%
Terry Everett 97%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 12%
Russ Feingold 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
Michael Ferguson 60%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 72%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 47%
Mark Foley 53%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 8%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 87%
William Frist 72%
Jonas Frost III 53%
Elton Gallegly 53%
John Ganske 41%
George Gekas 87%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 36%
Jim Gibbons 87%
Wayne Gilchrest 53%
Paul Gillmor 74%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 28%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 69%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 87%
Bart Gordon 41%
Porter Goss 74%
Daniel Graham 27%
William Phillip Gramm 65%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 87%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 72%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 60%
Mark Green 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 47%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 65%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 74%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 21%
Gilbert Gutknecht 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
Tony Hall 28%
James Hansen 74%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 14%
Jane Harman 28%
Melissa Hart 74%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 28%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 97%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 94%
Robert Hayes 87%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 97%
Joel Hefley 60%
Jesse Helms 94%
Wally Herger, Jr. 60%
Baron Hill 41%
Van Hilleary 58%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 5%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 35%
David Lee Hobson 87%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 22%
Pete Hoekstra 41%
Thomas Holden 47%
Ernest Hollings 43%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
Darlene Hooley 21%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 68%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 31%
Kenny Hulshof 69%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 54%
Kay Hutchison 94%
Henry Hyde 74%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 54%
Daniel Inouye 14%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 53%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 31%
William Jefferson 18%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
William Lewis Jenkins 82%
Christopher John 47%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 22%
Nancy Johnson 46%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 97%
Tim Johnson 53%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 58%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 24%
Ric Keller 97%
Sue Kelly 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 3%
Mark Kennedy 87%
Patrick Kennedy 28%
Brian Kerns 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14%
Dale Kildee 32%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 74%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 97%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 60%
Gerald Kleczka 7%
Joseph Knollenberg 87%
Herb Kohl 14%
James Kolbe 60%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 72%
John LaFalce 18%
Ray LaHood 53%
Nicholas Lampson 28%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 36%
Tom Lantos 22%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 26%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 58%
Steve LaTourette 81%
James Leach 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 12%
Jerry Lewis 87%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 12%
Ron Lewis 87%
Joe Lieberman 43%
Blanche Lincoln 41%
John Linder 87%
William Lipinski 52%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 22%
Trent Lott, Sr. 94%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 82%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 53%
Dick Lugar 72%
William Luther 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
James Maloney 47%
Don Manzullo 58%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 16%
Frank Mascara 47%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 47%
Robert Matsui 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 72%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 34%
Karen McCarthy 12%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 7%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 72%
James McCrery III 87%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 53%
Scott McInnis 72%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 47%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 87%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 26%
Martin Meehan 12%
Carrie Meek 31%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 47%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 74%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 27%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 24%
Dan Miller 87%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 54%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 18%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 36%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 53%
Constance Morella 28%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 36%
Sue Myrick 97%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 12%
Ben Nelson 54%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 27%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 69%
Robert William Ney 58%
Don Nickles 72%
Anne Northup 87%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 58%
James Nussle 47%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 7%
John Olver 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 74%
Thomas William Osborne 53%
Doug Ose 87%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 69%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 87%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 41%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 22%
Ron Paul 26%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 97%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
John Peterson 60%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 74%
David Phelps 41%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 74%
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 82%
Earl Pomeroy 34%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 87%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 32%
Deborah Pryce 87%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 80%
Jack Quinn 72%
George Radanovich 81%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 26%
James Ramstad 53%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 3%
Ralph Regula 74%
Denny Rehberg 60%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 27%
Silvestre Reyes 72%
Thomas Reynolds 87%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 72%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 27%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
Timothy Roemer 36%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 69%
Mike Ross 41%
Steve Rothman 36%
Marge Roukema 72%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 58%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 41%
Jim Ryun 97%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 32%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 32%
Rick Santorum 54%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 12%
Jim Saxton 60%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 69%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 40%
Edward Schrock 87%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 14%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 22%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
John Shadegg 87%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 87%
Christopher Shays 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 34%
Donald Sherwood 60%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 47%
Ronnie Shows 47%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
Joseph Skeen 87%
Ike Skelton 53%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 26%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 47%
Gordon Smith 53%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 85%
Nick Smith 69%
Bob Smith 65%
Olympia Snowe 54%
Vic Snyder 41%
Hilda Solis 16%
Mark Souder 74%
Arlen Specter 41%
John Spratt, Jr. 41%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 3%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 69%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 54%
Ted Strickland 26%
Bob Stump 97%
Bart Stupak 32%
John Sweeney 85%
Tom Tancredo 82%
John Tanner 47%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
William Tauzin 74%
Charles Taylor 82%
Gene Taylor 46%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 87%
Craig Thomas 71%
William Thomas 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
Fred Thompson 72%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 87%
Karen Thurman 36%
Strom Thurmond 94%
Todd Tiahrt 69%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 58%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 47%
Robert Torricelli 3%
Ed Towns 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 69%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5%
James Turner 36%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 47%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 41%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
George Voinovich 51%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 85%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 69%
John Warner 54%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 7%
Wesley Watkins 72%
Diane Watson 17%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 87%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 22%
Anthony Weiner 12%
David Weldon 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 74%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 34%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 74%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 87%
Heather Wilson 74%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 72%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 26%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 3%
Albert Wynn 12%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87%
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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