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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2001 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 93%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 71%
Todd Akin 7%
Wayne Allard 30%
George Allen 17%
Thomas Allen 91%
Richard Armey 15%
Joe Baca, Sr. 74%
Brian Baird 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 7%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 58%
Robert Barr, Jr. 7%
Roscoe Bartlett 28%
Charlie Bass 43%
Evan Bayh 61%
Bob Bennett 7%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 64%
Douglas Bereuter 43%
Shelley Berkley 62%
Howard Berman 91%
Marion Berry 57%
Judy Biggert 28%
Michael Bilirakis 43%
Jeff Bingaman 68%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 15%
David Edward Bonior 88%
Mary Bono Mack 7%
Robert Borski, Jr. 74%
Leonard Boswell 57%
Rick Boucher 62%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 57%
John Breaux 47%
Henry Brown, Jr. 22%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 7%
Conrad Burns 17%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 22%
Robert Byrd 64%
Herbert Callahan 21%
Ben Campbell 24%
Chris Cannon 7%
Jean Carnahan 58%
Brad Carson 56%
Julia Carson 80%
Mike Castle 49%
Eva Clayton 95%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 61%
Robert Clement 54%
Hillary Clinton 87%
Michael Collins 33%
Larry Combest 7%
Gary Condit 54%
Kent Conrad 68%
John Cooksey 22%
Jon Corzine 93%
Jerry Costello 63%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 52%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Thomas Daschle 82%
James Davis 62%
Jo Ann Davis 32%
Thomas Davis III 41%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 77%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Norm Dicks 74%
Chris Dodd 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 41%
Calvin Dooley 53%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 67%
David Dreier 28%
Jennifer Dunn 36%
John Edwards 74%
Chet Edwards 63%
Vern Ehlers 39%
Jo Ann Emerson 46%
Philip English 46%
John Ensign 35%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 77%
Terry Everett 19%
Russ Feingold 79%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 44%
Mark Foley 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 58%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Barney Frank 95%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 74%
Elton Gallegly 32%
John Ganske 51%
George Gekas 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 93%
Jim Gibbons 32%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 41%
Benjamin Gilman 51%
Charlie Gonzalez 70%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 12%
Bart Gordon 54%
Porter Goss 28%
Daniel Graham 74%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 33%
James Greenwood 41%
Judd Gregg 35%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 41%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tony Hall 66%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 57%
Melissa Hart 36%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 7%
Joel Hefley 39%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 64%
Van Hilleary 22%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 88%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 28%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 70%
Pete Hoekstra 28%
Thomas Holden 63%
Ernest Hollings 66%
Darlene Hooley 62%
Stephen Horn 48%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 49%
Kenny Hulshof 28%
Duncan Hunter 7%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Kay Hutchison 26%
Henry Hyde 33%
Daniel Inouye 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 76%
William Jefferson 68%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
William Lewis Jenkins 22%
Christopher John 52%
Nancy Johnson 49%
Tim Johnson 47%
Paul Kanjorski 74%
Ric Keller 27%
Sue Kelly 51%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
Mark Kennedy 39%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
Brian Kerns 22%
Dale Kildee 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 91%
Gerald Kleczka 79%
Joseph Knollenberg 7%
Herb Kohl 64%
James Kolbe 15%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Jon Kyl 7%
John LaFalce 80%
Ray LaHood 48%
Nicholas Lampson 66%
Tom Lantos 91%
Steve LaTourette 43%
James Leach 52%
Jerry Lewis 13%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 71%
Blanche Lincoln 54%
John Linder 15%
William Lipinski 55%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 26%
William Luther 77%
James Maloney 58%
Don Manzullo 15%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 74%
James McCrery III 13%
John McHugh 45%
Scott McInnis 38%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 87%
Michael McNulty 95%
Martin Meehan 86%
Carrie Meek 82%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 93%
Dan Miller 28%
Zell Bryan Miller 43%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Alan Mollohan 62%
Dennis Moore 58%
Constance Morella 53%
Jack Murtha 72%
Sue Myrick 19%
Ben Nelson 47%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 7%
Robert William Ney 39%
Don Nickles 17%
Anne Northup 15%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 7%
Jim Oberstar 86%
Dave Obey 80%
John Olver 94%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 63%
Thomas William Osborne 28%
Doug Ose 36%
Major Owens 83%
Michael Oxley 21%
Ron Paul 49%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 22%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22%
Todd Platts 47%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 28%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 7%
James Ramstad 47%
Ralph Regula 33%
Denny Rehberg 36%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 74%
Ciro Rodriguez 72%
Timothy Roemer 60%
Mike Ross 56%
Steve Rothman 92%
Marge Roukema 47%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 87%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 54%
Rick Santorum 7%
Paul Sarbanes 93%
Jim Saxton 49%
Edward Schrock 7%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 41%
Christopher Shays 45%
Donald Sherwood 22%
Ronnie Shows 53%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
Joseph Skeen 15%
Ike Skelton 56%
Gordon Smith 39%
Nick Smith 41%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 68%
Hilda Solis 91%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 52%
John Spratt, Jr. 65%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 36%
Charles Stenholm 53%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 68%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Sweeney 43%
Tom Tancredo 28%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 58%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 54%
Craig Thomas 24%
William Thomas 35%
Fred Thompson 35%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 61%
Ed Towns 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 41%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
James Turner 57%
George Voinovich 30%
James Walsh 38%
Zach Wamp 41%
John Warner 35%
Wesley Watkins 22%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 22%
W. Curtis Weldon 51%
Gerald Weller 28%
Paul Wellstone 93%
Robert Wexler 95%
Heather Wilson 28%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 70%
Albert Wynn 68%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 68%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 60%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 80%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 70%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 72%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 65%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 77%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 59%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 65%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 68%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 87%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 76%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 79%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 59%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 72%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 59%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 57%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 69%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 70%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 56%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 77%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 58%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 66%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 93%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 48%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 72%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 64%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 79%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 70%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 74%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 62%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 79%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 58%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 70%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 74%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 76%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 74%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 61%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 53%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 27%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 19%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 47%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 28%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 7%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 42%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 46%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 7%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 28%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 39%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 12%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 28%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 41%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 46%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 49%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 45%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 19%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 39%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 7%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 47%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 15%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 28%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 7%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 7%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 36%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 52%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 15%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 45%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 28%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 22%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 39%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%

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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