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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2002 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 86%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 68%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 14%
George Allen 32%
Thomas Allen 76%
Joe Baca, Sr. 67%
Brian Baird 68%
Richard Hugh Baker 19%
Cass Ballenger 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 36%
Charlie Bass 45%
Evan Bayh 58%
Bob Bennett 18%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Shelley Berkley 61%
Howard Berman 83%
Marion Berry 57%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 35%
Jeff Bingaman 64%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 9%
Mary Bono Mack 39%
Leonard Boswell 58%
Rick Boucher 58%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 54%
John Breaux 46%
Henry Brown, Jr. 21%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 11%
Dan Burton 15%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 59%
Ben Campbell 27%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 56%
Julia Carson 91%
Mike Castle 45%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Michael Collins 21%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 59%
Jon Corzine 73%
Jerry Costello 62%
Christopher Cox 34%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 51%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Randall Cunningham 34%
Thomas Daschle 73%
James Davis 63%
Jo Ann Davis 28%
Thomas Davis III 28%
Bill Delahunt 81%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 43%
Norm Dicks 73%
Chris Dodd 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 54%
John Doolittle 31%
Byron Dorgan 56%
David Dreier 40%
Jennifer Dunn 34%
John Edwards 66%
Chet Edwards 56%
Vern Ehlers 19%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Philip English 20%
John Ensign 30%
Bob Etheridge 61%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 13%
Russ Feingold 73%
Michael Ferguson 42%
Peter Fitzgerald 41%
Mark Foley 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 61%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 34%
Barney Frank 93%
William Frist 6%
Jonas Frost III 77%
Elton Gallegly 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 86%
Jim Gibbons 9%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 77%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 54%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 73%
Mark Green 36%
James Greenwood 44%
Judd Gregg 39%
Gilbert Gutknecht 42%
Jane Harman 53%
Melissa Hart 0%
Robert Hayes 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 31%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 61%
Maurice Hinchey 93%
David Lee Hobson 16%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 77%
Pete Hoekstra 16%
Thomas Holden 58%
Ernest Hollings 66%
Darlene Hooley 61%
John Nathan Hostettler 44%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 21%
Duncan Hunter 34%
Kay Hutchison 13%
Henry Hyde 31%
Daniel Inouye 70%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 36%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Jefferson 62%
James Merrill Jeffords 72%
William Lewis Jenkins 21%
Christopher John 53%
Nancy Johnson 51%
Tim Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 82%
Ric Keller 13%
Sue Kelly 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 85%
Mark Kennedy 21%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 86%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 59%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 95%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 34%
Nicholas Lampson 63%
Tom Lantos 75%
Steve LaTourette 40%
James Leach 51%
Jerry Lewis 36%
Ron Lewis 16%
Joe Lieberman 87%
Blanche Lincoln 52%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 59%
Trent Lott, Sr. 6%
Dick Lugar 35%
Don Manzullo 39%
Robert Matsui 77%
Karen McCarthy 76%
James McCrery III 28%
John McHugh 39%
Scott McInnis 39%
Michael McNulty 93%
Martin Meehan 84%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 71%
Zell Bryan Miller 45%
Alan Mollohan 64%
Dennis Moore 62%
Jack Murtha 66%
Sue Myrick 21%
Ben Nelson 44%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 16%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 13%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 86%
John Olver 93%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 66%
Thomas William Osborne 21%
Doug Ose 41%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 19%
Ron Paul 47%
Donald Payne 91%
John Peterson 32%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 21%
Todd Platts 49%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 54%
Deborah Pryce 21%
Jack Quinn 46%
George Radanovich 21%
James Ramstad 42%
Ralph Regula 39%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Silvestre Reyes 65%
Thomas Reynolds 16%
Ciro Rodriguez 84%
Mike Ross 55%
Steve Rothman 70%
Jim Ryun 19%
Martin Olav Sabo 74%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 56%
Rick Santorum 6%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 42%
Edward Schrock 16%
John Shadegg 16%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 45%
Donald Sherwood 21%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 48%
Ike Skelton 59%
Gordon Smith 43%
Nick Smith 42%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 59%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 49%
John Spratt, Jr. 77%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 27%
Charles Stenholm 53%
Ted Stevens 17%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bart Stupak 77%
John Sullivan 32%
John Sweeney 36%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 68%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 28%
Gene Taylor 53%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 36%
Todd Tiahrt 9%
Ed Towns 68%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
James Turner 58%
George Voinovich 38%
James Walsh 48%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 40%
Diane Watson 95%
Anthony Weiner 85%
David Weldon 28%
W. Curtis Weldon 49%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 86%
Heather Wilson 21%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 64%
Albert Wynn 69%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 72%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 64%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 74%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 76%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 81%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 67%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 73%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 68%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 70%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 77%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 84%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 77%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 74%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 92%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 74%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 74%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 56%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 51%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 59%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 72%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 86%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 86%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 63%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 69%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 58%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 72%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 72%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 59%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 81%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 63%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 69%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 77%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 74%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 72%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 63%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 69%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 77%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 84%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 73%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 72%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 53%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 21%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 22%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 16%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 16%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 46%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 16%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 47%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 32%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 49%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 23%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 46%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 21%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 42%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 21%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 42%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 21%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 45%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 9%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 48%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 16%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 28%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 32%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 19%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 37%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 21%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 32%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 16%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 9%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 36%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 36%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 21%

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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