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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2003 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 93%
John Edwards 93%
Daniel Graham 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 93%
Paul Sarbanes 93%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 92%
Howard Berman 92%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 92%
Bill Delahunt 92%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 92%
Barney Frank 92%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
Maurice Hinchey 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 92%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 92%
Martin Meehan 92%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 92%
John Olver 92%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
Hilda Solis 92%
Pete Stark 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
Diane Watson 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 92%
Gary Ackerman 91%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 91%
Michael McNulty 91%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 91%
Anthony Weiner 91%
Hillary Clinton 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 87%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 87%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 87%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 87%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 87%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 87%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 87%
Robert Matsui 87%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 87%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 87%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 87%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 87%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 87%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 85%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 85%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Major Owens 85%
Donald Payne 85%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 85%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 84%
Lynn Woolsey 84%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 83%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 82%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 82%
Thomas Daschle 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 82%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 82%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 82%
Lane Evans 81%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 81%
Gerald Kleczka 81%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 81%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 81%
Brad Miller 81%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 81%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 80%
Robert Wexler 80%
Thomas Allen 79%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 79%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 79%
Tom Lantos 79%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 77%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 77%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 77%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 77%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 77%
Denise Majette 77%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 77%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 76%
James Davis 76%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
Julia Carson 75%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
Karen McCarthy 75%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 75%
Robert Byrd 74%
Bob Etheridge 74%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 74%
Jim Oberstar 74%
Dave Obey 74%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 74%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 73%
Dale Kildee 73%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 73%
Brian Baird 71%
Peter Deutsch 71%
William Jefferson 71%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 71%
Martin Olav Sabo 71%
Ellen Tauscher 71%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 71%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 70%
Jeff Bingaman 70%
Jon Corzine 70%
Herb Kohl 70%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 70%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 70%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Ed Towns 70%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 70%
Shelley Berkley 69%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 69%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 69%
David Wu 69%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 68%
Chris Dodd 68%
Harold Ford, Jr. 68%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 68%
Bart Stupak 68%
Ernest Hollings 67%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 66%
Norm Dicks 66%
Jane Harman 66%
Baron Hill 66%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
Joe Lieberman 66%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 66%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 66%
Steve Rothman 66%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
Daniel Inouye 65%
Paul Kanjorski 65%
Ciro Rodriguez 65%
Ted Strickland 65%
Edward Case 64%
Darlene Hooley 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 64%
Silvestre Reyes 64%
Vic Snyder 64%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 64%
Albert Wynn 64%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 63%
Jerry Costello 63%
Byron Dorgan 63%
Dennis Moore 63%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 63%
Jonas Frost III 62%
Charlie Gonzalez 62%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 62%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 62%
Nicholas Lampson 62%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 62%
Joe Baca, Sr. 61%
Leonard Boswell 61%
Kent Conrad 61%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 61%
Dennis Cardoza 60%
Artur Davis 60%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
John Tanner 60%
Evan Bayh 59%
Marion Berry 59%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 59%
William Lipinski 59%
Alan Mollohan 59%
Rick Boucher 58%
James Merrill Jeffords 58%
Jim Marshall 58%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 58%
Chris Bell 57%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 57%
Bart Gordon 57%
Thomas Holden 57%
Mike Ross 57%
Ike Skelton 57%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 56%
Lincoln Davis 56%
Chet Edwards 56%
Blanche Lincoln 56%
Jack Murtha 56%
Earl Pomeroy 56%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 55%
Brad Carson 55%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 55%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 55%
Gene Taylor 55%
James Turner 55%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 54%
Calvin Dooley 54%
Christopher John 54%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 54%
Charles Stenholm 54%
John Breaux 53%
James Leach 53%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 53%
Ron Paul 53%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
Mike Castle 52%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 52%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 52%
Jim Saxton 52%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 52%
Robert Cramer 51%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 51%
Gilbert Gutknecht 51%
Tim Johnson 51%
Ben Nelson 51%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
Nancy Johnson 49%
John McHugh 49%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 49%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 49%
Olympia Snowe 49%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 48%
Joel Hefley 48%
John Nathan Hostettler 48%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 48%
Jack Quinn 48%
Christopher Shays 48%
Judd Gregg 47%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 47%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 47%
Douglas Bereuter 46%
Wayne Gilchrest 46%
Steve LaTourette 46%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 46%
Arlen Specter 46%
John Sweeney 46%
Tom Tancredo 46%
Dan Burton 45%
Ben Campbell 45%
Todd Platts 45%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 45%
Zach Wamp 45%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Philip English 44%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 44%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 44%
Ray LaHood 44%
John Sununu 44%
William Lewis Jenkins 43%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 43%
Peter Fitzgerald 42%
Michael Bilirakis 41%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 41%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 41%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 41%
Vern Ehlers 41%
Michael Ferguson 41%
Mark Green 41%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 41%
Marilyn Musgrave 41%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 41%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 41%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 41%
Norm Coleman 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
Nick Smith 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 39%
Charlie Bass 39%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 39%
Steve Buyer 39%
Doug Ose 39%
James Ramstad 39%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 39%
Gordon Smith 39%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 38%
Jo Ann Emerson 37%
Scott McInnis 37%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 37%
Jim Ryun 37%
John Shadegg 37%
Cliff Stearns 37%
Mary Bono Mack 36%
Thomas Davis III 36%
John Doolittle 36%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 36%
Michael Collins 33%
Jo Ann Davis 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 33%
Kay Hutchison 33%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 33%
Ron Lewis 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
James Nussle 33%
Richard Renzi 33%
James Talent 33%
George Voinovich 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 32%
Charles Taylor 32%
Todd Akin 31%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 31%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 31%
James Greenwood 31%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 31%
James Walsh 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
J. Gresham Barrett 29%
Henry Bonilla 29%
Elizabeth Dole 29%
John Ensign 29%
Paul Gillmor 29%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 29%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 29%
Judy Biggert 27%
Max Burns 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
Randall Cunningham 27%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 27%
Tom Feeney 27%
Mark Foley 27%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 27%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 26%
Anne Northup 26%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 26%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 26%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 25%
Thomas Reynolds 25%
Kit Bond 24%
Jon Kyl 24%
Ted Stevens 24%
Zell Bryan Miller 23%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 21%
Henry Brown, Jr. 21%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 21%
David Dreier 21%
Robert Hayes 21%
David Lee Hobson 21%
Duncan Hunter 21%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 21%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 21%
Thaddeus McCotter 21%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 21%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 21%
Michael Oxley 21%
John Peterson 21%
Ralph Regula 21%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 21%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 21%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
William Janklow 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
Terry Everett 19%
Elton Gallegly 19%
Joseph Knollenberg 19%
Mark Souder 19%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 19%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 18%
Wayne Allard 18%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 18%
Don Nickles 18%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
Ginny Brown-Waite 17%
Christopher Cox 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Porter Goss 17%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 17%
Katherine Harris 17%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
James McCrery III 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 16%
Cass Ballenger 9%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 9%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
Chris Chocola 9%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 9%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 9%
Melissa Hart 9%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 9%
Mark Kennedy 9%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 9%
James Kolbe 9%
Jerry Lewis 9%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 9%
Thomas William Osborne 9%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 9%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 9%
Jon Porter, Sr. 9%
Deborah Pryce 9%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
William Tauzin 9%
William Thomas 9%
David Weldon 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
George Allen 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
William Frist 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Ric Keller 0%
John Linder 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
John Sullivan 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%

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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