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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1996 Liberal on Foreign\Defense Policy

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 64%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 71%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 64%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 47%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 28%
Henry Scott Baesler 55%
Richard Hugh Baker 21%
William Baker 15%
John Baldacci 70%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
Bill Barrett 30%
Roscoe Bartlett 30%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 30%
Charlie Bass 38%
Herbert Bateman 36%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
Anthony Beilenson 93%
Bob Bennett 42%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 70%
Douglas Bereuter 45%
Howard Berman 90%
Tom Bevill 52%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89%
Brian Bilbray 41%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 76%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 47%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Peter Blute 48%
Sherwood Boehlert 37%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 35%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 79%
Sonny Bono 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 79%
Rick Boucher 76%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 77%
Bill Bradley 71%
John Breaux 49%
Bill Brewster 55%
Glen Browder 48%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 63%
George Brown, Jr. 90%
Hank Brown 50%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 86%
Richard Bryan 77%
Ed Bryant 0%
John Bryant 64%
Dale Bumpers 93%
Jim Bunn 36%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 66%
Herbert Callahan 28%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 52%
Ben Campbell 0%
Thomas Campbell 72%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
Mike Castle 53%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 53%
John Chafee 43%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 30%
Jim Chapman 52%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 37%
Dick Chrysler 15%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Eva Clayton 72%
Robert Clement 57%
William Clinger 51%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 61%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 47%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 45%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 32%
William Cohen 8%
Ronald Coleman 67%
Barbara-Rose Collins 86%
Cardiss Collins 93%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 61%
Kent Conrad 70%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
Wes Cooley 42%
Jerry Costello 61%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 87%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 42%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 84%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 35%
Patsy Ann Danner 73%
Thomas Daschle 73%
Thomas Davis III 37%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 30%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 87%
E. Kika de la Garza 59%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 76%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 90%
Peter Deutsch 79%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 26%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 21%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 61%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 82%
Julian Dixon 75%
Chris Dodd 61%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 87%
Robert Dole 81%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 37%
Calvin Dooley 76%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 84%
Robert Dornan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 74%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 55%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 53%
Vern Ehlers 67%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Bill Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
Philip English 48%
John Ensign 50%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 21%
Thomas Ewing 30%
Jim Exon 65%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90%
Harris Fawell 44%
Victor Fazio 67%
Russ Feingold 89%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 58%
Cleo Fields 79%
Jack Fields, Jr. 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 87%
Floyd Flake 84%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 28%
Thomas Foglietta 90%
Mark Foley 45%
Michael Patrick Forbes 21%
Harold Ford, Sr. 93%
Wendell Ford 51%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Jon David Fox 47%
Barney Frank 90%
Gary Franks 15%
Robert Franks 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 41%
Dan Frisa 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 55%
David Funderburk 0%
Elizabeth Furse 90%
Elton Gallegly 28%
John Ganske 66%
Sam Gejdenson 76%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 73%
Pete Geren 42%
Sam Gibbons 79%
Wayne Gilchrest 36%
Paul Gillmor 35%
Benjamin Gilman 21%
John Glenn 73%
Henry Gonzalez 52%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 41%
William Goodling 38%
Bart Gordon 70%
Slade Gorton 38%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 62%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 26%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 73%
Enid Greene 27%
James Greenwood 41%
Judd Gregg 38%
Steven Gunderson 48%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 41%
Tony Hall 64%
Lee Hamilton 59%
Melton Hancock 0%
James Hansen 21%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
Jane Harman 57%
J. Dennis Hastert 21%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 30%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Mark Hatfield 93%
James Hayes 48%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 61%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 28%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 72%
Maurice Hinchey 87%
David Lee Hobson 21%
Pete Hoekstra 58%
Martin Hoke 42%
Thomas Holden 54%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Stephen Horn 38%
John Nathan Hostettler 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 61%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 21%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 57%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 79%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 55%
William Jefferson 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 64%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 65%
Nancy Johnson 44%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Harry Johnston 88%
J. Bennett Johnston 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 76%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 76%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 53%
Sue Kelly 30%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 77%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 58%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 66%
Bob Kerrey 69%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 77%
Dale Kildee 61%
Jay Kim 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 37%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 35%
Gerald Kleczka 87%
Ronald Klink 67%
Scott Klug 67%
Joseph Knollenberg 21%
Herb Kohl 84%
James Kolbe 44%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 82%
Ray LaHood 41%
Tom Lantos 82%
Stephen Largent 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 30%
Steve LaTourette 46%
Greg Laughlin 36%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 88%
Rick Lazio 38%
James Leach 52%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
Jerry Lewis 21%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 87%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 51%
Jim Lightfoot 28%
Blanche Lincoln 64%
John Linder 36%
William Lipinski 59%
Robert Livingston 21%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
James Longley, Jr. 15%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 30%
William Luther 84%
Connie Mack 32%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 85%
Thomas Manton 64%
Don Manzullo 30%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
Matthew Martinez 52%
Bill Martini 50%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 73%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 43%
Karen McCarthy 85%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 21%
Joseph McDade 30%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
Paul McHale 67%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 48%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
Michael McNulty 59%
Martin Meehan 87%
Carrie Meek 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 76%
Jack Metcalf 41%
Jan Meyers 51%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 68%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 78%
Dan Miller 30%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
David Minge 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 79%
John Moakley 90%
Susan Molinari 30%
Alan Mollohan 52%
G.V. Montgomery 56%
Carlos Moorhead 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
Constance Morella 81%
Carol Moseley Braun 89%
Patrick Moynihan 77%
Frank Murkowski 26%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 50%
John Myers 0%
Sue Myrick 30%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 81%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 55%
Robert William Ney 47%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Sam Nunn 48%
James Nussle 44%
Jim Oberstar 79%
Dave Obey 82%
John Olver 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Bill Orton 73%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 21%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 76%
Mike Parker 36%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 70%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 90%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 56%
Claiborne Pell 86%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
Pete Peterson 61%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 55%
Owen Pickett 50%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
John Edward Porter 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 30%
Glenn Poshard 64%
Larry Pressler 38%
Deborah Pryce 0%
David Pryor 97%
James Quillen 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 66%
James Ramstad 67%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
Ralph Regula 41%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 62%
Bill Richardson 64%
Frank Duncan Riggs 41%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 82%
Charles Robb 58%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 72%
Timothy Roemer 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 49%
Charles Rose III 66%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 21%
Toby Roth 48%
William Roth, Jr. 30%
Marge Roukema 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 52%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 79%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 45%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 73%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 75%
Jim Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 0%
Patricia Schroeder 73%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 59%
Andrea Seastrand 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 55%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 87%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 21%
Christopher Shays 72%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 32%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Paul Simon 86%
Alan Simpson 45%
Norman Sisisky 47%
David Skaggs 82%
Joseph Skeen 21%
Ike Skelton 52%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Linda Smith 30%
Nick Smith 57%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 47%
Floyd Spence 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 90%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 58%
Ted Stevens 38%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 28%
Louis Stokes 86%
Gerry Studds 93%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 82%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 57%
Randy Tate 15%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 21%
Gene Taylor 49%
Frank Tejeda 58%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 30%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 61%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 30%
Ray Thornton 79%
Karen Thurman 64%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 38%
Peter Torkildsen 52%
Esteban Edward Torres 79%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 41%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 72%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
Bruce Vento 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 63%
Harold Volkmer 68%
Barbara Vucanovich 36%
Robert Walker 0%
James Walsh 28%
Zach Wamp 30%
Michael Ward 79%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 36%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 41%
Paul Wellstone 89%
Rick White 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 44%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
Pat Williams 70%
Charles Wilson 54%
Bob Wise, Jr. 69%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 21%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 83%
Albert Wynn 82%
Sidney Yates 90%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 21%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
Bill Zeliff 15%
Richard Zimmer 51%

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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