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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1996 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 11%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 63%
Gary Ackerman 28%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
Bill Archer 76%
Richard Armey 82%
John Ashcroft 86%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 68%
Henry Scott Baesler 39%
Richard Hugh Baker 70%
William Baker 74%
John Baldacci 18%
Cass Ballenger 82%
James Barcia 41%
Robert Barr, Jr. 71%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 11%
Bill Barrett 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 82%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 73%
Charlie Bass 82%
Herbert Bateman 61%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Anthony Beilenson 21%
Bob Bennett 82%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 33%
Douglas Bereuter 55%
Howard Berman 0%
Tom Bevill 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 39%
Brian Bilbray 53%
Michael Bilirakis 76%
Jeff Bingaman 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 36%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 82%
Peter Blute 49%
Sherwood Boehlert 43%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 82%
Kit Bond 56%
Henry Bonilla 68%
David Edward Bonior 11%
Sonny Bono 76%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 35%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 19%
Bill Bradley 6%
John Breaux 45%
Bill Brewster 46%
Glen Browder 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 18%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Hank Brown 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
Richard Bryan 34%
Ed Bryant 82%
John Bryant 26%
Dale Bumpers 11%
Jim Bunn 51%
Jim Bunning 82%
Conrad Burns 76%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 82%
Dan Burton 76%
Steve Buyer 68%
Robert Byrd 19%
Herbert Callahan 80%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 71%
Ben Campbell 53%
Thomas Campbell 58%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 56%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 32%
Mike Castle 49%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 73%
John Chafee 47%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 82%
Jim Chapman 39%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 82%
Jon Lynn Christensen 82%
Dick Chrysler 74%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Robert Clement 41%
William Clinger 64%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 22%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 74%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 71%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 61%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
William Cohen 46%
Ronald Coleman 12%
Barbara-Rose Collins 00%
Cardiss Collins 0%
Michael Collins 82%
Larry Combest 82%
Gary Condit 47%
Kent Conrad 19%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Wes Cooley 74%
Jerry Costello 31%
Paul Coverdell 94%
Christopher Cox 82%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 91%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 82%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 82%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 64%
Barbara Cubin 82%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
Randall Cunningham 82%
Alfonse D'Amato 54%
Patsy Ann Danner 39%
Thomas Daschle 27%
Thomas Davis III 52%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 76%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
E. Kika de la Garza 38%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 18%
Thomas DeLay 82%
Ronald Dellums 0%
Peter Deutsch 36%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 58%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Jay Dickey 82%
Norm Dicks 24%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 28%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 5%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
Robert Dole 87%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 61%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 82%
Byron Dorgan 34%
Robert Dornan 74%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 38%
David Dreier 82%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
Jennifer Dunn 82%
Chet Edwards 36%
Vern Ehlers 54%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 76%
Bill Emerson 74%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 16%
Philip English 52%
John Ensign 64%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 30%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 82%
Thomas Ewing 82%
Jim Exon 44%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 89%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Harris Fawell 71%
Victor Fazio 33%
Russ Feingold 19%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 31%
Cleo Fields 23%
Jack Fields, Jr. 74%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 21%
Floyd Flake 18%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 53%
Thomas Foglietta 0%
Mark Foley 58%
Michael Patrick Forbes 55%
Harold Ford, Sr. 23%
Wendell Ford 39%
Tillie Fowler 63%
Jon David Fox 48%
Barney Frank 0%
Gary Franks 74%
Robert Franks 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
Dan Frisa 53%
William Frist 68%
Jonas Frost III 27%
David Funderburk 67%
Elizabeth Furse 36%
Elton Gallegly 82%
John Ganske 68%
Sam Gejdenson 18%
George Gekas 82%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 22%
Pete Geren 51%
Sam Gibbons 28%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 61%
Benjamin Gilman 45%
John Glenn 5%
Henry Gonzalez 22%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 64%
William Goodling 82%
Bart Gordon 44%
Slade Gorton 60%
Porter Goss 58%
Daniel Graham 39%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
William Phillip Gramm 94%
Rodney Grams 79%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 28%
Enid Greene 74%
James Greenwood 56%
Judd Gregg 63%
Steven Gunderson 56%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 82%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 56%
Tony Hall 35%
Lee Hamilton 43%
Melton Hancock 74%
James Hansen 82%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 31%
Jane Harman 42%
J. Dennis Hastert 82%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 82%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 69%
Mark Hatfield 52%
James Hayes 46%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
Joel Hefley 76%
W.G. Hefner 39%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 67%
Jesse Helms 86%
Wally Herger, Jr. 82%
Van Hilleary 76%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 22%
Maurice Hinchey 11%
David Lee Hobson 64%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Martin Hoke 60%
Thomas Holden 41%
Stephen Horn 51%
John Nathan Hostettler 64%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 48%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 22%
Duncan Hunter 76%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Henry Hyde 64%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 82%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 94%
Daniel Inouye 13%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 76%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 18%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 36%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 48%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
Nancy Johnson 52%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 76%
Harry Johnston 17%
J. Bennett Johnston 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
Paul Kanjorski 11%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 76%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 60%
Sue Kelly 56%
Dirk Kempthorne 91%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
Joseph Kennedy II 11%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 25%
Bob Kerrey 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 19%
Dale Kildee 18%
Jay Kim 82%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 82%
Gerald Kleczka 28%
Ronald Klink 0%
Scott Klug 48%
Joseph Knollenberg 68%
Herb Kohl 34%
James Kolbe 82%
Jon Kyl 85%
John LaFalce 11%
Ray LaHood 64%
Tom Lantos 11%
Stephen Largent 63%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 71%
Steve LaTourette 56%
Greg Laughlin 51%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 5%
Rick Lazio 56%
James Leach 48%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
Jerry Lewis 61%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 82%
Joe Lieberman 44%
Jim Lightfoot 60%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 82%
William Lipinski 39%
Robert Livingston 55%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 49%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
James Longley, Jr. 51%
Trent Lott, Sr. 94%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 82%
Dick Lugar 76%
William Luther 25%
Connie Mack 94%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
Thomas Manton 21%
Don Manzullo 82%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Matthew Martinez 18%
Bill Martini 45%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 16%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 84%
Karen McCarthy 11%
Bill McCollum 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 69%
James McCrery III 67%
Joseph McDade 52%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
Paul McHale 36%
John McHugh 47%
Scott McInnis 82%
David McIntosh 70%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 82%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
Michael McNulty 28%
Martin Meehan 16%
Carrie Meek 18%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
Jack Metcalf 58%
Jan Meyers 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 82%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 16%
David Minge 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 22%
John Moakley 0%
Susan Molinari 73%
Alan Mollohan 21%
G.V. Montgomery 56%
Carlos Moorhead 74%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 42%
Constance Morella 45%
Carol Moseley Braun 27%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 79%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 18%
John Myers 60%
Sue Myrick 82%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 61%
Mark Neumann 56%
Robert William Ney 58%
Don Nickles 94%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 82%
Sam Nunn 45%
James Nussle 82%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 16%
John Olver 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 32%
Bill Orton 41%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 73%
Ronald Packard 67%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 28%
Mike Parker 82%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 33%
William Paxon 82%
Donald Payne 16%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 45%
Claiborne Pell 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
Pete Peterson 38%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 58%
Owen Pickett 41%
Richard Pombo 82%
Earl Pomeroy 28%
John Edward Porter 55%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 76%
Glenn Poshard 36%
Larry Pressler 63%
Deborah Pryce 61%
David Pryor 21%
James Quillen 60%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 70%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 22%
James Ramstad 49%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 49%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
Bill Richardson 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 64%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 11%
Charles Robb 34%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 19%
Timothy Roemer 42%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 76%
Charles Rose III 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 45%
Toby Roth 74%
William Roth, Jr. 58%
Marge Roukema 46%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 64%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 82%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 68%
Rick Santorum 54%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 25%
Jim Saxton 61%
Joe Scarborough 63%
Daniel Schaefer 82%
Steven Schiff 50%
Patricia Schroeder 6%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 28%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 22%
Andrea Seastrand 74%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 58%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 11%
John Shadegg 82%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 68%
Christopher Shays 48%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 78%
E.G. Shuster 82%
Paul Simon 06%
Alan Simpson 57%
Norman Sisisky 44%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 61%
Ike Skelton 40%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 73%
Linda Smith 55%
Nick Smith 82%
Bob Smith 79%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 73%
Mark Souder 68%
Arlen Specter 48%
Floyd Spence 82%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 82%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 67%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 60%
Louis Stokes 0%
Gerry Studds 15%
Bob Stump 82%
Bart Stupak 28%
James Talent 73%
John Tanner 42%
Randy Tate 64%
William Tauzin 64%
Charles Taylor 82%
Gene Taylor 45%
Frank Tejeda 36%
Craig Thomas 89%
William Thomas 61%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 21%
Fred Thompson 69%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 82%
Ray Thornton 29%
Karen Thurman 28%
Strom Thurmond 69%
Todd Tiahrt 82%
Peter Torkildsen 47%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
Bruce Vento 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 35%
Harold Volkmer 35%
Barbara Vucanovich 74%
Robert Walker 74%
James Walsh 47%
Zach Wamp 58%
Michael Ward 26%
John Warner 56%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 82%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 76%
W. Curtis Weldon 53%
Gerald Weller 64%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Rick White 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 76%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 82%
Pat Williams 15%
Charles Wilson 42%
Bob Wise, Jr. 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 58%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 26%
Albert Wynn 32%
Sidney Yates 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 73%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 64%
Bill Zeliff 74%
Richard Zimmer 49%

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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