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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1998 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 79%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Gary Ackerman 79%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 42%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 18%
Thomas Allen 72%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 63%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 15%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 71%
Cass Ballenger 21%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 34%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 79%
Bill Barrett 37%
Roscoe Bartlett 12%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 42%
Herbert Bateman 39%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 79%
Bob Bennett 38%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 43%
Howard Berman 79%
Marion Berry 58%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 64%
Brian Bilbray 46%
Michael Bilirakis 26%
Jeff Bingaman 69%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56%
Rod Blagojevich 72%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 30%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 79%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 28%
Sherwood Boehlert 54%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 43%
Henry Bonilla 28%
David Edward Bonior 79%
Mary Bono Mack 36%
Robert Borski, Jr. 72%
Leonard Boswell 57%
Rick Boucher 64%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 54%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 79%
John Breaux 57%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
George Brown, Jr. 79%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 79%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 12%
Richard Bryan 90%
Ed Bryant 0%
Conrad Burns 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 15%
Dan Burton 22%
Steve Buyer 36%
Robert Byrd 68%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 23%
Ben Campbell 38%
Thomas Campbell 51%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 34%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 61%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 79%
Julia Carson 79%
Mike Castle 48%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 15%
John Chafee 51%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 23%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 48%
William Clay, Sr. 79%
Eva Clayton 68%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 59%
Robert Clement 59%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 79%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 26%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 31%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 49%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 52%
Kent Conrad 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 79%
Merrill Cook 12%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 77%
Paul Coverdell 18%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 79%
Larry Craig 18%
Robert Cramer 54%
Philip Crane 19%
Barbara Cubin 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 79%
Randall Cunningham 22%
Patsy Ann Danner 52%
Thomas Daschle 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 79%
James Davis 59%
Thomas Davis III 39%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 79%
Bill Delahunt 79%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 79%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 46%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 51%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 79%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 72%
Julian Dixon 79%
Chris Dodd 83%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 44%
Calvin Dooley 60%
John Doolittle 15%
Byron Dorgan 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 61%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 28%
Jennifer Dunn 19%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
Chet Edwards 72%
Vern Ehlers 42%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 26%
Jo Ann Emerson 34%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 79%
Philip English 47%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 79%
Bob Etheridge 63%
Lane Evans 72%
Terry Everett 12%
Thomas Ewing 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 79%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 79%
Russ Feingold 61%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 65%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 79%
Mark Foley 15%
Michael Patrick Forbes 52%
Harold Ford, Jr. 70%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 33%
Barney Frank 72%
Robert Franks 45%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
William Frist 37%
Jonas Frost III 68%
Elton Gallegly 23%
John Ganske 48%
Sam Gejdenson 79%
George Gekas 37%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 79%
Jim Gibbons 23%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 39%
Benjamin Gilman 49%
Newt Gingrich 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 23%
William Goodling 36%
Bart Gordon 58%
Slade Gorton 31%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 61%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 12%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 12%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 64%
James Greenwood 42%
Judd Gregg 31%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 79%
Gilbert Gutknecht 37%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 41%
Tony Hall 64%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 81%
J. Dennis Hastert 19%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 79%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 31%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 19%
Rick Hill 43%
Van Hilleary 12%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 79%
Maurice Hinchey 79%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 68%
David Lee Hobson 34%
Pete Hoekstra 12%
Thomas Holden 61%
Ernest Hollings 61%
Darlene Hooley 67%
Stephen Horn 43%
John Nathan Hostettler 28%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 72%
Kenny Hulshof 23%
Duncan Hunter 23%
Asa Hutchinson 41%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 17%
Henry Hyde 28%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 72%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 79%
William Jefferson 79%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 12%
Christopher John 53%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
Nancy Johnson 53%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 12%
Paul Kanjorski 79%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 71%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 19%
Sue Kelly 39%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 83%
Patrick Kennedy 72%
Bob Kerrey 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 83%
Dale Kildee 77%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 79%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 43%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 15%
Gerald Kleczka 64%
Ronald Klink 66%
Joseph Knollenberg 15%
Herb Kohl 58%
James Kolbe 28%
Dennis Kucinich 72%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 77%
Ray LaHood 48%
Nicholas Lampson 79%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 72%
Tom Lantos 79%
Stephen Largent 26%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 15%
Steve LaTourette 45%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
Rick Lazio 46%
James Leach 52%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 79%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 79%
Jerry Lewis 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 79%
Ron Lewis 15%
Joe Lieberman 55%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 54%
Robert Livingston 21%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 72%
Trent Lott, Sr. 16%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 79%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 38%
William Luther 61%
Connie Mack 31%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 79%
James Maloney 58%
Don Manzullo 15%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 79%
Matthew Martinez 79%
Frank Mascara 72%
Robert Matsui 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 61%
Karen McCarthy 68%
Bill McCollum 23%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 18%
James McCrery III 30%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 79%
John McHugh 52%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 72%
Michael McNulty 79%
Martin Meehan 72%
Carrie Meek 79%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 72%
Jack Metcalf 39%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 26%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 79%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 79%
David Minge 60%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 79%
John Moakley 79%
Alan Mollohan 63%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 58%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
Constance Morella 55%
Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 72%
Jack Murtha 61%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 79%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 34%
Robert William Ney 46%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 28%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 15%
James Nussle 39%
Jim Oberstar 79%
Dave Obey 79%
John Olver 79%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Major Owens 79%
Michael Oxley 15%
Ronald Packard 19%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 72%
Mike Parker 23%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 79%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 79%
Ron Paul 49%
Donald Payne 79%
Edward Pease 30%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 72%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 15%
Richard Pombo 12%
Earl Pomeroy 68%
John Edward Porter 48%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 63%
Deborah Pryce 33%
Jack Quinn 46%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 71%
James Ramstad 48%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 79%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 83%
Ralph Regula 39%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 65%
Silvestre Reyes 77%
Bob Riley 28%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 68%
Charles Robb 59%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 81%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 55%
James Rogan 30%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 26%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 28%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 51%
William Roth, Jr. 45%
Steve Rothman 72%
Marge Roukema 49%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 28%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 72%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 79%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 61%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 72%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 57%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 43%
Rick Santorum 18%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 79%
Jim Saxton 37%
Joe Scarborough 12%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 79%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 79%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Christopher Shays 53%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 58%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 37%
E.G. Shuster 26%
Norman Sisisky 59%
Joseph Skeen 37%
Ike Skelton 59%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 79%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 38%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 26%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mark Souder 34%
Arlen Specter 52%
Floyd Spence 23%
John Spratt, Jr. 64%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 64%
Pete Stark 79%
Cliff Stearns 12%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 46%
Ted Strickland 61%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 72%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 57%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 12%
Gene Taylor 44%
Craig Thomas 18%
William Thomas 30%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 79%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 64%
Strom Thurmond 15%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 79%
Robert Torricelli 67%
Ed Towns 79%
James Traficant, Jr. 53%
James Turner 55%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 46%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 79%
Bruce Vento 79%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 23%
John Warner 38%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 79%
Wesley Watkins 23%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 79%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 34%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 79%
David Weldon 19%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 39%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 79%
Bob Weygand 64%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 39%
Lynn Woolsey 79%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 69%
Albert Wynn 72%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 22%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 47%

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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