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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

1998 Liberal on Defense/Foreign Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 7%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 19%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 78%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 73%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 34%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 19%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 71%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 19%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 42%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 81%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 7%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 34%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 19%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 49%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 27%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 78%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 26%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 47%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 79%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 19%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 64%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 12%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 19%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 12%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 29%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 27%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 27%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 51%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 84%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 79%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 84%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 73%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 70%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 39%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 82%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 47%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 7%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 47%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 64%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 65%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 45%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 49%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 98%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 61%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 55%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 7%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 39%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 59%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 56%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 32%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 49%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 63%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 78%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 43%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 19%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 47%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 52%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 38%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 7%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 53%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 98%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 58%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 65%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 34%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 84%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 7%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 34%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 19%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 82%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 64%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 34%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 98%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 84%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 39%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 98%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 65%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 45%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 29%
Gary Ackerman 78%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 65%
Wayne Allard 12%
Thomas Allen 96%
Bill Archer 34%
Richard Armey 26%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 7%
John Baldacci 78%
Cass Ballenger 34%
James Barcia 39%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Bill Barrett 49%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 38%
Herbert Bateman 58%
Bob Bennett 51%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 84%
Douglas Bereuter 47%
Howard Berman 84%
Marion Berry 64%
Brian Bilbray 34%
Michael Bilirakis 7%
Jeff Bingaman 64%
Rod Blagojevich 75%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 34%
Sherwood Boehlert 49%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 19%
David Edward Bonior 74%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 84%
Leonard Boswell 53%
Rick Boucher 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 59%
John Breaux 51%
George Brown, Jr. 98%
Richard Bryan 91%
Ed Bryant 7%
Conrad Burns 12%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 39%
Robert Byrd 89%
Herbert Callahan 43%
Ben Campbell 51%
Thomas Campbell 53%
Chris Cannon 7%
Julia Carson 64%
Mike Castle 53%
John Chafee 51%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 69%
Eva Clayton 96%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 65%
Robert Clement 61%
Michael Collins 19%
Larry Combest 7%
Gary Condit 43%
Kent Conrad 79%
Merrill Cook 7%
John Cooksey 7%
Jerry Costello 55%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 32%
William Coyne 75%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 56%
Philip Crane 25%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Patsy Ann Danner 39%
Thomas Daschle 79%
James Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 49%
Bill Delahunt 84%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 71%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 27%
Jay Dickey 7%
Norm Dicks 90%
Julian Dixon 81%
Chris Dodd 65%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 42%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 79%
David Dreier 39%
Jennifer Dunn 43%
Chet Edwards 84%
Vern Ehlers 61%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 27%
Bob Etheridge 56%
Lane Evans 64%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 39%
Russ Feingold 73%
Mark Foley 26%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 84%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 34%
Barney Frank 82%
Robert Franks 34%
William Frist 12%
Jonas Frost III 74%
Elton Gallegly 25%
John Ganske 43%
Sam Gejdenson 64%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 58%
Jim Gibbons 27%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 49%
Benjamin Gilman 49%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 7%
William Goodling 7%
Bart Gordon 56%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 43%
Daniel Graham 51%
William Phillip Gramm 25%
Rodney Grams 29%
James Greenwood 47%
Judd Gregg 12%
Gilbert Gutknecht 19%
Tony Hall 63%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 27%
Joel Hefley 7%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 7%
Rick Hill 19%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
David Lee Hobson 27%
Pete Hoekstra 34%
Thomas Holden 61%
Ernest Hollings 51%
Darlene Hooley 84%
Stephen Horn 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 19%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 90%
Kenny Hulshof 19%
Duncan Hunter 27%
Asa Hutchinson 7%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 43%
Daniel Inouye 48%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 18%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 78%
William Jefferson 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 88%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 64%
Nancy Johnson 56%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 39%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Patrick Kennedy 61%
Bob Kerrey 65%
Dale Kildee 61%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Gerald Kleczka 84%
Ronald Klink 61%
Joseph Knollenberg 43%
Herb Kohl 91%
James Kolbe 78%
Dennis Kucinich 55%
Jon Kyl 29%
John LaFalce 89%
Ray LaHood 43%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
Tom Lantos 59%
Stephen Largent 34%
Steve LaTourette 53%
Rick Lazio 49%
James Leach 64%
Jerry Lewis 43%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 51%
John Linder 32%
William Lipinski 39%
Robert Livingston 34%
Trent Lott, Sr. 12%
Dick Lugar 45%
William Luther 84%
Connie Mack 29%
James Maloney 49%
Don Manzullo 27%
Matthew Martinez 70%
Frank Mascara 71%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 82%
Bill McCollum 7%
James McCrery III 19%
John McHugh 38%
Scott McInnis 26%
David McIntosh 19%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 71%
Michael McNulty 52%
Martin Meehan 78%
Carrie Meek 73%
Jack Metcalf 19%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 33%
David Minge 84%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 78%
Alan Mollohan 69%
Constance Morella 82%
Patrick Moynihan 65%
Frank Murkowski 42%
Jack Murtha 64%
Sue Myrick 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 38%
Robert William Ney 27%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 39%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 7%
James Nussle 39%
Jim Oberstar 96%
Dave Obey 78%
John Olver 98%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 64%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 43%
Ronald Packard 7%
Ron Paul 43%
Donald Payne 84%
Edward Pease 19%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 26%
Owen Pickett 78%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 56%
John Edward Porter 55%
Deborah Pryce 34%
Jack Quinn 49%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 49%
Ralph Regula 39%
Silvestre Reyes 74%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 64%
Charles Robb 51%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Timothy Roemer 59%
James Rogan 19%
William Roth, Jr. 44%
Steve Rothman 64%
Marge Roukema 53%
Jim Ryun 19%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 56%
Rick Santorum 12%
Paul Sarbanes 79%
Jim Saxton 27%
Joe Scarborough 7%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 34%
Christopher Shays 53%
E.G. Shuster 27%
Norman Sisisky 59%
Joseph Skeen 39%
Ike Skelton 64%
Gordon Smith 12%
Nick Smith 7%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 12%
Vic Snyder 61%
Mark Souder 17%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 7%
John Spratt, Jr. 69%
Pete Stark 82%
Cliff Stearns 7%
Charles Stenholm 53%
Ted Stevens 51%
Ted Strickland 49%
Bob Stump 19%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Sununu 43%
James Talent 7%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 71%
William Tauzin 7%
Charles Taylor 32%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 26%
William Thomas 39%
Fred Thompson 12%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 26%
Todd Tiahrt 19%
Robert Torricelli 51%
Ed Towns 77%
James Traficant, Jr. 7%
James Turner 55%
Bruce Vento 90%
James Walsh 43%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 12%
Wesley Watkins 7%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 34%
Gerald Weller 19%
Paul Wellstone 95%
Robert Wexler 71%
Bob Weygand 84%
Bob Wise, Jr. 73%
Lynn Woolsey 84%
Albert Wynn 84%

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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