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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Home School Legal Defense Association

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 80%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 40%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 60%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 60%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 60%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 80%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 40%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 60%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 60%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 40%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 60%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 40%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 20%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 40%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 60%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 20%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 60%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
Wayne Allard 80%
Thomas Allen 0%
William Archer 60%
Richard Armey 60%
John Ashcroft 80%
Brian Baird 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 20%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 60%
Herbert Bateman 40%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Bennett 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Marion Berry 0%
Rod Blagojevich 20%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 80%
Henry Bonilla 60%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 40%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 60%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 80%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 60%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Chris Cannon 80%
Julia Carson 20%
Mike Castle 40%
Helen Chenoweth 80%
William Clay, Sr. 20%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 20%
Mac Collins 80%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 80%
John Cooksey 60%
Paul Coverdell 60%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 20%
Larry Craig 80%
Robert Cramer 20%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Randall Cunningham 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Thomas DeLay 80%
Jay Dickey 60%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 60%
Byron Dorgan 40%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
John Edwards 40%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Philip English 40%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Russ Feingold 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 80%
Jonas Frost III 0%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 20%
George Gekas 60%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 60%
William Goodling 60%
Bart Gordon 20%
Slade Gorton 80%
Porter Goss 60%
Daniel Graham 40%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 80%
Mark Green 80%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 80%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Charles Hagel 60%
Tony Hall 0%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
Robert Hayes 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 80%
Joel Hefley 60%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 0%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 20%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Ernest Hollings 40%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 60%
William Hutchinson 60%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Henry Hyde 60%
Jay Inslee 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
Bob Kerrey 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Ronald Klink 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
James Kolbe 80%
Steven Kuykendall 80%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 20%
Stephen Largent 60%
Rick Lazio 60%
James Leach 60%
Ron Lewis 60%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 80%
James Maloney 20%
Matthew Martinez 20%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 60%
James McCrery III 60%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 60%
David McIntosh 60%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 40%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 20%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
Dan Miller 60%
David Minge 20%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
John Moakley 20%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 20%
Constance Morella 20%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 40%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 60%
James Nussle 60%
Jim Oberstar 20%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Doug Ose 60%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ronald Packard 60%
Donald Payne 20%
Edward Pease 60%
John Peterson 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
Owen Pickett 40%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 20%
George Radanovich 80%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Bob Riley 80%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 20%
James Rogan 60%
William Roth, Jr. 80%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Ryun 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Matthew Salmon 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 60%
H. James Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 60%
Daniel Schaefer 80%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
Donald Sherwood 60%
Ronnie Shows 40%
E.G. Shuster 40%
Norman Sisisky 20%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 20%
Gordon Smith 60%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 80%
Floyd Spence 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 0%
Robert Stump 60%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 80%
John Sweeney 40%
James Talent 60%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
William Tauzin 60%
Charles Taylor 60%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 60%
William Thomas 60%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 20%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
James Turner 0%
Bruce Vento 20%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 80%
Wesley Watkins 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 80%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 20%
Robert Weygand 20%
Heather Wilson 60%
Robert Wise, Jr. 20%
David Wu 40%
Albert Wynn 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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