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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Tax Limitation Committee

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 98%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 95%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 12%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 28%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 3%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 2%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 97%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 49%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 97%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 98%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 35%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 17%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 2%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 3%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 38%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 88%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 85%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 98%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 2%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 98%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 13%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 13%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 93%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 32%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 12%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 98%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 28%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 22%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 3%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 2%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 4%
Wayne Allard 95%
Bill Archer 98%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 37%
Richard Hugh Baker 98%
John Baldacci 17%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 39%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 98%
Charlie Bass 98%
Herbert Bateman 88%
Anthony Beilenson 30%
Bob Bennett 97%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Howard Berman 8%
Tom Bevill 10%
Brian Bilbray 90%
Michael Bilirakis 95%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 98%
Sherwood Boehlert 68%
Kit Bond 86%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Sonny Bono 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 5%
Rick Boucher 23%
Bill Bradley 19%
John Breaux 28%
George Brown, Jr. 5%
Hank Brown 94%
Richard Bryan 17%
Ed Bryant 100%
John Bryant 13%
Dale Bumpers 7%
Jim Bunning 98%
Conrad Burns 97%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 98%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 67%
Mike Castle 85%
John Chafee 83%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 98%
Jon Lynn Christensen 95%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 5%
Robert Clement 32%
William Cohen 50%
Ronald Coleman 0%
Barbara-Rose Collins 0%
Cardiss Collins 0%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 71%
Kent Conrad 10%
Jerry Costello 15%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 2%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 66%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 93%
Patsy Ann Danner 49%
Thomas Daschle 21%
Thomas Davis III 88%
E. Kika de la Garza 11%
Thomas DeLay 98%
Ronald Dellums 5%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 93%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 17%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 7%
Robert Dole 72%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 86%
Calvin Dooley 43%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 17%
Robert Dornan 100%
David Dreier 98%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 82%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 93%
Bill Emerson 65%
Philip English 90%
John Ensign 98%
Lane Evans 9%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Jim Exon 17%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 97%
Harris Fawell 93%
Victor Fazio 21%
Russ Feingold 14%
Jack Fields, Jr. 100%
Floyd Flake 5%
Thomas Foglietta 2%
Mark Foley 93%
Michael Patrick Forbes 93%
Wendell Ford 24%
Tillie Fowler 95%
Jon David Fox 90%
Barney Frank 7%
Gary Franks 80%
Robert Franks 85%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 21%
Elizabeth Furse 20%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 95%
Sam Gejdenson 5%
George Gekas 98%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Pete Geren 55%
Sam Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 81%
Paul Gillmor 98%
Benjamin Gilman 83%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 18%
Henry Gonzalez 18%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 46%
Slade Gorton 83%
Porter Goss 90%
Daniel Graham 28%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
James Greenwood 85%
Judd Gregg 90%
Steven Gunderson 55%
Gilbert Gutknecht 98%
Tony Hall 12%
Lee Hamilton 32%
Melton Hancock 100%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 42%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Mark Hatfield 44%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 98%
Joel Hefley 92%
W.G. Hefner 30%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
David Lee Hobson 98%
Pete Hoekstra 98%
Thomas Holden 38%
Ernest Hollings 17%
Stephen Horn 93%
John Nathan Hostettler 85%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 81%
Duncan Hunter 97%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 98%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 98%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 6%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 40%
William Jefferson 8%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
Nancy Johnson 78%
Harry Johnston 11%
J. Bennett Johnston 5%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 56%
Sue Kelly 90%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
Joseph Kennedy II 5%
Patrick Kennedy 5%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 10%
Bob Kerrey 18%
Dale Kildee 10%
Jay Kim 100%
Gerald Kleczka 13%
Ronald Klink 12%
Scott Klug 81%
Joseph Knollenberg 98%
Herb Kohl 24%
James Kolbe 93%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 7%
Ray LaHood 88%
Tom Lantos 7%
Stephen Largent 95%
Steve LaTourette 93%
Greg Laughlin 40%
Rick Lazio 90%
James Leach 83%
Jerry Lewis 95%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 31%
Jim Lightfoot 90%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 28%
Robert Livingston 95%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 93%
William Luther 17%
Connie Mack 100%
Thomas Manton 13%
Don Manzullo 98%
Matthew Martinez 13%
Frank Mascara 20%
Karen McCarthy 22%
Bill McCollum 98%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 95%
Paul McHale 20%
John McHugh 90%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 5%
Michael McNulty 18%
Martin Meehan 12%
Carrie Meek 5%
Jack Metcalf 95%
Jan Meyers 63%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 14%
Dan Miller 90%
David Minge 32%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 5%
Alan Mollohan 18%
G.V. Montgomery 55%
Carlos Moorhead 100%
Constance Morella 54%
Carol Moseley Braun 7%
Patrick Moynihan 7%
Frank Murkowski 96%
Jack Murtha 20%
John Myers 75%
Sue Myrick 98%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 95%
Mark Neumann 90%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
Sam Nunn 39%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 7%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 39%
Bill Orton 67%
Major Owens 3%
Michael Oxley 98%
Ronald Packard 100%
Mike Parker 90%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 5%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 30%
Claiborne Pell 17%
Pete Peterson 10%
Owen Pickett 46%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 73%
Glenn Poshard 39%
Larry Pressler 83%
Deborah Pryce 98%
David Pryor 10%
Jack Quinn 81%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 88%
Ralph Regula 95%
Bill Richardson 0%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Charles Robb 31%
Timothy Roemer 37%
Charles Rose III 0%
Toby Roth 80%
William Roth, Jr. 97%
Marge Roukema 65%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
Rick Santorum 97%
Paul Sarbanes 3%
Jim Saxton 83%
Joe Scarborough 88%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
Steven Schiff 87%
Patricia Schroeder 15%
John Shadegg 98%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 93%
Christopher Shays 81%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Paul Simon 5%
Alan Simpson 72%
Norman Sisisky 51%
David Skaggs 7%
Joseph Skeen 98%
Ike Skelton 58%
Linda Smith 95%
Nick Smith 98%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 83%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 93%
Arlen Specter 79%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 49%
Ted Stevens 86%
Louis Stokes 6%
Gerry Studds 0%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 17%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 55%
William Tauzin 90%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 59%
Craig Thomas 97%
William Thomas 98%
Fred Thompson 97%
Ray Thornton 0%
Karen Thurman 25%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 98%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Robert Torricelli 24%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 51%
Bruce Vento 5%
Harold Volkmer 21%
Barbara Vucanovich 90%
James Walsh 85%
Zach Wamp 90%
John Warner 97%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 95%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 87%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 14%
Rick White 98%
Pat Williams 0%
Charles Wilson 10%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Lynn Woolsey 2%
Albert Wynn 22%
Sidney Yates 3%
Bill Zeliff 85%
Richard Zimmer 80%

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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