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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Tax Limitation Committee

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
Gary Ackerman 3%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 89%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 97%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 85%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 22%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
Brian Baird 3%
Richard Hugh Baker 85%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 3%
Cass Ballenger 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 97%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 97%
Charlie Bass 81%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 24%
Evan Bayh 21%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 97%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Shelley Berkley 14%
Howard Berman 3%
Marion Berry 31%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Judy Biggert 83%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Jeff Bingaman 6%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 6%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 91%
Sherwood Boehlert 61%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 97%
Kit Bond 91%
Henry Bonilla 83%
Mary Bono Mack 78%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Leonard Boswell 14%
Rick Boucher 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 17%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 6%
John Breaux 26%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 3%
Henry Brown, Jr. 86%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 3%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 94%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 94%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 86%
Dan Burton 97%
Steve Buyer 85%
Robert Byrd 12%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 86%
Ben Campbell 91%
Chris Cannon 94%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 97%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 6%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 6%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 15%
Brad Carson 6%
Julia Carson 6%
Mike Castle 72%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 36%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 9%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 6%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 82%
Michael Collins 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 62%
Kent Conrad 6%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 6%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 8%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 94%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 6%
Barbara Cubin 93%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 89%
Thomas Daschle 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 6%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 94%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 9%
Thomas Davis III 69%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 36%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 3%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 9%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 74%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 19%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 76%
Calvin Dooley 29%
John Doolittle 94%
Byron Dorgan 6%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 3%
David Dreier 89%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 97%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 6%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 82%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 3%
Philip English 78%
John Ensign 94%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 94%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 8%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 89%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 3%
Russ Feingold 14%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 9%
Michael Ferguson 74%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
Ernest Fletcher 83%
Mark Foley 81%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 91%
Harold Ford, Jr. 12%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 86%
Barney Frank 3%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 77%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elton Gallegly 86%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 89%
Wayne Gilchrest 72%
Paul Gillmor 74%
Charlie Gonzalez 3%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 97%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 29%
Porter Goss 86%
Daniel Graham 6%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 78%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 91%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 86%
Mark Green 94%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 3%
James Greenwood 80%
Judd Gregg 97%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 6%
Gilbert Gutknecht 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
Jane Harman 29%
Melissa Hart 86%
J. Dennis Hastert 36%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 89%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 94%
Robert Hayes 83%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 97%
Joel Hefley 97%
Wally Herger, Jr. 94%
Baron Hill 21%
Maurice Hinchey 3%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 8%
David Lee Hobson 81%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 8%
Pete Hoekstra 94%
Thomas Holden 11%
Ernest Hollings 9%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Darlene Hooley 8%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 69%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 3%
Kenny Hulshof 86%
Duncan Hunter 86%
Kay Hutchison 97%
Henry Hyde 83%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 91%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 97%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 14%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 6%
James Merrill Jeffords 16%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Christopher John 29%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 66%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89%
Tim Johnson 72%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 89%
Paul Kanjorski 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 92%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 3%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 94%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 83%
Gerald Kleczka 3%
Joseph Knollenberg 86%
Herb Kohl 6%
James Kolbe 85%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 71%
Nicholas Lampson 6%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 15%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 3%
Tom Lantos 3%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 83%
Steve LaTourette 72%
James Leach 56%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 11%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
Jerry Lewis 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 86%
Joe Lieberman 12%
Blanche Lincoln 17%
John Linder 92%
William Lipinski 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 72%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 3%
Trent Lott, Sr. 97%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 6%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 86%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 72%
Dick Lugar 94%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 6%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 28%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 26%
Karen McCarthy 8%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 3%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 97%
James McCrery III 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 91%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 81%
Michael McNulty 3%
Martin Meehan 3%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 3%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 3%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 6%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 58%
Alan Mollohan 14%
Dennis Moore 19%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 72%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 11%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 83%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 3%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 3%
Ben Nelson 9%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 86%
Robert William Ney 89%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 86%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 91%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 3%
John Olver 3%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 3%
Thomas William Osborne 81%
Doug Ose 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 97%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 85%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 3%
Ron Paul 89%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
John Peterson 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 89%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 75%
Richard Pombo 91%
Earl Pomeroy 6%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
Deborah Pryce 82%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 89%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
James Ramstad 81%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 3%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 81%
Denny Rehberg 83%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 6%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Thomas Reynolds 86%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 85%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 6%
Ciro Rodriguez 3%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
Mike Ross 22%
Steve Rothman 3%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 97%
Jim Ryun 97%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 3%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 22%
Rick Santorum 97%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 75%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 14%
Edward Schrock 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 6%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 6%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 97%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 3%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 97%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 78%
Christopher Shays 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 11%
Donald Sherwood 89%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 89%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 93%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 81%
Ike Skelton 15%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 3%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 86%
Gordon Smith 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 85%
Nick Smith 86%
Olympia Snowe 59%
Vic Snyder 17%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 56%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 3%
Cliff Stearns 97%
Charles Stenholm 31%
Ted Stevens 77%
Ted Strickland 3%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 85%
John Sweeney 75%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 21%
Ellen Tauscher 19%
William Tauzin 92%
Charles Taylor 89%
Gene Taylor 37%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 86%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 81%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 94%
Todd Tiahrt 94%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 89%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 3%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Ed Towns 9%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 14%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 6%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 86%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 6%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 94%
George Voinovich 88%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 78%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 81%
John Warner 82%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 3%
Diane Watson 3%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 3%
Anthony Weiner 6%
David Weldon 91%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 86%
Robert Wexler 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 83%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 89%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 86%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 78%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 14%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 21%
Albert Wynn 3%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 83%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 82%

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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