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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Tax Limitation Committee

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 5%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 89%
Gary Ackerman 3%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 97%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 3%
Wayne Allard 96%
Thomas Allen 13%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
Bill Archer 95%
Richard Armey 97%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
John Baldacci 16%
Cass Ballenger 95%
James Barcia 38%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 8%
Bill Barrett 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 97%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 68%
Herbert Bateman 84%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 6%
Bob Bennett 74%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 16%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 42%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
Brian Bilbray 63%
Michael Bilirakis 89%
Jeff Bingaman 11%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 39%
Rod Blagojevich 11%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 95%
Sherwood Boehlert 39%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 68%
Henry Bonilla 94%
David Edward Bonior 11%
Mary Bono Mack 80%
Robert Borski, Jr. 11%
Leonard Boswell 29%
Rick Boucher 6%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 41%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 6%
John Breaux 29%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 14%
George Brown, Jr. 3%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 11%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 81%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
Dan Burton 95%
Steve Buyer 95%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 87%
Ben Campbell 71%
Thomas Campbell 55%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
Chris Cannon 91%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 14%
Julia Carson 8%
Mike Castle 55%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
John Chafee 46%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 84%
William Clay, Sr. 3%
Eva Clayton 11%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 11%
Robert Clement 29%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 97%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 97%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 63%
Michael Collins 95%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 97%
Gary Condit 58%
Kent Conrad 7%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 1%
Merrill Cook 84%
John Cooksey 89%
Jerry Costello 16%
Paul Coverdell 93%
Christopher Cox 97%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 86%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 73%
Barbara Cubin 97%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 3%
Randall Cunningham 91%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Thomas Daschle 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
James Davis 24%
Thomas Davis III 67%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 97%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
Bill Delahunt 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
Thomas DeLay 95%
Peter Deutsch 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 68%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 66%
Jay Dickey 97%
Norm Dicks 16%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 5%
Julian Dixon 3%
Chris Dodd 11%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 34%
John Doolittle 95%
Byron Dorgan 7%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 26%
David Dreier 97%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 3%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 89%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 3%
Philip English 58%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 5%
Bob Etheridge 26%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 97%
Thomas Ewing 84%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
Russ Feingold 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Mark Foley 92%
Michael Patrick Forbes 46%
Harold Ford, Jr. 13%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
Tillie Fowler 86%
Barney Frank 3%
Robert Franks 45%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
William Frist 81%
Jonas Frost III 24%
Elton Gallegly 87%
John Ganske 63%
Sam Gejdenson 14%
George Gekas 92%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 11%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 66%
Paul Gillmor 81%
Benjamin Gilman 47%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 81%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 39%
Slade Gorton 64%
Porter Goss 89%
Daniel Graham 14%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 97%
William Phillip Gramm 96%
Rodney Grams 96%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 32%
James Greenwood 58%
Judd Gregg 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 82%
Tony Hall 29%
James Hansen 94%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
J. Dennis Hastert 97%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 3%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 97%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 93%
Wally Herger, Jr. 95%
Rick Hill 78%
Van Hilleary 95%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 17%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 19%
David Lee Hobson 89%
Pete Hoekstra 97%
Thomas Holden 27%
Ernest Hollings 23%
Darlene Hooley 5%
Stephen Horn 53%
John Nathan Hostettler 89%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 16%
Kenny Hulshof 84%
Duncan Hunter 97%
Asa Hutchinson 89%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 93%
Henry Hyde 89%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 12%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 97%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 11%
William Jefferson 9%
James Merrill Jeffords 32%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Christopher John 46%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
Nancy Johnson 34%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 11%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 11%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
Sue Kelly 49%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 3%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Bob Kerrey 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 3%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 13%
Ronald Klink 18%
Joseph Knollenberg 95%
Herb Kohl 21%
James Kolbe 82%
Dennis Kucinich 5%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 5%
Ray LaHood 68%
Nicholas Lampson 11%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 21%
Tom Lantos 5%
Stephen Largent 97%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 95%
Steve LaTourette 58%
Frank Lautenberg 0%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 3%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
Jerry Lewis 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 3%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 25%
John Linder 97%
William Lipinski 32%
Robert Livingston 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 82%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 97%
Dick Lugar 68%
William Luther 13%
Connie Mack 89%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
James Maloney 32%
Don Manzullo 89%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 3%
Matthew Martinez 19%
Frank Mascara 21%
Robert Matsui 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 96%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 18%
Karen McCarthy 11%
Bill McCollum 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 93%
James McCrery III 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
John McHugh 74%
Scott McInnis 94%
David McIntosh 91%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 47%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 3%
Michael McNulty 11%
Martin Meehan 5%
Carrie Meek 11%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
Jack Metcalf 71%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 12%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Dan Miller 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 3%
David Minge 18%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 6%
Alan Mollohan 9%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 87%
Constance Morella 34%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 82%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 95%
Robert William Ney 68%
Don Nickles 96%
Anne Northup 87%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 97%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 18%
Dave Obey 11%
John Olver 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 95%
Ronald Packard 95%
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 16%
Ron Paul 71%
Donald Payne 3%
Edward Pease 89%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 3%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 37%
John Peterson 97%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 84%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 37%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
Richard Pombo 95%
Earl Pomeroy 27%
John Edward Porter 45%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
Deborah Pryce 84%
Jack Quinn 57%
George Radanovich 95%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 5%
James Ramstad 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 3%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 66%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 11%
Silvestre Reyes 16%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 5%
Charles Robb 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 79%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 16%
Timothy Roemer 32%
James Rogan 95%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 97%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 69%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 94%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 24%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 3%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 76%
Rick Santorum 89%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 11%
Jim Saxton 58%
Joe Scarborough 92%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 97%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 3%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 16%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 97%
John Shadegg 97%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 76%
Christopher Shays 42%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 89%
E.G. Shuster 97%
Norman Sisisky 37%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 42%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 3%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
Gordon Smith 68%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 97%
Nick Smith 89%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Vic Snyder 18%
Mark Souder 89%
Arlen Specter 48%
Floyd Spence 97%
John Spratt, Jr. 19%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 13%
Pete Stark 3%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Charles Stenholm 63%
Ted Stevens 71%
Ted Strickland 14%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 89%
James Talent 95%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
William Tauzin 89%
Charles Taylor 97%
Gene Taylor 79%
Craig Thomas 86%
William Thomas 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 16%
Fred Thompson 89%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 89%
Karen Thurman 29%
Strom Thurmond 93%
Todd Tiahrt 97%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
Robert Torricelli 22%
Ed Towns 3%
James Traficant, Jr. 66%
James Turner 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 3%
Bruce Vento 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
James Walsh 53%
Zach Wamp 92%
John Warner 86%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 6%
Wesley Watkins 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 3%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 97%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 66%
Gerald Weller 76%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 5%
Bob Weygand 18%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 97%
Bob Wise, Jr. 6%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 89%
Lynn Woolsey 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
Albert Wynn 8%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 86%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83%

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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