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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 85%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 5%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 70%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 85%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 85%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 65%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 65%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 85%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 85%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 95%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 5%
George Allen 10%
Thomas Allen 90%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
Brian Baird 85%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 90%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 65%
Robert Barr, Jr. 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Charlie Bass 15%
Evan Bayh 75%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 85%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 70%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 95%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 65%
John Breaux 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Ben Campbell 15%
Chris Cannon 5%
Jean Carnahan 85%
Brad Carson 65%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 20%
Eva Clayton 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 70%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Michael Collins 5%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 75%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Cooksey 0%
Jon Corzine 95%
Jerry Costello 70%
Christopher Cox 5%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 75%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 5%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Norm Dicks 80%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 85%
David Dreier 5%
Jennifer Dunn 5%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 15%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 85%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 5%
Mark Foley 10%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Barney Frank 95%
William Frist 5%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 15%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 15%
Paul Gillmor 5%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 5%
Bart Gordon 65%
Porter Goss 5%
Daniel Graham 85%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
Mark Green 5%
James Greenwood 15%
Judd Gregg 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 80%
Melissa Hart 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 5%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 85%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 65%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 85%
Stephen Horn 20%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 15%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 5%
Daniel Inouye 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Jefferson 85%
James Merrill Jeffords 65%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Christopher John 55%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Tim Johnson 15%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Ric Keller 5%
Sue Kelly 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Mark Kennedy 5%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Brian Kerns 5%
Dale Kildee 85%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 85%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 5%
John LaFalce 90%
Ray LaHood 10%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
Tom Lantos 90%
Steve LaTourette 10%
James Leach 30%
Jerry Lewis 5%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 65%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Dick Lugar 10%
William Luther 90%
James Maloney 75%
Don Manzullo 5%
Frank Mascara 75%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 10%
Scott McInnis 5%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
Michael McNulty 85%
Martin Meehan 95%
Carrie Meek 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 5%
Zell Bryan Miller 40%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Alan Mollohan 65%
Dennis Moore 75%
Constance Morella 35%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Jack Murtha 65%
Sue Myrick 5%
Ben Nelson 55%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 5%
Anne Northup 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 5%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Thomas William Osborne 5%
Doug Ose 10%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 25%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 5%
David Phelps 65%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Todd Platts 10%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Jack Quinn 15%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 5%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Mike Ross 70%
Steve Rothman 85%
Marge Roukema 15%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 10%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 25%
Donald Sherwood 5%
Ronnie Shows 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 65%
Gordon Smith 25%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 65%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 55%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 10%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Robert Torricelli 80%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 65%
George Voinovich 10%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 5%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 85%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 85%

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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