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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2003 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 5%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 85%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 95%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 5%
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 100%
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 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 95%
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 95%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
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%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 5%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
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. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 95%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 5%
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 95%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 95%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 85%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
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 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
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 85%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 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 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 95%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 95%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Brian Baird 85%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Charlie Bass 5%
Evan Bayh 80%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Chris Bell 85%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 85%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 70%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
Kit Bond 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Leonard Boswell 85%
Rick Boucher 85%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
John Breaux 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 5%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 5%
Max Burns 5%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 90%
Ben Campbell 10%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 85%
Brad Carson 65%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 85%
Mike Castle 15%
Chris Chocola 0%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Norm Coleman 5%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 5%
Kent Conrad 90%
Jon Corzine 95%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 65%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 95%
Artur Davis 80%
James Davis 80%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 70%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 85%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 90%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 95%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Philip English 5%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 95%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 5%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 5%
Harold Ford, Jr. 85%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 5%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 95%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 5%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 90%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 10%
Judd Gregg 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Jane Harman 90%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 80%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 70%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Darlene Hooley 85%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 15%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Janklow 0%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 95%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Christopher John 70%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Tim Johnson 5%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Dale Kildee 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 95%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 5%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 5%
James Leach 15%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 95%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Dick Lugar 0%
Denise Majette 95%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 85%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 5%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 85%
Martin Meehan 95%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Brad Miller 90%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 60%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 55%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 5%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 10%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 15%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 5%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 65%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Jack Quinn 5%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 95%
Mike Ross 85%
Steve Rothman 80%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 90%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 10%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 10%
Ike Skelton 70%
Gordon Smith 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 65%
Ted Stevens 5%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 5%
John Sweeney 0%
James Talent 5%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 75%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 95%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 70%
George Voinovich 5%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 5%
John Warner 5%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 5%
Gerald Weller 5%
Robert Wexler 95%
Heather Wilson 5%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 90%

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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