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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
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%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
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%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 85%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 5%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 5%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%

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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