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