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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2005 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 80%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 95%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 3 Dan Lungren Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Doris Matsui Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Jim Costa Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 48 John Campbell III Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 80%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
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 5%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 14 Connie Mack IV Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 20 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 95%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 75%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 90%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 85%
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 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 10%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 20%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 85%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 5%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 4 Geoff Davis Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 5%
LA U.S. House 7 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 10%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 5%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 45%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 45%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 3 Russ Carnahan Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 10%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Democratic 80%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 90%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 75%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 45%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 10%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 15%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 85%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 27 Brian Higgins Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 2 Jean Schmidt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 35%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 2 Dan Boren Democratic 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 70%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 80%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 15%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
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%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 15%
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 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 15%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 5%
George Allen 10%
Thomas Allen 95%
Brian Baird 90%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Evan Bayh 90%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Bob Bennett 10%
Marion Berry 75%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Chris Cannon 5%
Julia Carson 95%
Edward Case 75%
Mike Castle 25%
Chris Chocola 5%
Norm Coleman 25%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 60%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Artur Davis 80%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 65%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Thelma Drake 5%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 10%
Bob Etheridge 85%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 5%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 95%
Michael Ferguson 15%
Mark Foley 15%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
William Frist 5%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 70%
Mark Green 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Charles Hagel 10%
Jane Harman 85%
Katherine Harris 10%
Melissa Hart 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 10%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 75%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Darlene Hooley 90%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 10%
Jay Inslee 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 90%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ric Keller 5%
Sue Kelly 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
James Kolbe 15%
John Kuhl, Jr. 10%
Tom Lantos 95%
James Leach 40%
Ron Lewis 5%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
Jim Marshall 65%
Melquiades Martinez 15%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 70%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Robert William Ney 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 10%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Deborah Pryce 10%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 10%
Richard Renzi 10%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
H. James Saxton 20%
John Schwarz 20%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 35%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 25%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mike Sodrel 5%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 35%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sununu 15%
John Sweeney 15%
James Talent 20%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 95%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 10%
Robert Wexler 95%
Heather Wilson 20%
David Wu 90%
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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