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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Brad Carson 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
William Coyne 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Daniel Graham 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Baron Hill 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
William Lipinski 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
David Phelps 100%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Robert Byrd 93%
Chris Dodd 93%
Daniel Inouye 93%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
James Barcia 92%
Leonard Boswell 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 92%
William Luther 92%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 92%
Gene Taylor 92%
Jean Carnahan 87%
Russ Feingold 87%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 87%
Blanche Lincoln 87%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 85%
Christopher John 85%
James Maloney 85%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 85%
Timothy Roemer 85%
Ronnie Shows 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 77%
Robert Clement 75%
Bart Gordon 73%
Robert Torricelli 73%
Robert Cramer 69%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
Ben Nelson 67%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Ron Paul 55%
Gary Condit 54%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 54%
Arlen Specter 53%
John Breaux 47%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
Gordon Smith 47%
Gilbert Gutknecht 46%
Constance Morella 46%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 42%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
Charlie Bass 38%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 38%
Michael Collins 38%
Jo Ann Emerson 38%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 38%
Joel Hefley 38%
Don Manzullo 38%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 38%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Chris Cannon 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Dan Miller 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
John Warner 33%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 31%
Richard Armey 31%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 31%
Cass Ballenger 31%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 31%
Douglas Bereuter 31%
Judy Biggert 31%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 31%
Sherwood Boehlert 31%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 31%
Henry Bonilla 31%
Mary Bono Mack 31%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 31%
Henry Brown, Jr. 31%
Ed Bryant 31%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 31%
Dan Burton 31%
Steve Buyer 31%
Herbert Callahan 31%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 31%
Mike Castle 31%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 31%
Larry Combest 31%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 31%
Randall Cunningham 31%
Jo Ann Davis 31%
Thomas Davis III 31%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 31%
Thomas DeLay 31%
James DeMint 31%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 31%
David Dreier 31%
Jennifer Dunn 31%
Vern Ehlers 31%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 31%
Philip English 31%
Terry Everett 31%
Michael Ferguson 31%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 31%
Ernest Fletcher 31%
Mark Foley 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 31%
Elton Gallegly 31%
John Ganske 31%
George Gekas 31%
Jim Gibbons 31%
Wayne Gilchrest 31%
Paul Gillmor 31%
Benjamin Gilman 31%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 31%
Porter Goss 31%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 31%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 31%
Mark Green 31%
James Greenwood 31%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 31%
James Hansen 31%
Melissa Hart 31%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 31%
Robert Hayes 31%
Wally Herger, Jr. 31%
Van Hilleary 31%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 31%
Stephen Horn 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 31%
Kenny Hulshof 31%
Duncan Hunter 31%
Henry Hyde 31%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 31%
William Lewis Jenkins 31%
Nancy Johnson 31%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 31%
Tim Johnson 31%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 31%
Ric Keller 31%
Sue Kelly 31%
Mark Kennedy 31%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 31%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 31%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 31%
Joseph Knollenberg 31%
James Kolbe 31%
Ray LaHood 31%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 31%
Jerry Lewis 31%
Ron Lewis 31%
John Linder 31%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 31%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 31%
James McCrery III 31%
John McHugh 31%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 31%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 31%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 31%
Sue Myrick 31%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 31%
Robert William Ney 31%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 31%
James Nussle 31%
Thomas William Osborne 31%
Doug Ose 31%
Michael Oxley 31%
John Peterson 31%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 31%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 31%
Todd Platts 31%
Richard Pombo 31%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 31%
Deborah Pryce 31%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 31%
James Ramstad 31%
Ralph Regula 31%
Denny Rehberg 31%
Thomas Reynolds 31%
Bob Riley 31%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 31%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 31%
Jim Saxton 31%
Edward Schrock 31%
Christopher Shays 31%
Donald Sherwood 31%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 31%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 31%
Joseph Skeen 31%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 31%
Mark Souder 31%
Cliff Stearns 31%
Ted Stevens 31%
Bob Stump 31%
John Sununu 31%
William Tauzin 31%
Charles Taylor 31%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 31%
William Thomas 31%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 31%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 31%
Todd Tiahrt 31%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 31%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 31%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 31%
James Walsh 31%
Zach Wamp 31%
Wesley Watkins 31%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 31%
Gerald Weller 31%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 31%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 31%
Heather Wilson 31%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 31%
Ben Campbell 29%
Frank Murkowski 29%
Marge Roukema 29%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 29%
George Allen 27%
Conrad Burns 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
Larry Craig 27%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 27%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 27%
Dick Lugar 27%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 27%
Nick Smith 27%
Craig Thomas 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
Robert Barr, Jr. 25%
John Cooksey 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
John Doolittle 25%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 25%
Anne Northup 25%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
John Sweeney 25%
Todd Akin 23%
Roscoe Bartlett 23%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 23%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 23%
Christopher Cox 23%
Philip Crane 23%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 23%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 23%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 23%
Brian Kerns 23%
Scott McInnis 23%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 23%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 23%
Jim Ryun 23%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 23%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 23%
John Shadegg 23%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 23%
Tom Tancredo 23%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 23%
David Weldon 23%
Barbara Cubin 22%
John Ensign 21%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 21%
Trent Lott, Sr. 21%
Rick Santorum 21%
Kit Bond 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
William Frist 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Jon Kyl 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
Fred Thompson 20%
Strom Thurmond 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 18%
John Sullivan 17%
Bob Bennett 14%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Wayne Allard 13%
Bob Smith 13%
Jesse Helms 9%
Don Nickles 7%
George Voinovich 7%
J. Dennis Hastert 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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