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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
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 31%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 31%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 38%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 31%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 92%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 23%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 31%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 31%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 31%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 31%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 31%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 31%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 27%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 31%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 27%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 31%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 23%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 31%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 23%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 31%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 27%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 31%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 31%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 54%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 31%
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 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 85%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 31%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 31%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 31%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 31%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 23%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 31%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 31%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 23%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 31%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 31%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 27%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 31%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 31%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 38%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 23%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 31%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 29%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 87%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 31%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 38%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 23%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 23%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 31%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 31%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 31%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 23%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 31%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 31%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 21%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 23%
Wayne Allard 13%
George Allen 27%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 31%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 31%
James Barcia 92%
Robert Barr, Jr. 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 23%
Charlie Bass 38%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 31%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
Judy Biggert 31%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 31%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 31%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 31%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 92%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
John Breaux 47%
Henry Brown, Jr. 31%
Ed Bryant 31%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 27%
Dan Burton 31%
Steve Buyer 31%
Robert Byrd 93%
Herbert Callahan 31%
Ben Campbell 29%
Chris Cannon 33%
Jean Carnahan 87%
Brad Carson 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 31%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 75%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 38%
Larry Combest 31%
Gary Condit 54%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Cooksey 25%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 23%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 27%
Robert Cramer 69%
Philip Crane 23%
Barbara Cubin 22%
Randall Cunningham 31%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 31%
Thomas Davis III 31%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 31%
James DeMint 31%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 31%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 93%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 25%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 31%
Jennifer Dunn 31%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 31%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 31%
Jo Ann Emerson 38%
Philip English 31%
John Ensign 21%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 31%
Russ Feingold 87%
Michael Ferguson 31%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 31%
Mark Foley 31%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 31%
John Ganske 31%
George Gekas 31%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 31%
Wayne Gilchrest 31%
Paul Gillmor 31%
Benjamin Gilman 31%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 31%
Bart Gordon 73%
Porter Goss 31%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Mark Green 31%
James Greenwood 31%
Judd Gregg 20%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 31%
Gilbert Gutknecht 46%
James Hansen 31%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 31%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 31%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 23%
Joel Hefley 38%
Jesse Helms 9%
Wally Herger, Jr. 31%
Baron Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 31%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 31%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 31%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 31%
Duncan Hunter 31%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 31%
Daniel Inouye 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 42%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
William Lewis Jenkins 31%
Christopher John 85%
Nancy Johnson 31%
Tim Johnson 31%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 31%
Sue Kelly 31%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 31%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 23%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 31%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 31%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 20%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 31%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 25%
Jerry Lewis 31%
Ron Lewis 31%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 87%
John Linder 31%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 21%
Dick Lugar 27%
William Luther 92%
James Maloney 85%
Don Manzullo 38%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 31%
John McHugh 31%
Scott McInnis 23%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 46%
Frank Murkowski 29%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 31%
Ben Nelson 67%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 31%
Robert William Ney 31%
Don Nickles 7%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 31%
James Nussle 31%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Thomas William Osborne 31%
Doug Ose 31%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 31%
Ron Paul 55%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 31%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 31%
Todd Platts 31%
Richard Pombo 31%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Deborah Pryce 31%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 25%
James Ramstad 31%
Ralph Regula 31%
Denny Rehberg 31%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 31%
Bob Riley 31%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 85%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 29%
Jim Ryun 23%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 92%
Rick Santorum 21%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 31%
Edward Schrock 31%
John Shadegg 23%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 31%
Donald Sherwood 31%
Ronnie Shows 85%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 31%
Joseph Skeen 31%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 47%
Nick Smith 27%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 31%
Arlen Specter 53%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 31%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 31%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 31%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 17%
John Sununu 31%
John Sweeney 25%
Tom Tancredo 23%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 31%
Charles Taylor 31%
Gene Taylor 92%
Craig Thomas 27%
William Thomas 31%
Fred Thompson 20%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 31%
Robert Torricelli 73%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 100%
George Voinovich 7%
James Walsh 31%
Zach Wamp 31%
John Warner 33%
Wesley Watkins 31%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 31%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 23%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Gerald Weller 31%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 31%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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