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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 82%
Bill Archer 27%
Richard Armey 27%
John Ashcroft 8%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 27%
Henry Scott Baesler 64%
Richard Hugh Baker 27%
William Baker 18%
John Baldacci 91%
Cass Ballenger 27%
James Barcia 90%
Robert Barr, Jr. 18%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
Bill Barrett 27%
Roscoe Bartlett 18%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 27%
Charlie Bass 27%
Herbert Bateman 27%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Anthony Beilenson 91%
Bob Bennett 7%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 91%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Howard Berman 91%
Tom Bevill 82%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 79%
Brian Bilbray 27%
Michael Bilirakis 27%
Jeff Bingaman 93%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
Peter Blute 27%
Sherwood Boehlert 27%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 27%
Kit Bond 7%
Henry Bonilla 27%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 27%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 91%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Bill Bradley 92%
John Breaux 93%
Bill Brewster 60%
Glen Browder 73%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 80%
Richard Bryan 86%
Ed Bryant 27%
John Bryant 75%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunn 27%
Jim Bunning 27%
Conrad Burns 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
Dan Burton 27%
Steve Buyer 27%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 27%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 27%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 27%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
Mike Castle 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
John Chafee 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 27%
Jim Chapman 75%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
Jon Lynn Christensen 27%
Dick Chrysler 27%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 82%
William Clinger 27%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 91%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
William Cohen 43%
Ronald Coleman 82%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Michael Collins 27%
Larry Combest 27%
Gary Condit 46%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Wes Cooley 18%
Jerry Costello 91%
Paul Coverdell 14%
Christopher Cox 18%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 21%
Robert Cramer 73%
Philip Crane 27%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 27%
Barbara Cubin 27%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 27%
Alfonse D'Amato 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 82%
Thomas Daschle 93%
Thomas Davis III 27%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 70%
E. Kika de la Garza 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 27%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 73%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 21%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 18%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 79%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 91%
Robert Dole 360%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 82%
John Doolittle 18%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Robert Dornan 18%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 91%
David Dreier 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 27%
Jennifer Dunn 27%
Chet Edwards 82%
Vern Ehlers 27%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
Bill Emerson 27%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 27%
John Ensign 18%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 27%
Thomas Ewing 27%
Jim Exon 86%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 27%
Victor Fazio 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 27%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 82%
Floyd Flake 100%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 45%
Thomas Foglietta 91%
Mark Foley 27%
Michael Patrick Forbes 18%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Jon David Fox 27%
Sheila Frahm 0%
Barney Frank 100%
Gary Franks 27%
Robert Franks 27%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
Dan Frisa 27%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 91%
David Funderburk 27%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 27%
John Ganske 27%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 27%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 91%
Pete Geren 27%
Sam Gibbons 91%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
Paul Gillmor 30%
Benjamin Gilman 27%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
William Goodling 27%
Bart Gordon 82%
Slade Gorton 7%
Porter Goss 27%
Daniel Graham 93%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 27%
William Phillip Gramm 15%
Rodney Grams 7%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Enid Greene 20%
James Greenwood 27%
Judd Gregg 14%
Steven Gunderson 27%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 36%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 82%
Melton Hancock 18%
James Hansen 18%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 86%
Jane Harman 80%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 27%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Mark Hatfield 14%
James Hayes 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 18%
Joel Hefley 18%
W.G. Hefner 91%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 27%
Jesse Helms 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 27%
Van Hilleary 27%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 91%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 27%
Pete Hoekstra 27%
Martin Hoke 27%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Stephen Horn 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 45%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
Duncan Hunter 27%
Kay Hutchison 14%
Henry Hyde 27%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 82%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 21%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 27%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 27%
Harry Johnston 82%
J. Bennett Johnston 93%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
Paul Kanjorski 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 91%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 27%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 14%
Sue Kelly 27%
Dirk Kempthorne 21%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 82%
Patrick Kennedy 91%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 100%
Bob Kerrey 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
Dale Kildee 91%
Jay Kim 27%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 27%
Gerald Kleczka 91%
Ronald Klink 91%
Scott Klug 27%
Joseph Knollenberg 27%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 27%
Jon Kyl 14%
John LaFalce 91%
Ray LaHood 27%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 27%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 27%
Steve LaTourette 27%
Greg Laughlin 27%
Frank Lautenberg 93%
Rick Lazio 27%
James Leach 27%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 27%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 27%
Joe Lieberman 86%
Jim Lightfoot 36%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 27%
William Lipinski 91%
Robert Livingston 27%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
James Longley, Jr. 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 14%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 27%
Dick Lugar 21%
William Luther 82%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Thomas Manton 100%
Don Manzullo 27%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Bill Martini 27%
Frank Mascara 91%
Robert Matsui 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
Karen McCarthy 91%
Bill McCollum 36%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
James McCrery III 27%
Joseph McDade 30%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
Paul McHale 82%
John McHugh 27%
Scott McInnis 18%
David McIntosh 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 91%
Martin Meehan 82%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 18%
Jan Meyers 27%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 27%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 64%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 91%
John Moakley 89%
Susan Molinari 27%
Alan Mollohan 82%
G.V. Montgomery 45%
Carlos Moorhead 27%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
Constance Morella 27%
Carol Moseley Braun 71%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
John Myers 20%
Sue Myrick 36%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 27%
Mark Neumann 44%
Robert William Ney 27%
Don Nickles 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 18%
Sam Nunn 79%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Bill Orton 73%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 27%
Ronald Packard 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
Mike Parker 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
William Paxon 27%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 82%
Claiborne Pell 92%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 64%
Pete Peterson 82%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 36%
Owen Pickett 73%
Richard Pombo 18%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 27%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
Glenn Poshard 82%
Larry Pressler 21%
Deborah Pryce 27%
David Pryor 100%
James Quillen 27%
Jack Quinn 27%
George Radanovich 18%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 91%
James Ramstad 27%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
Ralph Regula 27%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 93%
Bill Richardson 91%
Frank Duncan Riggs 27%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 86%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 93%
Timothy Roemer 64%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
Charles Rose III 82%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
Toby Roth 27%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 18%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
Martin Olav Sabo 91%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 27%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 91%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 36%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 91%
Jim Saxton 36%
Joe Scarborough 27%
Daniel Schaefer 18%
Steven Schiff 27%
Patricia Schroeder 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
Andrea Seastrand 27%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
John Shadegg 27%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Christopher Shays 18%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
E.G. Shuster 27%
Paul Simon 86%
Alan Simpson 8%
Norman Sisisky 70%
David Skaggs 91%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Ike Skelton 73%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 27%
Linda Smith 27%
Nick Smith 27%
Bob Smith 21%
Olympia Snowe 29%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 27%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 36%
Floyd Spence 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 82%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 27%
Charles Stenholm 64%
Ted Stevens 14%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 18%
Louis Stokes 100%
Gerry Studds 90%
Bob Stump 27%
Bart Stupak 91%
James Talent 27%
John Tanner 64%
Randy Tate 27%
William Tauzin 27%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 36%
Frank Tejeda 91%
Craig Thomas 7%
William Thomas 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 91%
Fred Thompson 7%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 18%
Ray Thornton 91%
Karen Thurman 91%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 27%
Peter Torkildsen 36%
Esteban Edward Torres 91%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 91%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 55%
Harold Volkmer 80%
Barbara Vucanovich 20%
Robert Walker 27%
James Walsh 27%
Zach Wamp 27%
Michael Ward 91%
John Warner 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 91%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 18%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
David Weldon 27%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 27%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 27%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 36%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 27%
Pat Williams 91%
Charles Wilson 89%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 27%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 27%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 27%
Bill Zeliff 27%
Richard Zimmer 36%

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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