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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 15%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 69%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 60%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 40%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 69%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 60%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 15%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 60%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 60%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 15%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey 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 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 60%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 46%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 38%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 92%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 60%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 69%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 60%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 77%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
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 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 92%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 60%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 62%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 15%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 23%
Wayne Allard 15%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 50%
James Barcia 80%
Robert Barr, Jr. 40%
William Barrett 60%
Herbert Bateman 75%
Bob Bennett 15%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 60%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 60%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
John Breaux 46%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 62%
Ed Bryant 60%
Jim Bunning 60%
Conrad Burns 15%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 92%
Herbert Callahan 60%
Ben Campbell 8%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 60%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 80%
John Chafee 23%
Helen Chenoweth 60%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 100%
Mac Collins 60%
Larry Combest 40%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Paul Coverdell 31%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 15%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 60%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Randall Cunningham 60%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 60%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jay Dickey 60%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 77%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 60%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Philip English 60%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Russ Feingold 85%
Mark Foley 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 60%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 40%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 60%
William Goodling 40%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 15%
Porter Goss 60%
Daniel Graham 62%
William Phillip Gramm 8%
Rodney Grams 23%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
Charles Hagel 15%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 60%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 8%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 50%
William Hutchinson 50%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 15%
Henry Hyde 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 80%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 38%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
James Kolbe 25%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 40%
Rick Lazio 60%
James Leach 60%
Ron Lewis 60%
John Linder 60%
William Lipinski 100%
Robert Livingston 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
William Luther 80%
Connie Mack 15%
James Maloney 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 60%
James McCrery III 60%
John McHugh 60%
Scott McInnis 40%
David McIntosh 60%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 80%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 60%
David Minge 60%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 80%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 62%
Frank Murkowski 15%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Robert William Ney 60%
Don Nickles 15%
Anne Northup 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 60%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 80%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ronald Packard 60%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 60%
John Peterson 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
Owen Pickett 100%
Richard Pombo 60%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 40%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 60%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Bob Riley 60%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 38%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 60%
William Roth, Jr. 15%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Ryun 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 60%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 40%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 60%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
E.G. Shuster 60%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 15%
Nick Smith 60%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 54%
Floyd Spence 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 60%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 60%
James Talent 60%
John Tanner 75%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 40%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 15%
William Thomas 60%
Fred Thompson 15%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 15%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
Robert Torricelli 85%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
James Turner 80%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 15%
Wesley Watkins 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
David Weldon 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 50%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 100%
Robert Wise, Jr. 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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