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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 23%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 15%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 50%
James Barcia 80%
Robert Barr, Jr. 40%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
Bill Barrett 60%
Roscoe Bartlett 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
Charlie Bass 40%
Herbert Bateman 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 15%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
Brian Bilbray 80%
Michael Bilirakis 60%
Jeff Bingaman 77%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 40%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 60%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 46%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 15%
Richard Bryan 62%
Ed Bryant 60%
Jim Bunning 60%
Conrad Burns 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
Dan Burton 60%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 92%
Herbert Callahan 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
Ben Campbell 8%
Thomas Campbell 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 60%
Chris Cannon 60%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 80%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
John Chafee 23%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 40%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 60%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
Michael Collins 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
Larry Combest 40%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 69%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 31%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 15%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 60%
Barbara Cubin 60%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 60%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 60%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 80%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 60%
Peter Deutsch 80%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jay Dickey 60%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 77%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 60%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
David Dreier 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 80%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 60%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 69%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Mark Foley 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 60%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 60%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 60%
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%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 60%
William Goodling 40%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 15%
Porter Goss 60%
Daniel Graham 62%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40%
William Phillip Gramm 8%
Rodney Grams 23%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 15%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 60%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 60%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 60%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 8%
Wally Herger, Jr. 60%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Asa Hutchinson 50%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 15%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 60%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 38%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 83%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 62%
James Kolbe 25%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 15%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 40%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 60%
James Leach 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 60%
Joe Lieberman 69%
John Linder 60%
William Lipinski 100%
Robert Livingston 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
Dick Lugar 15%
William Luther 80%
Connie Mack 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 60%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 60%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
James McCrery III 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 60%
Scott McInnis 40%
David McIntosh 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 60%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 80%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 60%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 60%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 60%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
Constance Morella 80%
Patrick Moynihan 62%
Frank Murkowski 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 80%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ronald Packard 60%
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%
Ron Paul 25%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 60%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
John Peterson 60%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
Owen Pickett 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
Richard Pombo 60%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 40%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 40%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Bob Riley 60%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 38%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
William Roth, Jr. 15%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 60%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Jim Ryun 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 40%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 60%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 60%
E.G. Shuster 60%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
Gordon Smith 15%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
Nick Smith 60%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 54%
Floyd Spence 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 60%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob 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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 15%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 85%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
James Turner 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 15%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Wesley Watkins 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 50%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 60%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 77%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%

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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