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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: 60 Plus Association

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 90%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
Bill Archer 80%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 10%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 90%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
Bill Barrett 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Herbert Bateman 70%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 70%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 10%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 70%
Henry Bonilla 90%
David Edward Bonior 10%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 10%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
Richard Bryan 10%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 80%
Robert Byrd 30%
Herbert Callahan 90%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 70%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 10%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 70%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 70%
Kent Conrad 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 10%
Paul Coverdell 90%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 90%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 10%
Thomas Davis III 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 20%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 10%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 30%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 80%
William Frist 70%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 70%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 90%
Benjamin Gilman 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 30%
Slade Gorton 60%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 10%
James Greenwood 90%
Judd Gregg 70%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 70%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
Tony Hall 10%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 70%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 10%
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Thomas Holden 10%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 90%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 60%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Bob Kerrey 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
Ronald Klink 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 90%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 10%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 10%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
Rick Lazio 70%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
Jerry Lewis 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 40%
John Linder 90%
William Lipinski 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 70%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
James Maloney 10%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 10%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 90%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
Jack Metcalf 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
Dan Miller 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 10%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 10%
Alan Mollohan 10%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 10%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 70%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 90%
Ronald Packard 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Ron Paul 90%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Owen Pickett 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
John Edward Porter 90%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 80%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 30%
James Ramstad 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
Timothy Roemer 50%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 40%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
Jim Saxton 80%
Joe Scarborough 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 10%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
Gordon Smith 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 60%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
James Turner 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
Bruce Vento 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
James Walsh 90%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 70%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 90%
Gerald Weller 80%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
Albert Wynn 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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