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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Federation for American Immigration Reform

1996 Positions

Issues: Immigration
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 50%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Armey 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
John Baldacci 50%
Cass Ballenger 25%
James Barcia 25%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
Bill Barrett 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 25%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Howard Berman 75%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 25%
Sonny Bono 75%
Robert Borski, Jr. 50%
Rick Boucher 25%
George Brown, Jr. 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Jim Bunning 25%
Dan Burton 75%
Steve Buyer 50%
Herbert Callahan 25%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 75%
Mike Castle 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 25%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 50%
Robert Clement 75%
Michael Collins 25%
Larry Combest 25%
Gary Condit 50%
Jerry Costello 25%
Christopher Cox 25%
William Coyne 25%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Thomas DeLay 25%
Ronald Dellums 25%
Peter Deutsch 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 25%
Norm Dicks 50%
Julian Dixon 50%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 25%
David Dreier 75%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 75%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 25%
Thomas Ewing 50%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 0%
Floyd Flake 25%
Thomas Foglietta 50%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 0%
Tillie Fowler 75%
Jon David Fox 25%
Barney Frank 75%
Robert Franks 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elizabeth Furse 50%
Elton Gallegly 75%
John Ganske 75%
Sam Gejdenson 75%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
Henry Gonzalez 25%
William Goodling 0%
Bart Gordon 0%
Porter Goss 100%
James Greenwood 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Tony Hall 25%
Lee Hamilton 0%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 25%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 50%
W.G. Hefner 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 25%
Van Hilleary 25%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Thomas Holden 75%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Henry Hyde 75%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 25%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Sue Kelly 25%
Joseph Kennedy II 67%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 25%
Dale Kildee 50%
Jay Kim 50%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Ronald Klink 50%
Scott Klug 25%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Ray LaHood 0%
Tom Lantos 50%
Stephen Largent 75%
Steve LaTourette 25%
Rick Lazio 0%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 25%
Ron Lewis 25%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 0%
William Luther 25%
Thomas Manton 75%
Don Manzullo 0%
Matthew Martinez 75%
Frank Mascara 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
Karen McCarthy 25%
Bill McCollum 75%
James McCrery III 25%
Joseph McDade 25%
Paul McHale 50%
John McHugh 25%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 75%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 67%
Carrie Meek 25%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 67%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
Susan Molinari 75%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Constance Morella 0%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
Mark Neumann 25%
Robert William Ney 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
James Nussle 25%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ronald Packard 75%
Mike Parker 25%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 25%
Owen Pickett 25%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
John Edward Porter 33%
Glenn Poshard 25%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 25%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 25%
Timothy Roemer 25%
Marge Roukema 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Daniel Schaefer 25%
Steven Schiff 50%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 100%
E.G. Shuster 25%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 50%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 25%
Linda Smith 25%
Nick Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 25%
Mark Souder 0%
Floyd Spence 25%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 25%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Bob Stump 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
James Talent 50%
John Tanner 50%
William Tauzin 50%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gene Taylor 75%
William Thomas 0%
Karen Thurman 50%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 25%
Ed Towns 25%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Bruce Vento 75%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 50%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 25%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 50%
Rick White 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 33%
Lynn Woolsey 25%
Albert Wynn 50%
Sidney Yates 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 25%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 50%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%

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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