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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Hispanic Leadership Agenda

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 91%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 91%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 82%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 27%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 82%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 64%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 82%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 64%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 73%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 9%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 64%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 18%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 9%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 86%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 82%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 82%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 18%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 91%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 9%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 9%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 91%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 9%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 82%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 9%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 82%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 82%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 73%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 9%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 73%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 73%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 82%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 91%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 18%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 82%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 18%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 55%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 82%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 91%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 9%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 82%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 73%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 82%
William Archer 9%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 14%
Brian Baird 82%
Richard Hugh Baker 9%
John Baldacci 73%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 9%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 9%
Marion Berry 82%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Rod Blagojevich 82%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 18%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 91%
Robert Borski, Jr. 91%
Rick Boucher 64%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
John Breaux 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 71%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Thomas Campbell 9%
Chris Cannon 9%
Julia Carson 91%
Mike Castle 18%
Helen Chenoweth 18%
William Clay, Sr. 91%
Eva Clayton 91%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 73%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 18%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 9%
William Coyne 91%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 73%
Philip Crane 9%
Barbara Cubin 9%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 45%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 73%
Thomas Davis III 9%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 82%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 9%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 91%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 18%
Byron Dorgan 86%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 9%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 18%
Philip English 9%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Lane Evans 73%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 9%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 14%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 9%
Michael Patrick Forbes 18%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Robert Franks 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 82%
John Ganske 18%
Sam Gejdenson 82%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 9%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 9%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 0%
Bart Gordon 64%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 9%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 73%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 9%
Joel Hefley 18%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 73%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 91%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Ernest Hollings 86%
Darlene Hooley 73%
Stephen Horn 9%
John Nathan Hostettler 9%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 9%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 9%
William Hutchinson 9%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 9%
Jay Inslee 73%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 9%
William Jefferson 82%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 73%
Nancy Johnson 27%
Paul Kanjorski 82%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 91%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Ronald Klink 82%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Steven Kuykendall 0%
John LaFalce 82%
Nicholas Lampson 82%
Tom Lantos 55%
Stephen Largent 9%
Rick Lazio 0%
James Leach 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 73%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 64%
Matthew Martinez 82%
Frank Mascara 45%
Robert Matsui 82%
Karen McCarthy 64%
Bill McCollum 9%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 9%
Scott McInnis 18%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 91%
Michael McNulty 82%
Martin Meehan 82%
Carrie Meek 91%
Jack Metcalf 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 91%
Dan Miller 9%
David Minge 82%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 91%
John Moakley 91%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 82%
Constance Morella 64%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 86%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 73%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 9%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Doug Ose 9%
Major Owens 91%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 0%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 64%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 64%
Richard Pombo 18%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
John Edward Porter 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 36%
George Radanovich 9%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 64%
Charles Robb 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 64%
James Rogan 0%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 0%
Jim Ryun 9%
Martin Olav Sabo 73%
Matthew Salmon 18%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 73%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 27%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 18%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 9%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Ronnie Shows 45%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 82%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 18%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 82%
Mark Souder 9%
Arlen Specter 29%
Floyd Spence 9%
John Spratt, Jr. 73%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 64%
Robert Stump 9%
Bart Stupak 64%
John Sununu 9%
John Sweeney 9%
James Talent 9%
Tom Tancredo 9%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 73%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 9%
Gene Taylor 36%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 73%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 9%
Robert Torricelli 86%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 91%
James Turner 73%
Bruce Vento 91%
George Voinovich 29%
James Walsh 9%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 82%
David Weldon 9%
W. Curtis Weldon 9%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 82%
Robert Weygand 82%
Heather Wilson 9%
Robert Wise, Jr. 64%
David Wu 82%
Albert Wynn 82%

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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