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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
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 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 28%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 70%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 94%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
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 85%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 85%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 61%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 6%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 72%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 65%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 56%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 78%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 35%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 94%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 65%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 35%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 85%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 65%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 65%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 11%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 78%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 65%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 35%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 89%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 72%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 15%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 78%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 90%
Richard Armey 5%
Joe Baca, Sr. 38%
Brian Baird 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 75%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 40%
Evan Bayh 78%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 55%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Shelley Berkley 75%
Howard Berman 80%
Marion Berry 40%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Jeff Bingaman 72%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 95%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
John Breaux 44%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 56%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Ben Campbell 6%
Chris Cannon 10%
Julia Carson 85%
Mike Castle 55%
Eva Clayton 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 72%
Robert Clement 25%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 56%
John Cooksey 15%
Jerry Costello 55%
Christopher Cox 10%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 20%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Thomas Daschle 67%
James Davis 70%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Peter Deutsch 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Norm Dicks 75%
Chris Dodd 94%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 10%
Byron Dorgan 61%
David Dreier 5%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
John Edwards 89%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Philip English 20%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 5%
Russ Feingold 94%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 10%
Mark Foley 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 65%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Barney Frank 85%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Elton Gallegly 30%
John Ganske 40%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 80%
Jim Gibbons 15%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 15%
Bart Gordon 30%
Porter Goss 35%
Daniel Graham 89%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 10%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Tony Hall 70%
James Hansen 10%
Robert Hayes 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 20%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 40%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 65%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 45%
Ernest Hollings 67%
Darlene Hooley 85%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 15%
Duncan Hunter 15%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 6%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 5%
Daniel Inouye 61%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 65%
James Merrill Jeffords 72%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Sue Kelly 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 72%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Dale Kildee 85%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Gerald Kleczka 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 95%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 95%
Ray LaHood 15%
Nicholas Lampson 55%
Tom Lantos 95%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 35%
James Leach 55%
Jerry Lewis 15%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 78%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 5%
William Lipinski 65%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 17%
William Luther 85%
James Maloney 75%
Don Manzullo 15%
Frank Mascara 55%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 80%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 35%
Scott McInnis 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 85%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Dan Miller 20%
Zell Bryan Miller 20%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 75%
Constance Morella 80%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 5%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 15%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 15%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 85%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 35%
Doug Ose 15%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 20%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 5%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Jack Quinn 45%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 55%
Ralph Regula 20%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Thomas Reynolds 25%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 75%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 55%
Steve Rothman 85%
Marge Roukema 70%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 94%
Jim Saxton 75%
John Shadegg 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 85%
Donald Sherwood 30%
Ronnie Shows 35%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 11%
Nick Smith 15%
Bob Smith 6%
Olympia Snowe 56%
Vic Snyder 65%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 55%
Pete Stark 85%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 70%
John Sununu 15%
John Sweeney 15%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
William Tauzin 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 35%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 6%
Karen Thurman 60%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 35%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 85%
James Turner 45%
George Voinovich 6%
James Walsh 45%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 5%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 94%
Robert Wexler 90%
Heather Wilson 15%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 65%

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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