Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group
2002 Positions
Issues:
Government Operations
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 5% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House-4 | Robert Aderholt | R | 10% |
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 10% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 35% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Flake | R | 5% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 85% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 75% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House-5 | Mike Thompson | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-13 | Barbara Lee | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-17 | Mike Honda | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-24 | Lois Capps | D | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House-28 | Adam Schiff | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-30 | Brad Sherman | D | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House-31 | Gary Miller | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-32 | Grace Napolitano | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 85% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 85% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House-46 | Loretta Sanchez | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 10% |
| CA | U.S. House-49 | Darrell Issa | R | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House-53 | Susan Davis | D | 95% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. House-1 | Diana DeGette | D | 100% |
| CO | State Board of Education-4 | Robert Schaffer | R | 5% |
| CT | U.S. House-1 | John Larson | D | 75% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 90% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Tom Carper | D | 55% |
| FL | U.S. Senate-Sr | William Nelson, Sr. | D | 65% |
| FL | U.S. House-4 | Ander Crenshaw | R | 10% |
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 80% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 5% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 20% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 80% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 20% |
| FL | Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Adam Putnam | R | 15% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 5% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 10% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 5% |
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 55% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 70% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 10% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 85% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 5% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 90% |
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 10% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. House-2 | Mike Simpson | R | 5% |
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | R | 10% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 90% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Kirk | R | 50% |
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 60% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 95% |
| IL | U.S. House-7 | Danny Davis | D | 85% |
| IL | U.S. House-9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-15 | John Shimkus | R | 5% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 65% |
| IN | Governor | Mike Pence | R | 5% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 0% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jerry Moran | R | 0% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 10% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 5% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 10% |
| KY | Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | Kenneth Lucas | D | 20% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 25% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 75% |
| MA | U.S. House-2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 95% |
| MA | U.S. House-6 | John Tierney | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-7 | Mike Capuano | D | 90% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 80% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 95% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 80% |
| MD | U.S. House-7 | Elijah Cummings | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 55% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 70% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Debbie Stabenow | D | 75% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 15% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 30% |
| MI | U.S. House-8 | Mike Rogers | R | 10% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 85% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 80% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 90% |
| MN | U.S. House-4 | Betty McCollum | DFL | 95% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 60% |
| MN | Governor | Mark Dayton | DFL | 90% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roy Blunt | R | 5% |
| MO | U.S. House-1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | D | 85% |
| MO | U.S. House-6 | Sam Graves | R | 5% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 5% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 5% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 70% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 55% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 90% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 0% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 95% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 5% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 15% |
| NC | U.S. House-4 | David Price | D | 85% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 15% |
| NC | U.S. House-7 | Mike McIntyre | D | 80% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 80% |
| NE | U.S. House-2 | Lee Terry | R | 10% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 95% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 95% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 70% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 75% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 95% |
| NJ | U.S. House-9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | D | 90% |
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 45% |
| NJ | U.S. House-12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | D | 90% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 75% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 30% |
| NY | U.S. House-3 | Steve Israel | D | 75% |
| NY | U.S. House-4 | Carolyn McCarthy | D | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House-5 | Gregory Meeks | D | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 95% |
| NY | U.S. House-10 | Jerry Nadler | D | 95% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 95% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-14 | Joe Crowley | D | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 90% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Jr | Rob Portman | R | 15% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 15% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 5% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 75% |
| OH | U.S. House-12 | Pat Tiberi | R | 5% |
| OH | State Senate-28 | Thomas Sawyer | D | 100% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 15% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 0% |
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 5% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 80% |
| OR | U.S. House-2 | Greg Walden | R | 10% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 80% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 95% |
| PA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Pat Toomey | R | 10% |
| PA | U.S. House-1 | Bob Brady | D | 75% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 90% |
| PA | U.S. House-9 | Bill Shuster | R | 11% |
| PA | U.S. House-14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | D | 65% |
| PA | U.S. House-16 | Joe Pitts | R | 5% |
| PA | Commissioner-At-Large | Joseph Hoeffel | Other | 90% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
| RI | U.S. House-2 | Jim Langevin | D | 95% |
| RI | Governor | Linc Chafee | I | 55% |
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 15% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 65% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 45% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Thune | R | 10% |
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 15% |
| TX | U.S. House-3 | Sam Johnson | R | 10% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 20% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-7 | John Culberson | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-8 | Kevin Brady | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-12 | Kay Granger | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-13 | Mac Thornberry | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-15 | Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | D | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 80% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 70% |
| TX | U.S. House-32 | Pete Sessions | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-35 | Lloyd Doggett | D | 95% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 0% |
| UT | U.S. House-4 | Jim Matheson | D | 60% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 80% |
| VA | U.S. House-4 | Randy Forbes | R | 6% |
| VA | U.S. House-6 | Bob Goodlatte | R | 10% |
| VA | U.S. House-7 | Eric Cantor | R | 5% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 70% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 10% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 85% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 75% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 70% |
| WA | U.S. House-2 | Rick Larsen | D | 90% |
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 5% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 95% |
| WA | U.S. House-9 | Adam Smith | D | 80% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 95% |
| WI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-1 | Paul Ryan | R | 25% |
| WI | U.S. House-3 | Ron Kind | D | 90% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 25% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 40% |
| WI | Mayor-At-Large | Tom Barrett | D | 95% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 80% |
| WV | U.S. House-2 | Shelley Moore Capito | R | 30% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 85% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 0% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 95% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 55% | ||
| Todd Akin | Other | 5% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 5% | ||
| George Allen | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Allen | Other | 95% | ||
| Richard Armey | Other | 5% | ||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | Other | 70% | ||
| Brian Baird | Other | 90% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 5% | ||
| John Baldacci | Other | 95% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 5% | ||
| James Barcia | Other | 70% | ||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | Other | 10% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 30% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 40% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 60% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 0% | ||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | Other | 60% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 20% | ||
| Shelley Berkley | Other | 80% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 75% | ||
| Marion Berry | Other | 60% | ||
| Judy Biggert | Other | 15% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 30% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 60% | ||
| Rod Blagojevich | Other | 85% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 60% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 10% | ||
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 0% | ||
| David Edward Bonior | Other | 85% | ||
| Mary Bono Mack | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | Other | 95% | ||
| Leonard Boswell | Other | 70% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 65% | ||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | Other | 65% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 30% | ||
| Henry Brown, Jr. | Other | 10% | ||
| Ed Bryant | Other | 5% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 0% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 0% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 5% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 5% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 55% | ||
| Herbert Callahan | Other | 5% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 0% | ||
| Chris Cannon | Other | 10% | ||
| Jean Carnahan | Other | 55% | ||
| Brad Carson | Other | 40% | ||
| Julia Carson | Other | 95% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 60% | ||
| Eva Clayton | Other | 85% | ||
| Joseph Maxwell Cleland | Other | 55% | ||
| Robert Clement | Other | 75% | ||
| Hillary Clinton | Other | 85% | ||
| Michael Collins | Other | 0% | ||
| Larry Combest | Other | 5% | ||
| Gary Condit | Other | 80% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 55% | ||
| John Cooksey | Other | 5% | ||
| Jon Corzine | Other | 85% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 70% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 5% | ||
| William Coyne | Other | 90% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 25% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 5% | ||
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 0% | ||
| Randall Cunningham | Other | 5% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 70% | ||
| James Davis | Other | 80% | ||
| Jo Ann Davis | Other | 15% | ||
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 30% | ||
| Bill Delahunt | Other | 90% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 5% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 5% | ||
| Peter Deutsch | Other | 90% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 20% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 85% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 80% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Calvin Dooley | Other | 40% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 10% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 55% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 5% | ||
| Jennifer Dunn | Other | 15% | ||
| John Edwards | Other | 60% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 55% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 50% | ||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | Other | 20% | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Other | 10% | ||
| Philip English | Other | 30% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 25% | ||
| Bob Etheridge | Other | 75% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 85% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 0% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 75% | ||
| Michael Ferguson | Other | 55% | ||
| Peter Fitzgerald | Other | 40% | ||
| Ernest Fletcher | Other | 0% | ||
| Mark Foley | Other | 25% | ||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Other | 75% | ||
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 95% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 0% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 60% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 10% | ||
| John Ganske | Other | 45% | ||
| George Gekas | Other | 5% | ||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | Other | 85% | ||
| Jim Gibbons | Other | 5% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 40% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 15% | ||
| Benjamin Gilman | Other | 70% | ||
| Charlie Gonzalez | Other | 70% | ||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | Other | 20% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 65% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 20% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 65% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 0% | ||
| Mark Green | Other | 30% | ||
| James Greenwood | Other | 45% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 30% | ||
| Felix Grucci, Jr. | Other | 20% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 15% | ||
| Tony Hall | Other | 85% | ||
| James Hansen | Other | 10% | ||
| Jane Harman | Other | 90% | ||
| Melissa Hart | Other | 15% | ||
| Robert Hayes | Other | 5% | ||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 15% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 0% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Baron Hill | Other | 60% | ||
| Van Hilleary | Other | 10% | ||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | Other | 70% | ||
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 90% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 5% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 25% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 60% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 75% | ||
| Darlene Hooley | Other | 90% | ||
| Stephen Horn | Other | 35% | ||
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 5% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| Kenny Hulshof | Other | 10% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 5% | ||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | Other | 0% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 5% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 10% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 70% | ||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 95% | ||
| William Jefferson | Other | 65% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 60% | ||
| William Lewis Jenkins | Other | 10% | ||
| Christopher John | Other | 25% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 60% | ||
| Tim Johnson | Other | 55% | ||
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 80% | ||
| Ric Keller | Other | 10% | ||
| Sue Kelly | Other | 60% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 75% | ||
| Mark Kennedy | Other | 25% | ||
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 90% | ||
| Brian Kerns | Other | 10% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 95% | ||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | Other | 75% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 95% | ||
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 5% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 55% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 10% | ||
| Dennis Kucinich | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 0% | ||
| John LaFalce | Other | 95% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 40% | ||
| Nicholas Lampson | Other | 65% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 95% | ||
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 25% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 60% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 5% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 0% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 85% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 35% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 5% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 45% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 5% | ||
| William Luther | Other | 90% | ||
| James Maloney | Other | 90% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 5% | ||
| Frank Mascara | Other | 70% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 100% | ||
| Karen McCarthy | Other | 80% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 5% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 35% | ||
| Scott McInnis | Other | 15% | ||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | Other | 95% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 100% | ||
| Martin Meehan | Other | 90% | ||
| Carrie Meek | Other | 75% | ||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Other | 95% | ||
| Dan Miller | Other | 15% | ||
| Zell Bryan Miller | Other | 25% | ||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | Other | 90% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 40% | ||
| Dennis Moore | Other | 75% | ||
| Constance Morella | Other | 75% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 0% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 45% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 10% | ||
| Ben Nelson | Other | 30% | ||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 25% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 0% | ||
| Anne Northup | Other | 15% | ||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 10% | ||
| James Nussle | Other | 25% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 90% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 90% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 95% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Thomas William Osborne | Other | 5% | ||
| Doug Ose | Other | 20% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 95% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 0% | ||
| Ron Paul | Other | 25% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 100% | ||
| John Peterson | Other | 5% | ||
| David Phelps | Other | 55% | ||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Todd Platts | Other | 25% | ||
| Richard Pombo | Other | 10% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 70% | ||
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 15% | ||
| Jack Quinn | Other | 30% | ||
| George Radanovich | Other | 0% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 65% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 15% | ||
| Denny Rehberg | Other | 5% | ||
| Silvestre Reyes | Other | 65% | ||
| Thomas Reynolds | Other | 20% | ||
| Bob Riley | Other | 0% | ||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | Other | 90% | ||
| Ciro Rodriguez | Other | 80% | ||
| Timothy Roemer | Other | 90% | ||
| Mike Ross | Other | 50% | ||
| Steve Rothman | Other | 95% | ||
| Marge Roukema | Other | 50% | ||
| Jim Ryun | Other | 5% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 90% | ||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | Other | 45% | ||
| Rick Santorum | Other | 5% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 95% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 60% | ||
| Edward Schrock | Other | 5% | ||
| John Shadegg | Other | 5% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 20% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 65% | ||
| Donald Sherwood | Other | 10% | ||
| Ronnie Shows | Other | 40% | ||
| Robert Ruhl Simmons | Other | 50% | ||
| Joseph Skeen | Other | 5% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 50% | ||
| Gordon Smith | Other | 20% | ||
| Nick Smith | Other | 5% | ||
| Bob Smith | Other | 15% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 50% | ||
| Vic Snyder | Other | 80% | ||
| Hilda Solis | Other | 90% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 5% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 45% | ||
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 70% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 80% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 15% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 25% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 10% | ||
| Ted Strickland | Other | 85% | ||
| Bob Stump | Other | 5% | ||
| Bart Stupak | Other | 80% | ||
| John Sununu | Other | 30% | ||
| John Sweeney | Other | 30% | ||
| Tom Tancredo | Other | 5% | ||
| John Tanner | Other | 40% | ||
| Ellen Tauscher | Other | 90% | ||
| William Tauzin | Other | 5% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 10% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 45% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| Fred Thompson | Other | 5% | ||
| Karen Thurman | Other | 85% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 0% | ||
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 5% | ||
| Robert Torricelli | Other | 65% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 70% | ||
| James Traficant, Jr. | Other | 10% | ||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Other | 95% | ||
| James Turner | Other | 45% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 5% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 45% | ||
| Zach Wamp | Other | 10% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 15% | ||
| Wesley Watkins | Other | 0% | ||
| Diane Watson | Other | 95% | ||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Anthony Weiner | Other | 95% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 10% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 45% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 20% | ||
| Paul Wellstone | Other | 95% | ||
| Robert Wexler | Other | 100% | ||
| Heather Wilson | Other | 10% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 95% | ||
| David Wu | Other | 85% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 85% |
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.