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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Jon Corzine 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
Bill Delahunt 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
James Merrill Jeffords 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
Pete Stark 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
Diane Watson 95%
Anthony Weiner 95%
Robert Wexler 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
Jane Harman 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Tom Lantos 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Donald Payne 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
Gary Ackerman 86%
Julia Carson 86%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
Lane Evans 86%
Barney Frank 86%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 86%
Robert Matsui 86%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
Brad Miller 86%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 86%
Steve Rothman 86%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
Lynn Woolsey 86%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 85%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 85%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 81%
Brian Baird 81%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 81%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 81%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 81%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 81%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 81%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 81%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 81%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
Robert Byrd 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
Thomas Allen 76%
Howard Berman 76%
Edward Case 76%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 76%
James Davis 76%
Norm Dicks 76%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 76%
Harold Ford, Jr. 76%
Darlene Hooley 76%
Jim Oberstar 76%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 76%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 76%
David Wu 76%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
Bob Etheridge 71%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 71%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 71%
Dennis Moore 71%
Vic Snyder 71%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
Ted Strickland 71%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 70%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 67%
James Leach 67%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 67%
Christopher Shays 67%
Evan Bayh 65%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 65%
Kent Conrad 65%
Shelley Berkley 62%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
Charlie Gonzalez 62%
Thomas Holden 62%
Paul Kanjorski 62%
Sue Kelly 62%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
Bart Stupak 62%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 62%
Albert Wynn 62%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
Byron Dorgan 60%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
Leonard Boswell 57%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 57%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 57%
Ike Skelton 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
Daniel Inouye 55%
Joe Lieberman 55%
Joe Baca, Sr. 52%
Rick Boucher 52%
Artur Davis 52%
Vern Ehlers 52%
Nancy Johnson 52%
Tim Johnson 52%
Jim Marshall 52%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
Jim Saxton 52%
Ed Towns 52%
Judd Gregg 50%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 50%
Mike Castle 48%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Bart Gordon 48%
William Jefferson 48%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 48%
Earl Pomeroy 48%
James Ramstad 48%
Silvestre Reyes 48%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 48%
Gene Taylor 48%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 48%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 45%
Dennis Cardoza 43%
Lincoln Davis 43%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 43%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 43%
Mike Ross 43%
John Tanner 43%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40%
Marion Berry 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 38%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Jack Murtha 38%
Blanche Lincoln 35%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
Ben Nelson 30%
Gordon Smith 30%
Arlen Specter 30%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 29%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 29%
Thomas Davis III 29%
Chet Edwards 29%
Mark Green 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
John Sununu 25%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 24%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 24%
Ray LaHood 24%
Todd Platts 24%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 24%
Roscoe Bartlett 19%
Charlie Bass 19%
Dan Burton 19%
Robert Cramer 19%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 19%
Joel Hefley 19%
Mark Kennedy 19%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 19%
Ron Paul 19%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 19%
John Sweeney 19%
James Walsh 19%
Norm Coleman 15%
Elizabeth Dole 15%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
Judy Biggert 14%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jo Ann Davis 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
Michael Ferguson 14%
Mark Foley 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 14%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
Steve LaTourette 14%
John McHugh 14%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 14%
Cliff Stearns 14%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
Todd Akin 10%
Wayne Allard 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
John Doolittle 10%
John Ensign 10%
Tom Feeney 10%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Paul Gillmor 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Katherine Harris 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
Ric Keller 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
Anne Northup 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
Richard Renzi 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 10%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
J. Gresham Barrett 5%
Bob Beauprez 5%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite 5%
Conrad Burns 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
James DeMint 5%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
David Dreier 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
Terry Everett 5%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 5%
William Frist 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ron Lewis 5%
John Linder 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
James McCrery III 5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
Marilyn Musgrave 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
Robert William Ney 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 5%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
Richard Pombo 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
John Shadegg 5%
James Talent 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
William Thomas 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
George Voinovich 5%
David Weldon 5%
Gerald Weller 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 5%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
George Allen 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Philip English 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
David Lee Hobson 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
James Nussle 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%

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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