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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 79%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 6%
Gary Ackerman 84%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 94%
Wayne Allard 11%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 68%
Bill Archer 11%
Richard Armey 11%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
Henry Scott Baesler 42%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
William Baker 5%
John Baldacci 84%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 42%
Robert Barr, Jr. 11%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
Bill Barrett 11%
Roscoe Bartlett 21%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
Charlie Bass 37%
Herbert Bateman 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
Anthony Beilenson 100%
Bob Bennett 06%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 68%
Douglas Bereuter 42%
Howard Berman 95%
Tom Bevill 32%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Brian Bilbray 32%
Michael Bilirakis 32%
Jeff Bingaman 78%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 5%
Peter Blute 53%
Sherwood Boehlert 74%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 5%
David Edward Bonior 89%
Sonny Bono 5%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 74%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Bill Bradley 89%
John Breaux 33%
Bill Brewster 21%
Glen Browder 32%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 84%
George Brown, Jr. 79%
Hank Brown 6%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 84%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 21%
Richard Bryan 83%
Ed Bryant 5%
John Bryant 84%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunn 16%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 83%
Herbert Callahan 5%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 16%
Ben Campbell 22%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 84%
Mike Castle 63%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
John Chafee 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
Jim Chapman 26%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 5%
Dick Chrysler 21%
William Clay, Sr. 95%
Eva Clayton 89%
Robert Clement 53%
William Clinger 5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 21%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 6%
William Cohen 78%
Ronald Coleman 79%
Barbara-Rose Collins 63%
Cardiss Collins 79%
Michael Collins 11%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 32%
Kent Conrad 83%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
Wes Cooley 11%
Jerry Costello 74%
Paul Coverdell 6%
Christopher Cox 11%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 21%
Philip Crane 11%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 11%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Alfonse D'Amato 17%
Patsy Ann Danner 37%
Thomas Daschle 94%
Thomas Davis III 32%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 32%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 84%
E. Kika de la Garza 37%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Ronald Dellums 95%
Peter Deutsch 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 32%
Jay Dickey 16%
Norm Dicks 74%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 89%
Julian Dixon 89%
Chris Dodd 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 11%
Calvin Dooley 21%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 83%
Robert Dornan 16%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 53%
David Dreier 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 84%
Chet Edwards 42%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 26%
Bill Emerson 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 26%
John Ensign 26%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 89%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 16%
Jim Exon 78%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
Harris Fawell 37%
Victor Fazio 53%
Russ Feingold 94%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 89%
Cleo Fields 63%
Jack Fields, Jr. 11%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 68%
Floyd Flake 84%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 32%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 21%
Michael Patrick Forbes 42%
Harold Ford, Sr. 89%
Wendell Ford 67%
Tillie Fowler 21%
Jon David Fox 58%
Barney Frank 89%
Gary Franks 42%
Robert Franks 53%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 42%
Dan Frisa 11%
William Frist 6%
Jonas Frost III 53%
David Funderburk 11%
Elizabeth Furse 89%
Elton Gallegly 11%
John Ganske 16%
Sam Gejdenson 95%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 79%
Pete Geren 26%
Sam Gibbons 84%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 26%
Benjamin Gilman 58%
John Glenn 94%
Henry Gonzalez 58%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 26%
William Goodling 26%
Bart Gordon 47%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 53%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 21%
William Phillip Gramm 6%
Rodney Grams 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 63%
Enid Greene 21%
James Greenwood 63%
Judd Gregg 22%
Steven Gunderson 37%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Tony Hall 79%
Lee Hamilton 47%
Melton Hancock 16%
James Hansen 11%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 89%
Jane Harman 68%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
Mark Hatfield 11%
James Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 11%
Joel Hefley 16%
W.G. Hefner 42%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 11%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Van Hilleary 11%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 63%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 21%
Pete Hoekstra 32%
Martin Hoke 26%
Thomas Holden 37%
Ernest Hollings 89%
Stephen Horn 58%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 32%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 79%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 11%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 11%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 11%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 6%
Daniel Inouye 72%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 89%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 84%
William Jefferson 58%
James Merrill Jeffords 72%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 84%
Nancy Johnson 47%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 58%
Harry Johnston 84%
J. Bennett Johnston 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
Paul Kanjorski 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 79%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 32%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 33%
Sue Kelly 58%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 94%
Joseph Kennedy II 95%
Patrick Kennedy 84%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 84%
Bob Kerrey 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 94%
Dale Kildee 95%
Jay Kim 26%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 32%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 21%
Gerald Kleczka 79%
Ronald Klink 74%
Scott Klug 63%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 83%
James Kolbe 21%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 95%
Ray LaHood 21%
Tom Lantos 84%
Stephen Largent 16%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
Steve LaTourette 42%
Greg Laughlin 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 58%
James Leach 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 89%
Jerry Lewis 11%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Jim Lightfoot 0%
Blanche Lincoln 42%
John Linder 16%
William Lipinski 79%
Robert Livingston 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 84%
James Longley, Jr. 32%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 11%
William Luther 95%
Connie Mack 6%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
Thomas Manton 84%
Don Manzullo 16%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 58%
Bill Martini 74%
Frank Mascara 74%
Robert Matsui 84%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
Karen McCarthy 89%
Bill McCollum 11%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 5%
Joseph McDade 16%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 79%
John McHugh 16%
Scott McInnis 16%
David McIntosh 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 79%
Michael McNulty 63%
Martin Meehan 95%
Carrie Meek 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
Jack Metcalf 21%
Jan Meyers 58%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 83%
Dan Miller 42%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
David Minge 58%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 89%
John Moakley 47%
Susan Molinari 26%
Alan Mollohan 26%
G.V. Montgomery 0%
Carlos Moorhead 16%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 74%
Constance Morella 79%
Carol Moseley Braun 83%
Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 94%
Jack Murtha 53%
John Myers 11%
Sue Myrick 16%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 16%
Mark Neumann 26%
Robert William Ney 21%
Don Nickles 6%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Sam Nunn 83%
James Nussle 16%
Jim Oberstar 84%
Dave Obey 79%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 32%
Bill Orton 47%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 89%
Mike Parker 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 79%
William Paxon 11%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 42%
Claiborne Pell 78%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 84%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
Pete Peterson 42%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 32%
Owen Pickett 26%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 63%
John Edward Porter 63%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 26%
Glenn Poshard 47%
Larry Pressler 6%
Deborah Pryce 37%
David Pryor 94%
James Quillen 0%
Jack Quinn 47%
George Radanovich 11%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 79%
James Ramstad 63%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 74%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
Ralph Regula 26%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 72%
Bill Richardson 79%
Frank Duncan Riggs 11%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 95%
Charles Robb 94%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 89%
Timothy Roemer 37%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 26%
Charles Rose III 53%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 37%
Toby Roth 21%
William Roth, Jr. 50%
Marge Roukema 53%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 16%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 84%
Martin Olav Sabo 84%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 16%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 47%
Rick Santorum 11%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 95%
Jim Saxton 42%
Joe Scarborough 26%
Daniel Schaefer 5%
Steven Schiff 37%
Patricia Schroeder 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 84%
Andrea Seastrand 16%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 37%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 84%
John Shadegg 16%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 42%
Christopher Shays 79%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 17%
E.G. Shuster 11%
Paul Simon 100%
Alan Simpson 17%
Norman Sisisky 21%
David Skaggs 89%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 26%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 47%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
Linda Smith 16%
Nick Smith 21%
Bob Smith 11%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 11%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 61%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 63%
Pete Stark 74%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 16%
Ted Stevens 11%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 11%
Louis Stokes 89%
Gerry Studds 100%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 58%
James Talent 16%
John Tanner 37%
Randy Tate 16%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 42%
Frank Tejeda 37%
Craig Thomas 6%
William Thomas 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 89%
Fred Thompson 22%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
Ray Thornton 58%
Karen Thurman 47%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Peter Torkildsen 68%
Esteban Edward Torres 89%
Robert Torricelli 84%
Ed Towns 79%
James Traficant, Jr. 21%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 37%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
Bruce Vento 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 89%
Harold Volkmer 42%
Barbara Vucanovich 5%
Robert Walker 11%
James Walsh 16%
Zach Wamp 16%
Michael Ward 74%
John Warner 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 16%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 11%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 32%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 16%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Pat Williams 63%
Charles Wilson 47%
Bob Wise, Jr. 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 37%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 89%
Albert Wynn 84%
Sidney Yates 74%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 32%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
Bill Zeliff 21%
Richard Zimmer 68%

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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