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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

1995-1996 Positions

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