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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Taxpayers for Common Sense

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 76%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 47%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 59%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 65%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 54%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 38%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 29%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 24%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 18%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 53%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 59%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 65%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 41%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 29%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 38%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 65%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 59%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 42%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 38%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 24%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 65%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 63%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 71%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 53%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 38%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 71%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 35%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 46%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 65%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 24%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 42%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 46%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 58%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 21%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 38%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 38%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 42%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 54%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 42%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 29%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 29%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 42%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 38%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 46%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 29%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 54%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 58%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 46%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 71%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 46%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 63%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 46%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 29%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 67%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 21%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 54%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 38%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 76%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 54%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 21%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 41%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 59%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 21%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 38%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 54%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 58%
Gary Ackerman 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 53%
Wayne Allard 18%
Thomas Allen 29%
Richard Armey 38%
Joe Baca, Sr. 8%
Brian Baird 29%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
John Baldacci 25%
Cass Ballenger 29%
James Barcia 25%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Evan Bayh 59%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 21%
Douglas Bereuter 46%
Shelley Berkley 33%
Howard Berman 29%
Marion Berry 21%
Judy Biggert 38%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Jeff Bingaman 41%
Rod Blagojevich 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 24%
Henry Bonilla 21%
David Edward Bonior 38%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 17%
Leonard Boswell 17%
Rick Boucher 21%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 21%
John Breaux 35%
Ed Bryant 38%
Jim Bunning 12%
Dan Burton 46%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 65%
Herbert Callahan 13%
Ben Campbell 18%
Chris Cannon 50%
Julia Carson 29%
Mike Castle 54%
Eva Clayton 21%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 59%
Robert Clement 13%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 42%
Gary Condit 29%
Kent Conrad 41%
John Cooksey 25%
Jerry Costello 29%
Christopher Cox 71%
William Coyne 25%
Larry Craig 18%
Robert Cramer 8%
Philip Crane 46%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Randall Cunningham 46%
Thomas Daschle 35%
James Davis 25%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 46%
Thomas DeLay 50%
James DeMint 42%
Peter Deutsch 46%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 29%
Norm Dicks 21%
Chris Dodd 53%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
Calvin Dooley 13%
John Doolittle 17%
Byron Dorgan 53%
David Dreier 21%
Jennifer Dunn 29%
John Edwards 59%
Chet Edwards 13%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 42%
Jo Ann Emerson 21%
Philip English 38%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Lane Evans 38%
Terry Everett 25%
Russ Feingold 82%
Peter Fitzgerald 41%
Ernest Fletcher 29%
Mark Foley 42%
Harold Ford, Jr. 21%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 46%
Barney Frank 42%
William Frist 24%
Jonas Frost III 21%
Elton Gallegly 33%
John Ganske 58%
George Gekas 25%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 29%
Jim Gibbons 29%
Wayne Gilchrest 29%
Paul Gillmor 29%
Benjamin Gilman 38%
Charlie Gonzalez 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bart Gordon 8%
Porter Goss 42%
Daniel Graham 53%
William Phillip Gramm 29%
Mark Green 50%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 35%
Gilbert Gutknecht 54%
Tony Hall 25%
James Hansen 33%
Robert Hayes 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 46%
Joel Hefley 63%
Jesse Helms 18%
Wally Herger, Jr. 42%
Baron Hill 33%
Van Hilleary 42%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
Maurice Hinchey 42%
David Lee Hobson 21%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 17%
Ernest Hollings 35%
Darlene Hooley 38%
Stephen Horn 54%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 42%
Duncan Hunter 38%
Asa Hutchinson 25%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 29%
Kay Hutchison 18%
Henry Hyde 29%
Daniel Inouye 47%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 42%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 42%
William Jefferson 17%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 8%
Nancy Johnson 42%
Paul Kanjorski 17%
Sue Kelly 46%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 65%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Dale Kildee 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 25%
Gerald Kleczka 29%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Herb Kohl 82%
James Kolbe 33%
Dennis Kucinich 46%
Jon Kyl 35%
John LaFalce 25%
Ray LaHood 38%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 17%
Stephen Largent 33%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 50%
Jerry Lewis 17%
Ron Lewis 25%
Joe Lieberman 59%
Blanche Lincoln 53%
John Linder 50%
William Lipinski 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 24%
Dick Lugar 29%
William Luther 79%
James Maloney 33%
Don Manzullo 63%
Frank Mascara 17%
Robert Matsui 21%
Karen McCarthy 46%
James McCrery III 29%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 50%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 63%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 58%
Carrie Meek 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
Dan Miller 46%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 33%
John Moakley 33%
Alan Mollohan 4%
Dennis Moore 29%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 18%
Jack Murtha 8%
Sue Myrick 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 21%
Don Nickles 18%
Anne Northup 21%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 38%
James Nussle 42%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 54%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 13%
Doug Ose 17%
Major Owens 33%
Michael Oxley 29%
Ron Paul 83%
Donald Payne 38%
John Peterson 29%
David Phelps 29%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
Richard Pombo 38%
Earl Pomeroy 17%
Deborah Pryce 38%
Jack Quinn 4%
George Radanovich 42%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 13%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
Bob Riley 29%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 58%
Ciro Rodriguez 17%
Timothy Roemer 46%
Steve Rothman 33%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 42%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 17%
Rick Santorum 24%
Paul Sarbanes 65%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
John Shadegg 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 42%
Christopher Shays 67%
Donald Sherwood 25%
Ronnie Shows 29%
Norman Sisisky 13%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Ike Skelton 17%
Gordon Smith 24%
Nick Smith 50%
Bob Smith 24%
Olympia Snowe 41%
Vic Snyder 17%
Mark Souder 29%
Arlen Specter 59%
Floyd Spence 25%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 50%
Cliff Stearns 54%
Charles Stenholm 33%
Ted Stevens 18%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob Stump 25%
Bart Stupak 17%
John Sununu 63%
John Sweeney 21%
Tom Tancredo 75%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 21%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 54%
Craig Thomas 24%
William Thomas 21%
Fred Thompson 29%
Karen Thurman 25%
Strom Thurmond 18%
Todd Tiahrt 25%
Robert Torricelli 35%
Ed Towns 29%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
James Turner 13%
George Voinovich 35%
James Walsh 21%
Zach Wamp 42%
John Warner 24%
Wesley Watkins 17%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
Anthony Weiner 33%
David Weldon 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 29%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 65%
Robert Wexler 42%
Heather Wilson 21%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
David Wu 38%
Albert Wynn 21%

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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