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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 55%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 70%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 64%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 82%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 45%
Bill Archer 27%
Richard Armey 9%
John Ashcroft 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 36%
Brian Baird 73%
Richard Hugh Baker 9%
John Baldacci 64%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 91%
Cass Ballenger 9%
James Barcia 45%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
Bill Barrett 18%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
Charlie Bass 18%
Herbert Bateman 18%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 64%
Evan Bayh 73%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
Bob Bennett 9%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Shelley Berkley 36%
Howard Berman 70%
Marion Berry 55%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
Judy Biggert 27%
Brian Bilbray 27%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 73%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
Rod Blagojevich 54%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 18%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 9%
David Edward Bonior 82%
Mary Bono Mack 27%
Robert Borski, Jr. 55%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 55%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 91%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 60%
John Breaux 36%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 45%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 82%
Ed Bryant 27%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 73%
Herbert Callahan 18%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 45%
Ben Campbell 0%
Thomas Campbell 67%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 18%
Chris Cannon 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
Julia Carson 91%
Mike Castle 45%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 36%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 73%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 57%
Eva Clayton 45%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 55%
Robert Clement 55%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 18%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 9%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 27%
Larry Combest 27%
Gary Condit 27%
Kent Conrad 64%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
Merrill Cook 10%
John Cooksey 10%
Jerry Costello 54%
Christopher Cox 18%
William Coyne 82%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 36%
Philip Crane 20%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 64%
Barbara Cubin 27%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 44%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 27%
Thomas Daschle 67%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 91%
James Davis 55%
Thomas Davis III 18%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 80%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 55%
Thomas DeLay 9%
James DeMint 18%
Peter Deutsch 36%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 18%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Jay Dickey 27%
Norm Dicks 64%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 64%
Julian Dixon 63%
Chris Dodd 70%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 55%
John Doolittle 9%
Byron Dorgan 82%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
David Dreier 18%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
Jennifer Dunn 27%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 73%
John Edwards 73%
Chet Edwards 64%
Vern Ehlers 82%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 18%
Jo Ann Emerson 18%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 73%
Philip English 36%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 91%
Bob Etheridge 55%
Lane Evans 73%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 18%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 64%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 55%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 90%
Peter Fitzgerald 18%
Ernest Fletcher 36%
Mark Foley 27%
Michael Patrick Forbes 22%
Harold Ford, Jr. 56%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 9%
Barney Frank 73%
Robert Franks 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 9%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 64%
Elton Gallegly 27%
John Ganske 54%
Sam Gejdenson 55%
George Gekas 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 73%
Jim Gibbons 18%
Wayne Gilchrest 36%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 18%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
William Goodling 18%
Bart Gordon 55%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 9%
Daniel Graham 64%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
Mark Green 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 64%
James Greenwood 27%
Judd Gregg 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 64%
Gilbert Gutknecht 36%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 55%
Tony Hall 73%
James Hansen 18%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 82%
J. Dennis Hastert 14%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 9%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 27%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Baron Hill 54%
Rick Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 45%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 64%
Maurice Hinchey 82%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 73%
David Lee Hobson 18%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 55%
Pete Hoekstra 45%
Thomas Holden 45%
Ernest Hollings 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 73%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Stephen Horn 36%
John Nathan Hostettler 9%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 70%
Kenny Hulshof 45%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 18%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 60%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 64%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 30%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 91%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 82%
William Jefferson 54%
James Merrill Jeffords 82%
William Lewis Jenkins 36%
Christopher John 45%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 64%
Nancy Johnson 36%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 18%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 30%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 82%
Patrick Kennedy 55%
Bob Kerrey 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 73%
Dale Kildee 64%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 18%
Gerald Kleczka 73%
Ronald Klink 56%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Herb Kohl 91%
James Kolbe 18%
Dennis Kucinich 70%
Steven Kuykendall 27%
Jon Kyl 9%
John LaFalce 64%
Ray LaHood 27%
Nicholas Lampson 55%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 64%
Tom Lantos 45%
Stephen Largent 36%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 55%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 18%
Steve LaTourette 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 82%
Rick Lazio 20%
James Leach 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
Jerry Lewis 9%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 78%
Ron Lewis 18%
Joe Lieberman 82%
Blanche Lincoln 73%
John Linder 18%
William Lipinski 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 36%
Dick Lugar 18%
William Luther 91%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
James Maloney 36%
Don Manzullo 36%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
Matthew Martinez 9%
Frank Mascara 55%
Robert Matsui 73%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 18%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
Karen McCarthy 73%
Bill McCollum 9%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
James McCrery III 18%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 91%
John McHugh 27%
Scott McInnis 30%
David McIntosh 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 82%
Michael McNulty 44%
Martin Meehan 91%
Carrie Meek 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 54%
Jack Metcalf 18%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 63%
Dan Miller 18%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 91%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 64%
John Moakley 73%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 54%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 55%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
Constance Morella 73%
Patrick Moynihan 73%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 73%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 27%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 55%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 27%
Robert William Ney 18%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 54%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 45%
Doug Ose 18%
Major Owens 91%
Michael Oxley 18%
Ronald Packard 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 54%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 36%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 64%
Ron Paul 64%
Donald Payne 73%
Edward Pease 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 54%
John Peterson 18%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 64%
David Phelps 45%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 27%
Owen Pickett 36%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 18%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
John Edward Porter 64%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 82%
Deborah Pryce 27%
Jack Quinn 13%
George Radanovich 9%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 45%
James Ramstad 73%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 82%
Ralph Regula 18%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 82%
Silvestre Reyes 45%
Thomas Reynolds 9%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Charles Robb 73%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 55%
Timothy Roemer 60%
James Rogan 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 9%
William Roth, Jr. 18%
Steve Rothman 45%
Marge Roukema 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 27%
Jim Ryun 18%
Martin Olav Sabo 82%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 60%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 64%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 55%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 73%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 73%
Jim Saxton 9%
Joe Scarborough 10%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 45%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 70%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
John Shadegg 22%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 9%
Christopher Shays 73%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 73%
Donald Sherwood 36%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 18%
Ronnie Shows 27%
E.G. Shuster 9%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 18%
Norman Sisisky 36%
Joseph Skeen 9%
Ike Skelton 54%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 27%
Gordon Smith 18%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 18%
Nick Smith 50%
Bob Smith 9%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Vic Snyder 45%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 55%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 64%
Pete Stark 91%
Cliff Stearns 9%
Charles Stenholm 64%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 64%
Bob Stump 18%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sununu 36%
John Sweeney 18%
James Talent 27%
Tom Tancredo 9%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 55%
William Tauzin 9%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 45%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 18%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 45%
Fred Thompson 9%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 27%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 36%
Karen Thurman 55%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 27%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 91%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 27%
Robert Torricelli 64%
Ed Towns 89%
James Traficant, Jr. 27%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 73%
James Turner 64%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 73%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 80%
Bruce Vento 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
George Voinovich 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 18%
James Walsh 27%
Zach Wamp 36%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Wesley Watkins 18%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 9%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 18%
Gerald Weller 18%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 55%
Bob Weygand 55%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 18%
Heather Wilson 20%
Bob Wise, Jr. 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 9%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
David Wu 82%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 82%
Albert Wynn 54%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 9%
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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