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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

2000 Positions

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