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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
Gary Ackerman 79%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 92%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 15%
George Allen 23%
Thomas Allen 77%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
Richard Armey 7%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 21%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
John Baldacci 71%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 85%
Cass Ballenger 14%
James Barcia 36%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 79%
Roscoe Bartlett 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 21%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 54%
Evan Bayh 77%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
Bob Bennett 8%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 50%
Douglas Bereuter 36%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Howard Berman 79%
Marion Berry 36%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 92%
Judy Biggert 36%
Michael Bilirakis 7%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
Rod Blagojevich 71%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 92%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 23%
Sherwood Boehlert 43%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 14%
David Edward Bonior 86%
Mary Bono Mack 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 64%
Leonard Boswell 57%
Rick Boucher 77%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 46%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 71%
John Breaux 31%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
Henry Brown, Jr. 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 79%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 8%
Ed Bryant 14%
Jim Bunning 8%
Conrad Burns 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 77%
Herbert Callahan 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
Ben Campbell 15%
Chris Cannon 7%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 14%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 79%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 64%
Jean Carnahan 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 85%
Brad Carson 43%
Julia Carson 79%
Mike Castle 43%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 14%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 62%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 79%
Eva Clayton 86%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 62%
Robert Clement 57%
Hillary Clinton 77%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 79%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 8%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
Larry Combest 14%
Gary Condit 43%
Kent Conrad 77%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 14%
Jon Corzine 92%
Jerry Costello 36%
Christopher Cox 7%
William Coyne 93%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 29%
Philip Crane 7%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 71%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 79%
Randall Cunningham 14%
Thomas Daschle 92%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 93%
James Davis 64%
Jo Ann Davis 7%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 43%
Thomas Davis III 36%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 7%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 71%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 93%
Bill Delahunt 92%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 79%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 8%
Peter Deutsch 71%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 23%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
Norm Dicks 71%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 57%
Chris Dodd 85%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
Calvin Dooley 43%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 77%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 57%
David Dreier 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 7%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 14%
Jo Ann Emerson 42%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Philip English 29%
John Ensign 23%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 79%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 71%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 93%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
Michael Ferguson 29%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 29%
Ernest Fletcher 14%
Mark Foley 14%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 71%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 14%
Barney Frank 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 21%
William Frist 8%
Jonas Frost III 57%
Elton Gallegly 14%
John Ganske 38%
George Gekas 21%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 71%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 21%
Charlie Gonzalez 79%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 21%
Bart Gordon 50%
Porter Goss 21%
Daniel Graham 85%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
William Phillip Gramm 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 14%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 29%
Mark Green 21%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 43%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 8%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 21%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 79%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 7%
Tony Hall 64%
James Hansen 8%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 92%
Jane Harman 62%
Melissa Hart 7%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 79%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 7%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 7%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 21%
Baron Hill 64%
Van Hilleary 7%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 71%
Maurice Hinchey 92%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 54%
David Lee Hobson 14%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 71%
Pete Hoekstra 21%
Thomas Holden 43%
Ernest Hollings 85%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
Darlene Hooley 71%
Stephen Horn 29%
John Nathan Hostettler 7%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 57%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 62%
Kenny Hulshof 29%
Duncan Hunter 8%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 7%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 8%
Daniel Inouye 83%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 79%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 31%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 7%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 71%
William Jefferson 79%
James Merrill Jeffords 69%
William Lewis Jenkins 7%
Christopher John 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
Tim Johnson 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 64%
Ric Keller 7%
Sue Kelly 43%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 92%
Mark Kennedy 36%
Patrick Kennedy 62%
Brian Kerns 7%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 57%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 7%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 29%
Gerald Kleczka 79%
Joseph Knollenberg 14%
Herb Kohl 92%
James Kolbe 21%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
Jon Kyl 8%
John LaFalce 79%
Ray LaHood 36%
Nicholas Lampson 69%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 57%
Tom Lantos 64%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 57%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 27%
Steve LaTourette 14%
James Leach 57%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
Jerry Lewis 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
Ron Lewis 7%
Joe Lieberman 69%
Blanche Lincoln 69%
John Linder 14%
William Lipinski 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 14%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 29%
Dick Lugar 8%
William Luther 79%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
James Maloney 36%
Don Manzullo 21%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 79%
Frank Mascara 21%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 57%
Robert Matsui 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 38%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 64%
Karen McCarthy 86%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
James McCrery III 14%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
John McHugh 31%
Scott McInnis 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 79%
Martin Meehan 86%
Carrie Meek 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 43%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 77%
Dan Miller 15%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 79%
Zell Bryan Miller 31%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 85%
Alan Mollohan 36%
Dennis Moore 50%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 64%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 21%
Constance Morella 71%
Frank Murkowski 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
Jack Murtha 36%
Sue Myrick 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 86%
Ben Nelson 38%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 77%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 21%
Robert William Ney 7%
Don Nickles 15%
Anne Northup 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 86%
Dave Obey 71%
John Olver 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 36%
Thomas William Osborne 29%
Doug Ose 21%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 14%
Major Owens 85%
Michael Oxley 14%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 57%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 79%
Ron Paul 46%
Donald Payne 86%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
John Peterson 21%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 29%
David Phelps 21%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 7%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 14%
Todd Platts 21%
Richard Pombo 7%
Earl Pomeroy 79%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
Deborah Pryce 21%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 14%
Jack Quinn 15%
George Radanovich 7%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
James Ramstad 43%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
Ralph Regula 14%
Denny Rehberg 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 92%
Silvestre Reyes 36%
Thomas Reynolds 21%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
Timothy Roemer 64%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 8%
Mike Ross 29%
Steve Rothman 54%
Marge Roukema 29%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 21%
Jim Ryun 7%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 43%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 85%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 71%
Jim Saxton 23%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 43%
Edward Schrock 14%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 7%
John Shadegg 7%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 15%
Christopher Shays 43%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 71%
Donald Sherwood 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 29%
Ronnie Shows 29%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 20%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 29%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 29%
Joseph Skeen 14%
Ike Skelton 29%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 21%
Gordon Smith 38%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
Nick Smith 21%
Bob Smith 8%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 69%
Hilda Solis 92%
Mark Souder 7%
Arlen Specter 54%
John Spratt, Jr. 38%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 85%
Cliff Stearns 7%
Charles Stenholm 36%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 57%
Bob Stump 8%
Bart Stupak 57%
John Sununu 14%
John Sweeney 29%
Tom Tancredo 7%
John Tanner 38%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
William Tauzin 14%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 29%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
Craig Thomas 17%
William Thomas 14%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 71%
Fred Thompson 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 31%
Karen Thurman 71%
Strom Thurmond 15%
Todd Tiahrt 14%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 86%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 21%
Robert Torricelli 54%
Ed Towns 69%
James Traficant, Jr. 7%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 93%
James Turner 43%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 79%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 86%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 54%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
George Voinovich 23%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 21%
James Walsh 29%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 23%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 86%
Wesley Watkins 14%
Diane Watson 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 14%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
Anthony Weiner 93%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 23%
Gerald Weller 14%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 14%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 14%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 7%
Lynn Woolsey 86%
David Wu 86%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
Albert Wynn 79%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 21%
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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