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Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 71%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 42%
Gary Ackerman 64%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 46%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Wayne Allard 33%
Thomas Allen 57%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 79%
Bill Archer 36%
Richard Armey 36%
John Ashcroft 42%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
Brian Baird 57%
Richard Hugh Baker 31%
John Baldacci 71%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50%
Cass Ballenger 36%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 57%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 64%
Bill Barrett 29%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 38%
Charlie Bass 36%
Herbert Bateman 36%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 42%
Evan Bayh 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 71%
Bob Bennett 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 71%
Douglas Bereuter 29%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Howard Berman 79%
Marion Berry 62%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
Judy Biggert 29%
Brian Bilbray 58%
Michael Bilirakis 46%
Jeff Bingaman 42%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
Rod Blagojevich 77%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 43%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 64%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 36%
Kit Bond 42%
Henry Bonilla 46%
David Edward Bonior 71%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 71%
Leonard Boswell 64%
Rick Boucher 54%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 57%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 71%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 57%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 36%
Jim Bunning 42%
Conrad Burns 42%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 36%
Dan Burton 43%
Steve Buyer 29%
Robert Byrd 58%
Herbert Callahan 43%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 38%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 43%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 43%
Chris Cannon 57%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 64%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 64%
Julia Carson 58%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 43%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 43%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
William Clay, Sr. 58%
Eva Clayton 58%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 42%
Robert Clement 71%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 54%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 45%
Michael Collins 43%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
Larry Combest 38%
Gary Condit 57%
Kent Conrad 42%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 57%
Merrill Cook 43%
John Cooksey 57%
Jerry Costello 71%
Paul Coverdell 42%
Christopher Cox 21%
William Coyne 64%
Larry Craig 33%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 43%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 64%
Barbara Cubin 36%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 57%
Randall Cunningham 38%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 64%
James Davis 71%
Thomas Davis III 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 43%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 57%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 43%
Bill Delahunt 71%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 71%
Thomas DeLay 36%
James DeMint 36%
Peter Deutsch 62%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 43%
Norm Dicks 71%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 50%
Julian Dixon 64%
Chris Dodd 50%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 43%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 36%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 43%
Byron Dorgan 42%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 79%
David Dreier 29%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 57%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 33%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 69%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 29%
Jo Ann Emerson 43%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 64%
Philip English 43%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
Bob Etheridge 71%
Lane Evans 64%
Terry Everett 43%
Thomas Ewing 38%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 50%
Russ Feingold 42%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 42%
Ernest Fletcher 38%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 79%
Harold Ford, Jr. 71%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 36%
Tillie Fowler 29%
Barney Frank 75%
Robert Franks 57%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
William Frist 33%
Jonas Frost III 71%
Elton Gallegly 36%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 64%
George Gekas 21%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 79%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 64%
Paul Gillmor 29%
Benjamin Gilman 38%
Charlie Gonzalez 64%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 57%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 29%
William Goodling 29%
Bart Gordon 64%
Slade Gorton 33%
Porter Goss 29%
Daniel Graham 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 38%
William Phillip Gramm 50%
Rodney Grams 42%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 31%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 42%
Mark Green 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 71%
James Greenwood 71%
Judd Gregg 42%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 54%
Gilbert Gutknecht 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
Tony Hall 71%
James Hansen 38%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 58%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 64%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 43%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
Robert Hayes 57%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 36%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 42%
Wally Herger, Jr. 36%
Baron Hill 57%
Rick Hill 43%
Van Hilleary 38%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 62%
Maurice Hinchey 67%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 79%
David Lee Hobson 21%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 64%
Pete Hoekstra 38%
Thomas Holden 77%
Ernest Hollings 45%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 57%
Darlene Hooley 71%
Stephen Horn 36%
John Nathan Hostettler 43%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 71%
Kenny Hulshof 38%
Duncan Hunter 57%
Asa Hutchinson 29%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Kay Hutchison 33%
Henry Hyde 46%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 33%
Daniel Inouye 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 43%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 14%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 71%
William Jefferson 92%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Christopher John 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 64%
Nancy Johnson 46%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 43%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 42%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 57%
Paul Kanjorski 71%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 62%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 25%
Sue Kelly 43%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 64%
Patrick Kennedy 69%
Bob Kerrey 58%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 58%
Dale Kildee 71%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 57%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
Gerald Kleczka 57%
Ronald Klink 79%
Joseph Knollenberg 29%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 36%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
Steven Kuykendall 36%
Jon Kyl 58%
John LaFalce 64%
Ray LaHood 43%
Nicholas Lampson 57%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
Tom Lantos 73%
Stephen Largent 38%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 36%
Steve LaTourette 43%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 58%
Rick Lazio 43%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 58%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
Jerry Lewis 23%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 62%
Ron Lewis 43%
Joe Lieberman 67%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 43%
William Lipinski 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 43%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 64%
Dick Lugar 67%
William Luther 67%
Connie Mack 58%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 64%
James Maloney 71%
Don Manzullo 43%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 64%
Matthew Martinez 64%
Frank Mascara 64%
Robert Matsui 71%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
Karen McCarthy 71%
Bill McCollum 43%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 58%
James McCrery III 29%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 56%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 64%
John McHugh 38%
Scott McInnis 50%
David McIntosh 38%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 29%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 57%
Michael McNulty 62%
Martin Meehan 79%
Carrie Meek 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
Jack Metcalf 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 36%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 64%
Dan Miller 38%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 57%
David Minge 58%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 64%
John Moakley 77%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 71%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 79%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 54%
Constance Morella 79%
Patrick Moynihan 58%
Frank Murkowski 42%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
Jack Murtha 64%
Sue Myrick 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 54%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 71%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 36%
Robert William Ney 50%
Don Nickles 33%
Anne Northup 23%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 54%
James Nussle 43%
Jim Oberstar 43%
Dave Obey 50%
John Olver 58%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 62%
Doug Ose 36%
Major Owens 69%
Michael Oxley 36%
Ronald Packard 43%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 76%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 71%
Ron Paul 36%
Donald Payne 50%
Edward Pease 36%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 57%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
John Peterson 38%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 36%
David Phelps 64%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 31%
Owen Pickett 46%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 29%
Richard Pombo 43%
Earl Pomeroy 71%
John Edward Porter 64%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
Deborah Pryce 42%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 38%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 71%
James Ramstad 43%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 62%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 58%
Ralph Regula 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
Silvestre Reyes 69%
Thomas Reynolds 36%
Bob Riley 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 57%
Charles Robb 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 58%
Ciro Rodriguez 79%
Timothy Roemer 71%
James Rogan 43%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 36%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
William Roth, Jr. 58%
Steve Rothman 71%
Marge Roukema 43%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 36%
Jim Ryun 43%
Martin Olav Sabo 54%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 79%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 57%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 62%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 57%
Rick Santorum 50%
Paul Sarbanes 58%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 64%
Jim Saxton 43%
Joe Scarborough 57%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 43%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 57%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 57%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 43%
John Shadegg 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 36%
Christopher Shays 54%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 71%
Donald Sherwood 43%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 43%
Ronnie Shows 57%
E.G. Shuster 45%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 36%
Norman Sisisky 57%
Joseph Skeen 29%
Ike Skelton 58%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 62%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Gordon Smith 58%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 36%
Nick Smith 36%
Bob Smith 42%
Olympia Snowe 42%
Vic Snyder 64%
Mark Souder 43%
Arlen Specter 42%
Floyd Spence 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 64%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
Pete Stark 58%
Cliff Stearns 36%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 42%
Ted Strickland 57%
Bob Stump 43%
Bart Stupak 71%
John Sununu 25%
John Sweeney 50%
James Talent 43%
Tom Tancredo 57%
John Tanner 64%
Ellen Tauscher 79%
William Tauzin 31%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 36%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 71%
Fred Thompson 50%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 79%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 29%
Karen Thurman 71%
Strom Thurmond 42%
Todd Tiahrt 43%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 57%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 21%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Ed Towns 73%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 46%
James Turner 57%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 71%
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 57%
Bruce Vento 57%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 57%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 29%
George Voinovich 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
James Walsh 46%
Zach Wamp 57%
John Warner 58%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
Wesley Watkins 36%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 57%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 29%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 69%
Anthony Weiner 64%
David Weldon 43%
W. Curtis Weldon 36%
Gerald Weller 38%
Paul Wellstone 42%
Robert Wexler 71%
Bob Weygand 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 36%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 36%
Heather Wilson 29%
Bob Wise, Jr. 57%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 54%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
David Wu 57%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 58%
Albert Wynn 69%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 36%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%

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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