| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
| David Edward Bonior | 100% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | 100% | ||||
| Cardiss Collins | 100% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| William Coyne | 100% | ||||
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 100% |
| Ronald Dellums | 100% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Floyd Flake | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Foglietta | 100% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 100% |
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | ||||
| John Moakley | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 100% |
| Pete Stark | 100% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| Sidney Yates | 100% | ||||
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 93% |
| Anthony Beilenson | 93% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 93% | ||||
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 93% |
| Elizabeth Furse | 93% | ||||
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 93% |
| Maurice Hinchey | 93% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 93% |
| Harry Johnston | 93% | ||||
| Karen McCarthy | 93% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 93% |
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 93% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 93% | ||||
| John Olver | 93% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 93% |
| Patricia Schroeder | 93% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 93% |
| Gerry Studds | 93% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 93% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 93% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 93% |
| Lynn Woolsey | 93% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 93% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 92% | ||||
| Louis Stokes | 92% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 90% |
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | 90% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 87% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 87% |
| Julian Dixon | 87% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 87% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 87% |
| Cleo Fields | 87% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 87% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 87% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 87% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 87% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 87% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 87% |
| Martin Meehan | 87% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 87% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 87% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 87% |
| Martin Olav Sabo | 87% | ||||
| David Skaggs | 87% | ||||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | 86% | ||||
| Pat Williams | 82% | ||||
| John Baldacci | 80% | ||||
| Thomas Campbell | 80% | ||||
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 80% |
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 80% |
| Victor Fazio | 80% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 80% | ||||
| William Luther | 80% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 80% |
| David Minge | 80% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 80% |
| Earl Pomeroy | 80% | ||||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 80% | ||||
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 80% |
| Gary Ackerman | 79% | ||||
| Sam Gibbons | 79% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 79% |
| Tom Lantos | 79% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 79% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 79% |
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 77% | ||||
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 73% | |
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 73% |
| John Bryant | 73% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 73% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 73% |
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 73% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 73% |
| Constance Morella | 73% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 73% |
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 73% |
| Bart Stupak | 73% | ||||
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 73% |
| Ray Thornton | 73% | ||||
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 73% |
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 69% | ||||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 67% | ||||
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 67% |
| Norm Dicks | 67% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 67% |
| Calvin Dooley | 67% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 67% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 67% |
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 67% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 67% | ||||
| Blanche Lincoln | 67% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 67% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 67% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 67% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 67% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 67% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 67% |
| Karen Thurman | 67% | ||||
| Harold Volkmer | 62% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 60% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 60% |
| Peter Deutsch | 60% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 60% |
| Jane Harman | 60% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 60% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 60% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 60% | ||||
| Paul McHale | 60% | ||||
| Bill Orton | 60% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 60% | ||||
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 60% |
| Henry Scott Baesler | 57% | ||||
| James Barcia | 57% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 57% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 57% |
| John Spratt, Jr. | 57% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 54% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | Republican | 53% | |
| Ronald Coleman | 53% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 53% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 53% |
| Bart Gordon | 53% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 53% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 53% | ||||
| Frank Mascara | 53% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 53% | ||||
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 53% |
| Bill Richardson | 53% | ||||
| Charles Rose III | 53% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 53% |
| Christopher Shays | 53% | ||||
| Michael Ward | 53% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 50% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 50% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 50% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 47% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 47% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 47% | ||||
| Jon David Fox | 47% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 47% | ||||
| James Leach | 47% | ||||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | 47% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 47% | ||||
| Richard Zimmer | 47% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 46% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 43% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 40% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 40% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 40% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 40% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 40% | ||||
| Thomas Holden | 40% | ||||
| Ronald Klink | 40% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 40% | ||||
| Steve LaTourette | 40% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 40% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 40% |
| Owen Pickett | 40% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 40% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 40% |
| Brian Bilbray | 38% | ||||
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 38% |
| Steven Schiff | 38% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 36% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 36% | ||||
| Pete Peterson | 36% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 36% |
| Charles Stenholm | 36% | ||||
| Frank Tejeda | 36% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 33% | ||||
| Tom Bevill | 33% | ||||
| Bill Brewster | 33% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 33% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 33% | ||||
| Frank Arnold Cremeans | 33% | ||||
| E. Kika de la Garza | 33% | ||||
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
| John Ensign | 33% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 33% | ||||
| Mark Foley | 33% | ||||
| Enid Greene | 33% | ||||
| Ray LaHood | 33% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 33% |
| Bill Martini | 33% | ||||
| Jack Metcalf | 33% | ||||
| Mark Neumann | 33% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 33% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
| Norman Sisisky | 33% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 33% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 31% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 31% |
| Susan Molinari | 30% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 29% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 29% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 29% | ||||
| Charles Wilson | 29% | ||||
| Peter Blute | 27% | ||||
| Jim Bunn | 27% | ||||
| Gary Franks | 27% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 27% |
| John Ganske | 27% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 27% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 27% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 27% |
| Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman | 27% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 27% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 27% | ||||
| James Longley, Jr. | 27% | ||||
| Joseph McDade | 27% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 27% | ||||
| Toby Roth | 27% | ||||
| SC | U.S. House | 1 | Mark Sanford, Jr. | Republican | 27% |
| Linda Smith | 27% | ||||
| John Tanner | 27% | ||||
| Peter Torkildsen | 27% | ||||
| James Walsh | 27% | ||||
| Bill Zeliff | 27% | ||||
| Philip English | 25% | ||||
| John McHugh | 23% | ||||
| Jan Meyers | 23% | ||||
| Jim Chapman | 21% | ||||
| Steven Gunderson | 21% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 21% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 21% | ||||
| Charlie Bass | 20% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 20% |
| Wes Cooley | 20% | ||||
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 20% | |
| Michael Patrick Forbes | 20% | ||||
| Dan Frisa | 20% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 20% | ||||
| Martin Hoke | 20% | ||||
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 20% | |
| Sue Kelly | 20% | ||||
| Jim Lightfoot | 20% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 20% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 20% |
| Frank Duncan Riggs | 20% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 20% |
| Gene Taylor | 20% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 20% | ||||
| Barbara Vucanovich | 20% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 20% |
| Paul Gillmor | 15% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 15% | ||||
| John Nathan Hostettler | 14% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 14% | ||||
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 13% |
| William Baker | 13% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 13% |
| Herbert Bateman | 13% | ||||
| Sonny Bono | 13% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 13% |
| William Clinger | 13% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 13% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Flanagan | 13% | ||||
| Pete Geren | 13% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 13% |
| William Goodling | 13% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 13% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 13% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 13% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 13% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 13% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 13% |
| G.V. Montgomery | 13% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 13% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 13% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 13% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 13% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 13% |
| Joe Scarborough | 13% | ||||
| Andrea Seastrand | 13% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 36 | Steve Stockman | Republican | 13% |
| Randy Tate | 13% | ||||
| Todd Tiahrt | 13% | ||||
| Zach Wamp | 13% | ||||
| Rick White | 13% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 13% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 13% |
| Randall Cunningham | 8% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 7% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 7% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 7% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 7% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 7% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 7% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 7% | ||
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 7% |
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | 7% | ||||
| Dick Chrysler | 7% | ||||
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 7% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 7% |
| Robert Dornan | 7% | ||||
| Bill Emerson | 7% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 7% | ||||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | 7% | ||||
| David Funderburk | 7% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 7% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 7% | ||||
| Melton Hancock | 7% | ||||
| James Hansen | 7% | ||||
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Doc Hastings | Republican | 7% |
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | 7% | ||||
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 7% |
| Joseph Knollenberg | 7% | ||||
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Tom Latham | Republican | 7% |
| Greg Laughlin | 7% | ||||
| John Linder | 7% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 7% | ||||
| Don Manzullo | 7% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 7% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 7% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 7% | ||||
| Carlos Moorhead | 7% | ||||
| John Myers | 7% | ||||
| James Nussle | 7% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 7% | ||||
| James Quillen | 7% | ||||
| E.G. Shuster | 7% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 7% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 7% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 7% | ||||
| James Talent | 7% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 7% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 7% | ||||
| William Thomas | 7% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 7% |
| Robert Walker | 7% | ||||
| David Weldon | 7% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 7% |
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 7% |
| Bill Archer | 0% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 0% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 0% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 0% |
| Ed Bryant | 0% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 0% | ||||
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 0% |
| Dan Burton | 0% | ||||
| Jon Lynn Christensen | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Jr | Thomas Coburn | Republican | 0% |
| Michael Collins | 0% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 0% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 0% | ||||
| Barbara Cubin | 0% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 0% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 0% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 0% | ||||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 0% | ||||
| George Gekas | 0% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 0% | ||||
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 0% |
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 0% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 0% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 0% |
| Jay Kim | 0% | ||||
| Stephen Largent | 0% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 0% | ||||
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 0% |
| David McIntosh | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 0% |
| Sue Myrick | 0% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 0% | ||||
| William Paxon | 0% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 0% | ||||
| George Radanovich | 0% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. House | 5 | Matthew Salmon | Republican | 0% |
| Daniel Schaefer | 0% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 0% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 0% |
| Mark Souder | 0% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 0% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 0% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 0% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation
1995-1996 Peace and Justice Score
Issues:
Foreign Affairs
How to Interpret these Evaluations
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