Rating Group: American Bar Association
1999-2000 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House-4 | Robert Aderholt | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 75% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 33% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-5 | Mike Thompson | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-13 | Barbara Lee | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-24 | Lois Capps | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-30 | Brad Sherman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-31 | Gary Miller | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-32 | Grace Napolitano | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-46 | Loretta Sanchez | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 0% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. House-1 | Diana DeGette | D | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House-1 | John Larson | D | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-1 | Jefferson Miller | R | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 25% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 75% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 75% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 50% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 100% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 25% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. House-2 | Mike Simpson | R | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-7 | Danny Davis | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-15 | John Shimkus | R | 25% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 0% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jerry Moran | R | 50% |
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 0% |
| KY | Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | Kenneth Lucas | D | 75% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 100% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 25% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-6 | John Tierney | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-7 | Mike Capuano | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-7 | Elijah Cummings | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 0% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 25% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 75% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 75% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 25% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roy Blunt | R | 0% |
| MO | U.S. House-1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 100% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 67% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 0% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 25% |
| NC | U.S. House-4 | David Price | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 25% |
| NC | U.S. House-7 | Mike McIntyre | D | 75% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 100% |
| NE | U.S. House-2 | Lee Terry | R | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House-4 | Carolyn McCarthy | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-5 | Gregory Meeks | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-10 | Jerry Nadler | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-14 | Joe Crowley | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 75% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Jr | Rob Portman | R | 25% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 0% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 0% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 75% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 33% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 0% |
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 0% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-2 | Greg Walden | R | 0% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Pat Toomey | R | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House-1 | Bob Brady | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-9 | Bill Shuster | R | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House-14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-16 | Joe Pitts | R | 0% |
| PA | Commissioner-At-Large | Joseph Hoeffel | Other | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
| RI | Governor | Linc Chafee | I | 50% |
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 50% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 75% |
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 100% |
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House-3 | Sam Johnson | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 25% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-8 | Kevin Brady | R | 25% |
| TX | U.S. House-12 | Kay Granger | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-13 | Mac Thornberry | R | 25% |
| TX | U.S. House-15 | Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 75% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-32 | Pete Sessions | R | 25% |
| TX | U.S. House-35 | Lloyd Doggett | D | 100% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 75% |
| VA | U.S. House-6 | Bob Goodlatte | R | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 50% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 75% |
| WA | U.S. House-9 | Adam Smith | D | 75% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-1 | Paul Ryan | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-3 | Ron Kind | D | 75% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 25% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 50% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 0% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 100% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Allen | Other | 100% | ||
| Brian Baird | Other | 75% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 0% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 0% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 0% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 25% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 0% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 50% | ||
| Shelley Berkley | Other | 100% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 100% | ||
| Marion Berry | Other | 100% | ||
| Judy Biggert | Other | 25% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 25% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 100% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 100% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 0% | ||
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 0% | ||
| Mary Bono Mack | Other | 25% | ||
| Leonard Boswell | Other | 75% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 75% | ||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | Other | 75% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 0% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 0% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 0% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 100% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 0% | ||
| Chris Cannon | Other | 25% | ||
| Julia Carson | Other | 75% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Collins | Other | 25% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 67% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 75% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 0% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 50% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 0% | ||
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 0% | ||
| Randall Cunningham | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 100% | ||
| James Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 75% | ||
| Bill Delahunt | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 0% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Deutsch | Other | 100% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 75% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Calvin Dooley | Other | 100% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 0% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 100% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 0% | ||
| Jennifer Dunn | Other | 0% | ||
| John Edwards | Other | 100% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 100% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 25% | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Other | 0% | ||
| Philip English | Other | 0% | ||
| Bob Etheridge | Other | 75% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 100% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 0% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 100% | ||
| Peter Fitzgerald | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Foley | Other | 50% | ||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 100% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 0% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 100% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 50% | ||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Gibbons | Other | 25% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 75% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 25% | ||
| Charlie Gonzalez | Other | 100% | ||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 75% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Green | Other | 0% | ||
| James Greenwood | Other | 100% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 0% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 0% | ||
| J. Dennis Hastert | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Hayes | Other | 0% | ||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 25% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Baron Hill | Other | 75% | ||
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 0% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 75% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 100% | ||
| Darlene Hooley | Other | 100% | ||
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 0% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Kenny Hulshof | Other | 50% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 25% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 0% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 25% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 100% | ||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| William Jefferson | Other | 75% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 0% | ||
| William Lewis Jenkins | Other | 25% | ||
| Christopher John | Other | 25% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 75% | ||
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 75% | ||
| Sue Kelly | Other | 75% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 100% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 100% | ||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 0% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 100% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Kucinich | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 0% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 25% | ||
| Nicholas Lampson | Other | 75% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 75% | ||
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 75% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 100% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 0% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 0% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 100% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 100% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 0% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 100% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 33% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 100% | ||
| Karen McCarthy | Other | 100% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 0% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 50% | ||
| Scott McInnis | Other | 0% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 100% | ||
| Martin Meehan | Other | 100% | ||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Other | 100% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 50% | ||
| Dennis Moore | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 50% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 0% | ||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 0% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 0% | ||
| Anne Northup | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 25% | ||
| James Nussle | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 75% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 75% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 100% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 75% | ||
| Doug Ose | Other | 50% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 0% | ||
| Ron Paul | Other | 0% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 100% | ||
| John Peterson | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Pombo | Other | 0% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 100% | ||
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 25% | ||
| Jack Quinn | Other | 75% | ||
| George Radanovich | Other | 0% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 75% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 50% | ||
| Silvestre Reyes | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Reynolds | Other | 25% | ||
| Ciro Rodriguez | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve Rothman | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Ryun | Other | 0% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 75% | ||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | Other | 75% | ||
| Rick Santorum | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 50% | ||
| John Shadegg | Other | 0% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 50% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 100% | ||
| Donald Sherwood | Other | 25% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 75% | ||
| Gordon Smith | Other | 0% | ||
| Nick Smith | Other | 25% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 0% | ||
| Vic Snyder | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 0% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 67% | ||
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 50% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 0% | ||
| Ted Strickland | Other | 75% | ||
| Bart Stupak | Other | 75% | ||
| John Sununu | Other | 0% | ||
| John Sweeney | Other | 25% | ||
| Tom Tancredo | Other | 0% | ||
| John Tanner | Other | 50% | ||
| Ellen Tauscher | Other | 100% | ||
| William Tauzin | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 0% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 50% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 0% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 100% | ||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Other | 100% | ||
| James Turner | Other | 75% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 33% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 75% | ||
| Zach Wamp | Other | 50% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 33% | ||
| Anthony Weiner | Other | 100% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 25% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 75% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Wexler | Other | 100% | ||
| Heather Wilson | Other | 50% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Wu | Other | 100% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 100% |
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.