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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Born Free USA

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Howard Berman 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 100%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
Jane Harman 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 89%
Brian Baird 89%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 89%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 89%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 89%
Dale Kildee 89%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 89%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 89%
Martin Meehan 89%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 89%
Hilda Solis 89%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
Robert Wexler 89%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
David Wu 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
Norm Dicks 88%
Chris Dodd 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
James Greenwood 88%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 88%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
Paul Sarbanes 88%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
Sherwood Boehlert 86%
Julia Carson 86%
Hillary Clinton 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
Sue Kelly 86%
James Kolbe 86%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
Joe Lieberman 86%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
Karen McCarthy 86%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
John Olver 86%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
Rick Santorum 86%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 86%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 86%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
Judy Biggert 83%
Michael Bilirakis 83%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 83%
John Ensign 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Daniel Graham 83%
Judd Gregg 83%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Herb Kohl 83%
Dick Lugar 83%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Olympia Snowe 83%
Arlen Specter 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Robert Byrd 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
Byron Dorgan 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 80%
John Sununu 80%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
Shelley Berkley 78%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 78%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 78%
Jerry Costello 78%
Lane Evans 78%
Elton Gallegly 78%
Ed Towns 78%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 75%
Kent Conrad 75%
Thomas Daschle 75%
Vern Ehlers 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
Ernest Hollings 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 75%
William Lipinski 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 75%
John Warner 75%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 71%
John Edwards 71%
Mark Green 71%
David Lee Hobson 71%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
Martin Olav Sabo 71%
Gordon Smith 71%
Tom Tancredo 71%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 71%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 71%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
Roscoe Bartlett 67%
Evan Bayh 67%
Leonard Boswell 67%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 67%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 67%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 67%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
Nicholas Lampson 67%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 67%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
Anne Northup 67%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 67%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bart Stupak 67%
John Sweeney 67%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
James Walsh 67%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 63%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 63%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Jon Kyl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 60%
Ben Nelson 60%
Jim Oberstar 60%
Michael Oxley 60%
Vic Snyder 60%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
Philip English 57%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 57%
Todd Akin 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Jim Bunning 50%
Michael Collins 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
Mark Foley 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 50%
Porter Goss 50%
Melissa Hart 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
Wayne Allard 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
George Allen 33%
Bob Bennett 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
Philip Crane 33%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
John Doolittle 33%
David Dreier 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
Bob Etheridge 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 33%
Jonas Frost III 33%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Baron Hill 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Mark Kennedy 33%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 33%
John Linder 33%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 33%
Ron Paul 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Edward Schrock 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Donald Sherwood 33%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Ted Stevens 33%
Craig Thomas 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
John Breaux 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
Ben Campbell 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Ernest Fletcher 25%
William Frist 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
Ric Keller 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
Zell Bryan Miller 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 25%
Doug Ose 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
Denny Rehberg 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
Mark Souder 25%
Gene Taylor 25%
David Weldon 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Marion Berry 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
Brad Carson 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
James DeMint 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
James McCrery III 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
Mike Ross 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
John Tanner 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
William Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
James Turner 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 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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