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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Farm Bureau Federation

1999 Positions

Issues: Taxes
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 27%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 18%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 40%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 82%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 70%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 64%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 18%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 73%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 64%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 18%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 18%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 91%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 91%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 27%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 36%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 91%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 55%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 9%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 45%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 36%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 82%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 27%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 18%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 60%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 82%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 27%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 18%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 27%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 91%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 27%
Bill Archer 82%
Richard Armey 82%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 27%
Cass Ballenger 82%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 64%
Bill Barrett 91%
Roscoe Bartlett 82%
Charlie Bass 73%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Evan Bayh 80%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Shelley Berkley 36%
Howard Berman 22%
Marion Berry 82%
Judy Biggert 82%
Brian Bilbray 44%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
Rod Blagojevich 30%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 18%
Leonard Boswell 73%
Rick Boucher 44%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 40%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 80%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 91%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 40%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 45%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 11%
Mike Castle 73%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 67%
William Clay, Sr. 10%
Eva Clayton 55%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 82%
Michael Collins 64%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 82%
Kent Conrad 60%
Merrill Cook 91%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 36%
Paul Coverdell 80%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 18%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 82%
Philip Crane 70%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 82%
Thomas Daschle 60%
James Davis 64%
Thomas Davis III 82%
Bill Delahunt 18%
Thomas DeLay 82%
James DeMint 82%
Peter Deutsch 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 73%
Jay Dickey 90%
Norm Dicks 36%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Byron Dorgan 60%
David Dreier 91%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 80%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 64%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 70%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 73%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 27%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Russ Feingold 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 57%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Barney Frank 18%
Robert Franks 73%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 55%
Elton Gallegly 82%
John Ganske 70%
Sam Gejdenson 18%
George Gekas 91%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 18%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Wayne Gilchrest 64%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 55%
Charlie Gonzalez 36%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 91%
William Goodling 82%
Bart Gordon 70%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 82%
Daniel Graham 40%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 82%
James Greenwood 82%
Judd Gregg 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Tony Hall 36%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
Joel Hefley 55%
Jesse Helms 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Baron Hill 64%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 91%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
Maurice Hinchey 27%
David Lee Hobson 82%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Thomas Holden 64%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 64%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
Kenny Hulshof 91%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 80%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 73%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 18%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 91%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Sue Kelly 73%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Kennedy 18%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Dale Kildee 18%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 18%
Gerald Kleczka 18%
Ronald Klink 18%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 40%
James Kolbe 90%
Dennis Kucinich 9%
Steven Kuykendall 100%
Jon Kyl 60%
John LaFalce 45%
Ray LaHood 82%
Nicholas Lampson 45%
Tom Lantos 14%
Stephen Largent 73%
Steve LaTourette 82%
Frank Lautenberg 0%
Rick Lazio 64%
James Leach 82%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 82%
William Lipinski 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 36%
Connie Mack 80%
James Maloney 27%
Don Manzullo 82%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 27%
Robert Matsui 27%
Karen McCarthy 64%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 82%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 18%
Michael McNulty 27%
Martin Meehan 9%
Carrie Meek 18%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 18%
Dan Miller 64%
David Minge 55%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 36%
John Moakley 27%
Alan Mollohan 67%
Dennis Moore 64%
Constance Morella 45%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 60%
Anne Northup 91%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 82%
James Nussle 91%
Jim Oberstar 22%
Dave Obey 18%
John Olver 18%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 64%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 9%
Michael Oxley 91%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 55%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 91%
John Peterson 86%
David Phelps 45%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Owen Pickett 90%
Richard Pombo 91%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
John Edward Porter 82%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 73%
Ralph Regula 100%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 45%
Timothy Roemer 73%
James Rogan 82%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 73%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 18%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 73%
Rick Santorum 40%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 64%
Joe Scarborough 56%
John Shadegg 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 82%
Christopher Shays 36%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 91%
E.G. Shuster 91%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 82%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 40%
Olympia Snowe 20%
Vic Snyder 45%
Mark Souder 82%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Pete Stark 9%
Cliff Stearns 73%
Charles Stenholm 82%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 45%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 73%
John Sweeney 73%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 55%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 45%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 89%
Gene Taylor 64%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 55%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 45%
James Traficant, Jr. 73%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 18%
James Turner 82%
Bruce Vento 9%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 82%
Zach Wamp 82%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 18%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 82%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 60%
Robert Wexler 30%
Bob Weygand 45%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 55%
Lynn Woolsey 18%
David Wu 10%
Albert Wynn 18%

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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