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Rating Group: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

2003 Positions

Issues: Science
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 25%
Gary Ackerman 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 67%
Todd Akin 75%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 50%
Wayne Allard 33%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
Brian Baird 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 25%
J. Gresham Barrett 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
Charlie Bass 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 67%
Bob Beauprez 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 25%
Bob Bennett 33%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 25%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 67%
Judy Biggert 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
Kit Bond 33%
Henry Bonilla 75%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 75%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite 75%
Jim Bunning 33%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 75%
Conrad Burns 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
Dan Burton 75%
Steve Buyer 75%
Robert Byrd 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 75%
Chris Cannon 75%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
Dennis Cardoza 75%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 67%
Julia Carson 25%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 75%
Edward Case 50%
Mike Castle 75%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
Chris Chocola 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
Hillary Clinton 67%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 75%
Norm Coleman 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
Kent Conrad 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 33%
Jon Corzine 67%
Jerry Costello 50%
Christopher Cox 75%
Larry Craig 33%
Robert Cramer 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 25%
Barbara Cubin 75%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 75%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Artur Davis 75%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
James Davis 50%
Jo Ann Davis 75%
Lincoln Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
Thomas Davis III 75%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 25%
Bill Delahunt 25%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 75%
James DeMint 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 75%
Norm Dicks 25%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 50%
Chris Dodd 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
John Doolittle 50%
Byron Dorgan 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
David Dreier 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 67%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 75%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 33%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 25%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 50%
Terry Everett 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
Tom Feeney 75%
Russ Feingold 67%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
Michael Ferguson 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 25%
Mark Foley 75%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75%
Barney Frank 25%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
William Frist 33%
Elton Gallegly 75%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 75%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 75%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 75%
Bart Gordon 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 75%
Mark Green 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 50%
Judd Gregg 33%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
Jane Harman 50%
Katherine Harris 75%
Melissa Hart 75%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 75%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 75%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. 75%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 50%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 75%
Thomas Holden 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 75%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Kenny Hulshof 75%
Duncan Hunter 75%
Kay Hutchison 33%
Henry Hyde 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 33%
Daniel Inouye 67%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 75%
Tim Johnson 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
Ric Keller 75%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 67%
Mark Kennedy 75%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 75%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 75%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 75%
Dennis Kucinich 25%
Jon Kyl 33%
Ray LaHood 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 50%
Tom Lantos 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
Steve LaTourette 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 67%
James Leach 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 50%
Jerry Lewis 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
Ron Lewis 75%
Joe Lieberman 33%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
Dick Lugar 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
Don Manzullo 75%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
Jim Marshall 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33%
Thaddeus McCotter 75%
James McCrery III 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 25%
John McHugh 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 75%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 75%
Brad Miller 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
Jack Murtha 50%
Marilyn Musgrave 75%
Sue Myrick 75%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
Ben Nelson 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 50%
Robert William Ney 75%
Anne Northup 75%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 75%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 25%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Thomas William Osborne 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 50%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
Ron Paul 25%
Donald Payne 25%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 75%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
Todd Platts 75%
Richard Pombo 75%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Jon Porter, Sr. 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
Deborah Pryce 75%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 75%
George Radanovich 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
James Ramstad 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
Ralph Regula 75%
Denny Rehberg 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
Richard Renzi 75%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Thomas Reynolds 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 75%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 25%
Jim Ryun 75%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 25%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 25%
Rick Santorum 33%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
Jim Saxton 75%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 75%
John Shadegg 75%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
Donald Sherwood 75%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 50%
Ike Skelton 75%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 25%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 67%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 67%
Pete Stark 25%
Cliff Stearns 75%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sullivan 50%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 75%
James Talent 33%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Charles Taylor 75%
Gene Taylor 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 50%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 75%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
Ed Towns 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
George Voinovich 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 25%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 25%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 75%
Robert Wexler 25%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 75%
Heather Wilson 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
Lynn Woolsey 25%
David Wu 50%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
Albert Wynn 50%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 75%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%

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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