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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: The Humane Society of the United States

1995 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 75%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 75%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 75%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 75%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 50%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 75%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 75%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 25%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 50%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 75%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 50%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 50%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 50%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 25%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 50%
Wayne Allard 0%
William Archer 25%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 25%
Henry Scott Baesler 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 25%
Cass Ballenger 50%
James Barcia 0%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 50%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 25%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 0%
Carol Moseley Braun 75%
John Breaux 25%
George Brown, Jr. 75%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 25%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 25%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 25%
Ben Campbell 25%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 50%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 25%
William Clay, Sr. 50%
Eva Clayton 50%
Robert Clement 25%
Mac Collins 25%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 25%
Paul Coverdell 50%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 75%
Larry Craig 25%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Randall Cunningham 25%
Alfonse D'Amato 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 25%
Thomas Daschle 50%
Thomas Davis III 75%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 25%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 25%
John Ensign 25%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 25%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 25%
Russ Feingold 50%
Mark Foley 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Wendell Ford 50%
Tillie Fowler 25%
Jon David Fox 75%
Robert Franks 100%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
John Ganske 25%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
John Glenn 75%
Henry Gonzalez 25%
William Goodling 25%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 25%
Porter Goss 75%
Daniel Graham 75%
William Phillip Gramm 50%
Rodney Grams 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 50%
Lee Hamilton 0%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 25%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 0%
Jesse Helms 50%
Van Hilleary 25%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Stephen Horn 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 25%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Sue Kelly 25%
Dirk Kempthorne 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 75%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 75%
Bob Kerrey 50%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Ronald Klink 25%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
John LaFalce 50%
Tom Lantos 75%
Stephen Largent 25%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 25%
William Lipinski 100%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 25%
William Luther 25%
Connie Mack 50%
Thomas Manton 75%
Matthew Martinez 50%
Frank Mascara 25%
Robert Matsui 50%
Karen McCarthy 75%
Bill McCollum 50%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 25%
Paul McHale 75%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 25%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 50%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
Carrie Meek 25%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Dan Miller 25%
David Minge 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
John Moakley 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Constance Morella 100%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 75%
Frank Murkowski 25%
Jack Murtha 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Major Owens 75%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 0%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 75%
Owen Pickett 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
John Edward Porter 50%
Glenn Poshard 75%
Deborah Pryce 75%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 25%
Ralph Regula 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 25%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 75%
Charles Robb 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
William Roth, Jr. 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
Matthew Salmon 25%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 75%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
H. James Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 25%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 75%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 100%
E.G. Shuster 25%
Norman Sisisky 0%
David Skaggs 75%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 0%
Linda Smith 25%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 100%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 50%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 75%
Floyd Spence 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 50%
Louis Stokes 50%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 25%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 50%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 50%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 75%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Bruce Vento 75%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 50%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 75%
Rick White 25%
Robert Wise, Jr. 0%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 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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