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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society of the United States

2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 56%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 28%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 40%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 42%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 42%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 42%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 42%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 56%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 70%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 70%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 28%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 70%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 80%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 42%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 42%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 56%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 56%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 70%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 42%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 28%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 42%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 70%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 28%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 14%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 42%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 85%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 70%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 14%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 85%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 42%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 60%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 14%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 28%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 42%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 85%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 56%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 42%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 85%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 60%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 42%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 28%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 56%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 28%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 14%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 85%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 14%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 42%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 14%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 28%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 56%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 70%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 56%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 42%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 28%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 14%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 56%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 28%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 14%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 56%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 28%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 28%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 28%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 42%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 28%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 28%
Wayne Allard 20%
George Allen 40%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 56%
Brian Baird 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
J. Gresham Barrett 42%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 80%
Melissa Bean 70%
Bob Beauprez 28%
Bob Bennett 40%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 85%
Marion Berry 14%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 42%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 70%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 28%
Mary Bono Mack 85%
Dan Boren 14%
Leonard Boswell 28%
Rick Boucher 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 14%
Henry Brown, Jr. 70%
Ginny Brown-Waite 28%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 70%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 80%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 28%
Russ Carnahan 85%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 70%
Mike Castle 100%
Ben Chandler III 42%
Chris Chocola 28%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Norm Coleman 60%
Kent Conrad 20%
Jerry Costello 85%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 56%
Barbara Cubin 42%
Artur Davis 70%
Geoff Davis 56%
James Davis 70%
Jo Ann Davis 70%
Lincoln Davis 28%
Thomas Davis III 85%
Bill Delahunt 85%
James DeMint 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Thelma Drake 14%
David Dreier 70%
Chet Edwards 14%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 28%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 70%
Lane Evans 42%
Terry Everett 56%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 60%
Michael Ferguson 100%
Mark Foley 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Barney Frank 85%
William Frist 20%
Elton Gallegly 70%
Jim Gibbons 42%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 42%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 42%
Bart Gordon 42%
Mark Green 42%
Judd Gregg 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 28%
Jane Harman 56%
Katherine Harris 42%
Melissa Hart 42%
Robert Hayes 14%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 70%
Joel Hefley 28%
Wally Herger, Jr. 28%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 42%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 70%
Pete Hoekstra 42%
Thomas Holden 42%
Darlene Hooley 85%
John Nathan Hostettler 70%
Kenny Hulshof 28%
Duncan Hunter 42%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 70%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 42%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 56%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 85%
Tim Johnson 56%
Paul Kanjorski 70%
Ric Keller 70%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 56%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 70%
Joseph Knollenberg 28%
Herb Kohl 60%
James Kolbe 14%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 56%
Jon Kyl 40%
Ray LaHood 28%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
James Leach 70%
Jerry Lewis 28%
Ron Lewis 42%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 0%
John Linder 70%
Trent Lott, Sr. 40%
Dick Lugar 60%
Dan Lungren 42%
Connie Mack IV 28%
Don Manzullo 28%
Jim Marshall 28%
Melquiades Martinez 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 70%
James McCrery III 14%
John McHugh 42%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 14%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 56%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 14%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 70%
Brad Miller 85%
Alan Mollohan 56%
Dennis Moore 100%
Jack Murtha 42%
Marilyn Musgrave 28%
Sue Myrick 56%
Ben Nelson 40%
Robert William Ney 42%
Anne Northup 42%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 42%
James Nussle 14%
Jim Oberstar 14%
Dave Obey 42%
John Olver 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Thomas William Osborne 28%
Major Owens 85%
Michael Oxley 14%
Ron Paul 14%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 85%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 28%
Jon Porter, Sr. 56%
Deborah Pryce 56%
George Radanovich 14%
James Ramstad 70%
Ralph Regula 56%
Denny Rehberg 14%
Richard Renzi 56%
Silvestre Reyes 56%
Thomas Reynolds 42%
Mike Ross 14%
Steve Rothman 85%
Jim Ryun 28%
Martin Olav Sabo 85%
Ken Salazar 0%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 80%
Jim Saxton 100%
John Schwarz 42%
John Shadegg 14%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 42%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Ike Skelton 28%
Gordon Smith 20%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Vic Snyder 56%
Mike Sodrel 14%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 28%
Arlen Specter 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 28%
Ted Stevens 60%
Ted Strickland 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
John Sullivan 14%
John Sununu 20%
John Sweeney 70%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 28%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Charles Taylor 14%
Gene Taylor 56%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 14%
Todd Tiahrt 14%
Ed Towns 70%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 56%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 56%
Zach Wamp 28%
John Warner 60%
Diane Watson 85%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 28%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 85%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 42%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 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.

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