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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Family Research Council

2007 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 0
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 57
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 14
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 42
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 93
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 6
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 6
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 0
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 12
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 75
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 100
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 42
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 28
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 0
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 85
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 0
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 85
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 6
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 87
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 6
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 42
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 0
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 14
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 85
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 100
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 85
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 100
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 81
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 6
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 93
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 100
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 87
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 6
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 87
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 6
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 6
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 87
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 93
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 81
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 68
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 6
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 100
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 6
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 6
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 93
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 6
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 100
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 6
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 100
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 6
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 87
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 81
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 6
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 81
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 93
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 93
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 31
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 18
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 81
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 6
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 62
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 100
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 6
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 6
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 100
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 100
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 6
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 6
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 6
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 12
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 68
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 100
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 93
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 6
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 100
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 81
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 87
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 87
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 100
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 100
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 6
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 6
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 6
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 6
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 93
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 6
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 0
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 100
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 93
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 6
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 62
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 87
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 6
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 6
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 31
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 100
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 12
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 93
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 93
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 87
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 100
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 68
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 6
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 25
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 6
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 81
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 12
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 81
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 87
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 87
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 6
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 6
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 68
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 93
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 100
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 6
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 12
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 6
Gary Ackerman 0
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14
Todd Akin 100
Wayne Allard 100
Thomas Allen 0
Jason Altmire 31
Michael Arcuri 0
Joe Baca, Sr. 6
Brian Baird 0
J. Gresham Barrett 100
Roscoe Bartlett 100
Evan Bayh 14
Melissa Bean 6
Bob Bennett 85
Shelley Berkley 0
Howard Berman 6
Marion Berry 31
Judy Biggert 31
Brian Bilbray 75
Jeff Bingaman 0
Kit Bond 100
Mary Bono Mack 31
Dan Boren 68
Leonard Boswell 6
Rick Boucher 12
Allen Boyd, Jr. 6
Nancy Boyda 6
Henry Brown, Jr. 100
Ginny Brown-Waite 75
Jim Bunning 100
Dan Burton 100
Steve Buyer 81
Robert Byrd 14
Chris Cannon 100
Dennis Cardoza 6
Russ Carnahan 12
Christopher Carney 25
Mike Castle 18
Ben Chandler III 12
Hillary Clinton 0
Norm Coleman 85
Kent Conrad 42
Jerry Costello 75
Larry Craig 71
Robert Cramer 31
Barbara Cubin 50
Artur Davis 25
David Davis 100
Geoff Davis 93
Lincoln Davis 81
Thomas Davis III 43
Bill Delahunt 6
James DeMint 100
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 87
Norm Dicks 6
Chris Dodd 0
Elizabeth Dole 100
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100
John Doolittle 100
Byron Dorgan 28
Thelma Drake 100
David Dreier 81
Chet Edwards 18
Vern Ehlers 87
Brad Ellsworth 81
Jo Ann Emerson 87
Philip English 75
John Ensign 100
Bob Etheridge 25
Terry Everett 100
Tom Feeney 100
Russ Feingold 0
Michael Ferguson 81
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75
Barney Frank 0
Elton Gallegly 100
Gabrielle Giffords 6
Wayne Gilchrest 18
Charlie Gonzalez 0
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100
Bart Gordon 25
Judd Gregg 71
John Hall 0
Phil Hare 6
Jane Harman 0
Robert Hayes 100
Wally Herger, Jr. 100
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 18
Baron Hill 18
Maurice Hinchey 0
David Lee Hobson 62
Paul Hodes 0
Pete Hoekstra 100
Thomas Holden 37
Darlene Hooley 6
Kenny Hulshof 100
Duncan Hunter 56
Kay Hutchison 85
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100
Daniel Inouye 0
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0
William Jefferson 0
Tim Johnson 100
Steve Kagen 6
Paul Kanjorski 18
Ric Keller 100
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14
Patrick Kennedy 0
Dale Kildee 25
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0
Ron Klein 0
Joseph Knollenberg 87
Herb Kohl 0
Dennis Kucinich 6
John Kuhl, Jr. 87
Jon Kyl 100
Ray LaHood 62
Nicholas Lampson 25
Steve LaTourette 68
Jerry Lewis 68
Ron Lewis 100
Joe Lieberman 14
Blanche Lincoln 14
John Linder 100
Dick Lugar 71
Dan Lungren 100
Connie Mack IV 75
Tim Mahoney 18
Don Manzullo 100
Jim Marshall 87
Melquiades Martinez 100
Thaddeus McCotter 93
James McCrery III 81
John McHugh 87
Michael McNulty 0
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 6
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 56
Brad Miller 6
Harry Mitchell 6
Alan Mollohan 56
Dennis Moore 6
Patrick Murphy 6
Jack Murtha 18
Marilyn Musgrave 100
Sue Myrick 100
Ben Nelson 85
Jim Oberstar 37
Dave Obey 12
John Olver 0
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 6
Ron Paul 56
Donald Payne 0
John Peterson 100
Charles Pickering, Jr. 68
Todd Platts 75
Earl Pomeroy 18
Jon Porter, Sr. 62
Deborah Pryce 31
George Radanovich 81
James Ramstad 37
Ralph Regula 81
Denny Rehberg 100
Richard Renzi 100
Silvestre Reyes 6
Thomas Reynolds 93
Laura Richardson 0
Ciro Rodriguez 12
Mike Ross 31
Steve Rothman 6
Ken Salazar 14
William Sali 100
Jim Saxton 81
Jean Schmidt 100
Joe Sestak, Jr. 0
John Shadegg 93
Christopher Shays 6
Heath Shuler 100
Ike Skelton 50
Gordon Smith 57
Olympia Snowe 28
Vic Snyder 6
Hilda Solis 0
Mark Souder 93
Zack Space 12
Arlen Specter 28
John Spratt, Jr. 12
Pete Stark 6
Cliff Stearns 100
Ted Stevens 57
Bart Stupak 56
John Sullivan 75
John Sununu 100
Betty Sutton 0
Tom Tancredo 68
John Tanner 25
Ellen Tauscher 0
Gene Taylor 93
Todd Tiahrt 100
Ed Towns 6
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0
George Voinovich 85
James Walsh 87
Zach Wamp 100
John Warner 57
Diane Watson 0
Jim Webb, Jr. 0
Anthony Weiner 12
David Weldon 100
Gerald Weller 93
Robert Wexler 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 56
Heather Wilson 75
Lynn Woolsey 0
David Wu 0
Albert Wynn 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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