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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Family Research Council

2007 Positions

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