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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 93%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 8%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 29%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 36%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 43%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 64%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 86%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 77%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 21%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 86%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 31%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 7%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 36%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 7%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 86%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 79%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 86%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 77%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 92%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 54%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 69%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 14%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 86%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 79%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 43%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 43%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 29%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 79%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 46%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 31%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 57%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 21%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 71%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 8%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 38%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 29%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 71%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 86%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 64%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 86%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 29%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 79%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 23%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 46%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 36%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 62%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 43%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 58%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 57%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 86%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 57%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 21%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 43%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 29%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 21%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 57%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 86%
Wayne Allard 92%
William Archer 93%
Richard Armey 93%
John Ashcroft 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 57%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
John Baldacci 29%
Cass Ballenger 93%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
William Barrett 71%
Herbert Bateman 93%
Bob Bennett 79%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 43%
Douglas Bereuter 79%
Michael Bilirakis 86%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 82%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 93%
David Edward Bonior 21%
Sonny Bono 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 43%
Rick Boucher 36%
Carol Moseley Braun 7%
John Breaux 46%
George Brown, Jr. 14%
Richard Bryan 21%
Ed Bryant 85%
Dale Bumpers 11%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 93%
Steve Buyer 79%
Robert Byrd 36%
Herbert Callahan 93%
Ben Campbell 92%
Thomas Campbell 43%
Mike Castle 71%
John Chafee 64%
Helen Chenoweth 86%
Jon Lynn Christensen 85%
William Clay, Sr. 15%
Eva Clayton 42%
Robert Clement 57%
Mac Collins 86%
Larry Combest 86%
Gary Condit 50%
Paul Coverdell 86%
Christopher Cox 92%
William Coyne 23%
Larry Craig 93%
Robert Cramer 64%
Philip Crane 93%
Barbara Cubin 77%
Randall Cunningham 83%
Alfonse D'Amato 86%
Patsy Ann Danner 14%
Thomas Daschle 7%
Thomas Davis III 75%
Thomas DeLay 93%
Ronald Dellums 15%
Peter Deutsch 43%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 93%
Jay Dickey 85%
Julian Dixon 36%
Chris Dodd 21%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 92%
Calvin Dooley 36%
John Doolittle 92%
Byron Dorgan 29%
Jennifer Dunn 86%
Chet Edwards 64%
Vern Ehlers 43%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 93%
Philip English 67%
John Ensign 57%
Lane Evans 21%
Terry Everett 93%
Thomas Ewing 86%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
Harris Fawell 62%
Victor Fazio 23%
Russ Feingold 14%
Floyd Flake 22%
Thomas Foglietta 14%
Mark Foley 64%
Michael Patrick Forbes 93%
Wendell Ford 29%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Jon David Fox 43%
Robert Franks 50%
William Frist 85%
Jonas Frost III 64%
Elizabeth Furse 7%
John Ganske 64%
Sam Gejdenson 43%
George Gekas 93%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 77%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 92%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 14%
Henry Gonzalez 79%
William Goodling 86%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 79%
Porter Goss 93%
Daniel Graham 21%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 79%
James Greenwood 64%
Judd Gregg 86%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
Tony Hall 38%
Lee Hamilton 57%
James Hansen 93%
Jane Harman 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 86%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 86%
Joel Hefley 93%
W.G. Hefner 57%
Jesse Helms 100%
Van Hilleary 71%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 29%
David Lee Hobson 86%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Ernest Hollings 46%
Stephen Horn 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 75%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 71%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 86%
Henry Hyde 93%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 57%
James Merrill Jeffords 21%
Nancy Johnson 77%
Paul Kanjorski 29%
Sue Kelly 79%
Dirk Kempthorne 93%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 23%
Patrick Kennedy 57%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 43%
Bob Kerrey 14%
Jay Kim 86%
Gerald Kleczka 14%
Ronald Klink 50%
Scott Klug 43%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
James Kolbe 86%
John LaFalce 8%
Tom Lantos 29%
Stephen Largent 86%
Rick Lazio 79%
James Leach 46%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 93%
William Lipinski 46%
Robert Livingston 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 93%
William Luther 21%
Connie Mack 86%
Thomas Manton 43%
Matthew Martinez 79%
Frank Mascara 36%
Robert Matsui 38%
Karen McCarthy 17%
Bill McCollum 86%
James McCrery III 93%
Joseph McDade 100%
Paul McHale 36%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 86%
David McIntosh 92%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 14%
Michael McNulty 36%
Martin Meehan 15%
Carrie Meek 57%
Jack Metcalf 62%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
Dan Miller 86%
David Minge 7%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 8%
Susan Molinari 89%
Alan Mollohan 79%
Constance Morella 29%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 7%
Frank Murkowski 79%
Jack Murtha 77%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Mark Neumann 43%
Robert William Ney 71%
Don Nickles 93%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 77%
James Nussle 71%
Jim Oberstar 29%
Dave Obey 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 71%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 93%
Paul Michael Parker 86%
William Paxon 85%
Donald Payne 21%
Owen Pickett 43%
Richard Pombo 86%
Earl Pomeroy 43%
John Edward Porter 62%
Glenn Poshard 21%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Jack Quinn 73%
George Radanovich 83%
James Ramstad 43%
Ralph Regula 79%
Frank Duncan Riggs 62%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 36%
Charles Robb 36%
Timothy Roemer 29%
William Roth, Jr. 77%
Marge Roukema 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 36%
Matthew Salmon 86%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 64%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
H. James Saxton 82%
Joe Scarborough 80%
Daniel Schaefer 93%
Steven Schiff 92%
John Shadegg 79%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 93%
Christopher Shays 36%
E.G. Shuster 86%
Norman Sisisky 71%
David Skaggs 23%
Joseph Skeen 93%
Ike Skelton 71%
Linda Smith 86%
Nick Smith 57%
Bob Smith 100%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 83%
Arlen Specter 64%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 43%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 71%
Louis Stokes 33%
Robert Stump 86%
Bart Stupak 29%
James Talent 77%
John Tanner 57%
William Tauzin 85%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 86%
Craig Thomas 86%
William Thomas 79%
Fred Thompson 86%
Karen Thurman 36%
Strom Thurmond 86%
Todd Tiahrt 71%
Esteban Edward Torres 21%
Robert Torricelli 44%
James Traficant, Jr. 71%
Bruce Vento 29%
James Walsh 85%
Zach Wamp 79%
John Warner 86%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 86%
David Weldon 86%
W. Curtis Weldon 79%
Gerald Weller 57%
Paul Wellstone 7%
Rick White 93%
Robert Wise, Jr. 57%
Albert Wynn 43%
Sidney Yates 18%

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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