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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Dan Burton 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
James Ramstad 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 94%
George Allen 94%
Kit Bond 94%
Jim Bunning 94%
Conrad Burns 94%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 94%
Norm Coleman 94%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 94%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 94%
Elizabeth Dole 94%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 94%
John Ensign 94%
William Frist 94%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 94%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 94%
Judd Gregg 94%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 94%
Jon Kyl 94%
Trent Lott, Sr. 94%
Dick Lugar 94%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 94%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 94%
Rick Santorum 94%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 94%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 94%
Olympia Snowe 94%
Arlen Specter 94%
Ted Stevens 94%
Craig Thomas 94%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
Todd Akin 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
Bob Beauprez 92%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
Chris Cannon 92%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 92%
Chris Chocola 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Elton Gallegly 92%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 92%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
Marilyn Musgrave 92%
Anne Northup 92%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
Todd Platts 92%
Richard Renzi 92%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
Jim Ryun 92%
Jim Saxton 92%
John Shadegg 92%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
Cliff Stearns 92%
John Sullivan 92%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
Gerald Weller 92%
Christopher Cox 91%
John Doolittle 91%
Michael Ferguson 91%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 91%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Ric Keller 91%
John Peterson 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 91%
John Sweeney 91%
Ginny Brown-Waite 90%
James DeMint 90%
Bob Bennett 89%
Steve Buyer 89%
Larry Craig 89%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 89%
Kay Hutchison 89%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 89%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 89%
James Talent 89%
John Warner 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 88%
Gordon Smith 88%
John Sununu 88%
George Voinovich 88%
Wayne Allard 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
Charlie Bass 83%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 83%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 83%
Randall Cunningham 83%
Jo Ann Davis 83%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 83%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 83%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 83%
Jim Gibbons 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Paul Gillmor 83%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 83%
Mark Green 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 83%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
William Lewis Jenkins 83%
Sue Kelly 83%
Mark Kennedy 83%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 83%
Jerry Lewis 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 83%
Don Manzullo 83%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 83%
Sue Myrick 83%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 83%
Jon Porter, Sr. 83%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Ralph Regula 83%
Denny Rehberg 83%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 83%
Christopher Shays 83%
Donald Sherwood 83%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 83%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 83%
Tom Tancredo 83%
Charles Taylor 83%
William Thomas 83%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 83%
James Walsh 83%
Zach Wamp 83%
David Weldon 83%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 83%
Sherwood Boehlert 82%
Henry Bonilla 82%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 82%
Jo Ann Emerson 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 82%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Michael Oxley 82%
W. Curtis Weldon 82%
Barbara Cubin 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
Joe Lieberman 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 80%
Mark Souder 80%
Evan Bayh 78%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 78%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Judy Biggert 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 75%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
Mike Castle 75%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 75%
David Dreier 75%
Philip English 75%
Mark Foley 75%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
Katherine Harris 75%
Melissa Hart 75%
Joel Hefley 75%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 75%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 75%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
James Kolbe 75%
Ray LaHood 75%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
Ron Lewis 75%
James McCrery III 75%
John McHugh 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
James Nussle 75%
Thomas William Osborne 75%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
Richard Pombo 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 75%
George Radanovich 75%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 73%
John Linder 73%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 73%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
Thaddeus McCotter 72%
Ben Nelson 71%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 71%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 70%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
Steve LaTourette 67%
James Leach 67%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 67%
Heather Wilson 67%
Jim Marshall 60%
Dennis Cardoza 58%
Robert Cramer 58%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Bart Gordon 58%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
Michael McNulty 58%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
Lincoln Davis 55%
Thomas Holden 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 42%
Leonard Boswell 42%
Jerry Costello 42%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 42%
Darlene Hooley 42%
Patrick Kennedy 42%
Tom Lantos 42%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 42%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Mike Ross 42%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 42%
John Spratt, Jr. 42%
John Tanner 42%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 36%
Brad Miller 36%
Steve Rothman 36%
Ike Skelton 36%
Artur Davis 33%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Ben Chandler III 30%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 28%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
Hillary Clinton 28%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 28%
Shelley Berkley 27%
Edward Case 27%
Daniel Inouye 27%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 27%
Ron Paul 27%
Bart Stupak 27%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
Lane Evans 25%
Jane Harman 25%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 22%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 22%
Julia Carson 22%
Kent Conrad 22%
Jon Corzine 22%
Chris Dodd 22%
Byron Dorgan 22%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 22%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
Howard Berman 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
Brian Baird 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
James Davis 17%
Norm Dicks 17%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 17%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 17%
Russ Feingold 17%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 17%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 17%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 17%
Herb Kohl 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 17%
Frank Lautenberg 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
Martin Meehan 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 17%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 17%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
Ted Strickland 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
Robert Wexler 17%
David Wu 17%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 12%
Robert Byrd 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 11%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
Paul Sarbanes 11%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 9%
Jim Oberstar 9%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 9%
Ed Towns 9%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 9%
Anthony Weiner 9%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Thomas Allen 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Marion Berry 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Barney Frank 8%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
Donald Payne 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
James Merrill Jeffords 6%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 2%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Major Owens 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Pete Stark 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt 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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