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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 100%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
Thelma Drake 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
Dan Lungren 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
Jean Schmidt 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
David Weldon 100%
Todd Akin 96%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 96%
Wayne Allard 96%
Richard Hugh Baker 96%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 96%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 96%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 96%
Geoff Davis 96%
John Doolittle 96%
Michael Ferguson 96%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 96%
Paul Gillmor 96%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
Wally Herger, Jr. 96%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 96%
John Kuhl, Jr. 96%
Ron Lewis 96%
John Linder 96%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 96%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 96%
John Peterson 96%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 96%
Jon Porter, Sr. 96%
James Ramstad 96%
Richard Renzi 96%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 96%
John Shadegg 96%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 96%
Mark Souder 96%
John Sullivan 96%
Tom Tancredo 96%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 96%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 96%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 96%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 93%
Philip English 93%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 93%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 93%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 93%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 93%
Deborah Pryce 93%
George Radanovich 93%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 93%
Zach Wamp 93%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
Thomas Davis III 92%
James DeMint 92%
Elizabeth Dole 92%
John Ensign 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
Duncan Hunter 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
John McHugh 92%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
Jim Bunning 91%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 91%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 89%
Henry Brown, Jr. 89%
Steve Buyer 89%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 89%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 89%
David Lee Hobson 89%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 89%
Steve LaTourette 89%
Connie Mack IV 89%
James McCrery III 89%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 89%
Ralph Regula 89%
Denny Rehberg 89%
Thomas Reynolds 89%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
Jim Saxton 89%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 89%
Todd Tiahrt 89%
Gerald Weller 89%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 88%
Lincoln Davis 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 88%
Tim Johnson 88%
Jon Kyl 88%
Don Manzullo 88%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 88%
Judy Biggert 85%
Dan Boren 85%
Chris Cannon 85%
David Dreier 85%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 85%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 84%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 84%
Kay Hutchison 84%
Jerry Lewis 84%
Jim Marshall 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 84%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 84%
Trent Lott, Sr. 83%
Mike Castle 81%
Robert Cramer 81%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 81%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 81%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 81%
Kit Bond 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
Ray LaHood 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 80%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Gene Taylor 80%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 79%
James Walsh 79%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 78%
Chet Edwards 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 78%
John Tanner 77%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 76%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 76%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 76%
Melquiades Martinez 76%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 76%
Ben Nelson 76%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 76%
John Warner 76%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 74%
Bart Gordon 74%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 74%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
Ben Chandler III 73%
Artur Davis 73%
Heather Wilson 73%
Bob Bennett 72%
Judd Gregg 72%
Roscoe Bartlett 71%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
Larry Craig 71%
Ted Stevens 71%
John Sununu 71%
Melissa Bean 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 69%
Mike Ross 69%
Christopher Shays 69%
Ike Skelton 69%
Dennis Cardoza 68%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 67%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 67%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
Vern Ehlers 65%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 65%
Norm Coleman 64%
Gordon Smith 64%
Thomas Holden 63%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 63%
Earl Pomeroy 63%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
Dick Lugar 60%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
Leonard Boswell 59%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 59%
Dennis Moore 59%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 57%
Silvestre Reyes 57%
Bob Etheridge 56%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 56%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 56%
George Voinovich 56%
Norm Dicks 54%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 54%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 54%
Marion Berry 52%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 52%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 52%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 52%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 48%
Shelley Berkley 48%
Rick Boucher 48%
Russ Carnahan 48%
Jerry Costello 48%
Jane Harman 48%
Jack Murtha 48%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 48%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 48%
Paul Kanjorski 46%
Patrick Kennedy 46%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 46%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 46%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 45%
Evan Bayh 44%
Howard Berman 44%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 44%
Charlie Gonzalez 44%
Tom Lantos 44%
Vic Snyder 44%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 42%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 42%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 42%
Ken Salazar 42%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 42%
Alan Mollohan 41%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
Brad Miller 38%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 38%
Bart Stupak 38%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 37%
Brian Baird 36%
Kent Conrad 36%
Darlene Hooley 36%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 36%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 35%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
Albert Wynn 33%
Hillary Clinton 32%
Byron Dorgan 32%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 32%
William Jefferson 32%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 31%
Ron Paul 31%
Ellen Tauscher 31%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 30%
Dale Kildee 30%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 30%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 28%
Robert Byrd 28%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 28%
Blanche Lincoln 28%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 28%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 28%
Ed Towns 28%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 27%
Gary Ackerman 26%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 26%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 26%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 26%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 26%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 26%
Chris Dodd 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
Jeff Bingaman 24%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 24%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 24%
Herb Kohl 24%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 24%
Michael McNulty 23%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 23%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 23%
Anthony Weiner 23%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 22%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 22%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 22%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 22%
David Wu 22%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 21%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 21%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
Robert Wexler 20%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 19%
Thomas Allen 19%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 19%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 19%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 19%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 19%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 19%
Steve Rothman 19%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 19%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
Julia Carson 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 17%
Daniel Inouye 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 16%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 16%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
Bill Delahunt 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
Barney Frank 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
John Olver 15%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
Maurice Hinchey 12%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
Martin Meehan 12%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 12%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
Diane Watson 12%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 11%
Dennis Kucinich 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 11%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 11%
Hilda Solis 11%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
Russ Feingold 8%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 8%
Donald Payne 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 7%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 7%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
Pete Stark 4%

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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