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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Merrill Cook 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Connie Mack 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Bob Riley 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Floyd Spence 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 95%
Jim Bunning 95%
Dan Burton 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 95%
Michael Collins 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 95%
Jay Dickey 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 95%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 95%
Joel Hefley 95%
Kenny Hulshof 95%
Duncan Hunter 95%
Asa Hutchinson 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 95%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 95%
Sue Myrick 95%
Jim Ryun 95%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 95%
Joe Scarborough 95%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 95%
John Shadegg 95%
Bob Stump 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
James Traficant, Jr. 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 95%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 94%
John Doolittle 94%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 94%
James McCrery III 94%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 94%
John Ashcroft 93%
Ben Campbell 93%
Paul Coverdell 93%
Jesse Helms 93%
Strom Thurmond 93%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas DeLay 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 90%
Wally Herger, Jr. 90%
Rick Hill 90%
Robert Livingston 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 90%
John Peterson 90%
George Radanovich 90%
James Rogan 90%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 90%
Jim Saxton 90%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
James Talent 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
Gerald Weller 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 89%
Herbert Callahan 89%
John Cooksey 89%
Jennifer Dunn 89%
Jim Gibbons 89%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Porter Goss 89%
James Hansen 89%
John McHugh 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Mark Souder 89%
William Tauzin 89%
James Walsh 89%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 89%
Philip Crane 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
Richard Pombo 88%
David Weldon 88%
Charles Taylor 87%
Wayne Allard 86%
Bob Bennett 86%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 86%
Larry Craig 86%
Michael Patrick Forbes 86%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 86%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
Bill Archer 85%
Richard Armey 85%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 85%
Ed Bryant 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Larry Combest 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
Elton Gallegly 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 85%
David Lee Hobson 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Ray LaHood 85%
Don Manzullo 85%
Bill McCollum 85%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Anne Northup 85%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 85%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85%
John Sununu 85%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
David Dreier 84%
Steve LaTourette 84%
Rick Lazio 84%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 84%
Stephen Largent 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
Bill Barrett 82%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 82%
Steve Buyer 82%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 82%
Brian Bilbray 80%
Chris Cannon 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 80%
William Goodling 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
J. Dennis Hastert 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
Dan Miller 80%
Ronald Packard 80%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
Joseph Skeen 80%
William Thomas 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 80%
Wesley Watkins 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 79%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 79%
Henry Bonilla 79%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 79%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 79%
Frank Murkowski 79%
Don Nickles 79%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 79%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 79%
Gene Taylor 79%
Craig Thomas 79%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 77%
Thomas Campbell 75%
Thomas Davis III 75%
Philip English 75%
George Gekas 75%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Jerry Lewis 75%
David McIntosh 75%
Edward Pease 75%
Ralph Regula 75%
John Linder 74%
Jack Quinn 74%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 72%
Cass Ballenger 71%
Robert Cramer 70%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
Mark Foley 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Stephen Horn 70%
Henry Hyde 70%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 70%
James Leach 70%
Deborah Pryce 70%
Nick Smith 70%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
Kit Bond 69%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 68%
E.G. Shuster 68%
William Lipinski 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 67%
Charlie Bass 65%
Herbert Bateman 65%
Mike Castle 65%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 65%
Robert Franks 65%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 65%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 65%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 65%
James Nussle 65%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 64%
Judd Gregg 64%
Rick Santorum 64%
John Warner 64%
Bart Gordon 61%
James Barcia 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Ganske 60%
James Greenwood 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Thomas Holden 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Michael Oxley 60%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
James Turner 60%
Douglas Bereuter 58%
Pete Hoekstra 58%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 58%
Christopher John 58%
W. Curtis Weldon 58%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Charles Stenholm 56%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
Sherwood Boehlert 55%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 55%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
James Kolbe 55%
Jack Murtha 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Marge Roukema 55%
Norman Sisisky 55%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 53%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
Norm Dicks 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Ronald Klink 50%
James Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
Ron Paul 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
Karen Thurman 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 47%
Jerry Costello 47%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 47%
Carrie Meek 47%
Ciro Rodriguez 47%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 47%
John Spratt, Jr. 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 46%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 46%
Gordon Smith 46%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 45%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 45%
Julian Dixon 45%
Dale Kildee 45%
Matthew Martinez 45%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 45%
John Edward Porter 45%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 45%
Ted Strickland 45%
Albert Wynn 45%
Bob Weygand 44%
William Frist 43%
Slade Gorton 43%
Arlen Specter 43%
Michael McNulty 42%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Silvestre Reyes 42%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 40%
Robert Clement 40%
Jonas Frost III 40%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 40%
John Tanner 40%
Bob Etheridge 39%
Robert Wexler 39%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 38%
William Roth, Jr. 38%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 37%
Joe Lieberman 36%
Dick Lugar 36%
Marion Berry 35%
Leonard Boswell 35%
Eva Clayton 35%
James Davis 35%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 35%
Tony Hall 35%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 35%
Dennis Kucinich 35%
Constance Morella 35%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 35%
Owen Pickett 35%
Earl Pomeroy 35%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 35%
Vic Snyder 35%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 32%
Howard Berman 32%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 32%
Chet Edwards 32%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 32%
Maurice Hinchey 32%
Patrick Kennedy 32%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 32%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 32%
David Edward Bonior 30%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
Robert Matsui 30%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 30%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 30%
Timothy Roemer 30%
Steve Rothman 30%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 30%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 30%
Christopher Shays 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
Julia Carson 29%
John Chafee 29%
Peter Deutsch 29%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 28%
Donald Payne 26%
John Baldacci 25%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
Calvin Dooley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
Nicholas Lampson 25%
Tom Lantos 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
John Olver 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
Gary Ackerman 24%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 24%
Jim Oberstar 24%
Ed Towns 24%
Bob Wise, Jr. 24%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 21%
Chris Dodd 21%
Ernest Hollings 21%
Daniel Inouye 21%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 21%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 21%
Robert Torricelli 21%
Thomas Allen 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 20%
William Coyne 20%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
John LaFalce 20%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
Dave Obey 20%
Pete Stark 19%
William Clay, Sr. 18%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 17%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 16%
Major Owens 16%
Bill Delahunt 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
Paul Kanjorski 15%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 15%
Ellen Tauscher 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
Lynn Woolsey 15%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
Russ Feingold 14%
Daniel Graham 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
Charles Robb 14%
George Brown, Jr. 13%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 11%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
Lane Evans 10%
Barney Frank 10%
Darlene Hooley 10%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
William Luther 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
Martin Meehan 10%
David Minge 10%
John Moakley 10%
Bruce Vento 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 8%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 7%
John Breaux 7%
Richard Bryan 7%
Robert Byrd 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 7%
Herb Kohl 7%
Frank Lautenberg 7%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 7%
Patrick Moynihan 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 7%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 7%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
Paul Wellstone 7%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 6%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 5%
Karen McCarthy 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
Thomas Daschle 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Bob Kerrey 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 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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