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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 95%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 65%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 35%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 17.5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 85%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 95%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 15%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 95%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 13%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 5%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 15%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 3%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 90%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 85%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7.5%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 27.5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 27.5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 27.5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 13%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 7.5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 85%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7.5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 3%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7.5%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 7.5%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 97.5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 3%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 97.5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 17.5%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77.5%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7.5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 7.5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 17.5%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 23%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 97.5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 23%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67.5%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 17.5%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 87.5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 45%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 53%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 15%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 70%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 13%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 97.5%
Gary Ackerman 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Wayne Allard 95%
Thomas Allen 15%
Richard Armey 97.5%
Brian Baird 30%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 90%
James Barcia 37.5%
Robert Barr, Jr. 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 87.5%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 15%
Bob Bennett 90%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 10%
Douglas Bereuter 73%
Shelley Berkley 50%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 30%
Judy Biggert 93%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 15%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 85%
Henry Bonilla 80%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 93%
Robert Borski, Jr. 10%
Leonard Boswell 55%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 30%
Ed Bryant 93%
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 90%
Dan Burton 85%
Steve Buyer 65%
Robert Byrd 15%
Herbert Callahan 80%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 93%
Julia Carson 15%
Mike Castle 77.5%
Eva Clayton 15%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 40%
Michael Collins 87.5%
Larry Combest 95%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 10%
John Cooksey 90%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 95%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 13%
Thomas Davis III 97.5%
Bill Delahunt 7.5%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 97.5%
Peter Deutsch 27.5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Norm Dicks 10%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 10%
David Dreier 85%
Jennifer Dunn 87.5%
John Edwards 5%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
Philip English 100%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 80%
Russ Feingold 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 95%
Ernest Fletcher 85%
Mark Foley 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 97.5%
Barney Frank 7.5%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 85%
John Ganske 83%
George Gekas 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 80%
Paul Gillmor 65%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Bart Gordon 40%
Porter Goss 97.5%
Daniel Graham 15%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Mark Green 97.5%
James Greenwood 77.5%
Judd Gregg 95%
Tony Hall 10%
James Hansen 85%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 95%
Joel Hefley 95%
Jesse Helms 85%
Wally Herger, Jr. 97.5%
Baron Hill 20%
Van Hilleary 87.5%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
David Lee Hobson 85%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 5%
Darlene Hooley 40%
Stephen Horn 85%
John Nathan Hostettler 70%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 63%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Asa Hutchinson 87.5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 85%
Kay Hutchison 95%
Henry Hyde 77.5%
Daniel Inouye 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 75%
Christopher John 45%
Nancy Johnson 63%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Sue Kelly 95%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 3%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Gerald Kleczka 13%
Joseph Knollenberg 87.5%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 93%
Dennis Kucinich 5%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 13%
Ray LaHood 90%
Nicholas Lampson 15%
Tom Lantos 5%
Stephen Largent 73%
Steve LaTourette 73%
James Leach 75%
Jerry Lewis 80%
Ron Lewis 85%
Joe Lieberman 15%
Blanche Lincoln 15%
John Linder 95%
William Lipinski 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
Dick Lugar 90%
William Luther 25%
James Maloney 57.5%
Don Manzullo 95%
Frank Mascara 10%
Robert Matsui 10%
Karen McCarthy 10%
James McCrery III 87.5%
John McHugh 70%
Scott McInnis 93%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 20%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 25%
Carrie Meek 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Dan Miller 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 15%
John Moakley 3%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 35%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 95%
Jack Murtha 5%
Sue Myrick 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 85%
Robert William Ney 75%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 93%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 80%
James Nussle 85%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 7.5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Doug Ose 85%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ron Paul 75%
Donald Payne 5%
John Peterson 90%
David Phelps 30%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 95%
Richard Pombo 80%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Deborah Pryce 87.5%
Jack Quinn 75%
George Radanovich 95%
James Ramstad 90%
Ralph Regula 75%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
Bob Riley 85%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 15%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Timothy Roemer 53%
Steve Rothman 7.5%
Marge Roukema 95%
Jim Ryun 97.5%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
Jim Saxton 80%
Joe Scarborough 85%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 83%
Donald Sherwood 85%
Ronnie Shows 60%
E.G. Shuster 77.5%
Norman Sisisky 45%
Joseph Skeen 75%
Ike Skelton 35%
Gordon Smith 95%
Nick Smith 85%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 15%
Mark Souder 83%
Arlen Specter 75%
Floyd Spence 67.5%
John Spratt, Jr. 13%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 95%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 90%
Ted Strickland 17.5%
Bob Stump 95%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 75%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 35%
William Tauzin 95%
Charles Taylor 70%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 90%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 75%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Robert Torricelli 35%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5%
James Turner 20%
George Voinovich 55%
James Walsh 70%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 80%
Wesley Watkins 65%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 90%
Anthony Weiner 20%
David Weldon 93%
W. Curtis Weldon 80%
Gerald Weller 95%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 17.5%
Heather Wilson 85%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 25%
Albert Wynn 10%

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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