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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 55%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 20%
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 5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 15%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 15%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 95%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 95%
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 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 85%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 95%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 85%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 15%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 95%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 95%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 5%
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 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 95%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 5%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 30%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 5%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 5%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 95%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Gary Ackerman 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Todd Akin 95%
Wayne Allard 95%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 10%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 10%
Brian Baird 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 30%
Robert Barr, Jr. 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 90%
Charlie Bass 90%
Evan Bayh 10%
Bob Bennett 95%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 15%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Shelley Berkley 20%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 40%
Judy Biggert 95%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Jeff Bingaman 5%
Rod Blagojevich 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 90%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
John Breaux 20%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 85%
Dan Burton 95%
Steve Buyer 85%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 100%
Jean Carnahan 5%
Brad Carson 35%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 75%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 15%
Robert Clement 35%
Hillary Clinton 5%
Michael Collins 95%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 40%
Kent Conrad 5%
John Cooksey 95%
Jon Corzine 10%
Jerry Costello 15%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 95%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 15%
Jo Ann Davis 95%
Thomas Davis III 95%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 95%
Norm Dicks 10%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 65%
Calvin Dooley 35%
John Doolittle 95%
Byron Dorgan 5%
David Dreier 90%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 90%
Jo Ann Emerson 95%
Philip English 90%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 35%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 95%
Russ Feingold 20%
Michael Ferguson 80%
Peter Fitzgerald 85%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 95%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 95%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 85%
George Gekas 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 5%
Jim Gibbons 95%
Wayne Gilchrest 85%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 90%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 5%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 90%
Judd Gregg 100%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 10%
James Hansen 95%
Jane Harman 35%
Melissa Hart 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 95%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 95%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 85%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 95%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 5%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 90%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Thomas Holden 15%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 15%
Stephen Horn 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 70%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 95%
Duncan Hunter 95%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Kay Hutchison 95%
Henry Hyde 85%
Daniel Inouye 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 95%
Christopher John 65%
Nancy Johnson 65%
Tim Johnson 85%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 85%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 95%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 100%
Dale Kildee 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Gerald Kleczka 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 10%
Ray LaHood 85%
Nicholas Lampson 10%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 75%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 15%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 30%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
Dick Lugar 90%
William Luther 10%
James Maloney 45%
Don Manzullo 95%
Frank Mascara 25%
Robert Matsui 5%
Karen McCarthy 10%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 65%
Scott McInnis 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 5%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 5%
Carrie Meek 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 95%
Zell Bryan Miller 30%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 30%
Constance Morella 45%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 20%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 35%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 90%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Thomas William Osborne 95%
Doug Ose 95%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 90%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 95%
Todd Platts 80%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Deborah Pryce 95%
Jack Quinn 85%
George Radanovich 95%
James Ramstad 85%
Ralph Regula 75%
Denny Rehberg 95%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
Bob Riley 95%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 20%
Timothy Roemer 30%
Mike Ross 20%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 80%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
Jim Saxton 75%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 75%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 85%
Joseph Skeen 90%
Ike Skelton 60%
Gordon Smith 75%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 10%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 95%
Arlen Specter 70%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 95%
Charles Stenholm 35%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 5%
Bob Stump 90%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 85%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 15%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 90%
Karen Thurman 5%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 30%
Ed Towns 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5%
James Turner 25%
George Voinovich 80%
James Walsh 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
John Warner 85%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 5%
David Weldon 95%
W. Curtis Weldon 70%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 95%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 5%
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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