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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
David Dreier 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Katherine Harris 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
John Linder 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
James Nussle 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Allen 95%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
J. Gresham Barrett 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 95%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 95%
Bob Beauprez 95%
Bob Bennett 95%
Judy Biggert 95%
Sherwood Boehlert 95%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 95%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 95%
Ginny Brown-Waite 95%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 95%
Norm Coleman 95%
Larry Craig 95%
Thomas Davis III 95%
James DeMint 95%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 95%
Elizabeth Dole 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 95%
Mark Foley 95%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 95%
William Frist 95%
Wayne Gilchrest 95%
Paul Gillmor 95%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
Mark Green 95%
Judd Gregg 95%
Gilbert Gutknecht 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 95%
Melissa Hart 95%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 95%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
Ric Keller 95%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 95%
Ron Lewis 95%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
Don Manzullo 95%
Thaddeus McCotter 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 95%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 95%
Marilyn Musgrave 95%
Sue Myrick 95%
Anne Northup 95%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 95%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 95%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 95%
John Peterson 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 95%
Jon Porter, Sr. 95%
Deborah Pryce 95%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
Rick Santorum 95%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 95%
John Sullivan 95%
Tom Tancredo 95%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 95%
Gerald Weller 95%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 90%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
Chris Cannon 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 90%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 90%
John Doolittle 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
Vern Ehlers 90%
Philip English 90%
John Ensign 90%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
Jim Gibbons 90%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
David Lee Hobson 90%
Kenny Hulshof 90%
Kay Hutchison 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 90%
Tim Johnson 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Steve LaTourette 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
Robert William Ney 90%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 90%
Denny Rehberg 90%
Richard Renzi 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
Jim Ryun 90%
Jim Saxton 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Donald Sherwood 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
Gordon Smith 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
John Sweeney 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
Charlie Bass 85%
Henry Bonilla 85%
Dan Burton 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Jo Ann Davis 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Terry Everett 85%
Elton Gallegly 85%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 85%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 85%
Joel Hefley 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Nancy Johnson 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 85%
Ray LaHood 85%
Jerry Lewis 85%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 85%
Dick Lugar 85%
James McCrery III 85%
John McHugh 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 85%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 85%
Mark Souder 85%
Arlen Specter 85%
Charles Taylor 85%
James Walsh 85%
John Warner 85%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 85%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
Heather Wilson 85%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
Steve Buyer 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
Robert Hayes 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Thomas William Osborne 80%
Todd Platts 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
Ralph Regula 80%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
William Thomas 80%
Mike Castle 75%
Michael Ferguson 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
Mary Bono Mack 70%
Jo Ann Emerson 70%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70%
Olympia Snowe 70%
James Leach 65%
Ron Paul 65%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
George Voinovich 60%
Ben Nelson 50%
Bart Gordon 40%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 40%
Ben Chandler III 37%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 35%
Robert Cramer 35%
Lincoln Davis 35%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 35%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 35%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 33%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 32%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
Evan Bayh 30%
Shelley Berkley 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
Jon Corzine 30%
Norm Dicks 30%
Chet Edwards 30%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
Dennis Moore 30%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
Mike Ross 30%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
Brian Baird 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
Leonard Boswell 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
Artur Davis 25%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 25%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
Thomas Holden 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
Vic Snyder 25%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Gene Taylor 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
Albert Wynn 25%
Gary Ackerman 20%
Thomas Allen 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
Howard Berman 20%
Rick Boucher 20%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 20%
Dennis Cardoza 20%
Edward Case 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
James Davis 20%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
Jane Harman 20%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 20%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
Brad Miller 20%
Jack Murtha 20%
Dave Obey 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
Silvestre Reyes 20%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 20%
Diane Watson 20%
Robert Wexler 20%
David Wu 20%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
Barney Frank 15%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
Daniel Inouye 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
Jim Marshall 15%
Robert Matsui 15%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
Martin Meehan 15%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
Alan Mollohan 15%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 15%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
Bart Stupak 15%
Ed Towns 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
Anthony Weiner 15%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
Joe Baca, Sr. 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
Marion Berry 10%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
Hillary Clinton 10%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Chris Dodd 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 10%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
Tom Lantos 10%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
Joe Lieberman 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
Michael McNulty 10%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
John Olver 10%
Major Owens 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
Steve Rothman 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
Hilda Solis 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Ted Strickland 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
Kent Conrad 5%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
Jerry Costello 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
Lane Evans 5%
Russ Feingold 5%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 5%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 5%
Dale Kildee 5%
Herb Kohl 5%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 5%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
Donald Payne 5%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry 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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