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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

1998 Positions

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