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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 65%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 5%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 10%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 10%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 15%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 92%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 5%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 70%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 65%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 82%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 75%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 22%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 72%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 2%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 82%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 88%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 85%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 5%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 72%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 65%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 55%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 65%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 64%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 80%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 85%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 72%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 78%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 10%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 5%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 5%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 22%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 82%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 80%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 15%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 85%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 5%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 70%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 22%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 98%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 15%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 68%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 70%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 5%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 85%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 22%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 70%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 85%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 2%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 98%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 28%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 82%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 90%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 10%
William Archer 88%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
John Baldacci 10%
Cass Ballenger 75%
James Barcia 30%
Robert Barr, Jr. 78%
William Barrett 62%
Herbert Bateman 65%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 30%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Marion Berry 25%
Michael Bilirakis 70%
Rod Blagojevich 12%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 95%
Henry Bonilla 80%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 10%
Rick Boucher 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 15%
John Breaux 30%
Richard Bryan 0%
Ed Bryant 80%
Jim Bunning 95%
Conrad Burns 95%
Steve Buyer 68%
Robert Byrd 5%
Herbert Callahan 80%
Ben Campbell 90%
Thomas Campbell 65%
Chris Cannon 92%
Julia Carson 5%
Mike Castle 55%
Helen Chenoweth 72%
William Clay, Sr. 10%
Eva Clayton 10%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 5%
Robert Clement 30%
Mac Collins 82%
Larry Combest 90%
Gary Condit 42%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 70%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 75%
William Coyne 10%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 30%
Philip Crane 98%
Barbara Cubin 70%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Patsy Ann Danner 35%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 15%
Thomas Davis III 72%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 92%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jay Dickey 70%
Julian Dixon 10%
Chris Dodd 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 80%
Byron Dorgan 5%
Jennifer Dunn 75%
John Edwards 10%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 75%
Philip English 80%
Bob Etheridge 35%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 85%
Thomas Ewing 82%
Russ Feingold 5%
Peter Fitzgerald 90%
Ernest Fletcher 95%
Mark Foley 85%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
Tillie Fowler 60%
Robert Franks 80%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 15%
John Ganske 42%
Sam Gejdenson 10%
George Gekas 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 78%
William Goodling 75%
Bart Gordon 30%
Slade Gorton 95%
Porter Goss 88%
Daniel Graham 5%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 90%
Mark Green 82%
James Greenwood 70%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 98%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 28%
James Hansen 85%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 88%
Jesse Helms 95%
Baron Hill 25%
Rick Hill 85%
Van Hilleary 72%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
David Lee Hobson 78%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Ernest Hollings 5%
Darlene Hooley 15%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 65%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Kenny Hulshof 80%
Duncan Hunter 78%
William Hutchinson 70%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 78%
Jay Inslee 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Christopher John 25%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Sue Kelly 65%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Bob Kerrey 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Gerald Kleczka 12%
Ronald Klink 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 85%
James Kolbe 92%
Steven Kuykendall 70%
John LaFalce 20%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 5%
Stephen Largent 78%
Rick Lazio 70%
James Leach 52%
Ron Lewis 95%
Blanche Lincoln 5%
John Linder 88%
William Lipinski 22%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 12%
Connie Mack 95%
James Maloney 45%
Matthew Martinez 12%
Frank Mascara 5%
Robert Matsui 15%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 80%
James McCrery III 85%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 88%
David McIntosh 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 18%
Carrie Meek 12%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
Dan Miller 80%
David Minge 28%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 25%
John Moakley 10%
Alan Mollohan 10%
Dennis Moore 25%
Constance Morella 40%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 0%
Frank Murkowski 95%
Jack Murtha 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 85%
Robert William Ney 70%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 80%
James Nussle 88%
Jim Oberstar 18%
Dave Obey 18%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Doug Ose 88%
Major Owens 10%
Michael Oxley 78%
Ronald Packard 90%
Donald Payne 12%
Edward Pease 82%
John Peterson 55%
David Phelps 15%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 80%
Owen Pickett 35%
Richard Pombo 82%
Earl Pomeroy 18%
John Edward Porter 52%
Deborah Pryce 68%
Jack Quinn 55%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 72%
Ralph Regula 60%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
Bob Riley 80%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 20%
Charles Robb 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Timothy Roemer 45%
James Rogan 95%
William Roth, Jr. 90%
Marge Roukema 75%
Jim Ryun 98%
Martin Olav Sabo 12%
Matthew Salmon 82%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
H. James Saxton 65%
Joe Scarborough 88%
John Shadegg 88%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 80%
Ronnie Shows 40%
E.G. Shuster 75%
Norman Sisisky 20%
Joseph Skeen 70%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 90%
Nick Smith 92%
Bob Smith 95%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 78%
Arlen Specter 45%
Floyd Spence 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Charles Stenholm 30%
Ted Stevens 95%
Ted Strickland 20%
Robert Stump 90%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 98%
John Sweeney 55%
James Talent 85%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 20%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
William Tauzin 75%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 55%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 65%
Fred Thompson 85%
Karen Thurman 5%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
Robert Torricelli 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
James Turner 25%
Bruce Vento 8%
George Voinovich 70%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 85%
John Warner 90%
Wesley Watkins 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 90%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 65%
Gerald Weller 98%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 20%
Robert Weygand 5%
Heather Wilson 85%
Robert Wise, Jr. 5%
David Wu 22%
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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