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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Drum Major Institute for Public Policy/TheMiddleClass.org

2004 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 14%
George Allen 14%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 86%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 29%
Evan Bayh 86%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 17%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 71%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 86%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Leonard Boswell 71%
Rick Boucher 57%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
Jim Bunning 14%
Conrad Burns 14%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 83%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 86%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 71%
Mike Castle 29%
Ben Chandler III 83%
Chris Chocola 0%
Hillary Clinton 86%
Norm Coleman 29%
Kent Conrad 86%
Jerry Costello 86%
Larry Craig 14%
Robert Cramer 57%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Artur Davis 57%
James Davis 71%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 57%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 14%
Norm Dicks 71%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 0%
Chet Edwards 57%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Philip English 14%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 71%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 86%
Michael Ferguson 14%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 71%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 14%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 71%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 71%
Mark Green 0%
Judd Gregg 29%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 71%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 100%
Darlene Hooley 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 14%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 14%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 57%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Tim Johnson 14%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 14%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 29%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 14%
James Leach 33%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 83%
Blanche Lincoln 86%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 14%
Dick Lugar 14%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 71%
Thaddeus McCotter 14%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 14%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Brad Miller 86%
Alan Mollohan 83%
Dennis Moore 71%
Jack Murtha 71%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 71%
Robert William Ney 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 14%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 17%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 14%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 71%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Mike Ross 71%
Steve Rothman 71%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 14%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 14%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 14%
Ike Skelton 71%
Gordon Smith 29%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Vic Snyder 71%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 86%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 17%
John Sweeney 14%
James Talent 14%
Tom Tancredo 14%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 57%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
George Voinovich 14%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 14%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 14%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 83%
Albert Wynn 57%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 86%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 86%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 71%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 86%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 86%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 67%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 86%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 71%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 86%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 86%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 86%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 14%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 14%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 29%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 43%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 14%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 14%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 14%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 43%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 14%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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