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Special Interest Groups

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

2007 Positions on Middle Class Advocacy

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 30
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 70
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 30
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 100
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 89
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 90
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 56
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 100
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 50
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 80
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 80
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 20
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 90
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 100
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 20
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 20
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 14
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 50
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 10
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 20
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 86
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 13
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 20
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 0
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 90
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 11
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 22
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 30
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 30
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 80
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 50
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 90
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 11
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 90
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 10
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 70
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 30
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 40
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 10
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 33
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 100
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 33
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 10
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 20
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 90
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 0
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 20
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 89
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 50
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 10
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 10
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 90
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 20
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 90
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 56
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 90
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 20
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 10
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 90
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 10
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 90
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 89
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 10
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 40
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 30
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 22
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 22
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 60
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 22
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 90
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 50
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 70
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 78
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 10
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 20
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 14
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 10
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 11
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 10
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 90
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 89
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 11
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 11
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 80
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 30
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 30
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 22
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 30
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 50
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 20
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 89
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 89
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 90
Gary Ackerman 90
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100
Todd Akin 0
Wayne Allard 0
Thomas Allen 100
Jason Altmire 100
Michael Arcuri 100
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Brian Baird 89
Richard Hugh Baker 13
J. Gresham Barrett 11
Roscoe Bartlett 10
Evan Bayh 80
Melissa Bean 78
Bob Bennett 30
Shelley Berkley 100
Howard Berman 90
Marion Berry 90
Judy Biggert 30
Brian Bilbray 0
Jeff Bingaman 90
Kit Bond 10
Mary Bono Mack 50
Dan Boren 57
Leonard Boswell 90
Rick Boucher 100
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78
Nancy Boyda 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 11
Ginny Brown-Waite 30
Jim Bunning 0
Dan Burton 10
Robert Byrd 70
Chris Cannon 0
Dennis Cardoza 90
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 100
Mike Castle 70
Ben Chandler III 100
Hillary Clinton 100
Norm Coleman 60
Kent Conrad 80
Jerry Costello 100
Larry Craig 22
Robert Cramer 90
Artur Davis 90
David Davis 10
Geoff Davis 20
Lincoln Davis 89
Thomas Davis III 30
Bill Delahunt 100
James DeMint 0
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40
Norm Dicks 89
Chris Dodd 100
Elizabeth Dole 10
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30
John Doolittle 0
Byron Dorgan 80
Thelma Drake 10
David Dreier 0
Chet Edwards 90
Vern Ehlers 30
Brad Ellsworth 89
Jo Ann Emerson 60
Philip English 50
John Ensign 22
Bob Etheridge 80
Terry Everett 13
Tom Feeney 0
Russ Feingold 100
Michael Ferguson 60
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50
Barney Frank 90
Elton Gallegly 0
Gabrielle Giffords 100
Wayne Gilchrest 56
Charlie Gonzalez 90
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30
Bart Gordon 90
Judd Gregg 10
John Hall 100
Phil Hare 100
Jane Harman 90
Robert Hayes 60
Wally Herger, Jr. 0
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 90
Baron Hill 78
Maurice Hinchey 100
David Lee Hobson 33
Paul Hodes 100
Pete Hoekstra 10
Thomas Holden 100
Darlene Hooley 88
Kenny Hulshof 22
Kay Hutchison 44
Bob Inglis, Sr. 20
Daniel Inouye 90
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100
William Jefferson 100
Tim Johnson 56
Steve Kagen 100
Paul Kanjorski 100
Ric Keller 30
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89
Patrick Kennedy 100
Dale Kildee 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100
Ron Klein 90
Joseph Knollenberg 22
Herb Kohl 90
Dennis Kucinich 90
John Kuhl, Jr. 40
Jon Kyl 33
Ray LaHood 75
Nicholas Lampson 70
Tom Lantos 100
Steve LaTourette 80
Jerry Lewis 0
Ron Lewis 10
Joe Lieberman 90
Blanche Lincoln 89
John Linder 0
Trent Lott, Sr. 30
Dick Lugar 40
Dan Lungren 0
Connie Mack IV 0
Tim Mahoney 80
Don Manzullo 0
Jim Marshall 80
Melquiades Martinez 33
Thaddeus McCotter 40
James McCrery III 0
John McHugh 78
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 80
Brad Miller 100
Harry Mitchell 80
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 90
Patrick Murphy 100
Jack Murtha 90
Marilyn Musgrave 0
Sue Myrick 0
Ben Nelson 80
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
John Olver 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 89
Ron Paul 43
Donald Payne 100
John Peterson 25
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25
Todd Platts 60
Earl Pomeroy 90
Jon Porter, Sr. 40
Deborah Pryce 40
George Radanovich 0
James Ramstad 70
Ralph Regula 60
Denny Rehberg 30
Richard Renzi 60
Silvestre Reyes 90
Thomas Reynolds 11
Laura Richardson 100
Ciro Rodriguez 100
Mike Ross 90
Steve Rothman 100
Ken Salazar 90
William Sali 0
Jim Saxton 44
Jean Schmidt 10
Joe Sestak, Jr. 90
John Shadegg 0
Christopher Shays 67
Heath Shuler 100
Ike Skelton 90
Gordon Smith 40
Olympia Snowe 70
Vic Snyder 90
Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 100
Arlen Specter 50
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 30
Ted Stevens 40
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 0
John Sununu 20
Betty Sutton 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 89
Ellen Tauscher 90
Gene Taylor 70
Todd Tiahrt 10
Ed Towns 90
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 89
George Voinovich 33
James Walsh 56
Zach Wamp 30
John Warner 50
Diane Watson 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 90
Anthony Weiner 90
David Weldon 10
Gerald Weller 33
Robert Wexler 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100
Heather Wilson 50
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100

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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.

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