| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 50% | |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 50% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 50% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 50% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 0% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 50% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 50% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 100% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 0% |
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 0% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 0% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 50% |
| 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 | 50% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 50% |
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 0% |
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 100% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 0% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 100% | |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 0% | |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 0% | ||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 100% | |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 0% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 100% |
| Gary Ackerman | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 0% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 100% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 100% | ||||
| Henry Scott Baesler | 0% | ||||
| William Baker | 0% | ||||
| James Barcia | 0% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 0% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 0% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 0% | ||||
| Anthony Beilenson | 100% | ||||
| Bob Bennett | 50% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 0% | ||||
| Tom Bevill | 0% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 0% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Peter Blute | 0% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 0% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 50% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 0% | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 100% | ||||
| John Breaux | 0% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Hank Brown | 100% | ||||
| Richard Bryan | 100% | ||||
| John Bryant | 0% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 50% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 0% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 0% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 0% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 0% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 50% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 0% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 50% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 0% | ||||
| John Chafee | 100% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 0% | ||||
| William Cohen | 100% | ||||
| Ronald Coleman | 0% | ||||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | 100% | ||||
| Cardiss Collins | 100% | ||||
| Michael Collins | 0% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 0% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 100% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 0% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 100% | ||||
| Paul Coverdell | 50% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 100% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 0% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 100% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 100% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 50% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 50% | ||||
| E. Kika de la Garza | 0% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Dellums | 100% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 100% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 0% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 0% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 100% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 100% | ||||
| Robert Dole | 50% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Calvin Dooley | 0% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 0% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 0% | ||||
| Robert Dornan | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 0% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 0% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 0% | ||||
| Bill Emerson | 0% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 0% | ||||
| Jim Exon | 100% | ||||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 50% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 100% | ||||
| Victor Fazio | 0% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 100% | ||||
| Cleo Fields | 0% | ||||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Floyd Flake | 100% | ||||
| Wendell Ford | 50% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 0% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| Gary Franks | 100% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 0% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 0% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 100% | ||||
| Pete Geren | 0% | ||||
| Sam Gibbons | 0% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 0% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 0% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 0% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 0% | ||||
| John Glenn | 100% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 0% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 50% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 0% | ||||
| William Phillip Gramm | 50% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 0% | ||||
| Judd Gregg | 100% | ||||
| Steven Gunderson | 100% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 100% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 0% | ||||
| Melton Hancock | 100% | ||||
| James Hansen | 0% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 100% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 0% | ||||
| Mark Hatfield | 50% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 100% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 0% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 100% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 0% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 0% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 100% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 50% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 100% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 0% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 0% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 0% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Inouye | 0% | ||||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 0% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 100% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 100% | ||||
| Harry Johnston | 100% | ||||
| J. Bennett Johnston | 0% | ||||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | 50% | ||||
| Dirk Kempthorne | 0% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 0% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 0% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 100% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 0% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 100% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 100% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 100% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 100% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 100% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 0% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 100% | ||||
| Greg Laughlin | 0% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 100% | ||||
| James Leach | 0% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 100% | ||||
| Jim Lightfoot | 0% | ||||
| Blanche Lincoln | 0% | ||||
| John Linder | 0% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 0% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 50% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 100% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 0% | ||||
| Don Manzullo | 0% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 0% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 0% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 0% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 0% | ||||
| John McHugh | 0% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 100% | ||||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 0% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 100% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 0% | ||||
| Jan Meyers | 0% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 100% | ||||
| David Minge | 0% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 0% | ||||
| John Moakley | 0% | ||||
| Susan Molinari | 0% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 0% | ||||
| G.V. Montgomery | 0% | ||||
| Carlos Moorhead | 100% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 100% | ||||
| Carol Moseley Braun | 100% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 50% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 100% | ||||
| John Myers | 100% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 50% | ||||
| Sam Nunn | 100% | ||||
| James Nussle | 0% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 100% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 100% | ||||
| John Olver | 0% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Bill Orton | 100% | ||||
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 100% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 0% | ||||
| William Paxon | 0% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 100% | ||||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Claiborne Pell | 100% | ||||
| Pete Peterson | 100% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 0% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 0% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 0% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 100% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 100% | ||||
| Larry Pressler | 50% | ||||
| David Pryor | 50% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 100% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 100% | ||||
| Bill Richardson | 0% | ||||
| Charles Robb | 50% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 0% | ||||
| Charles Rose III | 0% | ||||
| Toby Roth | 100% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 100% | ||||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | ||||
| Paul Sarbanes | 50% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Schaefer | 0% | ||||
| Steven Schiff | 0% | ||||
| Patricia Schroeder | 100% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 100% | ||||
| Paul Simon | 100% | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 50% | ||||
| Norman Sisisky | 0% | ||||
| David Skaggs | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 0% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 0% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 100% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 100% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 0% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 0% | ||||
| Arlen Specter | 100% | ||||
| Pete Stark | 100% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 100% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 0% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 50% | ||||
| Gerry Studds | 100% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 100% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 0% | ||||
| James Talent | 0% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 0% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 0% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 0% | ||||
| Frank Tejeda | 0% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 0% | ||||
| William Thomas | 100% | ||||
| Ray Thornton | 0% | ||||
| Karen Thurman | 0% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 50% | ||||
| Peter Torkildsen | 0% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 100% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 0% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 0% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 100% | ||||
| Harold Volkmer | 0% | ||||
| Barbara Vucanovich | 0% | ||||
| James Walsh | 0% | ||||
| John Warner | 100% | ||||
| Paul Wellstone | 50% | ||||
| Pat Williams | 0% | ||||
| Charles Wilson | 0% | ||||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 0% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 0% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 100% | ||||
| Bill Zeliff | 0% | ||||
| Richard Zimmer | 100% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: Competitive Enterprise Institute
1994 Positions on Agriculture
Issues:
Agriculture and Food
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.
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