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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: People for the American Way

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Pete Stark 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Thomas Allen 94%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
Howard Berman 94%
Rick Boucher 94%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 94%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 94%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 94%
Julia Carson 94%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 94%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 94%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 94%
Norm Dicks 94%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 94%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 94%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 94%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 94%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 94%
Robert Matsui 94%
Karen McCarthy 94%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 94%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 94%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 94%
Ellen Tauscher 94%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 94%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 94%
Anthony Weiner 94%
Robert Wexler 94%
David Wu 94%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 92%
Hillary Clinton 92%
Jon Corzine 92%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 92%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
Russ Feingold 92%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 92%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 92%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 92%
Paul Sarbanes 92%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
Shelley Berkley 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
Peter Deutsch 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
Lane Evans 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Charlie Gonzalez 88%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
Jane Harman 88%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
Martin Meehan 88%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 88%
Major Owens 88%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Steve Rothman 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
Albert Wynn 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 85%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 85%
Thomas Daschle 85%
John Edwards 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
Daniel Graham 85%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
Daniel Inouye 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 85%
Diane Watson 85%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
Brian Baird 82%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 82%
Calvin Dooley 82%
Chet Edwards 82%
Jonas Frost III 82%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 82%
William Jefferson 82%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Tom Lantos 82%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 82%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 82%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
Dennis Moore 82%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 82%
Vic Snyder 82%
Joe Baca, Sr. 77%
Evan Bayh 77%
Leonard Boswell 77%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 77%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 77%
Kent Conrad 77%
James Davis 77%
Bill Delahunt 77%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
Chris Dodd 77%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 77%
Harold Ford, Jr. 77%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 77%
Ernest Hollings 77%
James Merrill Jeffords 77%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 77%
Herb Kohl 77%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 77%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 77%
Ted Strickland 77%
Brad Carson 71%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 71%
Bob Etheridge 71%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 71%
Baron Hill 71%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 71%
Dennis Kucinich 71%
Nicholas Lampson 71%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 71%
Jim Oberstar 71%
Dave Obey 71%
Silvestre Reyes 71%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 69%
Byron Dorgan 69%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 69%
Blanche Lincoln 69%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 65%
Earl Pomeroy 65%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 65%
Ed Towns 65%
Robert Byrd 62%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 62%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 59%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 59%
Paul Kanjorski 59%
Dale Kildee 59%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 59%
Michael McNulty 59%
Jack Murtha 59%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 59%
Bart Stupak 59%
John Breaux 54%
Ben Nelson 54%
Marion Berry 53%
Bart Gordon 53%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 53%
Mike Ross 53%
James Turner 53%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 47%
Jerry Costello 47%
Nancy Johnson 47%
Christopher Shays 47%
John Tanner 47%
Judy Biggert 41%
James Greenwood 41%
James Leach 41%
Ron Paul 41%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 41%
Zell Bryan Miller 38%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Arlen Specter 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 35%
Sue Kelly 35%
Alan Mollohan 35%
Ike Skelton 35%
Charles Stenholm 35%
Gene Taylor 35%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 31%
Gordon Smith 31%
Charlie Bass 29%
Mike Castle 29%
Mark Foley 29%
Wayne Gilchrest 29%
Christopher John 29%
James Kolbe 29%
William Lipinski 29%
Robert Cramer 24%
Thomas Davis III 24%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 24%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 24%
Doug Ose 24%
Deborah Pryce 24%
James Ramstad 24%
William Thomas 24%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 23%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 23%
Douglas Bereuter 18%
Mary Bono Mack 18%
Tim Johnson 18%
Ray LaHood 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 18%
John McHugh 18%
Jack Quinn 18%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 18%
Conrad Burns 15%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 15%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
Ted Stevens 15%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 13%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 12%
David Dreier 12%
Vern Ehlers 12%
Jo Ann Emerson 12%
Philip English 12%
Michael Ferguson 12%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 12%
Paul Gillmor 12%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 12%
David Lee Hobson 12%
Pete Hoekstra 12%
John Nathan Hostettler 12%
Kenny Hulshof 12%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 12%
Steve LaTourette 12%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 12%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 12%
Robert William Ney 12%
Thomas William Osborne 12%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 12%
Todd Platts 12%
Ralph Regula 12%
Denny Rehberg 12%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 12%
John Sweeney 12%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 12%
W. Curtis Weldon 12%
George Allen 8%
Bob Bennett 8%
Kit Bond 8%
Ben Campbell 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
John Ensign 8%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 8%
Peter Fitzgerald 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
Kay Hutchison 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 8%
Dick Lugar 8%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 8%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 8%
Craig Thomas 8%
George Voinovich 8%
John Warner 8%
Cass Ballenger 6%
Michael Bilirakis 6%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 6%
Randall Cunningham 6%
Jennifer Dunn 6%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 6%
Jim Gibbons 6%
Mark Kennedy 6%
Jerry Lewis 6%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 6%
Don Manzullo 6%
James McCrery III 6%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 6%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 6%
Richard Pombo 6%
Thomas Reynolds 6%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 6%
Jim Saxton 6%
John Shadegg 6%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 6%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 6%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 6%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 6%
Zach Wamp 6%
Heather Wilson 6%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 6%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
John Doolittle 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Terry Everett 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Porter Goss 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
John Sullivan 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
David Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 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 0%
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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