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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 6%
Todd Akin 74%
Wayne Allard 88%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 11%
Richard Armey 67%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 64%
John Baldacci 10%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 27%
Robert Barr, Jr. 74%
Roscoe Bartlett 70%
Charlie Bass 61%
Evan Bayh 20%
Bob Bennett 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 18%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Shelley Berkley 22%
Howard Berman 12%
Marion Berry 18%
Judy Biggert 61%
Michael Bilirakis 59%
Jeff Bingaman 7%
Rod Blagojevich 11%
Sherwood Boehlert 51%
Kit Bond 83%
Henry Bonilla 61%
David Edward Bonior 10%
Mary Bono Mack 63%
Robert Borski, Jr. 14%
Leonard Boswell 22%
Rick Boucher 12%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 20%
John Breaux 42%
Henry Brown, Jr. 61%
Ed Bryant 66%
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 81%
Dan Burton 72%
Steve Buyer 62%
Robert Byrd 13%
Herbert Callahan 62%
Ben Campbell 79%
Chris Cannon 67%
Jean Carnahan 21%
Brad Carson 20%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 56%
Eva Clayton 8%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 32%
Robert Clement 22%
Hillary Clinton 3%
Michael Collins 64%
Larry Combest 62%
Gary Condit 38%
Kent Conrad 5%
John Cooksey 57%
Jon Corzine 9%
Jerry Costello 19%
Christopher Cox 74%
William Coyne 10%
Larry Craig 82%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 79%
Barbara Cubin 77%
Randall Cunningham 61%
Thomas Daschle 6%
James Davis 18%
Jo Ann Davis 66%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Bill Delahunt 12%
Thomas DeLay 73%
James DeMint 73%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 61%
Norm Dicks 12%
Chris Dodd 6%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 78%
Calvin Dooley 22%
John Doolittle 73%
Byron Dorgan 6%
David Dreier 63%
Jennifer Dunn 66%
John Edwards 13%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 62%
Jo Ann Emerson 57%
Philip English 58%
John Ensign 84%
Bob Etheridge 21%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 67%
Russ Feingold 17%
Michael Ferguson 58%
Peter Fitzgerald 77%
Ernest Fletcher 61%
Mark Foley 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 63%
Barney Frank 16%
William Frist 84%
Jonas Frost III 9%
Elton Gallegly 62%
John Ganske 55%
George Gekas 58%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 9%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 59%
Paul Gillmor 55%
Benjamin Gilman 52%
Charlie Gonzalez 12%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 72%
Bart Gordon 33%
Porter Goss 62%
Daniel Graham 8%
William Phillip Gramm 87%
Mark Green 65%
James Greenwood 57%
Judd Gregg 85%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 58%
Gilbert Gutknecht 61%
Tony Hall 14%
James Hansen 67%
Jane Harman 24%
Melissa Hart 59%
Robert Hayes 61%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 72%
Joel Hefley 78%
Jesse Helms 87%
Wally Herger, Jr. 72%
Baron Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 62%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 16%
Maurice Hinchey 11%
David Lee Hobson 59%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 12%
Pete Hoekstra 74%
Thomas Holden 17%
Ernest Hollings 7%
Darlene Hooley 14%
Stephen Horn 54%
John Nathan Hostettler 74%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 61%
Duncan Hunter 68%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 77%
Kay Hutchison 79%
Henry Hyde 56%
Daniel Inouye 6%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 68%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 18%
William Jefferson 16%
James Merrill Jeffords 49%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Christopher John 36%
Nancy Johnson 52%
Tim Johnson 56%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
Ric Keller 66%
Sue Kelly 57%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 9%
Mark Kennedy 62%
Patrick Kennedy 8%
Brian Kerns 72%
Dale Kildee 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 11%
Gerald Kleczka 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 62%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 62%
Dennis Kucinich 12%
Jon Kyl 88%
John LaFalce 8%
Ray LaHood 57%
Nicholas Lampson 14%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 57%
James Leach 53%
Jerry Lewis 62%
Ron Lewis 68%
Joe Lieberman 7%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 64%
William Lipinski 29%
Trent Lott, Sr. 81%
Dick Lugar 81%
William Luther 13%
James Maloney 24%
Don Manzullo 70%
Frank Mascara 16%
Robert Matsui 7%
Karen McCarthy 13%
James McCrery III 62%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 69%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 16%
Michael McNulty 9%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Dan Miller 67%
Zell Bryan Miller 63%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Dennis Moore 27%
Constance Morella 43%
Frank Murkowski 82%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 71%
Ben Nelson 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 65%
Robert William Ney 58%
Don Nickles 87%
Anne Northup 62%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 64%
James Nussle 63%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 9%
John Olver 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Thomas William Osborne 59%
Doug Ose 60%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ron Paul 88%
Donald Payne 12%
John Peterson 61%
David Phelps 21%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 71%
Earl Pomeroy 12%
Deborah Pryce 59%
Jack Quinn 58%
George Radanovich 63%
James Ramstad 62%
Ralph Regula 58%
Denny Rehberg 59%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Thomas Reynolds 62%
Bob Riley 66%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 16%
Ciro Rodriguez 12%
Timothy Roemer 25%
Mike Ross 23%
Steve Rothman 10%
Marge Roukema 57%
Jim Ryun 75%
Martin Olav Sabo 13%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 24%
Rick Santorum 82%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
Jim Saxton 56%
Edward Schrock 67%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 66%
Donald Sherwood 62%
Ronnie Shows 36%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 58%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 76%
Nick Smith 66%
Bob Smith 87%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Vic Snyder 19%
Hilda Solis 9%
Mark Souder 67%
Arlen Specter 59%
John Spratt, Jr. 11%
Pete Stark 16%
Cliff Stearns 74%
Charles Stenholm 28%
Ted Stevens 73%
Ted Strickland 12%
Bob Stump 65%
Bart Stupak 15%
John Sununu 69%
John Sweeney 59%
Tom Tancredo 86%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
William Tauzin 61%
Charles Taylor 65%
Gene Taylor 32%
Craig Thomas 83%
William Thomas 57%
Fred Thompson 84%
Karen Thurman 11%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Todd Tiahrt 68%
Robert Torricelli 29%
Ed Towns 18%
James Traficant, Jr. 56%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
James Turner 18%
George Voinovich 87%
James Walsh 58%
Zach Wamp 62%
John Warner 77%
Wesley Watkins 61%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 59%
Anthony Weiner 11%
David Weldon 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 7%
Robert Wexler 7%
Heather Wilson 60%
Lynn Woolsey 11%
David Wu 17%
Albert Wynn 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 19%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 14%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 13%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 7%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 19%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 11%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 21%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 18%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 6%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 15%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 24%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 16%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 18%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 6%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 48%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 11%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 21%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 9%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 12%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 6%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 6%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 21%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 9%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 9%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 18%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 6%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 13%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 6%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 34%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 49%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 69%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 65%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 69%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 62%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 63%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 77%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 79%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 74%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 71%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 87%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 61%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 72%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 63%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 78%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 61%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 62%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 62%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 81%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 82%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 73%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 59%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 68%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 57%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 59%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 56%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 65%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 66%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 71%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 73%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 76%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 76%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 76%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 68%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 61%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 81%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 79%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 69%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 76%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 77%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 65%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 61%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 63%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 68%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 66%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 61%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 65%

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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