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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 21%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 16%
Todd Akin 76%
Wayne Allard 81%
George Allen 76%
Thomas Allen 22%
Joe Baca, Sr. 22%
Brian Baird 29%
Richard Hugh Baker 65%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 24%
Cass Ballenger 60%
J. Gresham Barrett 76%
Roscoe Bartlett 72%
Charlie Bass 59%
Evan Bayh 26%
Bob Beauprez 68%
Chris Bell 24%
Bob Bennett 73%
Douglas Bereuter 53%
Shelley Berkley 24%
Howard Berman 23%
Marion Berry 28%
Judy Biggert 58%
Michael Bilirakis 64%
Jeff Bingaman 19%
Sherwood Boehlert 49%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 61%
Mary Bono Mack 55%
Leonard Boswell 24%
Rick Boucher 23%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
John Breaux 36%
Henry Brown, Jr. 59%
Ginny Brown-Waite 56%
Jim Bunning 73%
Conrad Burns 72%
Max Burns 61%
Dan Burton 71%
Steve Buyer 68%
Robert Byrd 19%
Ben Campbell 68%
Chris Cannon 70%
Dennis Cardoza 27%
Brad Carson 27%
Julia Carson 21%
Edward Case 29%
Mike Castle 50%
Chris Chocola 65%
Hillary Clinton 21%
Norm Coleman 69%
Michael Collins 69%
Kent Conrad 16%
Jon Corzine 17%
Jerry Costello 34%
Christopher Cox 70%
Larry Craig 73%
Robert Cramer 28%
Philip Crane 69%
Barbara Cubin 67%
Randall Cunningham 62%
Thomas Daschle 15%
Artur Davis 23%
James Davis 27%
Jo Ann Davis 60%
Lincoln Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Bill Delahunt 24%
Thomas DeLay 64%
James DeMint 78%
Peter Deutsch 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Norm Dicks 22%
Chris Dodd 15%
Elizabeth Dole 72%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 33%
John Doolittle 62%
Byron Dorgan 11%
David Dreier 64%
Jennifer Dunn 62%
John Edwards 22%
Chet Edwards 26%
Vern Ehlers 57%
Jo Ann Emerson 54%
Philip English 60%
John Ensign 87%
Bob Etheridge 26%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 65%
Tom Feeney 74%
Russ Feingold 17%
Michael Ferguson 62%
Peter Fitzgerald 73%
Mark Foley 59%
Harold Ford, Jr. 23%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 66%
Barney Frank 26%
William Frist 72%
Jonas Frost III 19%
Elton Gallegly 62%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 57%
Charlie Gonzalez 23%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 64%
Bart Gordon 25%
Porter Goss 60%
Daniel Graham 22%
Mark Green 71%
James Greenwood 59%
Judd Gregg 80%
Gilbert Gutknecht 73%
Jane Harman 25%
Katherine Harris 60%
Melissa Hart 63%
Robert Hayes 61%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 64%
Joel Hefley 71%
Wally Herger, Jr. 68%
Baron Hill 29%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
David Lee Hobson 59%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 21%
Pete Hoekstra 63%
Thomas Holden 23%
Ernest Hollings 24%
Darlene Hooley 28%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 62%
Duncan Hunter 58%
Kay Hutchison 74%
Henry Hyde 60%
Daniel Inouye 12%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 65%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 29%
William Janklow 57%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
William Lewis Jenkins 62%
Christopher John 32%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Tim Johnson 56%
Paul Kanjorski 23%
Ric Keller 66%
Sue Kelly 57%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 17%
Mark Kennedy 63%
Patrick Kennedy 23%
Dale Kildee 23%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 23%
Gerald Kleczka 24%
Joseph Knollenberg 59%
Herb Kohl 22%
James Kolbe 59%
Dennis Kucinich 29%
Jon Kyl 79%
Ray LaHood 51%
Nicholas Lampson 21%
Tom Lantos 19%
Steve LaTourette 56%
James Leach 39%
Jerry Lewis 58%
Ron Lewis 62%
Joe Lieberman 15%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 68%
William Lipinski 30%
Trent Lott, Sr. 81%
Dick Lugar 73%
Denise Majette 23%
Don Manzullo 63%
Jim Marshall 22%
Robert Matsui 25%
Karen McCarthy 25%
Thaddeus McCotter 62%
James McCrery III 62%
John McHugh 48%
Scott McInnis 62%
Michael McNulty 16%
Martin Meehan 22%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 22%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 23%
Brad Miller 22%
Zell Bryan Miller 64%
Alan Mollohan 23%
Dennis Moore 23%
Jack Murtha 26%
Marilyn Musgrave 81%
Sue Myrick 66%
Ben Nelson 42%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 59%
Robert William Ney 59%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 55%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 76%
James Nussle 62%
Jim Oberstar 26%
Dave Obey 28%
John Olver 23%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22%
Thomas William Osborne 59%
Doug Ose 59%
Major Owens 24%
Michael Oxley 63%
Ron Paul 89%
Donald Payne 26%
John Peterson 59%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
Todd Platts 56%
Richard Pombo 64%
Earl Pomeroy 16%
Jon Porter, Sr. 61%
Deborah Pryce 59%
Jack Quinn 54%
George Radanovich 63%
James Ramstad 65%
Ralph Regula 59%
Denny Rehberg 62%
Richard Renzi 57%
Silvestre Reyes 21%
Thomas Reynolds 61%
Ciro Rodriguez 21%
Mike Ross 25%
Steve Rothman 22%
Jim Ryun 79%
Martin Olav Sabo 22%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 23%
Rick Santorum 81%
Paul Sarbanes 17%
Jim Saxton 56%
Edward Schrock 63%
John Shadegg 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Christopher Shays 59%
Donald Sherwood 61%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 58%
Ike Skelton 26%
Gordon Smith 69%
Nick Smith 78%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Vic Snyder 25%
Hilda Solis 23%
Mark Souder 62%
Arlen Specter 65%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 28%
Cliff Stearns 73%
Charles Stenholm 30%
Ted Stevens 71%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sullivan 62%
John Sununu 85%
John Sweeney 55%
James Talent 72%
Tom Tancredo 84%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 29%
William Tauzin 61%
Charles Taylor 66%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 78%
William Thomas 62%
Todd Tiahrt 63%
Ed Towns 27%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 21%
James Turner 28%
George Voinovich 69%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 62%
John Warner 74%
Diane Watson 28%
Anthony Weiner 22%
David Weldon 62%
W. Curtis Weldon 56%
Gerald Weller 64%
Robert Wexler 25%
Heather Wilson 55%
Lynn Woolsey 29%
David Wu 18%
Albert Wynn 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 26%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 23%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 19%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 22%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 27%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 22%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 16%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 31%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 22%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 29%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 14%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 19%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 22%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 22%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 16%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 22%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 22%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 31%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 21%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 22%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 27%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 28%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 23%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 34%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 22%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 24%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 24%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 27%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 21%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 21%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 19%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 24%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 23%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 21%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 23%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 19%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 21%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 16%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 31%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 24%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 24%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 24%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 46%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 28%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 61%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 73%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 67%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 65%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 71%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 63%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 61%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 60%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 64%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 69%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 61%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 76%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 74%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 66%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 72%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 64%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 79%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 69%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 69%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 69%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 67%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 72%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 76%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 61%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 59%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 76%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 58%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 63%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 72%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 63%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 42%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 60%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 73%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 76%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 76%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 59%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 58%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 62%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 58%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 72%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 61%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 68%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 84%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 55%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 71%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 61%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 71%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 61%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 76%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 70%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 71%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 61%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 72%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 69%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 72%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 79%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 72%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 59%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 58%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 59%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 63%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 58%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 62%
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 59%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 59%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 60%

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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