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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union

2003 Positions

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

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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