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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 54%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 77%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 62%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 54%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 87%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 83%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 3%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 34%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 51%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 48%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 22%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 26%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 77%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 8%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 54%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 51%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 54%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 58%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 56%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 21%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 21%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 63%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 4%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 3%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 78%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 6%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 21%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 57%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 57%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 31%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 26%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 59%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 73%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 53%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 76%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 29%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 61%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 73%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 63%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 79%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 55%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 53%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 14%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 50%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 28%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 6%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 67%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 58%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 65%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 55%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 54%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 74%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 54%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 7%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 59%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 14%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 17%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 7%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 69%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 58%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 52%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 54%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 24%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 9%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 19%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 16%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 52%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 18%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 32%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 69%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 61%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 23%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 61%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 65%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 13%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 82%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 77%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 59%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 12%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 56%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 39%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 77%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 66%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 25%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 7%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 66%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 69%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 14%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 5%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 58%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 52%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 69%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 62%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 19%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 30%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 1%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 58%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 24%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 72%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 29%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 87%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 71%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 36%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 3%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 68%
Wayne Allard 84%
Thomas Allen 14%
William Archer 65%
Richard Armey 60%
John Ashcroft 79%
Brian Baird 23%
Richard Hugh Baker 57%
John Baldacci 16%
Cass Ballenger 59%
James Barcia 18%
Robert Barr, Jr. 72%
William Barrett 55%
Herbert Bateman 47%
Evan Bayh 19%
Bob Bennett 71%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 13%
Douglas Bereuter 49%
Marion Berry 28%
Michael Bilirakis 52%
Rod Blagojevich 17%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 59%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 70%
Henry Bonilla 54%
David Edward Bonior 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 18%
Rick Boucher 10%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 17%
John Breaux 21%
Richard Bryan 9%
Ed Bryant 55%
Jim Bunning 77%
Conrad Burns 73%
Steve Buyer 56%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 53%
Ben Campbell 72%
Thomas Campbell 63%
Chris Cannon 59%
Julia Carson 23%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth 75%
William Clay, Sr. 18%
Eva Clayton 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 8%
Robert Clement 16%
Mac Collins 62%
Larry Combest 59%
Gary Condit 42%
Merrill Cook 63%
John Cooksey 56%
Paul Coverdell 75%
Christopher Cox 71%
William Coyne 22%
Larry Craig 78%
Robert Cramer 24%
Philip Crane 73%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Randall Cunningham 59%
Patsy Ann Danner 35%
Thomas Daschle 2%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 51%
Bill Delahunt 27%
Thomas DeLay 60%
Peter Deutsch 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 55%
Julian Dixon 13%
Chris Dodd 4%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 68%
Calvin Dooley 16%
John Doolittle 70%
Byron Dorgan 7%
Jennifer Dunn 62%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 21%
Vern Ehlers 69%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 57%
Philip English 53%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 58%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Russ Feingold 25%
Peter Fitzgerald 79%
Ernest Fletcher 58%
Mark Foley 56%
Michael Patrick Forbes 32%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 63%
Tillie Fowler 53%
Robert Franks 55%
William Frist 73%
Jonas Frost III 10%
John Ganske 48%
Sam Gejdenson 20%
George Gekas 55%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 12%
Jim Gibbons 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 54%
Paul Gillmor 53%
Benjamin Gilman 48%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 69%
William Goodling 57%
Bart Gordon 25%
Slade Gorton 76%
Porter Goss 62%
Daniel Graham 16%
William Phillip Gramm 83%
Rodney Grams 83%
Mark Green 72%
James Greenwood 55%
Judd Gregg 81%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
Charles Hagel 84%
Tony Hall 15%
James Hansen 54%
J. Dennis Hastert 61%
Robert Hayes 59%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 63%
Joel Hefley 76%
Jesse Helms 77%
Baron Hill 23%
Rick Hill 61%
Van Hilleary 65%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
David Lee Hobson 56%
Pete Hoekstra 68%
Ernest Hollings 6%
Darlene Hooley 19%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 68%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 48%
Kenny Hulshof 63%
Duncan Hunter 55%
William Hutchinson 60%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 77%
Henry Hyde 55%
Jay Inslee 24%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 67%
William Jefferson 11%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 55%
Christopher John 19%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 24%
Sue Kelly 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 7%
Patrick Kennedy 16%
Bob Kerrey 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 19%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Ronald Klink 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 55%
James Kolbe 58%
Steven Kuykendall 53%
John LaFalce 15%
Nicholas Lampson 14%
Tom Lantos 18%
Stephen Largent 71%
Rick Lazio 62%
James Leach 57%
Ron Lewis 55%
Blanche Lincoln 7%
John Linder 57%
William Lipinski 26%
Trent Lott, Sr. 74%
William Luther 33%
Connie Mack 79%
James Maloney 24%
Matthew Martinez 15%
Frank Mascara 14%
Robert Matsui 12%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 53%
James McCrery III 53%
John McHugh 51%
Scott McInnis 67%
David McIntosh 62%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 28%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 25%
Carrie Meek 12%
Jack Metcalf 60%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
Dan Miller 63%
David Minge 31%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 22%
John Moakley 15%
Alan Mollohan 18%
Dennis Moore 15%
Constance Morella 26%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 7%
Frank Murkowski 76%
Jack Murtha 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 57%
Robert William Ney 52%
Don Nickles 83%
Anne Northup 58%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 59%
James Nussle 63%
Jim Oberstar 29%
Dave Obey 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 7%
Doug Ose 54%
Major Owens 26%
Michael Oxley 58%
Ronald Packard 58%
Donald Payne 27%
Edward Pease 58%
John Peterson 47%
David Phelps 21%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 56%
Owen Pickett 20%
Richard Pombo 59%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
John Edward Porter 51%
Deborah Pryce 58%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 59%
James Ramstad 70%
Ralph Regula 54%
Thomas Reynolds 54%
Bob Riley 60%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 39%
Charles Robb 13%
Ciro Rodriguez 11%
Timothy Roemer 26%
James Rogan 62%
William Roth, Jr. 72%
Marge Roukema 54%
Jim Ryun 68%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Matthew Salmon 78%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 17%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 74%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
H. James Saxton 51%
Joe Scarborough 69%
John Shadegg 70%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 52%
Christopher Shays 72%
Donald Sherwood 56%
Ronnie Shows 19%
E.G. Shuster 59%
Norman Sisisky 17%
Joseph Skeen 53%
Ike Skelton 22%
Gordon Smith 72%
Nick Smith 64%
Bob Smith 84%
Vic Snyder 15%
Mark Souder 64%
Arlen Specter 38%
Floyd Spence 58%
John Spratt, Jr. 16%
Charles Stenholm 24%
Ted Stevens 72%
Ted Strickland 19%
Robert Stump 61%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 69%
John Sweeney 58%
James Talent 53%
Tom Tancredo 73%
John Tanner 20%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
William Tauzin 53%
Charles Taylor 60%
Gene Taylor 35%
Craig Thomas 82%
William Thomas 51%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 16%
Strom Thurmond 73%
Todd Tiahrt 64%
Robert Torricelli 16%
James Traficant, Jr. 24%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 23%
James Turner 15%
Bruce Vento 29%
George Voinovich 67%
James Walsh 46%
Zach Wamp 62%
John Warner 72%
Wesley Watkins 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 58%
Anthony Weiner 18%
David Weldon 61%
W. Curtis Weldon 52%
Gerald Weller 61%
Paul Wellstone 19%
Robert Wexler 12%
Robert Weygand 15%
Heather Wilson 51%
Robert Wise, Jr. 14%
David Wu 26%
Albert Wynn 13%

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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