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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2000 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 66%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 78%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 78%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 58%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 23%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 18%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 81%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 19%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 26%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 88%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 19%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 69%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 52%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 70%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 61%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 69%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 31%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 18%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 76%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 67%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 21%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 22%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 62%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 78%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 74%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 83%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 58%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 69%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 36%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 29%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 26%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 19%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 21%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 16%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 28%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 71%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 18%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 67%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 24%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 23%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 68%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 26%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 78%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 24%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 74%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 35%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 34%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 29%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 73%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 76%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 23%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 16%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 72%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 79%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 68%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 67%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 36%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 40%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 85%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 22%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 76%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 22%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 12%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 38%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 79%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 27%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 42%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 84%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 32%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 78%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 52%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 31%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 37%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 69%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 32%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 34%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 77%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 41%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 81%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 42%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 78%
Gary Ackerman 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 21%
Wayne Allard 80%
Thomas Allen 24%
Richard Armey 73%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
Brian Baird 32%
Richard Hugh Baker 58%
John Baldacci 29%
Cass Ballenger 70%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 79%
Roscoe Bartlett 74%
Charlie Bass 68%
Evan Bayh 23%
Bob Bennett 85%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 32%
Douglas Bereuter 59%
Shelley Berkley 40%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 63%
Judy Biggert 59%
Michael Bilirakis 57%
Jeff Bingaman 23%
Rod Blagojevich 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 35%
Kit Bond 74%
Henry Bonilla 68%
David Edward Bonior 16%
Mary Bono Mack 69%
Robert Borski, Jr. 16%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 68%
John Breaux 32%
Ed Bryant 77%
Jim Bunning 75%
Conrad Burns 65%
Dan Burton 74%
Steve Buyer 64%
Robert Byrd 33%
Herbert Callahan 55%
Ben Campbell 72%
Chris Cannon 78%
Julia Carson 24%
Mike Castle 52%
Eva Clayton 24%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 23%
Robert Clement 43%
Michael Collins 78%
Larry Combest 74%
Gary Condit 45%
Kent Conrad 23%
John Cooksey 64%
Jerry Costello 37%
Christopher Cox 85%
William Coyne 19%
Larry Craig 80%
Robert Cramer 42%
Philip Crane 80%
Barbara Cubin 76%
Randall Cunningham 72%
Thomas Daschle 21%
James Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 61%
Bill Delahunt 29%
Thomas DeLay 82%
James DeMint 84%
Peter Deutsch 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 44%
Norm Dicks 25%
Chris Dodd 21%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 79%
Calvin Dooley 29%
John Doolittle 79%
Byron Dorgan 23%
David Dreier 65%
Jennifer Dunn 63%
John Edwards 25%
Chet Edwards 27%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 75%
Jo Ann Emerson 64%
Philip English 62%
Bob Etheridge 32%
Lane Evans 37%
Terry Everett 70%
Russ Feingold 21%
Peter Fitzgerald 65%
Ernest Fletcher 64%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Barney Frank 24%
William Frist 78%
Jonas Frost III 29%
Elton Gallegly 56%
John Ganske 68%
George Gekas 60%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 14%
Jim Gibbons 69%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Paul Gillmor 51%
Benjamin Gilman 30%
Charlie Gonzalez 24%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 76%
Bart Gordon 48%
Porter Goss 67%
Daniel Graham 20%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Mark Green 76%
James Greenwood 57%
Judd Gregg 84%
Gilbert Gutknecht 77%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 62%
Robert Hayes 64%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 88%
Joel Hefley 81%
Jesse Helms 76%
Wally Herger, Jr. 83%
Baron Hill 42%
Van Hilleary 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 29%
Maurice Hinchey 22%
David Lee Hobson 51%
Pete Hoekstra 79%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 15%
Darlene Hooley 36%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Kenny Hulshof 81%
Duncan Hunter 62%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 81%
Kay Hutchison 72%
Henry Hyde 51%
Daniel Inouye 30%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 23%
William Jefferson 28%
James Merrill Jeffords 53%
William Lewis Jenkins 75%
Christopher John 47%
Nancy Johnson 47%
Paul Kanjorski 30%
Sue Kelly 55%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 18%
Patrick Kennedy 13%
Dale Kildee 26%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 18%
Gerald Kleczka 29%
Joseph Knollenberg 62%
Herb Kohl 27%
James Kolbe 70%
Dennis Kucinich 30%
Jon Kyl 86%
John LaFalce 27%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 39%
Tom Lantos 18%
Stephen Largent 82%
Steve LaTourette 58%
James Leach 59%
Jerry Lewis 59%
Ron Lewis 69%
Joe Lieberman 30%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
John Linder 81%
William Lipinski 31%
Trent Lott, Sr. 78%
Dick Lugar 78%
William Luther 32%
James Maloney 25%
Don Manzullo 88%
Frank Mascara 29%
Robert Matsui 24%
Karen McCarthy 20%
James McCrery III 74%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 77%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 41%
Michael McNulty 23%
Martin Meehan 41%
Carrie Meek 26%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 16%
Dan Miller 69%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 34%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 45%
Constance Morella 38%
Frank Murkowski 78%
Jack Murtha 37%
Sue Myrick 81%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 69%
Robert William Ney 61%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 54%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 69%
James Nussle 73%
Jim Oberstar 24%
Dave Obey 29%
John Olver 27%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 32%
Doug Ose 64%
Major Owens 23%
Michael Oxley 71%
Ron Paul 93%
Donald Payne 23%
John Peterson 69%
David Phelps 47%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 69%
Richard Pombo 78%
Earl Pomeroy 22%
Deborah Pryce 59%
Jack Quinn 45%
George Radanovich 78%
James Ramstad 64%
Ralph Regula 54%
Silvestre Reyes 21%
Thomas Reynolds 59%
Bob Riley 63%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 41%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
Timothy Roemer 49%
Steve Rothman 23%
Marge Roukema 59%
Jim Ryun 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 19%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
Rick Santorum 83%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Jim Saxton 51%
John Shadegg 84%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 55%
Christopher Shays 56%
Donald Sherwood 51%
Ronnie Shows 46%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 48%
Gordon Smith 73%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 75%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Vic Snyder 21%
Mark Souder 69%
Arlen Specter 55%
John Spratt, Jr. 42%
Pete Stark 40%
Cliff Stearns 79%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 78%
Ted Strickland 32%
Bob Stump 76%
Bart Stupak 21%
John Sununu 81%
John Sweeney 60%
Tom Tancredo 79%
John Tanner 59%
Ellen Tauscher 19%
William Tauzin 64%
Charles Taylor 69%
Gene Taylor 53%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 66%
Fred Thompson 81%
Karen Thurman 24%
Strom Thurmond 78%
Todd Tiahrt 80%
Robert Torricelli 38%
Ed Towns 17%
James Traficant, Jr. 45%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
James Turner 43%
George Voinovich 70%
James Walsh 49%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 75%
Wesley Watkins 69%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 70%
Anthony Weiner 26%
David Weldon 67%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Gerald Weller 52%
Paul Wellstone 16%
Robert Wexler 17%
Heather Wilson 60%
Lynn Woolsey 31%
David Wu 32%
Albert Wynn 20%

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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