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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2001 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 23%
Gary Ackerman 21%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 79%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 17%
Todd Akin 83%
Wayne Allard 93%
George Allen 93%
Thomas Allen 24%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 28%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 71%
Brian Baird 31%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 26%
Cass Ballenger 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 70%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
Charlie Bass 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 34%
Evan Bayh 26%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 21%
Bob Bennett 93%
Douglas Bereuter 73%
Shelley Berkley 20%
Howard Berman 25%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
Judy Biggert 75%
Michael Bilirakis 68%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 36%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 22%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 72%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
Kit Bond 88%
Henry Bonilla 75%
Mary Bono Mack 73%
Leonard Boswell 23%
Rick Boucher 38%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 6%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 28%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 28%
John Breaux 49%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
Henry Brown, Jr. 80%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 18%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 90%
Jim Bunning 90%
Conrad Burns 87%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 68%
Dan Burton 82%
Steve Buyer 70%
Robert Byrd 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 73%
Ben Campbell 84%
Chris Cannon 77%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 19%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
Brad Carson 33%
Julia Carson 23%
Mike Castle 65%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 47%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 73%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 28%
Hillary Clinton 10%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 35%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 78%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 76%
Michael Collins 73%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 65%
Kent Conrad 21%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 24%
Jon Corzine 10%
Jerry Costello 33%
Christopher Cox 76%
Larry Craig 88%
Robert Cramer 42%
Philip Crane 83%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 70%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 23%
Barbara Cubin 75%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 78%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
Randall Cunningham 73%
Thomas Daschle 17%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
James Davis 25%
Jo Ann Davis 78%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 23%
Thomas Davis III 65%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 70%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 23%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
Bill Delahunt 21%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 23%
Thomas DeLay 78%
James DeMint 80%
Peter Deutsch 13%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 81%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 71%
Norm Dicks 29%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 29%
Chris Dodd 9%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 81%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 72%
Byron Dorgan 22%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
David Dreier 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
Jennifer Dunn 68%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 11%
John Edwards 16%
Chet Edwards 42%
Vern Ehlers 73%
Jo Ann Emerson 68%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 88%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 18%
Bob Etheridge 23%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
Russ Feingold 21%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
Michael Ferguson 63%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 85%
Ernest Fletcher 75%
Mark Foley 63%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 73%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 73%
Barney Frank 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 70%
William Frist 87%
Jonas Frost III 29%
Elton Gallegly 72%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 13%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 28%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 73%
Bart Gordon 36%
Porter Goss 75%
Daniel Graham 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 70%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 70%
Mark Green 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 28%
James Greenwood 73%
Judd Gregg 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 23%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 57%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 13%
Jane Harman 33%
Melissa Hart 73%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 23%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 78%
Joel Hefley 70%
Wally Herger, Jr. 75%
Baron Hill 44%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 32%
David Lee Hobson 78%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 25%
Pete Hoekstra 75%
Thomas Holden 35%
Ernest Hollings 31%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 15%
Darlene Hooley 21%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 30%
Kenny Hulshof 70%
Duncan Hunter 73%
Kay Hutchison 85%
Henry Hyde 73%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 87%
Daniel Inouye 11%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 79%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 23%
William Jefferson 24%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Christopher John 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
Nancy Johnson 68%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 75%
Tim Johnson 63%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 37%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 68%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 24%
Ric Keller 74%
Sue Kelly 65%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 73%
Patrick Kennedy 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 26%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 65%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 75%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 63%
Gerald Kleczka 23%
Joseph Knollenberg 74%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 82%
Dennis Kucinich 15%
Jon Kyl 93%
Ray LaHood 65%
Nicholas Lampson 23%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 20%
Tom Lantos 20%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
Steve LaTourette 76%
James Leach 52%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 23%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 25%
Jerry Lewis 72%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 21%
Ron Lewis 73%
Joe Lieberman 23%
Blanche Lincoln 26%
John Linder 76%
William Lipinski 47%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 73%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
Dick Lugar 86%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
Don Manzullo 75%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 37%
Robert Matsui 23%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 57%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 15%
Karen McCarthy 20%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 18%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
James McCrery III 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 76%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 73%
Michael McNulty 18%
Martin Meehan 23%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 23%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 73%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 25%
Zell Bryan Miller 61%
Alan Mollohan 37%
Dennis Moore 40%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 68%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 31%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 70%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 73%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
Ben Nelson 52%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 77%
Robert William Ney 73%
Don Nickles 93%
Anne Northup 75%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 69%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 21%
John Olver 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Thomas William Osborne 78%
Doug Ose 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 82%
Major Owens 22%
Michael Oxley 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 35%
Ron Paul 86%
Donald Payne 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 18%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 78%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
John Peterson 77%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 73%
Todd Platts 73%
Richard Pombo 75%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 77%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 20%
Deborah Pryce 73%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 76%
Jack Quinn 58%
George Radanovich 78%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
James Ramstad 55%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 23%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
Ralph Regula 75%
Denny Rehberg 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 15%
Silvestre Reyes 30%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 8%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 66%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 19%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 78%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 80%
Jim Ryun 75%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 28%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 35%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 6%
Jim Saxton 63%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 29%
Edward Schrock 79%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 76%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
John Shadegg 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Christopher Shays 68%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
Donald Sherwood 75%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 78%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 68%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 73%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 78%
Ike Skelton 51%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 24%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
Gordon Smith 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 74%
Nick Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 58%
Vic Snyder 38%
Hilda Solis 20%
Mark Souder 70%
Arlen Specter 58%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
Pete Stark 28%
Cliff Stearns 75%
Charles Stenholm 54%
Ted Stevens 75%
Ted Strickland 20%
Bart Stupak 29%
John Sununu 72%
John Sweeney 70%
Tom Tancredo 78%
John Tanner 48%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
William Tauzin 70%
Charles Taylor 77%
Gene Taylor 52%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 78%
Craig Thomas 88%
William Thomas 70%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 78%
Todd Tiahrt 80%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 26%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
Ed Towns 26%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 21%
James Turner 40%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 68%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 22%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
George Voinovich 85%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 70%
James Walsh 68%
Zach Wamp 85%
John Warner 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 20%
Diane Watson 29%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 23%
Anthony Weiner 23%
David Weldon 72%
W. Curtis Weldon 64%
Gerald Weller 70%
Robert Wexler 16%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 75%
Heather Wilson 78%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 69%
Lynn Woolsey 20%
David Wu 20%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 22%
Albert Wynn 18%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 70%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 76%

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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