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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2003 Positions on Conservative Issues

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 95
Bob Bennett 95
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95
Jim Bunning 95
Chris Cannon 95
Thomas DeLay 95
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 95
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 95
Trent Lott, Sr. 95
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 95
Marilyn Musgrave 95
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 95
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95
John Shadegg 95
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 90
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 90
Conrad Burns 90
Ben Campbell 90
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 90
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 90
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 90
Michael Collins 90
Christopher Cox 90
Philip Crane 90
Barbara Cubin 90
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90
James DeMint 90
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 90
John Doolittle 90
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 90
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 90
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90
Wally Herger, Jr. 90
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90
Ric Keller 90
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90
John Linder 90
Dick Lugar 90
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 90
Ron Paul 90
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90
Richard Pombo 90
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90
Jim Ryun 90
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 90
Gordon Smith 90
James Talent 90
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 90
Zell Bryan Miller 89
Wayne Allard 88
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 88
Richard Hugh Baker 85
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 85
Bob Beauprez 85
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 85
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 85
Kit Bond 85
Dan Burton 85
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 85
Chris Chocola 85
Norm Coleman 85
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 85
Larry Craig 85
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 85
Randall Cunningham 85
Elizabeth Dole 85
John Ensign 85
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85
Terry Everett 85
William Frist 85
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 85
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 85
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 85
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 85
Mark Green 85
Judd Gregg 85
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 85
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 85
Henry Hyde 85
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 85
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 85
Ron Lewis 85
Don Manzullo 85
Thaddeus McCotter 85
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 85
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 85
John Peterson 85
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 85
Denny Rehberg 85
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 85
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 85
Nick Smith 85
Ted Stevens 85
John Sununu 85
Tom Tancredo 85
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 85
Todd Tiahrt 85
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 84
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 84
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 83
Don Nickles 83
Craig Thomas 83
John Warner 83
Kay Hutchison 82
Jon Kyl 82
Todd Akin 80
George Allen 80
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 80
Cass Ballenger 80
J. Gresham Barrett 80
Roscoe Bartlett 80
Michael Bilirakis 80
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 80
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 80
Henry Brown, Jr. 80
Max Burns 80
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80
Steve Buyer 80
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 80
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80
David Dreier 80
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80
Jo Ann Emerson 80
Tom Feeney 80
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 80
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
Elton Gallegly 80
Gilbert Gutknecht 80
Melissa Hart 80
John Nathan Hostettler 80
Kenny Hulshof 80
William Lewis Jenkins 80
Mark Kennedy 80
James Kolbe 80
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 80
James McCrery III 80
Scott McInnis 80
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 80
Sue Myrick 80
Robert William Ney 80
Anne Northup 80
James Nussle 80
Doug Ose 80
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 80
George Radanovich 80
Richard Renzi 80
Thomas Reynolds 80
Rick Santorum 80
Edward Schrock 80
Donald Sherwood 80
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 80
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80
Mark Souder 80
Arlen Specter 80
Cliff Stearns 80
John Sullivan 80
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 80
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80
Zach Wamp 80
David Weldon 80
Gerald Weller 80
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 80
Peter Fitzgerald 79
Jim Gibbons 79
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75
Judy Biggert 75
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 75
Henry Bonilla 75
Mary Bono Mack 75
Ginny Brown-Waite 75
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 75
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 75
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75
Jennifer Dunn 75
Philip English 75
Mark Foley 75
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75
Porter Goss 75
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 75
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75
Katherine Harris 75
Joel Hefley 75
David Lee Hobson 75
Pete Hoekstra 75
Duncan Hunter 75
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 75
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75
Joseph Knollenberg 75
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75
Jerry Lewis 75
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 75
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 75
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 75
George Nethercutt, Jr. 75
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 75
Thomas William Osborne 75
Michael Oxley 75
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75
Todd Platts 75
Jon Porter, Sr. 75
Deborah Pryce 75
Ralph Regula 75
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 75
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 75
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75
William Tauzin 75
Charles Taylor 75
William Thomas 75
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 75
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75
George Voinovich 75
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75
Heather Wilson 75
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 75
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 74
Charlie Bass 70
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 70
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70
Jo Ann Davis 70
Vern Ehlers 70
Michael Ferguson 70
Paul Gillmor 70
Robert Hayes 70
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 70
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 70
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 70
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 70
Olympia Snowe 70
James Walsh 70
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 65
Sherwood Boehlert 65
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 65
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 65
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 65
Wayne Gilchrest 65
James Greenwood 65
Tim Johnson 65
Sue Kelly 65
Steve LaTourette 65
John McHugh 65
Jack Quinn 65
James Ramstad 65
Jim Saxton 65
Robert Ruhl Simmons 65
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 65
John Sweeney 65
W. Curtis Weldon 65
J. Dennis Hastert 63
Douglas Bereuter 60
Mike Castle 60
Robert Cramer 60
Thomas Davis III 60
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60
Nancy Johnson 60
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 60
Ray LaHood 60
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 60
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 60
James Leach 60
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60
Ciro Rodriguez 60
Christopher Shays 60
Gary Ackerman 55
Lincoln Davis 55
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 55
Calvin Dooley 55
Richard Andrew Gephardt 55
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 55
Maurice Hinchey 55
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 55
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 55
Jim Oberstar 55
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 55
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 55
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 55
Hilda Solis 55
Pete Stark 55
Bart Stupak 55
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 55
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 55
Lynn Woolsey 55
Joe Baca, Sr. 50
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50
Rick Boucher 50
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 50
Brad Carson 50
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 50
Norm Dicks 50
Jane Harman 50
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 50
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50
Christopher John 50
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50
Gerald Kleczka 50
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50
William Lipinski 50
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 50
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50
Karen McCarthy 50
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50
Martin Meehan 50
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 50
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50
Ben Nelson 50
John Olver 50
Major Owens 50
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 50
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 50
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 50
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 50
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50
John Tanner 50
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 50
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 50
Diane Watson 50
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 45
Thomas Allen 45
Brian Baird 45
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 45
Leonard Boswell 45
John Breaux 45
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 45
Julia Carson 45
Edward Case 45
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 45
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 45
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 45
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 45
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 45
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 45
Lane Evans 45
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 45
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 45
Harold Ford, Jr. 45
Charlie Gonzalez 45
Bart Gordon 45
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 45
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 45
Baron Hill 45
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 45
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 45
Darlene Hooley 45
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 45
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 45
Paul Kanjorski 45
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 45
Nicholas Lampson 45
Denise Majette 45
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 45
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 45
Brad Miller 45
Jack Murtha 45
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 45
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 45
Earl Pomeroy 45
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 45
Silvestre Reyes 45
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 45
Ike Skelton 45
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 45
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 45
Charles Stenholm 45
Ted Strickland 45
Gene Taylor 45
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 45
James Turner 45
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 45
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 45
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 45
Anthony Weiner 45
James Merrill Jeffords 44
Ernest Hollings 42
Chris Bell 40
Shelley Berkley 40
Howard Berman 40
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 40
Artur Davis 40
Chet Edwards 40
Russ Feingold 40
Jonas Frost III 40
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40
Thomas Holden 40
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 40
Dennis Kucinich 40
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 40
Robert Matsui 40
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40
Alan Mollohan 40
Dennis Moore 40
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 40
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 40
Vic Snyder 40
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 40
Albert Wynn 40
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 35
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 35
Evan Bayh 35
Marion Berry 35
Jeff Bingaman 35
Robert Byrd 35
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 35
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35
Dennis Cardoza 35
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 35
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 35
Jerry Costello 35
Thomas Daschle 35
James Davis 35
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 35
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 35
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 35
William Jefferson 35
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 35
Dale Kildee 35
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 35
Blanche Lincoln 35
Jim Marshall 35
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 35
Juanita Millender-McDonald 35
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 35
Mike Ross 35
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 35
John Spratt, Jr. 35
Ellen Tauscher 35
Ed Towns 35
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 32
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 32
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 31
Hillary Clinton 30
Kent Conrad 30
Peter Deutsch 30
Bob Etheridge 30
Daniel Graham 30
Herb Kohl 30
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 30
Frank Lautenberg 30
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 30
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 30
Michael McNulty 30
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 30
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 30
Paul Sarbanes 30
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30
David Wu 30
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 28
Jon Corzine 25
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 25
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25
Steve Rothman 20
Joe Lieberman 7
John Edwards 6
Daniel Inouye 6
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 5
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 5
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5
Bill Delahunt 5
Chris Dodd 5
Byron Dorgan 5
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 5
Barney Frank 5
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 5
Patrick Kennedy 5
Tom Lantos 5
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5
Dave Obey 5
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 5
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 5
Donald Payne 5
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5
Martin Olav Sabo 5
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 5
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5
Robert Wexler 5
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 5
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0

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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