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

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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