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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Public Health Association

1999 Positions

Issues: Health Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 43%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 43%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 29%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 14%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 80%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 86%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 14%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 71%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 14%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 14%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 14%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 14%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 43%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 43%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 86%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 14%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 14%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 67%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 29%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 43%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 57%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 86%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 29%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 14%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 71%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 43%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 14%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 71%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 14%
Richard Armey 14%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 14%
James Barcia 71%
Robert Barr, Jr. 14%
William Barrett 14%
Herbert Bateman 43%
Evan Bayh 83%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 29%
Marion Berry 57%
Michael Bilirakis 29%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 14%
Sherwood Boehlert 86%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 14%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 86%
Rick Boucher 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
John Breaux 67%
Richard Bryan 83%
Ed Bryant 14%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 29%
Ben Campbell 0%
Thomas Campbell 71%
Chris Cannon 14%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 71%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 57%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 86%
Merrill Cook 14%
John Cooksey 14%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 57%
Thomas Daschle 83%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 14%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 43%
Jay Dickey 14%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 67%
Jennifer Dunn 14%
John Edwards 83%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 14%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 29%
Philip English 29%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 14%
Thomas Ewing 14%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 29%
Michael Patrick Forbes 71%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 14%
Tillie Fowler 29%
Robert Franks 57%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 71%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 14%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 43%
Wayne Gilchrest 71%
Paul Gillmor 14%
Benjamin Gilman 71%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 57%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 43%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 14%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 86%
James Hansen 14%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 14%
Jesse Helms 17%
Baron Hill 86%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 86%
David Lee Hobson 14%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 86%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 29%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 43%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 17%
William Lewis Jenkins 29%
Christopher John 43%
Nancy Johnson 57%
Paul Kanjorski 71%
Sue Kelly 71%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 83%
Joseph Knollenberg 14%
James Kolbe 29%
Steven Kuykendall 33%
John LaFalce 86%
Nicholas Lampson 86%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 71%
James Leach 71%
Ron Lewis 14%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 71%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 86%
Matthew Martinez 86%
Frank Mascara 71%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 50%
James McCrery III 14%
John McHugh 43%
Scott McInnis 14%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 43%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 86%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 17%
Jack Murtha 57%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 14%
Robert William Ney 14%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 29%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 29%
James Nussle 14%
Jim Oberstar 71%
Dave Obey 86%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 71%
Doug Ose 43%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 14%
Ronald Packard 14%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 0%
John Peterson 17%
David Phelps 71%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 57%
Richard Pombo 14%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 57%
Deborah Pryce 43%
Jack Quinn 57%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 43%
Ralph Regula 29%
Thomas Reynolds 29%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
Timothy Roemer 86%
James Rogan 29%
William Roth, Jr. 17%
Marge Roukema 71%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 43%
Joe Scarborough 40%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 14%
Ronnie Shows 57%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Norman Sisisky 57%
Joseph Skeen 14%
Ike Skelton 71%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 29%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 29%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 86%
Robert Stump 14%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 43%
James Talent 14%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 14%
Charles Taylor 14%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 17%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 57%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 57%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 17%
James Walsh 29%
Zach Wamp 29%
John Warner 17%
Wesley Watkins 14%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 14%
W. Curtis Weldon 57%
Gerald Weller 29%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 86%
Heather Wilson 43%
Robert Wise, Jr. 86%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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