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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Vietnam Veterans of America

2001 Positions

Issues: Veterans
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 44%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 84%
Todd Akin 77%
Wayne Allard 69%
George Allen 76%
Thomas Allen 55%
Richard Armey 77%
Joe Baca, Sr. 77%
Brian Baird 77%
Richard Hugh Baker 77%
John Baldacci 77%
Cass Ballenger 77%
James Barcia 77%
Robert Barr, Jr. 77%
Roscoe Bartlett 77%
Charlie Bass 88%
Evan Bayh 84%
Bob Bennett 69%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 66%
Shelley Berkley 77%
Howard Berman 66%
Marion Berry 77%
Judy Biggert 77%
Michael Bilirakis 77%
Jeff Bingaman 84%
Rod Blagojevich 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 77%
Kit Bond 69%
Henry Bonilla 77%
David Edward Bonior 55%
Mary Bono Mack 77%
Robert Borski, Jr. 77%
Leonard Boswell 77%
Rick Boucher 77%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
John Breaux 84%
Henry Brown, Jr. 77%
Ed Bryant 77%
Jim Bunning 61%
Conrad Burns 69%
Dan Burton 77%
Steve Buyer 77%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 77%
Ben Campbell 76%
Chris Cannon 66%
Jean Carnahan 76%
Brad Carson 77%
Julia Carson 66%
Mike Castle 66%
Eva Clayton 77%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 61%
Robert Clement 77%
Hillary Clinton 92%
Michael Collins 66%
Larry Combest 77%
Gary Condit 66%
Kent Conrad 92%
John Cooksey 77%
Jon Corzine 84%
Jerry Costello 66%
Christopher Cox 66%
William Coyne 77%
Larry Craig 76%
Robert Cramer 66%
Philip Crane 77%
Barbara Cubin 55%
Randall Cunningham 77%
Thomas Daschle 92%
James Davis 77%
Jo Ann Davis 77%
Thomas Davis III 66%
Bill Delahunt 66%
Thomas DeLay 77%
James DeMint 77%
Peter Deutsch 66%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 77%
Norm Dicks 77%
Chris Dodd 76%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 69%
Calvin Dooley 77%
John Doolittle 77%
Byron Dorgan 92%
David Dreier 77%
Jennifer Dunn 77%
John Edwards 84%
Chet Edwards 77%
Vern Ehlers 77%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 77%
Jo Ann Emerson 77%
Philip English 66%
John Ensign 53%
Bob Etheridge 77%
Lane Evans 77%
Terry Everett 77%
Russ Feingold 69%
Michael Ferguson 77%
Peter Fitzgerald 69%
Ernest Fletcher 77%
Mark Foley 77%
Harold Ford, Jr. 66%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 77%
Barney Frank 66%
William Frist 76%
Jonas Frost III 77%
Elton Gallegly 77%
John Ganske 77%
George Gekas 77%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 55%
Jim Gibbons 66%
Wayne Gilchrest 66%
Paul Gillmor 77%
Benjamin Gilman 77%
Charlie Gonzalez 77%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 77%
Bart Gordon 88%
Porter Goss 77%
Daniel Graham 92%
William Phillip Gramm 53%
Mark Green 77%
James Greenwood 77%
Judd Gregg 76%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 77%
Gilbert Gutknecht 77%
Tony Hall 55%
James Hansen 55%
Jane Harman 66%
Melissa Hart 77%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 66%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 77%
Joel Hefley 77%
Jesse Helms 53%
Wally Herger, Jr. 77%
Baron Hill 77%
Van Hilleary 77%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 66%
Maurice Hinchey 44%
David Lee Hobson 77%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 77%
Pete Hoekstra 66%
Thomas Holden 77%
Ernest Hollings 92%
Darlene Hooley 77%
Stephen Horn 77%
John Nathan Hostettler 55%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 77%
Kenny Hulshof 77%
Duncan Hunter 77%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 61%
Kay Hutchison 69%
Henry Hyde 77%
Daniel Inouye 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 66%
William Jefferson 66%
James Merrill Jeffords 76%
William Lewis Jenkins 77%
Christopher John 44%
Nancy Johnson 77%
Tim Johnson 77%
Paul Kanjorski 77%
Ric Keller 77%
Sue Kelly 77%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 84%
Mark Kennedy 77%
Patrick Kennedy 77%
Brian Kerns 77%
Dale Kildee 77%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 77%
Gerald Kleczka 66%
Joseph Knollenberg 77%
Herb Kohl 92%
James Kolbe 77%
Dennis Kucinich 66%
Jon Kyl 61%
John LaFalce 66%
Ray LaHood 77%
Nicholas Lampson 55%
Tom Lantos 77%
Steve LaTourette 66%
James Leach 77%
Jerry Lewis 77%
Ron Lewis 77%
Joe Lieberman 92%
Blanche Lincoln 84%
John Linder 77%
William Lipinski 66%
Trent Lott, Sr. 76%
Dick Lugar 76%
William Luther 77%
James Maloney 77%
Don Manzullo 77%
Frank Mascara 77%
Robert Matsui 77%
Karen McCarthy 55%
James McCrery III 77%
John McHugh 77%
Scott McInnis 66%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 77%
Michael McNulty 66%
Martin Meehan 66%
Carrie Meek 77%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 77%
Dan Miller 77%
Zell Bryan Miller 61%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 77%
Alan Mollohan 77%
Dennis Moore 66%
Constance Morella 77%
Frank Murkowski 76%
Jack Murtha 88%
Sue Myrick 77%
Ben Nelson 84%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 77%
Robert William Ney 66%
Don Nickles 76%
Anne Northup 77%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 77%
James Nussle 66%
Jim Oberstar 55%
Dave Obey 44%
John Olver 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 77%
Thomas William Osborne 66%
Doug Ose 77%
Major Owens 44%
Michael Oxley 77%
Ron Paul 77%
Donald Payne 66%
John Peterson 66%
David Phelps 77%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 77%
Todd Platts 66%
Richard Pombo 77%
Earl Pomeroy 66%
Deborah Pryce 77%
Jack Quinn 66%
George Radanovich 77%
James Ramstad 77%
Ralph Regula 77%
Denny Rehberg 77%
Silvestre Reyes 55%
Thomas Reynolds 77%
Bob Riley 77%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 55%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 66%
Mike Ross 77%
Steve Rothman 44%
Marge Roukema 66%
Jim Ryun 77%
Martin Olav Sabo 77%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Rick Santorum 76%
Paul Sarbanes 92%
Jim Saxton 77%
Edward Schrock 77%
John Shadegg 66%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 55%
Christopher Shays 66%
Donald Sherwood 77%
Ronnie Shows 77%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 77%
Joseph Skeen 77%
Ike Skelton 77%
Gordon Smith 69%
Nick Smith 77%
Bob Smith 61%
Olympia Snowe 61%
Vic Snyder 66%
Hilda Solis 77%
Mark Souder 66%
Arlen Specter 69%
John Spratt, Jr. 77%
Pete Stark 55%
Cliff Stearns 55%
Charles Stenholm 66%
Ted Stevens 76%
Ted Strickland 77%
Bob Stump 77%
Bart Stupak 55%
John Sununu 77%
John Sweeney 66%
Tom Tancredo 66%
John Tanner 66%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
William Tauzin 77%
Charles Taylor 66%
Gene Taylor 77%
Craig Thomas 76%
William Thomas 77%
Fred Thompson 76%
Karen Thurman 66%
Strom Thurmond 69%
Todd Tiahrt 77%
Robert Torricelli 92%
Ed Towns 66%
James Traficant, Jr. 77%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 66%
James Turner 77%
George Voinovich 61%
James Walsh 77%
Zach Wamp 77%
John Warner 69%
Wesley Watkins 77%
Diane Watson 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 77%
Anthony Weiner 66%
David Weldon 77%
W. Curtis Weldon 77%
Gerald Weller 77%
Paul Wellstone 76%
Robert Wexler 66%
Heather Wilson 77%
Lynn Woolsey 77%
David Wu 77%
Albert Wynn 77%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 77%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 44%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 66%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 55%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 84%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 77%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 66%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 69%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 66%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 77%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 66%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 66%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 92%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 66%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 77%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 66%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 66%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 77%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 76%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 77%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 66%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 55%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 84%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 77%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 76%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 77%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 84%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 77%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 77%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 55%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 84%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 77%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 77%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 55%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 77%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 77%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 84%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 77%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 84%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 55%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 77%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 84%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 66%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 76%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 66%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 66%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 66%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 84%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 84%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 77%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 77%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 84%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 55%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 77%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 77%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 77%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 77%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 69%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 77%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 55%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 77%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 77%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 76%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 61%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 76%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 77%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 55%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 69%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 77%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 61%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 77%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 77%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 77%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 61%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 77%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 66%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 77%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 76%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 76%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 66%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 77%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 66%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 77%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 77%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 77%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 46%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 77%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 77%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 77%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 77%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 66%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 77%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 66%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 77%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 69%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 77%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 66%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 66%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 77%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 76%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 77%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 80%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 77%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 77%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 77%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 77%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 77%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 77%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 66%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 77%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 66%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 66%

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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