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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Vietnam Veterans of America

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Veterans
State Office District Name Party Rating
Linda Smith 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
Michael McNulty 83%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 80%
Wendell Ford 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Mark Souder 75%
Ed Towns 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 67%
Henry Bonilla 67%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 67%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 67%
Ernest Hollings 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
John Shadegg 67%
Ted Strickland 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
Cass Ballenger 60%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 60%
Dale Bumpers 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 60%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 60%
Dave Obey 60%
Jack Quinn 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 60%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 60%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 60%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 60%
James Turner 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 50%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
Jay Dickey 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
John Doolittle 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 50%
Barney Frank 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Thomas Holden 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
Stephen Largent 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
William Lipinski 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
Bill McCollum 50%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 50%
Martin Meehan 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
Dan Miller 50%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
John Moakley 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
Richard Pombo 50%
John Edward Porter 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Daniel Schaefer 50%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Floyd Spence 50%
Pete Stark 50%
Bob Stump 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
Karen Thurman 50%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
David Weldon 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 40%
James Davis 40%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 40%
Chris Dodd 40%
Calvin Dooley 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 40%
Victor Fazio 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 40%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 40%
Lee Hamilton 40%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Asa Hutchinson 40%
Henry Hyde 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
Scott Klug 40%
Nicholas Lampson 40%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
Ronald Packard 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 40%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Esteban Edward Torres 40%
Robert Torricelli 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
Robert Wexler 40%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
Gary Ackerman 33%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
Thomas Allen 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 33%
John Baldacci 33%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Bill Barrett 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 33%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
Jim Bunning 33%
Steve Buyer 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
Julia Carson 33%
Robert Clement 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Merrill Cook 33%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 33%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
Barbara Cubin 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Alfonse D'Amato 33%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 33%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 33%
Lane Evans 33%
Terry Everett 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Jon David Fox 33%
Robert Franks 33%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elton Gallegly 33%
John Ganske 33%
Sam Gejdenson 33%
George Gekas 33%
Jim Gibbons 33%
William Goodling 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tony Hall 33%
James Hansen 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
W.G. Hefner 33%
Wally Herger, Jr. 33%
Rick Hill 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
Daniel Inouye 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 33%
Jay Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 33%
Bob Kerrey 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
Gerald Kleczka 33%
Ronald Klink 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Tom Lantos 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
Ron Lewis 33%
Joe Lieberman 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
James Maloney 33%
Thomas Manton 33%
Matthew Martinez 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Karen McCarthy 33%
Paul McHale 33%
David McIntosh 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Jack Metcalf 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
Patrick Moynihan 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Mark Neumann 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Anne Northup 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Major Owens 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
Michael Pappas 33%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 33%
Donald Payne 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
John Peterson 33%
Owen Pickett 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
Glenn Poshard 33%
George Radanovich 33%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Timothy Roemer 33%
Steve Rothman 33%
Marge Roukema 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 33%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
Nick Smith 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Louis Stokes 33%
James Talent 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
Bruce Vento 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
Bob Weygand 33%
Rick White 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
Bob Wise, Jr. 33%
Albert Wynn 33%
Dan Burton 25%
Julian Dixon 25%
John Glenn 25%
Jane Harman 25%
Jesse Helms 25%
Jon Kyl 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 25%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
Bill Archer 20%
Herbert Bateman 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Eva Clayton 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Mark Foley 20%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Joseph Kennedy II 20%
John Linder 20%
Don Manzullo 20%
James McCrery III 20%
Scott McInnis 20%
Mike Parker 20%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Robert Smith 20%
John Tanner 20%
Charles Taylor 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
Wayne Allard 17%
Richard Armey 17%
John Ashcroft 17%
Charlie Bass 17%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 17%
Bob Bennett 17%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Rod Blagojevich 17%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 17%
George Brown, Jr. 17%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Chris Cannon 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 17%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
Larry Combest 17%
Gary Condit 17%
Paul Coverdell 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
David Dreier 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
Thomas Ewing 17%
Tillie Fowler 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
Slade Gorton 17%
William Phillip Gramm 17%
Rodney Grams 17%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
James Greenwood 17%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
Jay Kim 17%
James Kolbe 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
Steve LaTourette 17%
Rick Lazio 17%
James Leach 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
William Luther 17%
John McHugh 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Carrie Meek 17%
James Nussle 17%
John Olver 17%
Michael Oxley 17%
William Paxon 17%
Edward Pease 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
Deborah Pryce 17%
James Ramstad 17%
Bill Redmond 17%
Charles Robb 17%
James Rogan 17%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 17%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Bob Smith 17%
Olympia Snowe 17%
John Sununu 17%
William Thomas 17%
Fred Thompson 17%
Strom Thurmond 17%
James Walsh 17%
Wesley Watkins 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 17%
Gerald Weller 17%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
John Chafee 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Harris Fawell 0%
William Frist 0%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Newt Gingrich 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
John LaFalce 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Connie Mack 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Joseph McDade 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Don Nickles 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
David Skaggs 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
John Warner 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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