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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

1997 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 91%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 86%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 57%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 86%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 14%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 69%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 41%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 46%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 38%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 77%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 69%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 71%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 86%
Thomas Allen 8%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 86%
Henry Scott Baesler 92%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 77%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 69%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 62%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 100%
Brian Bilbray 85%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 54%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Sonny Bono 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 77%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 62%
John Breaux 43%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 43%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 43%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 86%
Thomas Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 100%
Walter Holden Capps 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 15%
John Chafee 29%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 92%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 14%
Robert Clement 18%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 92%
Kent Conrad 41%
Merrill Cook 92%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 0%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 92%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 69%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 57%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 29%
James Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 9%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Ronald Dellums 0%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 85%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 8%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 57%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 77%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 18%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 62%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 57%
Harris Fawell 15%
Victor Fazio 23%
Russ Feingold 0%
Thomas Foglietta 0%
Mark Foley 91%
Michael Patrick Forbes 27%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Wendell Ford 14%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Jon David Fox 38%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 31%
William Frist 43%
Jonas Frost III 31%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 77%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 77%
Benjamin Gilman 15%
John Glenn 0%
Henry Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 23%
Slade Gorton 86%
Porter Goss 62%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 86%
James Greenwood 46%
Judd Gregg 29%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Tony Hall 8%
Lee Hamilton 8%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 15%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 85%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 77%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Darlene Hooley 8%
Stephen Horn 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 54%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 86%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Daniel Inouye 43%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 62%
Jay Johnson 15%
Nancy Johnson 8%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 38%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 9%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Jay Kim 100%
Gerald Kleczka 8%
Ronald Klink 38%
Scott Klug 31%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 85%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 86%
John LaFalce 0%
Ray LaHood 85%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Rick Lazio 23%
James Leach 15%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 15%
Robert Livingston 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 86%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 86%
James Maloney 0%
Thomas Manton 8%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 44%
Frank Mascara 23%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 91%
Paul McHale 0%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 85%
David Minge 8%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 8%
Constance Morella 0%
Carol Moseley Braun 0%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 86%
Jack Murtha 38%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 85%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 54%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 62%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Michael Pappas 69%
Mike Parker 100%
Ron Paul 85%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 77%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 85%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 8%
Glenn Poshard 0%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 69%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 8%
Bill Redmond 91%
Ralph Regula 100%
Silvestre Reyes 9%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
Timothy Roemer 15%
James Rogan 92%
William Roth, Jr. 43%
Steve Rothman 18%
Marge Roukema 8%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 8%
Joe Scarborough 77%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 9%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 85%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 77%
Gordon Smith 100%
Linda Smith 85%
Nick Smith 85%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 71%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Olympia Snowe 29%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 71%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 86%
Louis Stokes 0%
Ted Strickland 0%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 23%
John Sununu 77%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 62%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 77%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 57%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Robert Torricelli 0%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 100%
Bruce Vento 0%
James Walsh 46%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 85%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 8%
Bob Weygand 9%
Rick White 85%
Bob Wise, Jr. 8%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
Albert Wynn 8%
Sidney Yates 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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