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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2000 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 70%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
Bill Archer 93%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 62%
Joe Baca, Sr. 67%
Brian Baird 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 33%
Cass Ballenger 87%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 87%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 93%
Charlie Bass 27%
Herbert Bateman 60%
Evan Bayh 23%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Shelley Berkley 13%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 87%
Judy Biggert 27%
Brian Bilbray 13%
Michael Bilirakis 73%
Jeff Bingaman 23%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Kit Bond 62%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 73%
Robert Borski, Jr. 7%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 54%
Richard Bryan 15%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 62%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 92%
Herbert Callahan 53%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 27%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 73%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 7%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 8%
Robert Clement 27%
Michael Collins 80%
Larry Combest 67%
Gary Condit 53%
Kent Conrad 54%
Merrill Cook 87%
John Cooksey 53%
Jerry Costello 13%
Christopher Cox 80%
William Coyne 7%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 53%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 87%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 70%
James Davis 7%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 87%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 20%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 42%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 30%
David Dreier 87%
Jennifer Dunn 87%
John Edwards 30%
Chet Edwards 53%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 33%
Bob Etheridge 13%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 93%
Russ Feingold 23%
Peter Fitzgerald 23%
Ernest Fletcher 87%
Mark Foley 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 13%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 13%
William Frist 62%
Jonas Frost III 40%
Elton Gallegly 67%
John Ganske 47%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 87%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
Paul Gillmor 87%
Benjamin Gilman 13%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 20%
Slade Gorton 92%
Porter Goss 53%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 73%
James Greenwood 20%
Judd Gregg 54%
Gilbert Gutknecht 87%
Tony Hall 13%
James Hansen 80%
Robert Hayes 67%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 80%
Jesse Helms 85%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 27%
Rick Hill 87%
Van Hilleary 93%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 33%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 93%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 30%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 87%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 85%
Kay Hutchison 92%
Henry Hyde 60%
Daniel Inouye 38%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 8%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Christopher John 53%
Nancy Johnson 27%
Paul Kanjorski 13%
Sue Kelly 13%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 15%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Ronald Klink 27%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 30%
James Kolbe 93%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Steven Kuykendall 33%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 0%
Ray LaHood 67%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 93%
Steve LaTourette 60%
Rick Lazio 7%
James Leach 13%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 87%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 46%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 13%
Trent Lott, Sr. 62%
Dick Lugar 62%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 7%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 47%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 47%
James McCrery III 60%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 73%
David McIntosh 53%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 7%
Jack Metcalf 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 60%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
David Minge 13%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 7%
Constance Morella 7%
Patrick Moynihan 8%
Frank Murkowski 54%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 80%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 93%
Robert William Ney 87%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 67%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 80%
James Nussle 87%
Jim Oberstar 20%
Dave Obey 20%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 80%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 40%
John Peterson 87%
David Phelps 27%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 87%
Owen Pickett 47%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
John Edward Porter 7%
Deborah Pryce 87%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 7%
Ralph Regula 87%
Silvestre Reyes 20%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
Bob Riley 87%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 8%
Ciro Rodriguez 13%
Timothy Roemer 20%
James Rogan 67%
William Roth, Jr. 23%
Steve Rothman 13%
Marge Roukema 27%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 13%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 73%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 13%
Joe Scarborough 20%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 53%
Christopher Shays 0%
Donald Sherwood 67%
Ronnie Shows 67%
E.G. Shuster 73%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Joseph Skeen 87%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 70%
Nick Smith 93%
Bob Smith 62%
Olympia Snowe 70%
Vic Snyder 7%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 30%
Floyd Spence 93%
John Spratt, Jr. 7%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 93%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 27%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 73%
John Sweeney 73%
James Talent 87%
Tom Tancredo 80%
John Tanner 53%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 47%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Karen Thurman 13%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 0%
Ed Towns 7%
James Traficant, Jr. 47%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 33%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 92%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 54%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 87%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 27%
Gerald Weller 47%
Paul Wellstone 8%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 7%
Heather Wilson 87%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 7%
Albert Wynn 7%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 27%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 23%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 7%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 7%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 23%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 13%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 7%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 87%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 87%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 77%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 87%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 80%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 87%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 62%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 53%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 46%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 73%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 62%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 93%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 87%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 60%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 73%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 87%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 87%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 87%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 73%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 87%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 93%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 60%

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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