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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2001 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 86%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 20%
Robert Barr, Jr. 70%
Roscoe Bartlett 70%
Charlie Bass 20%
Evan Bayh 29%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 80%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 70%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
Rod Blagojevich 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 70%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Rick Boucher 10%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 86%
Henry Brown, Jr. 90%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 90%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 29%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 70%
Jean Carnahan 43%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 30%
Eva Clayton 10%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 29%
Robert Clement 20%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Michael Collins 90%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 29%
John Cooksey 70%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 80%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 70%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 14%
James Davis 30%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 30%
Chris Dodd 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 30%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 90%
John Edwards 14%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 50%
Russ Feingold 29%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 57%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 86%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 70%
John Ganske 60%
George Gekas 70%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 30%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 20%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 20%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 29%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Mark Green 50%
James Greenwood 20%
Judd Gregg 86%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Tony Hall 40%
James Hansen 70%
Jane Harman 10%
Melissa Hart 60%
Robert Hayes 70%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 70%
Jesse Helms 86%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 10%
Van Hilleary 90%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
Maurice Hinchey 30%
David Lee Hobson 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Thomas Holden 10%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Darlene Hooley 10%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 10%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 80%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 30%
William Jefferson 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 60%
Nancy Johnson 20%
Tim Johnson 30%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 70%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 100%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 14%
James Kolbe 90%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 30%
Ray LaHood 40%
Nicholas Lampson 30%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 80%
James Leach 20%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 86%
William Luther 0%
James Maloney 10%
Don Manzullo 100%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
James McCrery III 70%
John McHugh 70%
Scott McInnis 40%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 30%
Dan Miller 90%
Zell Bryan Miller 71%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 10%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 50%
Constance Morella 0%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 71%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 70%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 30%
John Olver 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 90%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 90%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 70%
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 60%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 90%
Denny Rehberg 70%
Silvestre Reyes 20%
Thomas Reynolds 80%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Timothy Roemer 0%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 10%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 40%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 30%
Edward Schrock 70%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 10%
Donald Sherwood 90%
Ronnie Shows 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 10%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 30%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 71%
Vic Snyder 10%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 57%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Stenholm 90%
Ted Stevens 71%
Ted Strickland 30%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 30%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 70%
Tom Tancredo 70%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
William Tauzin 70%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 86%
William Thomas 90%
Fred Thompson 86%
Karen Thurman 10%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 14%
Ed Towns 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 60%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 86%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Diane Watson 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 70%
Gerald Weller 50%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 90%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 10%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
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 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
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 40%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
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 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
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 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 29%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 30%
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 30%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
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 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 43%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 70%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
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%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 70%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 80%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 55%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 70%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
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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