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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2001 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Todd Akin 100%
George Allen 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Larry Craig 100%
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%
Randall Cunningham 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
John Doolittle 100%
David Dreier 100%
John Ensign 100%
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%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
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%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Brian Kerns 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
Bob Riley 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 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Bob Stump 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
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%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 90%
Henry Brown, Jr. 90%
Dan Burton 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90%
Michael Collins 90%
Jennifer Dunn 90%
Jim Gibbons 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
Van Hilleary 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Dan Miller 90%
Anne Northup 90%
Doug Ose 90%
Ron Paul 90%
Ralph Regula 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
Donald Sherwood 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Stenholm 90%
William Thomas 90%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
David Weldon 90%
Heather Wilson 90%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
Wayne Allard 86%
John Breaux 86%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
William Frist 86%
Judd Gregg 86%
Jesse Helms 86%
Dick Lugar 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
Craig Thomas 86%
Fred Thompson 86%
John Warner 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Christopher Cox 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 80%
Steve LaTourette 80%
James Nussle 80%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Thomas Reynolds 80%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 80%
John Tanner 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
Zell Bryan Miller 71%
Ben Nelson 71%
Olympia Snowe 71%
Ted Stevens 71%
Robert Barr, Jr. 70%
Roscoe Bartlett 70%
Michael Bilirakis 70%
Mary Bono Mack 70%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 70%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
Chris Cannon 70%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
John Cooksey 70%
Philip Crane 70%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Elton Gallegly 70%
George Gekas 70%
James Hansen 70%
Robert Hayes 70%
Joel Hefley 70%
Mark Kennedy 70%
James McCrery III 70%
John McHugh 70%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 70%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 70%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 70%
Denny Rehberg 70%
Edward Schrock 70%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 70%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 70%
Tom Tancredo 70%
William Tauzin 70%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 70%
W. Curtis Weldon 70%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
Robert Cramer 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
John Ganske 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Melissa Hart 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
Christopher John 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Jack Murtha 60%
Todd Platts 60%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
George Radanovich 60%
Mark Souder 60%
James Turner 60%
James Walsh 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 60%
Peter Fitzgerald 57%
Arlen Specter 57%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 55%
Judy Biggert 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Philip English 50%
Terry Everett 50%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Mark Foley 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Porter Goss 50%
Mark Green 50%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Ronnie Shows 50%
Gerald Weller 50%
Jean Carnahan 43%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 43%
James Merrill Jeffords 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
Brad Carson 40%
Thomas Davis III 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Tony Hall 40%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 40%
Stephen Horn 40%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
Scott McInnis 40%
Robert William Ney 40%
David Phelps 40%
Mike Ross 40%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Gene Taylor 40%
Diane Watson 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 30%
Shelley Berkley 30%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
Mike Castle 30%
James Davis 30%
Norm Dicks 30%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
Calvin Dooley 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 30%
Maurice Hinchey 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 30%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 30%
William Jefferson 30%
Tim Johnson 30%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
John LaFalce 30%
Nicholas Lampson 30%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 30%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 30%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
Dave Obey 30%
John Olver 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Jack Quinn 30%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 30%
Ike Skelton 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
Ted Strickland 30%
Bart Stupak 30%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
Evan Bayh 29%
Robert Byrd 29%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
Russ Feingold 29%
Daniel Graham 29%
Ernest Hollings 29%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 29%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
James Barcia 20%
Charlie Bass 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Robert Clement 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
Jerry Costello 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Benjamin Gilman 20%
Bart Gordon 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
James Greenwood 20%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
Nancy Johnson 20%
Sue Kelly 20%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 20%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
James Leach 20%
William Lipinski 20%
Frank Mascara 20%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
James Ramstad 20%
Silvestre Reyes 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 20%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 14%
Thomas Daschle 14%
Chris Dodd 14%
John Edwards 14%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Herb Kohl 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
Robert Torricelli 14%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
Brian Baird 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
Rod Blagojevich 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
Rick Boucher 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
Eva Clayton 10%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 10%
Lane Evans 10%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Jane Harman 10%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
Baron Hill 10%
Thomas Holden 10%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
Darlene Hooley 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 10%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 10%
James Maloney 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
Carrie Meek 10%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Marge Roukema 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
Christopher Shays 10%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 10%
Vic Snyder 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
Karen Thurman 10%
Ed Towns 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
John Baldacci 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Howard Berman 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jon Corzine 0%
William Coyne 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%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Peter Deutsch 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
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 Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
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%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
William Luther 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
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%
Constance Morella 0%
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%
Major Owens 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 0%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Timothy Roemer 0%
Steve Rothman 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 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%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 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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