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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 90%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 58%
Brian Baird 8%
Richard Hugh Baker 67%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Cass Ballenger 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
Charlie Bass 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
Evan Bayh 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 25%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 83%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 83%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
Kit Bond 90%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 58%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
John Breaux 60%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 92%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
Ben Campbell 90%
Chris Cannon 67%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
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 10%
Brad Carson 33%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 42%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
Hillary Clinton 10%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 90%
Michael Collins 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
Larry Combest 92%
Kent Conrad 30%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 25%
Christopher Cox 83%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 58%
Philip Crane 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
Barbara Cubin 75%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 25%
Jo Ann Davis 83%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
Thomas Davis III 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Norm Dicks 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 25%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
Jennifer Dunn 83%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 20%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 58%
John Ensign 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 58%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
Russ Feingold 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
Michael Ferguson 42%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
Ernest Fletcher 75%
Mark Foley 58%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 83%
Barney Frank 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 8%
Elton Gallegly 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 25%
Porter Goss 67%
Daniel Graham 10%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 67%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17%
James Greenwood 17%
Judd Gregg 80%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
Jane Harman 8%
Melissa Hart 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 67%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 67%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 25%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 17%
David Lee Hobson 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 17%
Ernest Hollings 10%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 33%
Darlene Hooley 17%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 92%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 17%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Tim Johnson 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
Paul Kanjorski 17%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 75%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 58%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 92%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 50%
Nicholas Lampson 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 70%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 8%
Tom Lantos 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 83%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 25%
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 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
Jerry Lewis 92%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
Dick Lugar 90%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 17%
Karen McCarthy 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 58%
Scott McInnis 58%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 70%
Alan Mollohan 67%
Dennis Moore 42%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 67%
Sue Myrick 100%
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%
Ben Nelson 70%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 30%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Robert William Ney 58%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 83%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 25%
John Olver 25%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 92%
Doug Ose 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 92%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 42%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 42%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 50%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
Deborah Pryce 83%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
James Ramstad 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 92%
Denny Rehberg 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 8%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 25%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
Edward Schrock 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 58%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
Donald Sherwood 92%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 17%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
Ike Skelton 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 42%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 92%
Olympia Snowe 70%
Vic Snyder 8%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 42%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 92%
Ted Stevens 90%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
John Sununu 67%
John Sweeney 75%
Tom Tancredo 75%
John Tanner 83%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 75%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 92%
Ed Towns 8%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 67%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 92%
James Walsh 58%
Zach Wamp 83%
John Warner 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 25%
Diane Watson 27%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 25%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 67%
Robert Wexler 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
Albert Wynn 8%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%

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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