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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

1999 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Bill Barrett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
Larry Craig 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
George Gekas 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley 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%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Connie Mack 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
David McIntosh 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
Don Nickles 100%
James Nussle 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
Richard Hugh Baker 91%
Marion Berry 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 91%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
Dan Burton 91%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 91%
Chris Cannon 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
James DeMint 91%
David Dreier 91%
Jennifer Dunn 91%
Ernest Fletcher 91%
Paul Gillmor 91%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Van Hilleary 91%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Asa Hutchinson 91%
Ron Lewis 91%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 91%
James McCrery III 91%
Scott McInnis 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 91%
Anne Northup 91%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 91%
Doug Ose 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Deborah Pryce 91%
George Radanovich 91%
Bob Riley 91%
James Rogan 91%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 91%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 91%
Mark Souder 91%
Cliff Stearns 91%
Bob Stump 91%
Charles Taylor 91%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 91%
Wesley Watkins 91%
Heather Wilson 91%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 91%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 91%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 89%
John Ashcroft 88%
John Breaux 88%
Ben Campbell 88%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 88%
Paul Coverdell 88%
Slade Gorton 88%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 88%
Kay Hutchison 88%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 88%
Bob Smith 88%
George Voinovich 88%
Robert Barr, Jr. 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 82%
Michael Bilirakis 82%
Mary Bono Mack 82%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 82%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 82%
Merrill Cook 82%
John Cooksey 82%
Christopher Cox 82%
Robert Cramer 82%
Philip Crane 82%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 82%
Tillie Fowler 82%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 82%
Gilbert Gutknecht 82%
James Hansen 82%
Robert Hayes 82%
Joel Hefley 82%
Henry Hyde 82%
Christopher John 82%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 82%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 82%
James Kolbe 82%
John Linder 82%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 82%
John McHugh 82%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 82%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 82%
Sue Myrick 82%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
Ralph Regula 82%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 82%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 82%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
Nick Smith 82%
Floyd Spence 82%
John Sweeney 82%
Tom Tancredo 82%
William Tauzin 82%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 80%
Kit Bond 77%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 77%
Jim Bunning 77%
Robert Byrd 77%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 77%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 77%
William Frist 77%
Daniel Inouye 77%
Trent Lott, Sr. 77%
Dick Lugar 77%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 77%
Michael Collins 73%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 73%
Chet Edwards 73%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 73%
Elton Gallegly 73%
John Ganske 73%
William Lewis Jenkins 73%
Steven Kuykendall 73%
Stephen Largent 73%
Bill McCollum 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
Jack Metcalf 73%
Ron Paul 73%
John Peterson 73%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
Jack Quinn 73%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 73%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 73%
Donald Sherwood 73%
Ronnie Shows 73%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Ike Skelton 73%
James Talent 73%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 73%
Zach Wamp 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 73%
Kent Conrad 66%
Blanche Lincoln 66%
Gordon Smith 66%
John Warner 66%
Charlie Bass 64%
Judy Biggert 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
Leonard Boswell 64%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
Larry Combest 64%
Patsy Ann Danner 64%
Philip English 64%
Thomas Ewing 64%
Mark Green 64%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
Ray LaHood 64%
Steve LaTourette 64%
Jack Murtha 64%
Edward Pease 64%
Owen Pickett 64%
John Sununu 64%
John Tanner 64%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
James Turner 64%
Gerald Weller 64%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 64%
James Barcia 55%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Gary Condit 55%
Thomas Daschle 55%
Thomas Davis III 55%
Calvin Dooley 55%
Byron Dorgan 55%
Peter Fitzgerald 55%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 55%
Jonas Frost III 55%
Porter Goss 55%
Baron Hill 55%
Ernest Hollings 55%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 55%
Frank Mascara 55%
Dan Miller 55%
Frank Murkowski 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Earl Pomeroy 55%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 55%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 55%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 55%
James Walsh 55%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Robert Clement 45%
Mark Foley 45%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
James Greenwood 45%
Stephen Horn 45%
Kenny Hulshof 45%
Nancy Johnson 45%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
Alan Mollohan 45%
Bob Wise, Jr. 45%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 44%
Jeff Bingaman 44%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 44%
Judd Gregg 44%
Olympia Snowe 44%
Arlen Specter 44%
John Baldacci 36%
Douglas Bereuter 36%
Brian Bilbray 36%
Eva Clayton 36%
James Davis 36%
Norm Dicks 36%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
Vern Ehlers 36%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
Thomas Holden 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 36%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
Sue Kelly 36%
Ronald Klink 36%
Rick Lazio 36%
Matthew Martinez 36%
Jim Oberstar 36%
David Phelps 36%
Bart Stupak 36%
Gene Taylor 36%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
Evan Bayh 33%
Richard Bryan 33%
Chris Dodd 33%
John Edwards 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
Herb Kohl 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 27%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 27%
Robert Franks 27%
Bart Gordon 27%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 27%
William Jefferson 27%
James Leach 27%
William Lipinski 27%
David Minge 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 27%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 27%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Ciro Rodriguez 27%
Timothy Roemer 27%
Marge Roukema 27%
Jim Saxton 27%
Joe Scarborough 27%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Ted Strickland 27%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 27%
Karen Thurman 27%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 22%
Russ Feingold 22%
James Merrill Jeffords 22%
Bob Kerrey 22%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 22%
Joe Lieberman 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 22%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
Brian Baird 18%
Rick Boucher 18%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 18%
Mike Castle 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 18%
Michael Patrick Forbes 18%
Harold Ford, Jr. 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
Tony Hall 18%
Darlene Hooley 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 18%
John LaFalce 18%
Nicholas Lampson 18%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 18%
Carrie Meek 18%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 18%
Dennis Moore 18%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 18%
Constance Morella 18%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
Dave Obey 18%
John Edward Porter 18%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 18%
James Ramstad 18%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 18%
Christopher Shays 18%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 18%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 11%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 11%
Daniel Graham 11%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
Patrick Moynihan 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
Charles Robb 11%
Paul Wellstone 11%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
Thomas Allen 9%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
Shelley Berkley 9%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
Robert Borski, Jr. 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
William Coyne 9%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 9%
Bob Etheridge 9%
Lane Evans 9%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
Maurice Hinchey 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 9%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 9%
Gerald Kleczka 9%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 9%
James Maloney 9%
Robert Matsui 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 9%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 9%
John Moakley 9%
Major Owens 9%
Donald Payne 9%
Steve Rothman 9%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
Martin Olav Sabo 9%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 9%
Vic Snyder 9%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
Ellen Tauscher 9%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 9%
David Wu 9%
Albert Wynn 9%
Gary Ackerman 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
Howard Berman 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
David Edward Bonior 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
William Clay, Sr. 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%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Julian Dixon 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
William Luther 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
John Olver 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 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%
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%
Pete Stark 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Robert Torricelli 0%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
Bruce Vento 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 0%
Lynn Woolsey 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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