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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Bread for the World

1996 Positions on Addressing World Hunger

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 71%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 17%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 57%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 17%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 29%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 17%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 83%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 43%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 83%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 17%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 71%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 57%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 17%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 17%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 83%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 57%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 83%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 83%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 57%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 0%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
William Baker 10%
John Baldacci 87%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 17%
Herbert Bateman 17%
Anthony Beilenson 100%
Bob Bennett 29%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Tom Bevill 90%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 17%
Peter Blute 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 17%
Robert Borski, Jr. 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
Bill Bradley 83%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
John Breaux 57%
Bill Brewster 60%
Glen Browder 80%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 0%
Richard Bryan 43%
Ed Bryant 17%
John Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunn 40%
Jim Bunning 17%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 71%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 0%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 43%
Jim Chapman 67%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 17%
Dick Chrysler 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 67%
William Clinger 20%
William Cohen 33%
Ronald Coleman 100%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Mac Collins 17%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 67%
Wes Cooley 10%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 20%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Alfonse D'Amato 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Thomas Davis III 50%
E. Kika de la Garza 89%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 83%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Robert Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 83%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Robert Dornan 0%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 17%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Bill Emerson 20%
Philip English 17%
John Ensign 33%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 17%
Thomas Ewing 17%
Jim Exon 67%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
Harris Fawell 17%
Victor Fazio 83%
Russ Feingold 71%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 0%
Floyd Flake 100%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 10%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 17%
Michael Patrick Forbes 17%
Harold Ford, Sr. 100%
Wendell Ford 71%
Tillie Fowler 17%
Jon David Fox 33%
Gary Franks 40%
Robert Franks 17%
Daniel Frisa 20%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 83%
David Funderburk 0%
Elizabeth Furse 50%
John Ganske 17%
Sam Gejdenson 83%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Pete Geren 60%
Sam Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 83%
William Goodling 17%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 17%
Daniel Graham 43%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 14%
Enid Greene 33%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 14%
Steven Gunderson 11%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 50%
Melton Hancock 10%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 17%
Mark Hatfield 60%
James Hayes 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 17%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 83%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 30%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 83%
David Lee Hobson 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Martin Hoke 10%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Stephen Horn 17%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Harry Johnston 100%
J. Bennett Johnston 83%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 33%
Sue Kelly 17%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 83%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Jay Kim 17%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Ronald Klink 83%
Scott Klug 17%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
James Kolbe 17%
John LaFalce 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Greg Laughlin 38%
Rick Lazio 17%
James Leach 17%
Ron Lewis 17%
Jim Ross Lightfoot 10%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 17%
James Longley, Jr. 30%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 83%
Connie Mack 14%
Thomas Manton 0%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Bill Martini 30%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 17%
Joseph McDade 0%
Paul McHale 50%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 17%
Jan Meyers 22%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 83%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 83%
John Moakley 100%
Susan Molinari 20%
Alan Mollohan 100%
G.V. Montgomery 62%
Carlos Moorhead 10%
Constance Morella 67%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Jack Murtha 83%
John Myers 12%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Mark Neumann 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
Sam Nunn 67%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
William Orton 80%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 17%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 17%
William Paxon 17%
Donald Payne 83%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 90%
Claiborne Pell 67%
Pete Peterson 100%
Owen Pickett 67%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
John Edward Porter 17%
Glenn Poshard 50%
Larry Pressler 17%
Deborah Pryce 17%
David Pryor 67%
James Quillen 12%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 17%
Ralph Regula 17%
Bill Richardson 50%
Frank Duncan Riggs 17%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Charles Robb 57%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Charles Rose III 89%
Toby Roth 0%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 67%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 17%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 17%
Patricia Schroeder 100%
Andrea Seastrand 10%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 33%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Paul Simon 100%
Alan Simpson 0%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 83%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Ike Skelton 50%
Linda Smith 17%
Nick Smith 17%
Bob Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 17%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 29%
Floyd Spence 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 83%
Charles Stenholm 83%
Ted Stevens 14%
Steve Stockman 0%
Louis Stokes 83%
Gerry Studds 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 83%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 83%
Randy Tate 10%
William Tauzin 17%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 50%
Frank Tejeda 90%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 17%
Fred Thompson 14%
Ray Thornton 100%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Peter Torkildsen 20%
Esteban Edward Torres 83%
Robert Torricelli 83%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Bruce Vento 83%
Harold Volkmer 100%
Barbara Vucanovich 10%
Robert Walker 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
Michael Ward 100%
John Warner 14%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 17%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 17%
Pat Williams 89%
Charles Wilson 90%
Robert Wise, Jr. 83%
Albert Wynn 83%
Sidney Yates 100%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Richard Zimmer 11%

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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