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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Bread for the World

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 033%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 67%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 67%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 67%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 67%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 67%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 67%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 67%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 67%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 67%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 67%
Thomas Allen 100%
Bill Archer 33%
Richard Armey 67%
John Ashcroft 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 67%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 33%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 67%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
John Breaux 67%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 67%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 67%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 33%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 100%
John Chafee 33%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 100%
Michael Collins 33%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
Merrill Cook 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 33%
Christopher Cox 67%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 67%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 67%
Randall Cunningham 67%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 67%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 67%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 67%
Philip English 67%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 100%
William Frist 33%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 67%
John Ganske 100%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 67%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
William Goodling 67%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 67%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 33%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 67%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 33%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 33%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Kay Hutchison 67%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 67%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 67%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 67%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 33%
Steve LaTourette 100%
Rick Lazio 100%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 67%
Joe Lieberman 67%
John Linder 67%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 33%
Dick Lugar 67%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 33%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 33%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 67%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 67%
David McIntosh 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 33%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 100%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 33%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 33%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 67%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 67%
Owen Pickett 100%
Richard Pombo 67%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 100%
George Radanovich 67%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 100%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 33%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 67%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 33%
John Shadegg 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 100%
E.G. Shuster 67%
Norman Sisisky 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 67%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 67%
Floyd Spence 67%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 67%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 33%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 67%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 67%
William Thomas 67%
Fred Thompson 33%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Robert Torricelli 67%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
James Turner 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 67%
John Warner 67%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 67%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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