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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Bread for the World

1998 Positions

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