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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Alliance for Retired Americans

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Howard Berman 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
William Coyne 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 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%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 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%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
William Luther 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern 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%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 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%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
Thomas Allen 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 90%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Edwards 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Daniel Graham 90%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
William Jefferson 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
Herb Kohl 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
Frank Mascara 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
Alan Mollohan 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
James Barcia 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 80%
Brad Carson 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
James Davis 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 80%
James Maloney 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
David Phelps 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
James Turner 80%
David Wu 80%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
Albert Wynn 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Nicholas Lampson 78%
Vic Snyder 78%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Jean Carnahan 70%
Robert Clement 70%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 70%
Harold Ford, Jr. 70%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
Mike Ross 70%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 70%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
Bart Gordon 67%
William Lipinski 63%
Brian Baird 60%
Evan Bayh 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 60%
Jane Harman 60%
Baron Hill 60%
Blanche Lincoln 60%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
Timothy Roemer 60%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
Calvin Dooley 56%
Marion Berry 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Robert Torricelli 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
John Breaux 40%
Christopher John 40%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
Ben Nelson 40%
John Tanner 40%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 30%
Robert Cramer 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
Zell Bryan Miller 30%
Arlen Specter 30%
Constance Morella 20%
Gordon Smith 20%
Charlie Bass 10%
Mike Castle 10%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
John Ganske 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
Joel Hefley 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 10%
James Leach 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Christopher Shays 10%
Olympia Snowe 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
John Warner 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Richard Armey 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Michael Ferguson 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
George Gekas 0%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Porter Goss 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
James Hansen 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Stephen Horn 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
Scott McInnis 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Marge Roukema 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Jim Saxton 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Bob Stump 0%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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