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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Alliance for Retired Americans

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 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%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Dennis Cardoza 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Ben Chandler III 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 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%
Jerry Costello 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan 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%
Norm Dicks 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%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 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%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 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%
Herb Kohl 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy 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%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy 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%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 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%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 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%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II 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%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith 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%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. 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%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 88%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 88%
Edward Case 88%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 88%
James Davis 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 88%
Jane Harman 88%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 88%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
Ben Nelson 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
Vic Snyder 88%
Gene Taylor 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 86%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
Jim Marshall 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 50%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
John McHugh 50%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
John Sweeney 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 43%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 43%
Ray LaHood 43%
James Nussle 43%
Ron Paul 43%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 38%
Ginny Brown-Waite 38%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 38%
Mike Castle 38%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 38%
Philip English 38%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 38%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Gilbert Gutknecht 38%
Joel Hefley 38%
Henry Hyde 38%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 38%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 38%
Todd Platts 38%
Christopher Shays 38%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 38%
Olympia Snowe 38%
James Walsh 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Heather Wilson 38%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 33%
Michael Bilirakis 29%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 29%
Robert William Ney 29%
Arlen Specter 29%
Charlie Bass 25%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
Randall Cunningham 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
Vern Ehlers 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
Jim Gibbons 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Melissa Hart 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 25%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Mark Kennedy 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 25%
Don Manzullo 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
Jon Porter, Sr. 25%
James Ramstad 25%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
Mary Bono Mack 14%
Pete Hoekstra 14%
Kenny Hulshof 14%
Duncan Hunter 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 14%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
Bob Beauprez 13%
Judy Biggert 13%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 13%
Dan Burton 13%
Chris Chocola 13%
Jo Ann Davis 13%
John Ensign 13%
Mark Foley 13%
Elton Gallegly 13%
Paul Gillmor 13%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 13%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 13%
Mark Green 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 13%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 13%
Ron Lewis 13%
John Linder 13%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
James McCrery III 13%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 13%
Marilyn Musgrave 13%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 13%
Anne Northup 13%
Thomas William Osborne 13%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Denny Rehberg 13%
Thomas Reynolds 13%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 13%
Jim Ryun 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 13%
Mark Souder 13%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 13%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 13%
Zach Wamp 13%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 13%
John Sununu 10%
Todd Akin 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
Norm Coleman 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 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%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
David Dreier 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
Katherine Harris 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%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Kay Hutchison 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%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 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%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
David Weldon 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. 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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