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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

2001 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Jon Corzine 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%
Lane Evans 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Daniel Graham 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Olver 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 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%
Hilda Solis 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 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%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Thomas Allen 95%
John Baldacci 95%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
Howard Berman 95%
David Edward Bonior 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
William Coyne 95%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
Bill Delahunt 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
Chris Dodd 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
John Edwards 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
Russ Feingold 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 95%
Charlie Gonzalez 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Tom Lantos 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
Joe Lieberman 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
Robert Matsui 95%
Karen McCarthy 95%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 95%
Dave Obey 95%
Major Owens 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
Pete Stark 95%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
Anthony Weiner 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Norm Dicks 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
Jane Harman 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
Herb Kohl 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
William Luther 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
Robert Torricelli 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
Brian Baird 85%
Leonard Boswell 85%
Robert Byrd 85%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 85%
Jean Carnahan 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 85%
Bob Etheridge 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 85%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 85%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
Dale Kildee 85%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 85%
Blanche Lincoln 85%
James Maloney 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
Dennis Moore 85%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Steve Rothman 85%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85%
Vic Snyder 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 85%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 85%
Gary Ackerman 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Jerry Costello 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
James Davis 80%
Chet Edwards 80%
Thomas Holden 80%
William Jefferson 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
Carrie Meek 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
James Barcia 75%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Tony Hall 75%
Baron Hill 75%
Frank Mascara 75%
Jim Oberstar 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
Bart Stupak 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 70%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
Ben Nelson 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Brad Carson 65%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 65%
Calvin Dooley 65%
Bart Gordon 65%
Paul Kanjorski 65%
Alan Mollohan 65%
Jack Murtha 65%
David Phelps 65%
Mike Ross 65%
Ed Towns 65%
Marion Berry 60%
Robert Clement 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
John Tanner 60%
James Turner 60%
John Breaux 55%
Gene Taylor 55%
Constance Morella 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Diane Watson 50%
Robert Cramer 45%
James Leach 45%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
Christopher John 40%
William Lipinski 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
Ronnie Shows 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 35%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 35%
Zell Bryan Miller 35%
Christopher Shays 35%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 35%
Mike Castle 30%
Mark Foley 30%
Stephen Horn 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Nancy Johnson 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
Marge Roukema 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
Charlie Bass 25%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
John Ganske 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
James Greenwood 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
Sue Kelly 25%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
Gordon Smith 25%
Judy Biggert 20%
John Ensign 20%
Michael Ferguson 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
James Kolbe 20%
Steve LaTourette 20%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 20%
Doug Ose 20%
Ron Paul 20%
Jack Quinn 20%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
Fred Thompson 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 20%
John Warner 20%
George Allen 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 15%
David Lee Hobson 15%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Tim Johnson 15%
Ray LaHood 15%
Dick Lugar 15%
John McHugh 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
John Sweeney 15%
William Thomas 15%
George Voinovich 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
David Dreier 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Philip English 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
William Frist 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
Mark Kennedy 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 10%
Dan Miller 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
James Walsh 10%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
Robert Barr, Jr. 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
Dan Burton 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
Michael Collins 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Terry Everett 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 5%
George Gekas 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
James Hansen 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
Van Hilleary 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Jerry Lewis 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
James McCrery III 5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 5%
Thomas William Osborne 5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Todd Platts 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Bob Riley 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
John Shadegg 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
Strom Thurmond 5%
David Weldon 5%
Heather Wilson 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 5%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
Richard Armey 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 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%
Steve Buyer 0%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
John Cooksey 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Philip Crane 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Porter Goss 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Brian Kerns 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Scott McInnis 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%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Anne Northup 0%
James Nussle 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Bob Stump 0%
John Sununu 0%
William Tauzin 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 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%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker 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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