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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

1999 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 5%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 95%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 95%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 95%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
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 5%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
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 10%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 65%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
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%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
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 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
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 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 65%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 15%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 15%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 20%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 95%
Douglas Bereuter 35%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 95%
Marion Berry 60%
Judy Biggert 30%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 5%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 10%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 10%
Julia Carson 95%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 15%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 85%
Michael Collins 15%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 70%
Kent Conrad 90%
Merrill Cook 25%
John Cooksey 15%
Jerry Costello 65%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 35%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 95%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
John Edwards 90%
Chet Edwards 85%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Philip English 25%
Bob Etheridge 85%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 5%
Thomas Ewing 15%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Mark Foley 35%
Michael Patrick Forbes 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 15%
Tillie Fowler 15%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 45%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Elton Gallegly 25%
John Ganske 35%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 15%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
William Goodling 15%
Bart Gordon 70%
Slade Gorton 5%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 5%
James Greenwood 70%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Tony Hall 80%
James Hansen 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 20%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 75%
Rick Hill 10%
Van Hilleary 15%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Thomas Holden 65%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 15%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 15%
Daniel Inouye 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Ronald Klink 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 20%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Steven Kuykendall 35%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 85%
Ray LaHood 15%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 85%
Stephen Largent 15%
Steve LaTourette 35%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 55%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 95%
Blanche Lincoln 95%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 55%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 5%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 85%
Don Manzullo 15%
Matthew Martinez 85%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 95%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 35%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 5%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 90%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 15%
David Minge 95%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 95%
John Moakley 90%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 80%
Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 5%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Doug Ose 30%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
Ron Paul 10%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 20%
John Peterson 5%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 60%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
John Edward Porter 60%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 25%
Silvestre Reyes 85%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Bob Riley 5%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 85%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 30%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 45%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 25%
Joe Scarborough 15%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 55%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Norman Sisisky 75%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 15%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 25%
James Talent 15%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Robert Torricelli 95%
Ed Towns 95%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 75%
Bruce Vento 95%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 10%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 15%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 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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