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Joe Crowley's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Health and Health Care

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With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

100%
2001
100%
2001
0%
2007
100%
2007
71%
2007-2008
43%
2005-2006
100%
2009
100%
2005-2006
25%
2003
50%
2004
17%
2015
40%
2003-2004
50
2007
9%
2015-2018
100%
2017
100%
2017
93%
2015-2016
93%
2015-2016
88%
2015
94%
2014
94%
2013-2014
94%
2013-2014
92%
2013
93%
2011-2012
93%
2011-2012
100%
2003
100%
2014
100%
2006
100%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2005-2006
100%
2003-2004
100%
2001-2002
100%
2001
0%
2003-2004
100%
2005
33%
2002
100%
2017-2018
100%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2010
80%
2008
75%
2006
63%
2001
43%
1999
75%
1995-2003
100
2007-2008
100
2007-2008
83%
2005-2006
83%
2005-2006
0%
2005
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