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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 95%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 95%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 5%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 95%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 5%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 10%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 15%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 35%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 15%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 95%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 95%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 95%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 85%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 10%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 85%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 85%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 37%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 25%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 32%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 95%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 70%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 80%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 15%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 20%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 20%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 5%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 85%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 10 Donald Payne Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 15%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 15%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 5%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 85%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 85%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 80%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 85%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 95%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 95%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 5%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 90%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 5%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 35%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 1 Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 95%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 40%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 95%
Thomas Allen 20%
Brian Baird 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 95%
Evan Bayh 30%
Bob Beauprez 95%
Bob Bennett 95%
Marion Berry 10%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 95%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 85%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 35%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 95%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 80%
Robert Byrd 10%
Chris Cannon 90%
Julia Carson 0%
Edward Case 20%
Mike Castle 75%
Chris Chocola 100%
Norm Coleman 95%
Jon Corzine 30%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 35%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Artur Davis 25%
James Davis 20%
Jo Ann Davis 85%
Lincoln Davis 35%
Thomas Davis III 95%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 90%
Chris Dodd 10%
Elizabeth Dole 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 95%
John Doolittle 90%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 90%
Philip English 90%
John Ensign 90%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 85%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 5%
Michael Ferguson 75%
Mark Foley 95%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
William Frist 95%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 95%
Paul Gillmor 95%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
Bart Gordon 40%
Mark Green 95%
Judd Gregg 95%
Gilbert Gutknecht 95%
Charles Hagel 95%
Jane Harman 20%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 80%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 85%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 33%
David Lee Hobson 90%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Darlene Hooley 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Kenny Hulshof 90%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Nancy Johnson 85%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 95%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 95%
James Kolbe 90%
Tom Lantos 10%
James Leach 65%
Ron Lewis 95%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
Jim Marshall 15%
Robert Matsui 15%
James McCrery III 85%
John McHugh 85%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 15%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 30%
Jack Murtha 20%
Marilyn Musgrave 95%
Robert William Ney 90%
Anne Northup 95%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 95%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Thomas William Osborne 80%
Major Owens 10%
Michael Oxley 100%
John Peterson 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 95%
Richard Pombo 80%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Jon Porter, Sr. 95%
Deborah Pryce 95%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 80%
Richard Renzi 90%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Jim Ryun 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Rick Santorum 95%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
H. James Saxton 90%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 75%
Donald Sherwood 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 90%
Vic Snyder 25%
Mark Souder 85%
Arlen Specter 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 15%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 90%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 80%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 85%
Zach Wamp 90%
John Warner 85%
Diane Watson 20%
Anthony Weiner 15%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 85%
Gerald Weller 95%
Robert Wexler 20%
Heather Wilson 85%
David Wu 20%
Albert Wynn 25%

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.

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