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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Taxpayers Union

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 59%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 54%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 65%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 82%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 59%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 49%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 49%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 62%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 13%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 61%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 13%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 77%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 89%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 85%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 59%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 49%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 48%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 51%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 11%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 14%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 82%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 48%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 56%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 66%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 72%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 19%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 7%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 69%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 17%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 49%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 78%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 66%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 55%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 82%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 56%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 46%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 72%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 66%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 70%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 11%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 65%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 78%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 68%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 78%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 54%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 14%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 11%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 74%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 24%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 11%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 51%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 48%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 54%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 53%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 72%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 27%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 9%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 78%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 61%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 42%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 48%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 12%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 61%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 45%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 14%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 14%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 23%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 34%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 67%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 59%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 54%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 10 Donald Payne Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 9%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 13%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 53%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 16%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 46%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 23%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 45%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 57%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 76%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 73%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 53%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 68%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 46%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 59%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 52%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 15%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 49%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 73%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 15%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 73%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 51%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 73%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 72%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 73%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 6%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 69%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 45%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 1 Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 63%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 17%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 78%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 77%
Wayne Allard 84%
George Allen 67%
Thomas Allen 11%
Brian Baird 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 58%
J. Gresham Barrett 80%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Beauprez 72%
Bob Bennett 70%
Marion Berry 11%
Michael Bilirakis 59%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Kit Bond 62%
Henry Bonilla 48%
Rick Boucher 13%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 23%
Henry Brown, Jr. 55%
Ginny Brown-Waite 68%
Jim Bunning 69%
Conrad Burns 73%
Steve Buyer 56%
Robert Byrd 21%
Chris Cannon 73%
Julia Carson 7%
Edward Case 19%
Mike Castle 52%
Chris Chocola 75%
Norm Coleman 60%
Jon Corzine 19%
Christopher Cox 78%
Larry Craig 76%
Robert Cramer 26%
Barbara Cubin 77%
Randall Cunningham 54%
Artur Davis 12%
James Davis 16%
Jo Ann Davis 62%
Lincoln Davis 24%
Thomas Davis III 53%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 63%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Chris Dodd 12%
Elizabeth Dole 64%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
John Doolittle 55%
Byron Dorgan 13%
Chet Edwards 16%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Philip English 59%
John Ensign 89%
Bob Etheridge 13%
Lane Evans 9%
Terry Everett 54%
Tom Feeney 82%
Russ Feingold 22%
Michael Ferguson 48%
Mark Foley 56%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 61%
William Frist 66%
Jim Gibbons 77%
Wayne Gilchrest 54%
Paul Gillmor 59%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 65%
Bart Gordon 21%
Mark Green 71%
Judd Gregg 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
Charles Hagel 75%
Jane Harman 16%
Katherine Harris 72%
Melissa Hart 68%
Robert Hayes 49%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 77%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 13%
David Lee Hobson 49%
Pete Hoekstra 72%
Darlene Hooley 18%
John Nathan Hostettler 73%
Kenny Hulshof 58%
Duncan Hunter 56%
Henry Hyde 51%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 63%
William Jefferson 11%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
William Lewis Jenkins 62%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 70%
Sue Kelly 52%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 15%
Mark Kennedy 69%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
James Kolbe 49%
Tom Lantos 9%
James Leach 37%
Ron Lewis 58%
Blanche Lincoln 16%
John Linder 69%
Trent Lott, Sr. 74%
Jim Marshall 26%
James McCrery III 63%
John McHugh 47%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 11%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 18%
Jack Murtha 13%
Marilyn Musgrave 77%
Robert William Ney 52%
Anne Northup 49%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
James Nussle 56%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 15%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Thomas William Osborne 47%
Major Owens 13%
Michael Oxley 58%
John Peterson 52%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 51%
Richard Pombo 61%
Earl Pomeroy 12%
Jon Porter, Sr. 51%
Deborah Pryce 55%
George Radanovich 69%
James Ramstad 67%
Ralph Regula 48%
Richard Renzi 51%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Jim Ryun 70%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
Rick Santorum 83%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
H. James Saxton 48%
John Shadegg 81%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 49%
Christopher Shays 52%
Donald Sherwood 48%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 42%
Ike Skelton 13%
Gordon Smith 61%
Vic Snyder 15%
Mark Souder 57%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 14%
Bart Stupak 14%
John Sununu 82%
John Sweeney 48%
James Talent 64%
Tom Tancredo 81%
John Tanner 29%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
Charles Taylor 56%
Gene Taylor 30%
Craig Thomas 78%
William Thomas 54%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 49%
Zach Wamp 54%
John Warner 68%
Diane Watson 10%
Anthony Weiner 12%
David Weldon 54%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 57%
Robert Wexler 9%
Heather Wilson 46%
David Wu 16%
Albert Wynn 12%

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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