American Conservative Union 2002 Ratings of Congress

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State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years
Alabama	H	Robert Aderholt	R	92	91	91	6
Alabama	H	Spencer Bachus	R	100	96	94	10
Alabama	H	Sonny Callahan	R	96	91	91	18
Alabama	H	Bud Cramer	D	56	65	48	12
Alabama	H	Terry Everett	R	100	100	96	10
Alabama	H	Earl Hilliard	D	17	16	13	10
Alabama	H	Bob Riley	R	100	100	97	6
Alabama	S	Richard Sessions	R	90	96	98	6
Alabama	S	Jeff Shelby	R	89	100	74	24
Alaska	H	Don Young	R	86	91	76	30
Alaska	S	Frank Murkowski	R	100	100	83	22
Alaska	S	Ted Stevens	R	83	92	63	32
Arizona	H	Jeff Flake	R	96	92	94	2
Arizona	H	J.D. Hayworth	R	100	100	99	8
Arizona	H	Jim Kolbe	R	80	60	76	18
Arizona	H	Ed Pastor	D	0	8	2	12
Arizona	H	John Shadegg	R	100	96	97	8
Arizona	H	Bob Stump	R	100	96	97	26
Arizona	S	Jon Kyl	R	100	100	97	16
Arizona	S	John Mccain	R	78	68	84	20
Arkansas	H	Marion Berry	D	32	52	38	6
Arkansas	H	John Boozman	R	96		96	1
Arkansas	H	Mike Ross	D	32	36	34	2
Arkansas	H	Vic Snyder	D	12	13	12	6
Arkansas	S	Tim Hutchinson	R	95	92	97	10
Arkansas	S	Blanche Lincoln	D	40	28	23	8
California	H	Joe Baca	D	13	24	17	3
California	H	Xavier Becerra	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Howard Berman	D	10	4	6	20
California	H	Mary Bono	R	71	68	76	5
California	H	Ken Calvert	R	92	91	91	10
California	H	Lois Capps	D	12	4	12	5
California	H	Gary Condit	D	30	24	44	14
California	H	Christopher Cox	R	96	96	98	14
California	H	Randy Cunningham	R	96	96	96	12
California	H	Susan Davis	D	8	12	10	2
California	H	Calvin Dooley	D	24	32	19	12
California	H	John Doolittle	R	91	100	96	12
California	H	David Dreier	R	84	84	93	22
California	H	Anna Eshoo	D	0	0	4	10
California	H	Sam Farr	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Bob Filner	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Elton Gallegly	R	100	88	88	16
California	H	Jane Harman	D	36	20	43	4
California	H	Wally Herger	R	100	96	97	16
California	H	Tom Honda	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Steve Horn	R	72	48	58	10
California	H	Duncan Hunter	R	88	100	93	22
California	H	Darrell Issa	R	96	84	94	2
California	H	Tom Lantos	D	4	8	8	22
California	H	Barbara Lee	D	0	0	4	5
California	H	Jerry Lewis	R	88	80	83	24
California	H	Zoe Lofgren	D	0	0	4	8
California	H	Robert Matsui	D	0	0	5	24
California	H	Howard Mckeon	R	88	88	92	10
California	H	Juanita Millender-mcdonald	D	0	4	4	7
California	H	Gary Miller	R	100	100	97	4
California	H	George Miller	D	4	0	5	28
California	H	Grace Napolitano	D	0	4	2	4
California	H	Doug Ose	R	84	64	76	4
California	H	Nancy Pelosi	D	0	0	2	16
California	H	Richard Pombo	R	96	96	98	10
California	H	George Radanovich	R	88	92	95	8
California	H	Dana Rohrabacher	R	96	96	96	14
California	H	Lucille Roybal-allard	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Ed Royce	R	100	100	99	10
California	H	Loretta Sanchez	D	4	12	11	6
California	H	James Schiff	D	8	13	10	2
California	H	Brad Sherman	D	4	12	7	6
California	H	Hilda Solis	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Pete Stark	D	0	0	4	30
California	H	Ellen Tauscher	D	8	4	12	6
California	H	William Thomas	R	80	68	80	24
California	H	Mike Thompson	D	8	8	8	4
California	H	Maxine Waters	D	0	0	3	12
California	H	Watson	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Henry Waxman	D	5	0	5	28
California	H	Lynn Woolsey	D	0	0	3	10
California	S	Barbara Boxer	D	5	0	2	20
California	S	Dianne Feinstein	D	20	12	12	10
Colorado	H	Diana Degette	D	0	0	4	6
Colorado	H	Joel Hefley	R	100	96	97	16
Colorado	H	Scott Mcinnis	R	100	86	93	10
Colorado	H	Bob Schaffer	R	100	100	99	6
Colorado	H	Tom Tancredo	R	100	100	99	4
Colorado	H	Mark Udall	D	4	0	6	4
Colorado	S	Wayne Allard	R	100	100	97	12
Colorado	S	Ben Campbell	R	88	92	54	16
Connecticut	H	Rosa Delauro	D	0	0	4	12
Connecticut	H	Nancy Johnson	R	56	32	47	20
Connecticut	H	John Larson	D	0	8	5	4
Connecticut	H	James Maloney	D	20	24	28	6
Connecticut	H	Christopher Shays	R	76	32	48	16
Connecticut	H	Robert Simmons	R	68	44	64	2
Connecticut	S	Christopher Dodd	D	5	16	8	28
Connecticut	S	Joseph Lieberman	D	20	28	20	14
Delaware	H	Michael Castle	R	76	48	61	10
Delaware	S	Joseph Biden	D	10	12	14	30
Delaware	S	Thomas Carper	D	25	24	22	2
Florida	H	Michael Bilirakis	R	100	84	86	20
Florida	H	Allen Boyd	D	40	32	35	6
Florida	H	Corrine Brown	D	0	8	8	10
Florida	H	Ander Crenshaw	R	96	92	94	2
Florida	H	Jim Davis	D	24	12	18	6
Florida	H	Peter Deutsch	D	12	8	16	10
Florida	H	Lincoln Diaz-balart	R	88	84	74	10
Florida	H	Mark Foley	R	92	64	81	8
Florida	H	Porter Goss	R	84	80	87	14
Florida	H	Alcee Hastings	D	0	8	5	10
Florida	H	Richard Keller	R	100	96	98	2
Florida	H	Carrie Meek	D	0	9	7	10
Florida	H	John Mica	R	96	92	93	10
Florida	H	Dan Miller	R	100	78	88	10
Florida	H	Jeff Miller	R	100		100	1
Florida	H	Adam Putnam	R	96	88	93	2
Florida	H	Ileana Ros-lehtinen	R	88	71	76	14
Florida	H	E. Clay Shaw	R	88	76	82	22
Florida	H	Cliff Stearns	R	96	96	95	14
Florida	H	Karen Thurman	D	17	12	15	2
Florida	H	Dave Weldon	R	100	92	95	8
Florida	H	Robert Wexler	D	9	4	9	6
Florida	H	C.W. Bill Young	R	96	80	89	32
Florida	S	Bob Graham	D	20	16	18	16
Florida	S	Bill Nelson	D	30	16	20	2
Georgia	H	Bob Barr	R	100	100	98	8
Georgia	H	Sanford Bishop	D	40	39	32	10
Georgia	H	Saxby Chambliss	R	100	100	94	8
Georgia	H	Mac Collins	R	100	96	96	10
Georgia	H	Nathan Deal	R	100	100	87	10
Georgia	H	Johnny Isakson	R	96	88	84	4
Georgia	H	Jack Kingston	R	96	100	98	10
Georgia	H	John Lewis	D	0	0	2	16
Georgia	H	John Linder	R	100	96	94	10
Georgia	H	Cynthia Mckinney	D	8	4	7	10
Georgia	H	Charlie Norwood	R	96	96	96	8
Georgia	S	Max Cleland	D	35	36	16	6
Georgia	S	Zell Miller	D	47	60	54	2
Hawaii	H	Neil Abercrombie	D	12	8	7	12
Hawaii	H	Patsy Mink	D	10	4	7	19
Hawaii	S	Daniel Akaka	D	0	12	7	26
Hawaii	S	Daniel Inouye	D	0	9	7	32
Idaho	H	C.L. Otter	R	96	96	97	2
Idaho	H	Mike Simpson	R	92	84	89	4
Idaho	S	Larry Craig	R	100	96	94	22
Idaho	S	Michael Crapo	R	94	92	93	10
Illinois	H	Judy Biggert	R	84	56	73	4
Illinois	H	Rod Blagojevich	D	18	12	15	6
Illinois	H	Jerry Costello	D	36	44	33	15
Illinois	H	Philip Crane	R	100	100	99	32
Illinois	H	Danny Davis	D	0	4	2	6
Illinois	H	Lane Evans	D	0	0	4	8
Illinois	H	Luis Gutierrez	D	0	16	7	10
Illinois	H	Dennis Hastert***	R	100	93	93	15
Illinois	H	Henry Hyde	R	88	92	85	28
Illinois	H	Jesse Jackson	D	0	0	4	7
Illinois	H	Timothy Johnson	R	76	68	76	2
Illinois	H	Mark Kirk	R	76	48	71	2
Illinois	H	Ray Lahood	R	92	72	75	8
Illinois	H	William Lipinski	D	32	55	39	20
Illinois	H	Donald Manzullo	R	100	92	97	10
Illinois	H	David Phelps	D	50	52	44	4
Illinois	H	Bobby Rush	D	0	10	3	10
Illinois	H	Janice Schakowsky	D	0	0	2	4
Illinois	H	John Shimkus	R	100	92	89	6
Illinois	H	Jerry Weller	R	92	92	87	8
Illinois	S	Richard Durbin	D	0	0	7	20
Illinois	S	Peter Fitzgerald	R	85	78	88	4
Indiana	H	Dan Burton	R	100	100	97	20
Indiana	H	Steve Buyer	R	91	96	92	10
Indiana	H	Julia Carson	D	0	4	3	6
Indiana	H	Baron Hill	D	28	32	25	4
Indiana	H	John Hostettler	R	84	92	89	8
Indiana	H	Brian Kerns	R	96	92	94	2
Indiana	H	Mike Pence	R	100	100	99	2
Indiana	H	Tim Roemer	D	32	40	35	12
Indiana	H	Mark Souder	R	88	96	91	8
Indiana	H	Peter Visclosky	D	12	17	11	18
Indiana	S	Edward Bayh	D	30	32	21	4
Indiana	S	Richard Lugar	R	90	92	79	26
Iowa	H	Leonard Boswell	D	32	24	33	6
Iowa	H	Greg Ganske	R	88	63	72	8
Iowa	H	Tom Latham	R	88	91	88	8
Iowa	H	Jim Leach	R	56	25	44	26
Iowa	H	Jim Nussle	R	92	88	86	12
Iowa	S	Charles Grassley	R	95	92	83	28
Iowa	S	Tom Harkin	D	15	8	9	28
Kansas	H	Dennis Moore	D	20	20	20	4
Kansas	H	Jerry Moran	R	96	88	92	6
Kansas	H	Jim Ryun	R	100	100	99	6
Kansas	H	Todd Tiahrt	R	96	96	98	8
Kansas	S	Sam Brownback	R	100	96	97	8
Kansas	S	Pat Roberts	R	100	100	88	22
Kentucky	H	Ernie Fletcher	R	92	96	90	4
Kentucky	H	Ron Lewis	R	96	100	95	9
Kentucky	H	Ken Lucas	D	84	76	74	4
Kentucky	H	Anne Northup	R	88	96	85	6
Kentucky	H	Harold Rogers	R	88	88	84	22
Kentucky	H	Edward Whitfield	R	100	96	92	8
Kentucky	S	Jim Bunning	R	100	100	96	16
Kentucky	S	Mitch Mcconnell	R	100	96	90	18
Louisiana	H	Richard Baker	R	100	96	91	16
Louisiana	H	John Cooksey	R	100	96	88	6
Louisiana	H	William Jefferson	D	20	21	11	12
Louisiana	H	Christopher John	D	46	63	51	6
Louisiana	H	Jim Mccrery	R	92	92	89	15
Louisiana	H	W. J. Tauzin	R	96	96	75	23
Louisiana	H	David Vitter	R	100	100	94	4
Louisiana	S	John Breaux	D	42	48	46	30
Louisiana	S	Mary Landrieu	D	35	28	17	6
Maine	H	Thomas Allen	D	0	0	2	6
Maine	H	John Baldacci	D	0	4	7	8
Maine	S	Susan Collins	R	55	64	57	6
Maine	S	Onlympia Snowe	R	65	60	52	24
Maryland	H	Roscoe Bartlett	R	96	88	97	10
Maryland	H	Benjamin Cardin	D	0	4	5	16
Maryland	H	Elijah Cummings	D	0	4	3	7
Maryland	H	Robert Ehrlich	R	86	76	83	8
Maryland	H	Wayne Gilchrest	R	78	48	64	12
Maryland	H	Steny Hoyer	D	4	9	8	22
Maryland	H	Constance Morella	R	24	12	22	16
Maryland	H	Albert Wynn	D	8	4	6	10
Maryland	S	Barbara Mikulski	D	0	12	6	26
Maryland	S	Paul Sarbanes	D	0	8	5	32
Massachusetts	H	Michael Capuano	D	4	4	3	4
Massachusetts	H	William Delahunt	D	0	4	3	6
Massachusetts	H	Barney Frank	D	8	0	4	22
Massachusetts	H	Stephen Lynch	D	13		13	1
Massachusetts	H	Edward Markey	D	4	4	6	15
Massachusetts	H	James Mcgovern	D	0	4	2	6
Massachusetts	H	Martin Meehan	D	9	0	10	10
Massachusetts	H	Richard Neal	D	4	13	9	15
Massachusetts	H	John Olver	D	0	0	2	12
Massachusetts	H	John Tierney	D	0	0	4	6
Massachusetts	S	Edward Kennedy	D	0	4	3	32
Massachusetts	S	John Kerry	D	20	4	6	18
Michigan	H	James Barcia	D	74	48	54	10
Michigan	H	David Bonior	D	5	20	7	26
Michigan	H	Dave Camp	R	96	96	90	12
Michigan	H	John Conyers	D	0	4	5	32
Michigan	H	John Dingell	D	4	24	12	32
Michigan	H	Vernon Ehlers	R	80	68	71	9
Michigan	H	Peter Hoekstra	R	92	88	90	10
Michigan	H	Dale Kildee	D	8	32	12	26
Michigan	H	Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	0	4	4	6
Michigan	H	Joe Knollenberg	R	88	92	89	10
Michigan	H	Sander Levin	D	0	4	3	20
Michigan	H	Lynn Rivers	D	0	4	8	8
Michigan	H	Michael Rogers	R	92	84	90	2
Michigan	H	Nick Smith	R	92	92	89	10
Michigan	H	Bart Stupak	D	16	38	21	10
Michigan	H	Fred Upton	R	92	76	74	16
Michigan	S	Carl Levin	D	0	8	6	24
Michigan	S	Debbie Stabenow	D	0	8	4	2
Minnesota	H	Gil Gutknecht	R	100	96	95	8
Minnesota	H	David Kennedy	R	96	88	95	2
Minnesota	H	William Luther	D	20	4	14	8
Minnesota	H	Betty Mccollum	D	4	4	5	2
Minnesota	H	James Oberstar	D	4	24	9	28
Minnesota	H	Connlin Peterson	D	48	43	44	12
Minnesota	H	Jim Ramstad	R	92	52	71	12
Minnesota	H	Martin Sabo	D	0	0	4	12
Minnesota	S	Mark Dayton	D	11	4	4	2
Minnesota	S	Paul Wellstone	D	0	0	3	12
Mississippi	H	Charles Pickering	R	100	96	97	6
Mississippi	H	Ronnie Shows	D	68	76	65	4
Mississippi	H	Gene Taylor	D	48	64	70	14
Mississippi	H	Bennie Thompson	D	8	12	9	10
Mississippi	H	Roger Wicker	R	100	96	92	8
Mississippi	S	Thad Cochran	R	90	88	80	30
Mississippi	S	Trent Lott	R	100	96	93	30
Missouri	H	Todd Akin	R	100	100	99	2
Missouri	H	Roy Blunt	R	100	96	94	6
Missouri	H	William Clay	D	4	8	6	2
Missouri	H	Joeann Emerson	R	96	83	88	6
Missouri	H	Richard Gephardt	D	8	13	12	26
Missouri	H	Sam Graves	R	100	88	96	2
Missouri	H	Kenny Hulshof	R	96	92	92	6
Missouri	H	Karen Mccarthy	D	0	4	6	8
Missouri	H	Ike Skelton	D	32	64	48	26
Missouri	S	Christopher Bond	R	84	88	82	16
Missouri	S	Jean Carnahan	D	15	28	19	2
Montana	H	Dennis Rehberg	R	100	84	95	2
Montana	S	Max Baucus	D	37	28	14	28
Montana	S	Conrad Burns	R	100	96	91	14
Nebraska	H	Doug Bereuter	R	72	72	68	24
Nebraska	H	Tom Osborne	R	80	84	82	2
Nebraska	H	Lee Terry	R	88	96	91	4
Nebraska	S	Chuck Hagel	R	95	84	84	6
Nebraska	S	Ben Nelson	D	55	56	53	2
Nevada	H	Shelley Berkley	D	16	12	16	4
Nevada	H	Jim Gibbons	R	92	96	91	6
Nevada	S	Jon Ensign	R	85	84	92	8
Nevada	S	Harry Reid	D	10	20	20	20
New Hampshire	H	Charles Bass	R	80	60	75	8
New Hampshire	H	John Sununu	R	92	92	94	6
New Hampshire	S	Judd Gregg	R	85	88	79	18
New Hampshire	S	Bob Smith	R	95	100	93	18
New Jersey	H	Robert Andrews	D	8	20	21	12
New Jersey	H	Michael Ferguson	R	84	58	78	2
New Jersey	H	Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	80	60	63	8
New Jersey	H	Rush Holt	D	8	0	8	4
New Jersey	H	Frank Lobiondo	R	80	60	73	8
New Jersey	H	Robert Menendez	D	8	16	10	10
New Jersey	H	Frank Pallone	D	4	16	16	14
New Jersey	H	William Pascrell	D	12	20	20	6
New Jersey	H	Donald Payne	D	0	0	3	14
New Jersey	H	Steven Rothman	D	12	13	12	6
New Jersey	H	Marge Roukema	R	75	50	53	22
New Jersey	H	Jim Saxton	R	92	64	72	18
New Jersey	H	Christopher Smith	R	80	56	62	22
New Jersey	S	Jon Corzine	D	5	0	3	2
New Jersey	S	Robert Torricelli	D	6	28	12	20
New Mexico	H	Joe Skeen	R	84	96	86	22
New Mexico	H	Tom Udall	D	0	4	3	4
New Mexico	H	Heather Wilson	R	84	84	84	5
New Mexico	S	Jeff Bingaman	D	17	29	13	20
New Mexico	S	Pete Domenici	R	88	90	73	30
New York	H	Gary Ackerman	D	4	4	4	20
New York	H	Sherwood Boehlert	R	64	32	39	20
New York	H	Joseph Crowley	D	8	20	13	4
New York	H	Eliot Engel	D	12	4	8	14
New York	H	Vito Fossella	R	92	88	90	5
New York	H	Benjamin Gilman	R	67	36	46	30
New York	H	Felix Grucci	R	80	80	82	2
New York	H	Maurice Hinchey	D	4	0	5	10
New York	H	Amo Houghton	R	62	30	54	16
New York	H	Steve Israel	D	32	8	27	2
New York	H	Sue Kelly	R	88	40	65	8
New York	H	Peter King	R	83	84	77	10
New York	H	John Lafalce	D	4	16	13	28
New York	H	Nita Lowey	D	4	0	5	14
New York	H	Carolyn Maloney	D	4	0	5	10
New York	H	Carolyn Mccarthy	D	32	17	23	6
New York	H	John Mchugh	R	79	68	75	10
New York	H	Michael Mcnulty	D	12	24	22	14
New York	H	Gregory Meeks	D	4	5	5	4
New York	H	Jerrold Nadler	D	0	0	3	10
New York	H	Major Owens	D	4	4	3	20
New York	H	Jack Quinn	R	64	70	67	10
New York	H	Charles Rangel	D	0	4	4	26
New York	H	Thomas Reynolds	R	92	88	89	4
New York	H	Joseph Serrano	D	0	0	2	13
New York	H	Louise Slaughter	D	0	0	6	16
New York	H	John Sweeney	R	88	68	79	4
New York	H	Edolphus Towns	D	4	14	4	20
New York	H	Nydia Velazquez	D	0	0	3	10
New York	H	James Walsh	R	75	76	67	14
New York	H	Anthony Weiner	D	8	0	6	4
New York	S	Hillary Clinton	D	10	12	11	2
New York	S	Charles Schumer	D	10	16	6	22
North Carolina	H	Cass Ballenger	R	96	88	90	16
North Carolina	H	Richard Burr	R	96	88	91	8
North Carolina	H	Eva Clayton	D	0	0	3	10
North Carolina	H	Howard Coble	R	92	92	90	18
North Carolina	H	Bob Etheridge	D	24	36	28	6
North Carolina	H	Robin Hayes	R	96	96	92	4
North Carolina	H	Walter Jones	R	96	92	97	8
North Carolina	H	Mike Mcintyre	D	48	64	53	6
North Carolina	H	Sue Myrick	R	96	96	95	8
North Carolina	H	David Price	D	0	4	9	14
North Carolina	H	Charles Taylor	R	96	92	94	12
North Carolina	H	Melvin Watt	D	4	0	4	10
North Carolina	S	John Edwards	D	30	16	15	4
North Carolina	S	Jesse Helms	R	100	100	99	30
North Dakota	H	Earl Pomeroy	D	32	28	22	10
North Dakota	S	Kent Conrad	D	10	36	20	16
North Dakota	S	Byron Dorgan	D	20	36	18	16
Ohio	H	John Boehner	R	88	96	94	12
Ohio	H	Sherrod Brown	D	4	4	9	10
Ohio	H	Steve Chabot	R	96	96	98	8
Ohio	H	Paul Gillmor	R	88	79	81	14
Ohio	H	Tony Hall	D	19	29	17	24
Ohio	H	David Hobson	R	88	80	80	12
Ohio	H	Stephanie Jones	D	0	4	2	4
Ohio	H	Marcy Kaptur	D	18	30	15	20
Ohio	H	Dennis Kucinich	D	0	20	13	6
Ohio	H	Steve Latourette	R	76	72	72	8
Ohio	H	Bob Ney	R	92	88	85	8
Ohio	H	Michael Oxley	R	96	92	87	22
Ohio	H	Rob Portman	R	92	88	89	10
Ohio	H	Deborah Pryce	R	88	68	78	10
Ohio	H	Ralph Regula	R	88	76	67	30
Ohio	H	Thomas Sawyer	D	0	0	3	16
Ohio	H	Ted Strickland	D	12	16	17	8
Ohio	H	Patrick Tiberi	R	96	92	96	2
Ohio	H	James Traficant	D	0	76	30	18
Ohio	S	Mike Dewine	R	95	72	83	16
Ohio	S	George Voinovich	R	90	83	81	4
Oklahoma	H	Brad Carson	D	40	48	44	2
Oklahoma	H	Ernest Istook	R	92	100	95	10
Oklahoma	H	Steve Largent	R	100	96	97	8
Oklahoma	H	Frank Lucas	R	96	96	95	9
Oklahoma	H	Wes Watkins	R	92	96	65	20
Oklahoma	H	J.C. Watts	R	96	96	94	8
Oklahoma	S	James Inhofe	R	100	96	98	16
Oklahoma	S	Don Nickles	R	100	92	96	22
Oregon	H	Earl Blumenauer	D	4	0	3	7
Oregon	H	Peter Defazio	D	12	16	13	16
Oregon	H	Darlene Hooley	D	12	4	11	6
Oregon	H	Greg Walden	R	96	84	88	4
Oregon	H	David Wu	D	16	8	14	4
Oregon	S	Gordon Smith	R	75	80	76	6
Oregon	S	Ron Wyden	D	15	8	10	22
Pennsylvania	H	Robert Borski	D	8	20	13	20
Pennsylvania	H	Robert Brady	D	4	16	8	5
Pennsylvania	H	William Coyne	D	0	0	2	22
Pennsylvania	H	Mike Doyle	D	8	32	24	8
Pennsylvania	H	Phil English	R	92	68	77	8
Pennsylvania	H	Chaka Fattah	D	0	0	1	8
Pennsylvania	H	George Gekas	R	92	84	85	20
Pennsylvania	H	Jim Greenwood	R	78	48	62	10
Pennsylvania	H	Melissa Hart	R	96	88	95	2
Pennsylvania	H	Joseph Hoeffel	D	4	0	5	4
Pennsylvania	H	Tim Holden	D	40	48	40	10
Pennsylvania	H	Paul Kanjorski	D	24	36	21	18
Pennsylvania	H	Frank Mascara	D	20	56	31	8
Pennsylvania	H	John Murtha	D	32	48	33	29
Pennsylvania	H	John Peterson	R	100	88	93	6
Pennsylvania	H	Joseph Pitts	R	100	100	97	6
Pennsylvania	H	Todd Platts	R	88	80	85	2
Pennsylvania	H	Don Sherwood	R	96	88	87	4
Pennsylvania	H	Bud Shuster	R	96	94	94	2
Pennsylvania	H	Pat Toomey	R	100	100	97	4
Pennsylvania	H	Curt Weldon	R	79	70	69	16
Pennsylvania	S	Rick Santorum	R	95	100	87	12
Pennsylvania	S	Arlen Specter	R	50	56	42	22
Rhode Island	H	Patrick Kennedy	D	8	4	11	8
Rhode Island	H	James Langevin	D	8	28	14	2
Rhode Island	S	Lincoln Chafee	R	53	44	34	3
Rhode Island	S	Jack Reed	D	0	4	7	12
South Carolina	H	Henry Brown	R	96	92	94	2
South Carolina	H	James Clyburn	D	0	20	9	10
South Carolina	H	Jim Demint	R	100	100	98	4
South Carolina	H	Lindsey Graham	R	83	88	91	8
South Carolina	H	John Spratt	D	16	36	26	18
South Carolina	H	Joe Wilson	R	92		92	1
South Carolina	S	Fritz Hollings	D	15	29	37	32
South Carolina	S	Strom Thurmond	R	90	100	91	32
South Dakota	H	John Thune	R	88	80	84	6
South Dakota	S	Tom Daschle	D	22	8	14	24
South Dakota	S	Tim Johnson	D	15	32	21	16
Tennessee	H	Ed Bryant	R	100	100	98	8
Tennessee	H	Bob Clement	D	46	36	30	15
Tennessee	H	John Duncan	R	92	92	88	14
Tennessee	H	Harlod Ford	D	24	8	16	6
Tennessee	H	Bart Gordon	D	40	42	26	18
Tennessee	H	Van Hilleary	R	100	96	98	8
Tennessee	H	Bill Jenkins	R	100	96	94	6
Tennessee	H	John Tanner	D	39	50	43	14
Tennessee	H	Zach Wamp	R	96	88	93	8
Tennessee	S	Bill Frist	R	100	100	90	8
Tennessee	S	Fred Thompson	R	89	84	86	8
Texas	H	Dick Armey	R	96	96	97	18
Texas	H	Joe Barton	R	96	96	94	18
Texas	H	Ken Bentsen	D	8	24	10	8
Texas	H	Henry Bonilla	R	92	92	92	10
Texas	H	Kevin Brady	R	100	96	97	6
Texas	H	Larry Combest	R	94	92	95	18
Texas	H	John Culberson	R	100	100	99	2
Texas	H	Tom Delay	R	92	100	96	18
Texas	H	Lloyd Doggett	D	4	4	7	8
Texas	H	Chet Edwards	D	36	40	27	12
Texas	H	Martin Frost	D	4	25	16	24
Texas	H	Charles Gonzalez	D	0	4	3	4
Texas	H	Kay Granger	R	96	80	87	6
Texas	H	Gene Green	D	16	36	23	10
Texas	H	Ralph Hall	D	88	96	83	22
Texas	H	Ruben Hinojosa	D	20	13	17	6
Texas	H	Sheila Jackson-lee	D	4	8	6	8
Texas	H	E. Bernice Johnson	D	0	4	6	10
Texas	H	Sam Johnson	R	100	100	99	12
Texas	H	Nick Lampson	D	21	21	21	6
Texas	H	Solomon Ortiz	D	25	60	32	20
Texas	H	Ron Paul	R	76	70	84	12
Texas	H	Silvestre Reyes	D	19	30	24	6
Texas	H	Ciro Rodriguez	D	0	12	7	4
Texas	H	Max Sandlin	D	40	32	36	6
Texas	H	Peter Sessions	R	100	100	98	6
Texas	H	Lamar Smith	R	96	96	93	16
Texas	H	Charles Stenholm	D	50	64	71	24
Texas	H	Mac Thornberry	R	92	96	95	8
Texas	H	Jim Turner	D	32	48	38	6
Texas	S	Phil Gramm	R	100	96	95	24
Texas	S	Kay Bailey Hutchison	R	100	96	94	10
Utah	H	Chris Cannon	R	95	100	97	6
Utah	H	James Hansen	R	100	100	95	22
Utah	H	James Matheson	D	40	32	39	2
Utah	S	Robert Bennett	R	100	100	88	10
Utah	S	Orrin Hatch	R	95	96	90	26
Vermont	H	Bernard Sanders	D	0	8	6	12
Vermont	S	James Jeffords	D	6	29	26	18
Vermont	S	Pat Leahy	D	0	8	6	28
Virginia	H	Rick Boucher	D	21	16	14	20
Virginia	H	Eric Cantor	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Jo Ann Davis	R	96	100	96	2
Virginia	H	Tom Davis	R	88	60	72	8
Virginia	H	Randy Forbes	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Virgill Goode	D	96	96	92	6
Virginia	H	Robert Goodlatte	R	100	96	95	10
Virginia	H	James Moran	D	21	8	15	12
Virginia	H	Edward Schrock	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Robert Scott	D	4	4	8	10
Virginia	H	Frank Wolf	R	92	79	83	22
Virginia	S	Mark Allen	R	84	96	90	4
Virginia	S	John Warner	R	79	96	82	24
Washington	H	Brian Baird	D	12	12	11	4
Washington	H	Norman Dicks	D	13	8	10	26
Washington	H	Jennifer Dunn	R	92	88	90	10
Washington	H	Doc Hastings	R	92	96	95	8
Washington	H	Jay Inslee	D	4	4	11	6
Washington	H	Rick Larsen	D	24	12	22	2
Washington	H	Jim Mcdermott	D	0	0	2	14
Washington	H	George Nethercutt	R	92	96	92	8
Washington	H	Adam Smith	D	23	20	19	6
Washington	S	Maria Cantwell	D	25	12	16	2
Washington	S	Patty Murray	D	10	4	3	10
West Virginia	H	Shelley Capito	R	76	76	76	2
West Virginia	H	Alan Mollohan	D	24	48	31	20
West Virginia	H	Nick Rahall	D	24	36	19	26
West Virginia	S	Robert Byrd	D	15	40	30	32
West Virginia	S	John Rockefeller	D	15	12	9	18
Wisconsin	H	Tammy Baldwin	D	0	0	2	4
Wisconsin	H	Thomas Barrett	D	4	0	7	10
Wisconsin	H	Mark Green	R	88	88	88	4
Wisconsin	H	Ron Kind	D	8	12	13	6
Wisconsin	H	Jerry Kleczka	D	4	4	11	19
Wisconsin	H	David Obey	D	8	13	9	32
Wisconsin	H	Thomas Petri	R	80	72	76	24
Wisconsin	H	Paul Ryan	R	96	88	93	4
Wisconsin	H	Jim Sensenbrenner	R	92	96	88	24
Wisconsin	S	Russell Feingold	D	5	20	11	10
Wisconsin	S	Herb Kohl	D	15	16	15	14
Wyoming	H	Barbara Cubin	R	100	100	98	8
Wyoming	S	Mike Enzi	R	100	92	93	6
Wyoming	S	Craig Thomas	R	100	96	89	14

[AuH2ORepublican]

Does the ACU take a Senator's or Representative's votes on abortion into consideration when handing out their rankings? The numbers suggest that they did in 2001, when the 10 pro-abortion Republicans listed in "Top Ten Increases" scored between 25 and 52 (average score, 39), while the 7 pro-life Democrats listed in "Top Ten Decreases" (all but Byrd, Conrad and Jeffords) scored between 32 and 64 (average score, 50). But in 2002, the same 10 pro-abortion Republicans scored between 56 and 92 (average score, 74), while the same 7 pro-life Democrats scored between 8 and 32 (average score, 21), which suggests that their votes on abortion were not taken into account. Given the general increase in ACU ratings in 2002 for nominal Republicans (heck, Lincoln Chafee scored a 56, for crying out loud!), I have to assume that the ACU gave more weight in 2002 to party-line votes on proposals pushed by the Democratic Senate and Republican House, respectively, than in previous years, at the expense of pro-life issues.

That helps explain why Arlen Specter's ratings were 53 in 2002 but are 42 for his career. Given the fact that all Republicans received a slight "bump" from the ACU in 2002, Specter's rating is just as pitiful as it's ever been. To Specter apologists out there, all I have to say is, go, Pat, go!

[Stay the course]

Good call. Turns out there were three abortion-related bills that went into the 2001 ratings, but only one in 2002.

[sarcasm]

Colorado H Tom Tancredo R 100 100 99 4

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Wow. Look at the ratings of Goode, Hall and Lucas. "

---

Virgil Goode of Virginia switched to an independent in 2001 and ran for re-election as a Republican in 2002. Ralph Hall is a gazillion years old, represents a North Texas district where Bush got over 70% of the vote, and will most probably retire in 2004.

Ken Lucas is a really conservative Dem who flirted with switching to the GOP in January, but decided he was a man of his word and remained a Democrat. While I can respect that, I would respect him more if he similarly honored his pledge to serve no more than 3 terms (he's in his 3rd term right now). Alas, he already announced he's breaking his pledge and running for re-election. This is one of the GOP's best takeover opportunities of 2004, since he sits in a Kentucky district in which Bush got 62% in 2000 (which Bush should increase to 65% or more in 2004), and Lucas won by only 52-48% over the underfunded Geoff Davis in 2002. Davis has already expressed interest in running again, and with a little more money, big Bush coattails and Lucas breaking his pledge, I think he'll win this time. Lucas may be a conservative, but he's still a RAT, and voted twice for Gephardt as Speaker (he abstained from voting for Pelosi in 2003, not that it mattered). I'd gladly take him if he switches, but so long as he's got a D next to his name, I'll have to go with Geoff Davis.

[Xthe17th]

Here's an interesting one for y'all. Consider the Senate candidates up for re-election in 2004: Not counting McInsane & Sphincter (whom we hope lose their primaries), Lisa Murkowski (unknown rating but rumoured pretty low), Breaux (probably no serious Repub challenge), or Miller & Hollings (likely retirees), the average Republican candidate's CU rating is 84 versus 12 of the average 'Rat senate candidate.

With that spread, and the fact that most of our guys are safe in Bush states, with some decent candidates, we should be able to beat the 'Rats like a drum next year.

[EternalVigilance]

Thanks, my friend!

[Lancey Howard]

BUMPED and bookmarked.
This is critical information.
Saving the country begins with saving the Republican Party, and saving the Republican Party begins with getting good candidates to replace the liberal pigs who masquerade as Republicans.

[BillyBoy]

Worth repeating:

His Holiness Zell Miller dropped from 60% in 2001 to 47%

No matter HOW MANY TIMES people vow on this forum NEVER to trust a DemocRAT again, some gullible freepers will put some southern 'RAT on a pedastal and proclaim he's "more conservative than most Republicans" SIMPLY because the guy makes pretty speeches (never mind his campaigning for ultra-liberals, voting for Daschle, and left-of-center voting record-- pro-abortion, pro-gay rigths, pro-CFR, etc.-- they don't want to be reminded)

It's funny how they worship Zig Zag Zell when even McCain manages to be more reliable (probably because McCain still has an "R" next to his name while Zell is a loyal Clinton Democrat and has no intentions of ever switching party's)

Here are some other Republicans senators who are frequently attacked on FR as "the usual RINOs" and "liberal traitors" even though they've always voted FAR more conservative than Zell EVER has. Voting slightly conservative in Georgia because it's neccessary is one thing, but voting solidly conservative in Illinois takes GUTS.

Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 90%
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) 88%
Mike Dewine (R-OH) 83%
George Voinovich (R-OH) 81%
Richard Lugar (R-IN) 79%
Gordon Smith (R-OR) 76%
Ted Stevens (R-AK) 63% (83% in '02, 92% in '01)

[Clemenza]

New York H Vito Fossella R 92 88 90 5

This is my guy. Not bad for an NYC congressman.

New York H Nydia Velazquez D 0 0 3 10 This is the district adjacent to mine. Scary what a difference a few blocks can make.

[rmlew]

Vito is a good congressman for anywhere in the Northeast.
It's a shame that we are lossing Grucci. We really must get that seat back as well as NY-2.

[mountaineer]

I'd love to see Jay run for Congress, even more than the governor's post. Byrd gave me the distinct impression a couple years ago that Mollohan was his heir apparent, so the question is when (or whether) will he finally retire or otherwise vacate the senate seat?

[Xthe17th]

I wouldn't call only 79% in solid Republican territory Indiana "solid conservative" for Richard Lugar. Senator Lugar's record should be much better than Peter Fitzgerald's, but it t'aint so I still put Luugee in the Arlen "Scottish Law" Sphincter category.

[AuH2ORepublican]

If Mollohan runs for the Kleagle's Senate seat and opens up his House seat, that's a probable GOP pick-up (Bush got like 54% in Mollohan's district in 2000). But knocking off Mollohan will be very, very difficult, even for Jay Wolfe. I think we have to be patient in West Virginia, a state you've got to admit values seniority in its Congressional delegation.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I think we need to take these rankings with a grain of salt. ACU picked X number of votes that it felt were indicative of whether a candidate performed as a conservative or a liberal, but the deviations from one year to the next prove that there is no consistency in the selection of votes. Those who are social conservatives and economic liberals tend to do better in 2001 than in 2002, but social liberals and economic conservatives tend to do better in 2002 than in 2001. Part of the reason is what you pointed out regarding the fact that 3 abortion votes were included for 2001 but only 1 for 2002, but I have to assume that it's only part of the problem. The huge drop-offs for pro-military, but economic liberal Dems Gene Taylor and Ike Skelton makes me believe that defense issues were more prominently used for 2001 than for 2002, which is quite ironic. If I were a Democrat and a conspiracy theorist (and I am neither), I would believe that the ACU changed its formula to make sure that Rockefeller Republicans did better than Scoop Jackson Democrats. I hope that's not the case.

I find it is better to look at a series of group ratings, not just one, in order to rate how conservative a Congressman truly is. However, from what I recall looking at the Christian Coalition rankings released just prior to the 2002 elections, their ranking system wasn't very good either (they cherry-picked only a handful of votes, and appeared to be giving a pass to RINOs and being extra hard on conservative Dems). So I propose that we come up with our own FREEP Ratings for Senators and Representatives, based on their actual votes, and which makes sure that a certain percentage of votes measure each of social, economic and foreign-policy conservatism. Such a system should also include votes for Speaker and Senate Majority Leader (I know there's no actual vote for Senate Majority Leader, which automatically goes to the leader of the party with a plurality of members, so for the Senate we should use the proxy of whether or not there's an R next to the Senators name), since having the Democrats in power ensures that a conservative agenda never even gets to the floor. What do you all think?

[Stay the course]

Not bad for an NYC congressman.

Not bad at all. But I'd expect nothing less from a guy named "Vito".

[Stay the course]

Good points. ACU's choice of votes is subjective, and does seem to emphasize different issues in different years. This can be mitigated in part by focusing more on the Lifetime ratings, and less on the individual years. But there are also plenty of other more specialized ratings to look at.

If you have a copy of the Almanac of American Politics (and I can't imagine any political junkie being without it), you can see ratings from the National Taxpayers Union, National Tax-Limitation Committee, Christian Coalition, and National Journal. I like the National Journal ratings, because they give separate ratings for each of the three areas you mentioned: social, economic, and foreign policy. They are also more "conservative" in their ratings than ACU. For example, ACU gave out 79 perfect 100's in 2002. National Journal is more discriminating.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I certainly own Michael Barone's Almanac of American Politics, and can't wait for the 2004 edition to be released later this year. The ratings that you mentioned are in the book are what I was referring to when I said that I prefer to look at a series of ratings and not rely just on ACU.

I think the National Journal's ratings are useful, but one problem with them is that they don't measure what percent of the time the Congressman voted as a "conservative" (which itself may be problematic---is voting in favor of giving China permanent normal trade authority "liberal" or "conservative"), but in what percentile a candidate falls. Thus, a candidate who always votes in the same way may be deemed more "conservative" or more "liberal" depending on what the rest of Congress does (I bet you a lot of supposedly "conservative" Republicans saw their NJ ratings drop big-time after the 1994 elections, when dozens of conservatives joined the House and Senate). That's why NJ ratings never reach 100%: Even if you're the one Senator who voted the conservative position in 100% of the included votes, you're only more conservative than 99% of Congress (since you can't be more conservative than yourself), and in the more common occurrence of having several Congressmen who each voted the conservative position every time, they would all be tied for first place with an even lower percentage (if 5 Senators vote the conservative position 100% of the time, they would each be in the 95th percentile). So I'm not sure that the NJ ratings are really more "discriminating." That's why I suggest we use the collective brainpower of FR to come up with our own rankings.

[Cacophonous]

Virgil Goode is my rep, I am prouf to say. If you get the chance to hear him speak, do so. He is outstanding.

[ScholarWarrior]

I would like that, thanks.

It is high time we rewarded those who support America and penalize those who do not.

It is time for Specter to go. "Darken not our doorways again, Arlen."

Arlen is my father in law's name. He's a commie too, although I'm working on him...

[BureaucratusMaximus]

What's Dubya's scores?