Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)
2002 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Skelton | 50% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 90% | |||
| Gordon Smith | 20% | |||
| Lamar Smith | 5% | |||
| Nick Smith | 5% | |||
| Bob Smith | 15% | |||
| Olympia Snowe | 50% | |||
| Vic Snyder | 80% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 90% | |
| Mark Souder | 5% | |||
| Arlen Specter | 45% | |||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Debbie Stabenow | 75% | |||
| Pete Stark | 80% | |||
| Cliff Stearns | 15% | |||
| Charles Stenholm | 25% | |||
| Ted Stevens | 10% | |||
| Ted Strickland | 85% | |||
| Bob Stump | 5% | |||
| Bart Stupak | 80% | |||
| John Sununu | 30% | |||
| John Sweeney | 30% | |||
| Tom Tancredo | 5% | |||
| John Tanner | 40% | |||
| Ellen Tauscher | 90% | |||
| William Tauzin II | 5% | |||
| Charles Taylor | 10% | |||
| Gene Taylor | 45% | |||
| Lee Terry | 10% | |||
| Craig Thomas | 0% | |||
| William Thomas | 0% | |||
| Fred Thompson | 5% | |||
| Mac Thornberry | 5% | |||
| Karen Thurman | 85% | |||
| Strom Thurmond | 0% | |||
| Todd Tiahrt | 5% | |||
| Pat Tiberi | 5% | |||
| John Tierney | 100% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 10% | |||
| Robert Torricelli | 65% | |||
| Ed Towns | 70% | |||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 10% | |||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 95% | |||
| James Turner | 45% | |||
| Mark Udall | 100% | |||
| Tom Udall | 100% | |||
| Fred Upton | 30% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 65% | |||
| David Vitter | 0% | |||
| George Voinovich | 5% | |||
| Greg Walden | 10% | |||
| James Walsh | 45% | |||
| Zach Wamp | 10% | |||
| John Warner | 15% | |||
| Wesley Watkins | 0% | |||
| Diane Watson | 95% | |||
| Mel Watt | 80% | |||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Henry Waxman | 95% | |||
| Anthony Weiner | 95% | |||
| David Weldon | 10% | |||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 45% | |||
| Gerald Weller | 20% | |||
| Paul Wellstone | 95% | |||
| Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
| Ed Whitfield | 5% | |||
| Heather Wilson | 10% | |||
| Frank Wolf | 10% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 95% | |||
| David Wu | 85% | |||
| Albert Wynn | 85% | |||
| Bill Young | 20% | |||
| Donald Young | 5% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 80% |
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 55% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 70% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 65% |
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 85% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 90% |
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 95% |
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 90% |
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 80% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 75% |
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 90% |
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 90% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 95% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 85% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 75% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 95% |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 75% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 95% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 95% |