OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2003 Positions on Conservative Issues

Prior Rating
Next Rating

Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.

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 issue 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.

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.

Page 2 of 6
results per page:
75 50 25
State Office Name Party Rating
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 85
John Shimkus 85
Lamar Smith 85
Nick Smith 85
Ted Stevens 85
John Sununu 85
Tom Tancredo 85
Mac Thornberry 85
Todd Tiahrt 85
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 84
Richard Shelby 84
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 83
Don Nickles 83
Craig Thomas 83
John Warner 83
Kay Hutchison 82
Jon Kyl 82
Todd Akin 80
George Allen 80
Spencer Bachus 80
Cass Ballenger 80
J. Gresham Barrett 80
Roscoe Bartlett 80
Michael Bilirakis 80
Jo Bonner, Jr. 80
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman Republican 80
Henry Brown, Jr. 80
GA State Senate - 23 Max Burns Republican 80
Richard Burr 80
Steve Buyer 80
Howard Coble 80
Ander Crenshaw 80
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 80
Nathan Deal 80
David Dreier 80
John Duncan, Jr. 80
Jo Ann Emerson 80
Tom Feeney 80
Randy Forbes 80
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
Elton Gallegly 80
Gilbert Gutknecht 80
Melissa Hart 80
John Hostettler 80
Kenny Hulshof 80
William Lewis Jenkins 80
Mark Kennedy 80
James Kolbe 80
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 80
James McCrery III 80
Scott McInnis 80
John Mica 80
Sue Myrick 80
Robert William Ney 80
Anne Northup 80
James Nussle 80
Doug Ose 80
Adam Putnam 80
George Radanovich 80
Richard Renzi 80
Thomas Reynolds 80
Rick Santorum 80
Edward Schrock 80
Donald Sherwood 80
Bill Shuster 80
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80
Mark Souder 80
Arlen Specter 80
Cliff Stearns 80
John Sullivan 80
Pat Tiberi 80
David Vitter 80
Greg Walden 80
Zach Wamp 80
David Weldon 80
Gerald Weller 80
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 80
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 80
Peter Fitzgerald 79
Jim Gibbons 79
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75
Judy Biggert 75
Rob Bishop 75
Henry Bonilla 75
Mary Bono Mack 75
Ginny Brown-Waite 75
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 75
Dave Camp 75
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 75
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole Republican 75
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75
Jennifer Dunn 75
Philip English 75
Mark Foley 75
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75
Porter Goss 75
Kay Granger 75
Ralph Hall 75
Katherine Harris 75
State Office Name Party Rating
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 85
John Shimkus 85
Lamar Smith 85
Nick Smith 85
Ted Stevens 85
John Sununu 85
Tom Tancredo 85
Mac Thornberry 85
Todd Tiahrt 85
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 84
Richard Shelby 84
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 83
Don Nickles 83
Craig Thomas 83
John Warner 83
Kay Hutchison 82
Jon Kyl 82
Todd Akin 80
George Allen 80
Spencer Bachus 80
Cass Ballenger 80
J. Gresham Barrett 80
Roscoe Bartlett 80
Michael Bilirakis 80
Jo Bonner, Jr. 80
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman R 80
Henry Brown, Jr. 80
GA State Senate - 23 Max Burns R 80
Richard Burr 80
Steve Buyer 80
Howard Coble 80
Ander Crenshaw 80
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 80
Nathan Deal 80
David Dreier 80
John Duncan, Jr. 80
Jo Ann Emerson 80
Tom Feeney 80
Randy Forbes 80
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
Elton Gallegly 80
Gilbert Gutknecht 80
Melissa Hart 80
John Hostettler 80
Kenny Hulshof 80
William Lewis Jenkins 80
Mark Kennedy 80
James Kolbe 80
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 80
James McCrery III 80
Scott McInnis 80
John Mica 80
Sue Myrick 80
Robert William Ney 80
Anne Northup 80
James Nussle 80
Doug Ose 80
Adam Putnam 80
George Radanovich 80
Richard Renzi 80
Thomas Reynolds 80
Rick Santorum 80
Edward Schrock 80
Donald Sherwood 80
Bill Shuster 80
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 80
Mark Souder 80
Arlen Specter 80
Cliff Stearns 80
John Sullivan 80
Pat Tiberi 80
David Vitter 80
Greg Walden 80
Zach Wamp 80
David Weldon 80
Gerald Weller 80
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 80
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 80
Peter Fitzgerald 79
Jim Gibbons 79
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 75
Judy Biggert 75
Rob Bishop 75
Henry Bonilla 75
Mary Bono Mack 75
Ginny Brown-Waite 75
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 75
Dave Camp 75
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 75
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole R 75
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75
Jennifer Dunn 75
Philip English 75
Mark Foley 75
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75
Porter Goss 75
Kay Granger 75
Ralph Hall 75
Katherine Harris 75
Page 2 of 6
arrow_upward