OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

2009 Positions

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 5 of 11
results per page:
100 75 50 25
State Office Name Party Rating
Earl Blumenauer 90%
Dennis Cardoza 90%
Tom Carper 90%
Bob Casey, Jr. 90%
Jim Cooper 90%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 90%
Phil Hare 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 90%
Ted Kaufman 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
Ron Kind 90%
Mary Landrieu 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 90%
Patrick Murphy 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Mark Pryor 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Dutch Ruppersberger 90%
Loretta Sanchez 90%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Jon Tester 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 90%
John Adler 85%
Michael Arcuri 85%
Max Baucus 85%
Melissa Bean 85%
John Conyers, Jr. 85%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 85%
Jerry Costello 85%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Steve Driehaus 85%
Debbie Halvorson 85%
Paul Kanjorski 85%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
John Lewis 85%
Alan Mollohan 85%
Jim Moran, Jr. 85%
Jack Murtha 85%
Jim Oberstar 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Page 5 of 11
arrow_upward