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Judy Biggert's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Environment

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.

75%
2005-2006
83%
2003-2004
20%
2003-2004
20%
2003-2004
25%
2003
0%
1999-2000
100
2007
0%
2005
18%
2003-2004
0%
2001-2002
71%
2007
100%
2004
50%
2011
52
2007-2008
52
2007-2008
53
2007
53
2007
67
2006
67
2006
50
2005
50
2005
10%
2011
43%
2009-2010
40%
2009
53%
2007-2008
40%
2007
36%
2005-2006
40%
2004
13%
2003
11%
2012
15%
2011
27%
2009
46%
2008
57%
2011-2012
57%
2011-2012
86%
2006-2012
86%
2006-2012
28%
2012
17%
2011-2012
17%
2011
30%
2011
33%
2010
50%
2010
38%
2009-2010
29%
2009
49%
2007-2008
55%
2007
33%
2006
22%
2005
23%
2003-2004
25%
2003
27%
2001-2002
33%
1999-2000
31%
1999
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