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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

2000 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 36%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 83%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 8%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 27%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 91%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 27%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 82%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 27%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 18%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 82%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 73%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 17%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 91%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 73%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 17%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 27%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 82%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 82%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 18%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 75%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 91%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 58%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 82%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 73%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 9%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 8%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 73%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 42%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 42%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 27%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 82%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 58%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 82%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 67%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 40%
Gary Ackerman 73%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Wayne Allard 9%
Thomas Allen 67%
Richard Armey 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 58%
Brian Baird 67%
Richard Hugh Baker 8%
John Baldacci 75%
Cass Ballenger 8%
James Barcia 58%
Robert Barr, Jr. 8%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
Charlie Bass 8%
Evan Bayh 73%
Bob Bennett 30%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Shelley Berkley 58%
Howard Berman 75%
Marion Berry 42%
Judy Biggert 17%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Rod Blagojevich 58%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 27%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 8%
Robert Borski, Jr. 67%
Leonard Boswell 42%
Rick Boucher 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 64%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 36%
Conrad Burns 20%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 91%
Herbert Callahan 8%
Ben Campbell 27%
Chris Cannon 8%
Julia Carson 82%
Mike Castle 33%
Eva Clayton 67%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 73%
Robert Clement 58%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 8%
Gary Condit 58%
Kent Conrad 80%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 75%
Christopher Cox 17%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 18%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Randall Cunningham 9%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 9%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 17%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Norm Dicks 50%
Chris Dodd 82%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 8%
Jennifer Dunn 8%
John Edwards 82%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 8%
Philip English 33%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 75%
Terry Everett 10%
Russ Feingold 82%
Peter Fitzgerald 45%
Ernest Fletcher 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 18%
Barney Frank 92%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 58%
Elton Gallegly 8%
John Ganske 50%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 9%
Benjamin Gilman 18%
Charlie Gonzalez 58%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Bart Gordon 58%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 64%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Mark Green 17%
James Greenwood 18%
Judd Gregg 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 27%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 8%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
Robert Hayes 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 17%
Jesse Helms 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 50%
Van Hilleary 25%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 75%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
David Lee Hobson 8%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Thomas Holden 58%
Ernest Hollings 91%
Darlene Hooley 67%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 17%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 18%
Asa Hutchinson 8%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Kay Hutchison 30%
Henry Hyde 17%
Daniel Inouye 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Christopher John 42%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 58%
Sue Kelly 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
Dale Kildee 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 92%
Gerald Kleczka 92%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
Herb Kohl 73%
James Kolbe 8%
Dennis Kucinich 83%
Jon Kyl 9%
John LaFalce 58%
Ray LaHood 25%
Nicholas Lampson 58%
Tom Lantos 67%
Stephen Largent 17%
Steve LaTourette 33%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 8%
Joe Lieberman 78%
Blanche Lincoln 64%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 64%
Trent Lott, Sr. 27%
Dick Lugar 27%
William Luther 83%
James Maloney 42%
Don Manzullo 17%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 75%
Karen McCarthy 73%
James McCrery III 8%
John McHugh 20%
Scott McInnis 25%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 73%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Dan Miller 17%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
John Moakley 83%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 50%
Constance Morella 67%
Frank Murkowski 27%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 8%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 18%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 33%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 58%
Doug Ose 8%
Major Owens 92%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 92%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 8%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 17%
Jack Quinn 22%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 42%
Ralph Regula 17%
Silvestre Reyes 58%
Thomas Reynolds 8%
Bob Riley 8%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 58%
Timothy Roemer 58%
Steve Rothman 73%
Marge Roukema 8%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 27%
Paul Sarbanes 82%
Jim Saxton 25%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 9%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 8%
Christopher Shays 42%
Donald Sherwood 25%
Ronnie Shows 42%
Joseph Skeen 8%
Ike Skelton 42%
Gordon Smith 27%
Nick Smith 45%
Bob Smith 27%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 58%
Mark Souder 8%
Arlen Specter 82%
Floyd Spence 11%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 17%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 27%
Ted Strickland 75%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 90%
John Sununu 25%
John Sweeney 8%
Tom Tancredo 8%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 58%
William Tauzin 8%
Charles Taylor 18%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 18%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 27%
Karen Thurman 58%
Strom Thurmond 36%
Todd Tiahrt 8%
Robert Torricelli 73%
Ed Towns 82%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 92%
James Turner 50%
George Voinovich 18%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 27%
Wesley Watkins 8%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
Anthony Weiner 83%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 17%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 67%
Heather Wilson 18%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 83%
Albert Wynn 64%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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 issues 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.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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