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

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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