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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

2002 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 62%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 67%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 75%
Joe Baca, Sr. 75%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 12%
Charlie Bass 12%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 12%
Shelley Berkley 62%
Howard Berman 62%
Marion Berry 75%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Sherwood Boehlert 12%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 12%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 62%
John Breaux 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 33%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 33%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 50%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 12%
Hillary Clinton 67%
Michael Collins 12%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 88%
Christopher Cox 12%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 38%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 33%
James Davis 62%
Jo Ann Davis 12%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 88%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 62%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 12%
Norm Dicks 50%
Chris Dodd 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
Calvin Dooley 62%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 67%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 67%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 75%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 12%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 12%
Harold Ford, Jr. 62%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 88%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 62%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 12%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Bart Gordon 62%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 67%
Mark Green 12%
James Greenwood 12%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 12%
Jane Harman 62%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 12%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 62%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 62%
Pete Hoekstra 12%
Thomas Holden 50%
Ernest Hollings 67%
Darlene Hooley 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 12%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 62%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 50%
Nancy Johnson 12%
Tim Johnson 12%
Paul Kanjorski 62%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 62%
Dale Kildee 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 33%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 38%
Tom Lantos 75%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 25%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 33%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 33%
Don Manzullo 12%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 25%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 62%
Martin Meehan 62%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
Alan Mollohan 62%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 25%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 88%
John Olver 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 62%
Thomas William Osborne 12%
Doug Ose 12%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 12%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 12%
Ralph Regula 12%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Mike Ross 62%
Steve Rothman 62%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 88%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 12%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 25%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 12%
Charles Stenholm 62%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 75%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 38%
Ellen Tauscher 75%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 12%
Gene Taylor 62%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
James Turner 62%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 12%
John Warner 33%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 62%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 75%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 62%
Albert Wynn 75%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 62%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 62%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 33%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 62%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 62%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 62%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 62%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 62%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 62%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 62%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 62%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 62%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 62%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 62%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 62%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 12%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 12%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 38%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 12%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 12%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 12%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 12%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 12%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 12%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 12%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 12%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 12%

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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