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