Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

2006 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 33%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 40%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 12%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 11%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 20%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 40%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 40%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 77%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 40%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 11%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 40%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 88%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 88%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 90%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 80%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 30%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 44%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 20%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 20%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 30%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 20%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 90%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 10%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 40%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 88%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 88%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 88%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 55%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 20%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 30%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 88%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 30%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 30%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 88%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 44%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 40%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 30%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 11%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 11%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 44%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 80%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 10%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 20%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 50%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 90%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 22%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 90%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 87%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 30%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 20%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 30%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 40%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 90%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 90%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 44%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 22%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 11%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 11%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 40%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 40%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 66%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 11%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 40%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 30%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 50%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 90%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 80%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 88%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 80%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 66%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 88%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 50%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 40%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 33%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 90%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 30%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 70%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 33%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 33%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 75%
NA President Barack Obama II D 77%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 88%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 22%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 66%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 10%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 62%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 20%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 30%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 30%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 90%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 70%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 30%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 90%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 30%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 20%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 88%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 88%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 90%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 90%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 90%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 90%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 90%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 80%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 40%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 30%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 88%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 40%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 30%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 90%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 11%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 22%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 20%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 20%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 88%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 40%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 90%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 80%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 60%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 30%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 90%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 90%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 40%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 20%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 11%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 20%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 88%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 33%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 33%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 33%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 80%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 20%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 11%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 22%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 30%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 11%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 30%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 20%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 40%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 55%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 40%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 40%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 33%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 33%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 20%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 90%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 20%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 30%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 40%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 30%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 60%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 30%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 12%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 90%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 33%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 40%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 33%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 30%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 40%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 70%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 30%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 88%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 88%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 90%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 30%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 33%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 50%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 77%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 20%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 80%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 40%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 40%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 85%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 80%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 30%
Wayne Allard Other 11%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 70%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 25%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 20%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 40%
Evan Bayh Other 87%
Melissa Bean Other 40%
Bob Bennett Other 33%
Shelley Berkley Other 80%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 80%
Judy Biggert Other 30%
Brian Bilbray Other 33%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 22%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
Dan Boren Other 33%
Leonard Boswell Other 70%
Rick Boucher Other 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 70%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 30%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 30%
Jim Bunning Other 11%
Dan Burton Other 20%
Steve Buyer Other 37%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Chris Cannon Other 28%
Dennis Cardoza Other 77%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 80%
Hillary Clinton Other 77%
Norm Coleman Other 62%
Kent Conrad Other 88%
Jerry Costello Other 88%
Larry Craig Other 11%
Robert Cramer Other 55%
Barbara Cubin Other 30%
Artur Davis Other 80%
Geoff Davis Other 30%
Jo Ann Davis Other 57%
Lincoln Davis Other 70%
Thomas Davis III Other 40%
Bill Delahunt Other 80%
James DeMint Other 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 40%
Norm Dicks Other 90%
Chris Dodd Other 88%
Elizabeth Dole Other 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 37%
John Doolittle Other 20%
Byron Dorgan Other 88%
Thelma Drake Other 30%
David Dreier Other 40%
Chet Edwards Other 60%
Vern Ehlers Other 60%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 40%
Philip English Other 50%
John Ensign Other 11%
Bob Etheridge Other 80%
Terry Everett Other 30%
Tom Feeney Other 30%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 40%
Barney Frank Other 80%
Elton Gallegly Other 30%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 60%
Paul Gillmor Other 40%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 50%
Bart Gordon Other 70%
Judd Gregg Other 22%
Jane Harman Other 90%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 20%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 70%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 30%
Pete Hoekstra Other 30%
Thomas Holden Other 80%
Darlene Hooley Other 90%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 22%
Kay Hutchison Other 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 50%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 77%
Tim Johnson Other 40%
Paul Kanjorski Other 80%
Ric Keller Other 55%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 30%
Herb Kohl Other 88%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 50%
Jon Kyl Other 11%
Ray LaHood Other 40%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 70%
Jerry Lewis Other 30%
Ron Lewis Other 30%
Joe Lieberman Other 87%
Blanche Lincoln Other 77%
John Linder Other 11%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 22%
Dick Lugar Other 44%
Dan Lungren Other 20%
Connie Mack IV Other 40%
Don Manzullo Other 37%
Jim Marshall Other 50%
Melquiades Martinez Other 11%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 60%
James McCrery III Other 30%
John McHugh Other 66%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 88%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 70%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 80%
Alan Mollohan Other 80%
Dennis Moore Other 70%
Jack Murtha Other 90%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 40%
Sue Myrick Other 20%
Ben Nelson Other 55%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 20%
Jim Oberstar Other 90%
Dave Obey Other 90%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 90%
Ron Paul Other 50%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 40%
Todd Platts Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 90%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 40%
Deborah Pryce Other 40%
George Radanovich Other 37%
James Ramstad Other 60%
Ralph Regula Other 30%
Denny Rehberg Other 30%
Richard Renzi Other 40%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 40%
Mike Ross Other 80%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 88%
Jim Saxton Other 40%
Jean Schmidt Other 30%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 40%
Ike Skelton Other 70%
Gordon Smith Other 33%
Olympia Snowe Other 66%
Vic Snyder Other 77%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 20%
Arlen Specter Other 62%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 80%
Pete Stark Other 88%
Cliff Stearns Other 20%
Ted Stevens Other 33%
Bart Stupak Other 90%
John Sullivan Other 33%
John Sununu Other 22%
Tom Tancredo Other 33%
John Tanner Other 50%
Ellen Tauscher Other 90%
Gene Taylor Other 80%
Craig Thomas Other 12%
Todd Tiahrt Other 22%
Ed Towns Other 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 44%
James Walsh Other 55%
Zach Wamp Other 30%
John Warner Other 44%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 90%
David Weldon Other 30%
Gerald Weller Other 40%
Robert Wexler Other 80%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 90%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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