Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

2007 Positions on Social Justice and Peace

Issues: Social
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 31
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 39
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 17
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 13
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 17
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 32
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 23
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 17
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 47
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 22
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 37
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 17
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 68
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 68
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 12
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 68
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 71
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 66
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 65
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 65
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 72
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 31
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 70
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 65
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 65
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 70
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 70
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 65
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 15
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 15
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 65
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 15
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 70
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 73
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 26
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 67
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 75
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 65
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 72
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 20
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 68
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 17
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 71
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 20
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 71
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 17
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 10
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 70
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 66
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 63
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 68
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 17
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 63
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 63
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 70
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 65
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 68
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 68
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 63
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 65
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 25
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 20
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 62
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 10
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 32
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 42
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 62
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 37
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 69
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 65
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 32
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 35
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 13
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 17
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 17
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 15
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 63
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 13
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 67
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 63
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 17
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 17
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 12
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 51
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 67
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 12
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 68
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 65
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 30
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 60
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 65
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 67
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 32
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 13
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 13
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 42
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 65
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 54
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 68
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 68
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 69
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 22
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 72
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 73
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 27
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 72
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 56
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 68
IN Governor Mike Pence R 13
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 17
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 36
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 22
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 17
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 30
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 72
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 23
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 50
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 13
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 21
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 23
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 65
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 73
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 72
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 75
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 78
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 78
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 62
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 65
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 65
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 60
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 68
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 65
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 68
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 65
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 56
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 70
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 60
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 56
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 21
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 53
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 12
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 25
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 63
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 37
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 68
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 69
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 65
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 65
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 10
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 65
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 73
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 15
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 62
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 47
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 12
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 65
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 69
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 26
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 22
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 15
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 68
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 47
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 56
NA President Barack Obama II D 68
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 75
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 39
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 65
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 13
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 64
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 39
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 65
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 12
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 17
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 13
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 69
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 27
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 22
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 12
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 67
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 65
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 65
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 73
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 66
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 62
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 17
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 73
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 65
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 70
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 40
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 73
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 75
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 17
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 60
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 27
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 63
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 63
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 70
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 43
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 70
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 70
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 70
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 68
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 70
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 69
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 70
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 69
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 70
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 73
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 65
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 72
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 67
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 69
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 65
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 24
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 12
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 10
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 68
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 42
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 22
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 65
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 4
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 4
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 15
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 17
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 15
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 59
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 35
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 75
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 71
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 69
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 69
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 70
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 52
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 21
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 68
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 65
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 55
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 12
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 53
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 69
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 69
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 68
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 18
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 15
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 63
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 21
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 26
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 27
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 25
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 71
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 12
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 68
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 17
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 15
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 20
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 10
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 17
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 17
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 15
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 12
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 15
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 68
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 22
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 12
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 12
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 12
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 66
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 68
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 10
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 20
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 17
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 20
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 63
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 70
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 58
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 10
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 15
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 70
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 38
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 18
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 51
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 0
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 68
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 17
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 17
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 15
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 75
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 53
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 60
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 60
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 73
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 60
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 60
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 65
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 15
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 31
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 72
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 51
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 75
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 75
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 73
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 17
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 75
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 72
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 15
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 41
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 52
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 65
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 22
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 27
Gary Ackerman Other 65
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 65
Todd Akin Other 15
Wayne Allard Other 21
Thomas Allen Other 73
Jason Altmire Other 65
Michael Arcuri Other 68
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 68
Brian Baird Other 75
Richard Hugh Baker Other 20
J. Gresham Barrett Other 12
Roscoe Bartlett Other 14
Evan Bayh Other 56
Melissa Bean Other 61
Bob Bennett Other 27
Shelley Berkley Other 68
Howard Berman Other 66
Marion Berry Other 63
Judy Biggert Other 40
Brian Bilbray Other 12
Jeff Bingaman Other 56
Kit Bond Other 22
Mary Bono Mack Other 27
Dan Boren Other 45
Leonard Boswell Other 63
Rick Boucher Other 65
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 60
Nancy Boyda Other 60
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 15
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 23
Jim Bunning Other 18
Dan Burton Other 17
Steve Buyer Other 26
Robert Byrd Other 56
Chris Cannon Other 22
Dennis Cardoza Other 63
Russ Carnahan Other 68
Christopher Carney Other 60
Mike Castle Other 60
Ben Chandler III Other 70
Hillary Clinton Other 70
Norm Coleman Other 43
Kent Conrad Other 52
Jerry Costello Other 69
Larry Craig Other 26
Robert Cramer Other 62
Barbara Cubin Other 10
Artur Davis Other 65
David Davis Other 12
Geoff Davis Other 22
Lincoln Davis Other 63
Thomas Davis III Other 36
Bill Delahunt Other 68
James DeMint Other 8
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 32
Norm Dicks Other 65
Chris Dodd Other 68
Elizabeth Dole Other 13
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 26
John Doolittle Other 12
Byron Dorgan Other 56
Thelma Drake Other 15
David Dreier Other 17
Chet Edwards Other 63
Vern Ehlers Other 46
Brad Ellsworth Other 53
Jo Ann Emerson Other 48
Philip English Other 50
John Ensign Other 18
Bob Etheridge Other 63
Terry Everett Other 29
Tom Feeney Other 12
Russ Feingold Other 65
Michael Ferguson Other 55
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 38
Barney Frank Other 74
Elton Gallegly Other 13
Gabrielle Giffords Other 64
Wayne Gilchrest Other 62
Charlie Gonzalez Other 63
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 21
Bart Gordon Other 62
Judd Gregg Other 21
John Hall Other 65
Phil Hare Other 68
Jane Harman Other 68
Robert Hayes Other 41
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 10
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 60
Baron Hill Other 53
Maurice Hinchey Other 68
David Lee Hobson Other 30
Paul Hodes Other 73
Pete Hoekstra Other 15
Thomas Holden Other 63
Darlene Hooley Other 69
Kenny Hulshof Other 31
Duncan Hunter Other 16
Kay Hutchison Other 30
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 17
Daniel Inouye Other 54
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 73
William Jefferson Other 67
Tim Johnson Other 40
Steve Kagen Other 65
Paul Kanjorski Other 62
Ric Keller Other 32
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 63
Patrick Kennedy Other 71
Dale Kildee Other 68
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 67
Ron Klein Other 63
Joseph Knollenberg Other 33
Herb Kohl Other 60
Dennis Kucinich Other 62
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 26
Jon Kyl Other 22
Ray LaHood Other 51
Nicholas Lampson Other 64
Tom Lantos Other 66
Steve LaTourette Other 57
Jerry Lewis Other 13
Ron Lewis Other 20
Joe Lieberman Other 52
Blanche Lincoln Other 56
John Linder Other 12
Dick Lugar Other 43
Dan Lungren Other 13
Connie Mack IV Other 13
Tim Mahoney Other 60
Don Manzullo Other 12
Jim Marshall Other 43
Melquiades Martinez Other 22
Thaddeus McCotter Other 22
James McCrery III Other 15
John McHugh Other 45
Michael McNulty Other 69
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 62
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 62
Brad Miller Other 67
Harry Mitchell Other 65
Alan Mollohan Other 68
Dennis Moore Other 65
Patrick Murphy Other 53
Jack Murtha Other 62
Marilyn Musgrave Other 12
Sue Myrick Other 15
Ben Nelson Other 56
Jim Oberstar Other 63
Dave Obey Other 67
John Olver Other 72
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 65
Ron Paul Other 36
Donald Payne Other 72
John Peterson Other 33
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 32
Todd Platts Other 50
Earl Pomeroy Other 63
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 45
Deborah Pryce Other 36
George Radanovich Other 3
James Ramstad Other 58
Ralph Regula Other 46
Denny Rehberg Other 27
Richard Renzi Other 47
Silvestre Reyes Other 63
Thomas Reynolds Other 30
Laura Richardson Other 75
Ciro Rodriguez Other 65
Mike Ross Other 60
Steve Rothman Other 67
Ken Salazar Other 56
William Sali Other 15
Jim Saxton Other 45
Jean Schmidt Other 19
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 68
John Shadegg Other 12
Christopher Shays Other 60
Heath Shuler Other 56
Ike Skelton Other 60
Gordon Smith Other 40
Olympia Snowe Other 52
Vic Snyder Other 63
Hilda Solis Other 68
Mark Souder Other 13
Zack Space Other 63
Arlen Specter Other 52
John Spratt, Jr. Other 67
Pete Stark Other 76
Cliff Stearns Other 17
Ted Stevens Other 30
Bart Stupak Other 65
John Sullivan Other 15
John Sununu Other 31
Betty Sutton Other 68
Tom Tancredo Other 12
John Tanner Other 63
Ellen Tauscher Other 70
Gene Taylor Other 51
Todd Tiahrt Other 22
Ed Towns Other 70
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 63
George Voinovich Other 21
James Walsh Other 55
Zach Wamp Other 22
John Warner Other 36
Diane Watson Other 65
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 60
Anthony Weiner Other 70
David Weldon Other 17
Gerald Weller Other 33
Robert Wexler Other 69
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 63
Heather Wilson Other 40
Lynn Woolsey Other 65
David Wu Other 73
Albert Wynn Other 72

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