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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

1998 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 53%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 27%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 73%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 80%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 71%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 29%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 71%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 40%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 87%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 47%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 47%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 77%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 79%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 73%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 79%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 93%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 36%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 93%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 73%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 23%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 43%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 87%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 93%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 86%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 27%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 36%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 87%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 79%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 27%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 53%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 47%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 73%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 47%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 79%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 87%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 93%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 27%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 79%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 93%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 13%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 33%
Gary Ackerman 73%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 71%
Wayne Allard 27%
Thomas Allen 73%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Armey 27%
John Ashcroft 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 27%
John Baldacci 80%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 80%
Robert Barr, Jr. 40%
Bill Barrett 27%
Roscoe Bartlett 43%
Charlie Bass 27%
Herbert Bateman 27%
Bob Bennett 27%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Howard Berman 71%
Marion Berry 73%
Brian Bilbray 53%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Rod Blagojevich 73%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 13%
Henry Bonilla 40%
David Edward Bonior 87%
Mary Bono Mack 31%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 87%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
John Breaux 73%
Richard Bryan 87%
Ed Bryant 33%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 13%
Dan Burton 36%
Steve Buyer 40%
Robert Byrd 73%
Herbert Callahan 33%
Ben Campbell 27%
Thomas Campbell 53%
Chris Cannon 21%
Julia Carson 87%
Mike Castle 40%
John Chafee 47%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 53%
William Clay, Sr. 85%
Eva Clayton 87%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 73%
Robert Clement 80%
Michael Collins 27%
Larry Combest 33%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 87%
Merrill Cook 40%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 87%
Paul Coverdell 15%
Christopher Cox 21%
William Coyne 73%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 86%
Philip Crane 13%
Barbara Cubin 27%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 87%
Thomas DeLay 20%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jay Dickey 40%
Norm Dicks 73%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 73%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 27%
Byron Dorgan 87%
David Dreier 27%
Jennifer Dunn 27%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
Jo Ann Emerson 53%
Philip English 40%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 93%
Terry Everett 40%
Thomas Ewing 27%
Russ Feingold 93%
Mark Foley 43%
Michael Patrick Forbes 79%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 27%
Tillie Fowler 36%
Barney Frank 92%
Robert Franks 53%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elton Gallegly 40%
John Ganske 53%
Sam Gejdenson 80%
George Gekas 27%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 71%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 53%
William Goodling 40%
Bart Gordon 79%
Slade Gorton 13%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 7%
Rodney Grams 13%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
Tony Hall 80%
James Hansen 27%
J. Dennis Hastert 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 27%
Joel Hefley 33%
Jesse Helms 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. 13%
Rick Hill 40%
Van Hilleary 40%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 71%
Maurice Hinchey 80%
David Lee Hobson 27%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Thomas Holden 73%
Ernest Hollings 67%
Darlene Hooley 67%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 27%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Asa Hutchinson 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 29%
Kay Hutchison 14%
Henry Hyde 27%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 21%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 87%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Christopher John 67%
Nancy Johnson 47%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Sue Kelly 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 73%
Dale Kildee 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 73%
Gerald Kleczka 80%
Ronald Klink 80%
Joseph Knollenberg 27%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 20%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
Jon Kyl 14%
John LaFalce 69%
Ray LaHood 40%
Nicholas Lampson 79%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 27%
Steve LaTourette 47%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 47%
Jerry Lewis 27%
Ron Lewis 33%
Joe Lieberman 67%
John Linder 31%
William Lipinski 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 80%
Connie Mack 20%
James Maloney 73%
Don Manzullo 20%
Matthew Martinez 67%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 27%
James McCrery III 27%
John McHugh 47%
Scott McInnis 27%
David McIntosh 29%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 87%
Michael McNulty 73%
Martin Meehan 73%
Carrie Meek 85%
Jack Metcalf 53%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 73%
Dan Miller 21%
David Minge 73%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
John Moakley 86%
Alan Mollohan 77%
Constance Morella 71%
Patrick Moynihan 87%
Frank Murkowski 8%
Jack Murtha 73%
Sue Myrick 27%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 27%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 13%
Anne Northup 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 33%
Jim Oberstar 87%
Dave Obey 87%
John Olver 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Major Owens 80%
Michael Oxley 27%
Ronald Packard 27%
Ron Paul 43%
Donald Payne 79%
Edward Pease 27%
John Peterson 27%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
Owen Pickett 73%
Richard Pombo 40%
Earl Pomeroy 71%
John Edward Porter 33%
Deborah Pryce 27%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 27%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 47%
Silvestre Reyes 85%
Bob Riley 40%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 80%
Charles Robb 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 77%
Timothy Roemer 67%
James Rogan 27%
William Roth, Jr. 21%
Steve Rothman 73%
Marge Roukema 40%
Jim Ryun 27%
Martin Olav Sabo 71%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 13%
Paul Sarbanes 73%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 36%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 47%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 50%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 47%
Vic Snyder 60%
Mark Souder 50%
Arlen Specter 77%
Floyd Spence 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Pete Stark 93%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 73%
Ted Stevens 27%
Ted Strickland 87%
Bob Stump 27%
Bart Stupak 73%
John Sununu 20%
James Talent 36%
John Tanner 77%
Ellen Tauscher 60%
William Tauzin 27%
Charles Taylor 43%
Gene Taylor 73%
Craig Thomas 27%
William Thomas 27%
Fred Thompson 27%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 13%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Robert Torricelli 73%
Ed Towns 71%
James Traficant, Jr. 73%
James Turner 67%
Bruce Vento 80%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 53%
John Warner 33%
Wesley Watkins 27%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 27%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 47%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 67%
Bob Weygand 80%
Heather Wilson 22%
Bob Wise, Jr. 73%
Lynn Woolsey 87%
Albert Wynn 73%

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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