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

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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