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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

1999 Positions

Issues: Social Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 55%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 82%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 82%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 73%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 27%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 82%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 27%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 27%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 27%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 36%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 90%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 82%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 9%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 91%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 9%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 82%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 18%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 18%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 27%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 9%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 45%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 82%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 30%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 27%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 73%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 54%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 45%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 82%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 73%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 36%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 82%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 82%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 82%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 9%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 73%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 82%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 91%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 73%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 45%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 73%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 18%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 9%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 82%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 82%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 82%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 73%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 91%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 27%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 70%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 82%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 18%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 36%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 73%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 82%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 27%
Wayne Allard 9%
Thomas Allen 73%
William Archer 9%
Richard Armey 9%
John Ashcroft 18%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
John Baldacci 82%
Cass Ballenger 27%
James Barcia 82%
Robert Barr, Jr. 45%
William Barrett 18%
Herbert Bateman 27%
Evan Bayh 73%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Marion Berry 73%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Rod Blagojevich 91%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 18%
David Edward Bonior 91%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
John Breaux 82%
Richard Bryan 91%
Ed Bryant 18%
Jim Bunning 18%
Conrad Burns 9%
Steve Buyer 27%
Robert Byrd 70%
Herbert Callahan 27%
Ben Campbell 18%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Chris Cannon 27%
Julia Carson 80%
Mike Castle 45%
Helen Chenoweth 30%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Eva Clayton 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 91%
Robert Clement 73%
Mac Collins 27%
Larry Combest 27%
Gary Condit 73%
Merrill Cook 45%
John Cooksey 30%
Paul Coverdell 9%
Christopher Cox 9%
William Coyne 82%
Larry Craig 9%
Robert Cramer 73%
Philip Crane 9%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 9%
Patsy Ann Danner 73%
Thomas Daschle 82%
James Davis 64%
Thomas Davis III 27%
Bill Delahunt 91%
Thomas DeLay 9%
Peter Deutsch 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 36%
Jay Dickey 10%
Julian Dixon 82%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 9%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 9%
John Edwards 91%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 18%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 9%
Philip English 36%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Lane Evans 91%
Terry Everett 18%
Thomas Ewing 18%
Russ Feingold 82%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
Ernest Fletcher 9%
Mark Foley 55%
Michael Patrick Forbes 73%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
Tillie Fowler 18%
Robert Franks 55%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 70%
John Ganske 60%
Sam Gejdenson 82%
George Gekas 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Jim Gibbons 36%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
William Goodling 9%
Bart Gordon 80%
Slade Gorton 9%
Porter Goss 9%
Daniel Graham 82%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Rodney Grams 9%
Mark Green 9%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 27%
Charles Hagel 9%
Tony Hall 73%
James Hansen 9%
J. Dennis Hastert 11%
Robert Hayes 27%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 18%
Joel Hefley 40%
Jesse Helms 18%
Baron Hill 73%
Rick Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 73%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Stephen Horn 36%
John Nathan Hostettler 9%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
Kenny Hulshof 30%
Duncan Hunter 36%
William Hutchinson 18%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Henry Hyde 18%
Jay Inslee 91%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
William Lewis Jenkins 27%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 22%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Bob Kerrey 82%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 73%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Ronald Klink 82%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
James Kolbe 9%
Steven Kuykendall 27%
John LaFalce 64%
Nicholas Lampson 73%
Tom Lantos 78%
Stephen Largent 30%
Rick Lazio 36%
James Leach 45%
Ron Lewis 9%
Blanche Lincoln 82%
John Linder 18%
William Lipinski 91%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 10%
James Maloney 82%
Matthew Martinez 70%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 73%
Karen McCarthy 73%
Bill McCollum 27%
James McCrery III 9%
John McHugh 45%
Scott McInnis 11%
David McIntosh 9%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 82%
Carrie Meek 82%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 73%
Dan Miller 20%
David Minge 82%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 73%
John Moakley 91%
Alan Mollohan 67%
Dennis Moore 73%
Constance Morella 73%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 80%
Frank Murkowski 9%
Jack Murtha 64%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 30%
Don Nickles 9%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
James Nussle 27%
Jim Oberstar 73%
Dave Obey 91%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Doug Ose 18%
Major Owens 82%
Michael Oxley 9%
Ronald Packard 9%
Donald Payne 73%
Edward Pease 9%
John Peterson 14%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Owen Pickett 64%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
John Edward Porter 45%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 36%
Ralph Regula 27%
Thomas Reynolds 27%
Bob Riley 18%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Charles Robb 73%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 73%
James Rogan 18%
William Roth, Jr. 27%
Marge Roukema 36%
Jim Ryun 9%
Martin Olav Sabo 70%
Matthew Salmon 18%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 64%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 64%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 91%
H. James Saxton 36%
Joe Scarborough 17%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 27%
Ronnie Shows 70%
E.G. Shuster 13%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Ike Skelton 70%
Gordon Smith 27%
Nick Smith 27%
Bob Smith 18%
Vic Snyder 64%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 36%
Floyd Spence 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 73%
Charles Stenholm 73%
Ted Stevens 9%
Ted Strickland 82%
Robert Stump 18%
Bart Stupak 73%
John Sununu 9%
John Sweeney 36%
James Talent 27%
Tom Tancredo 27%
John Tanner 73%
Ellen Tauscher 73%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 82%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 18%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 18%
Todd Tiahrt 18%
Robert Torricelli 82%
James Traficant, Jr. 82%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 73%
James Turner 64%
Bruce Vento 91%
George Voinovich 18%
James Walsh 54%
Zach Wamp 64%
John Warner 18%
Wesley Watkins 9%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 9%
Anthony Weiner 82%
David Weldon 18%
W. Curtis Weldon 36%
Gerald Weller 18%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 73%
Robert Weygand 82%
Heather Wilson 27%
Robert Wise, Jr. 73%
David Wu 82%
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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