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Rating Group: NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

1999 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Phelps 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 91%
Rod Blagojevich 91%
David Edward Bonior 91%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
Richard Bryan 91%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 91%
Bill Delahunt 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 91%
John Edwards 91%
Lane Evans 91%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 91%
Dale Kildee 91%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
William Lipinski 91%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
John Moakley 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
Dave Obey 91%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 91%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Paul Sarbanes 91%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 91%
Bruce Vento 91%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
William Clay, Sr. 90%
Eva Clayton 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
William Luther 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 82%
John Baldacci 82%
James Barcia 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 82%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
Jeff Bingaman 82%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 82%
John Breaux 82%
Kent Conrad 82%
William Coyne 82%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 82%
Thomas Daschle 82%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 82%
Julian Dixon 82%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 82%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 82%
Bob Etheridge 82%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 82%
Russ Feingold 82%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 82%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 82%
Sam Gejdenson 82%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Daniel Graham 82%
Maurice Hinchey 82%
Thomas Holden 82%
Darlene Hooley 82%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 82%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Bob Kerrey 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 82%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Ronald Klink 82%
Herb Kohl 82%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 82%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
Joe Lieberman 82%
Blanche Lincoln 82%
James Maloney 82%
Martin Meehan 82%
Carrie Meek 82%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 82%
David Minge 82%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
Major Owens 82%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 82%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 82%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 82%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
Ted Strickland 82%
Gene Taylor 82%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 82%
Robert Torricelli 82%
Ed Towns 82%
James Traficant, Jr. 82%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 82%
Anthony Weiner 82%
Bob Weygand 82%
David Wu 82%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Julia Carson 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
William Jefferson 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
John Olver 80%
Tom Lantos 78%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
Gary Ackerman 73%
Thomas Allen 73%
Evan Bayh 73%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 73%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Shelley Berkley 73%
Howard Berman 73%
Marion Berry 73%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
Robert Clement 73%
Gary Condit 73%
Robert Cramer 73%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 73%
Patsy Ann Danner 73%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 73%
Norm Dicks 73%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 73%
Calvin Dooley 73%
Chet Edwards 73%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 73%
Michael Patrick Forbes 73%
Harold Ford, Jr. 73%
Charlie Gonzalez 73%
Tony Hall 73%
Baron Hill 73%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 73%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 73%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 73%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 73%
Nicholas Lampson 73%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
Robert Matsui 73%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 73%
Karen McCarthy 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 73%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 73%
Dennis Moore 73%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 73%
Constance Morella 73%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 73%
Jim Oberstar 73%
Donald Payne 73%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 73%
Charles Robb 73%
Timothy Roemer 73%
Steve Rothman 73%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 73%
Norman Sisisky 73%
John Spratt, Jr. 73%
Charles Stenholm 73%
Bart Stupak 73%
John Tanner 73%
Ellen Tauscher 73%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 73%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
Robert Wexler 73%
Bob Wise, Jr. 73%
Albert Wynn 73%
Robert Byrd 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 70%
Jonas Frost III 70%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 70%
Matthew Martinez 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Martin Olav Sabo 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
Alan Mollohan 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
James Davis 64%
Peter Deutsch 64%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 64%
John LaFalce 64%
Jack Murtha 64%
Owen Pickett 64%
Jack Quinn 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 64%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
Vic Snyder 64%
James Turner 64%
Zach Wamp 64%
Leonard Boswell 60%
John Ganske 60%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Christopher John 56%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 55%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Mark Foley 55%
Robert Franks 55%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
Olympia Snowe 54%
James Walsh 54%
Brian Bilbray 50%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 45%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Mike Castle 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Merrill Cook 45%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
James Greenwood 45%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 45%
Sue Kelly 45%
Steve LaTourette 45%
James Leach 45%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 45%
John McHugh 45%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 45%
John Edward Porter 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
Floyd Spence 45%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
Joel Hefley 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 36%
Jo Ann Emerson 36%
Philip English 36%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
Elton Gallegly 36%
Jim Gibbons 36%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
Stephen Horn 36%
Duncan Hunter 36%
Rick Lazio 36%
James Ramstad 36%
Marge Roukema 36%
Jim Saxton 36%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 36%
John Sweeney 36%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
W. Curtis Weldon 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 36%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 30%
John Cooksey 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
Kenny Hulshof 30%
Stephen Largent 30%
Robert William Ney 30%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Charles Taylor 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 30%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 27%
Cass Ballenger 27%
Roscoe Bartlett 27%
Charlie Bass 27%
Herbert Bateman 27%
Steve Buyer 27%
Herbert Callahan 27%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 27%
Chris Cannon 27%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 27%
Michael Collins 27%
Larry Combest 27%
Thomas Davis III 27%
James DeMint 27%
Gilbert Gutknecht 27%
Robert Hayes 27%
Rick Hill 27%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 27%
William Lewis Jenkins 27%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
Steven Kuykendall 27%
Bill McCollum 27%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 27%
Sue Myrick 27%
James Nussle 27%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
Ralph Regula 27%
Thomas Reynolds 27%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
William Roth, Jr. 27%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
Donald Sherwood 27%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 27%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Gordon Smith 27%
Nick Smith 27%
Cliff Stearns 27%
James Talent 27%
Tom Tancredo 27%
Heather Wilson 27%
Nancy Johnson 22%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
Dan Burton 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
Van Hilleary 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
Dan Miller 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Rick Santorum 20%
John Shadegg 20%
William Tauzin 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 18%
John Ashcroft 18%
Bill Barrett 18%
Bob Bennett 18%
Judy Biggert 18%
Henry Bonilla 18%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 18%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
Ed Bryant 18%
Jim Bunning 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 18%
Ben Campbell 18%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
Barbara Cubin 18%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 18%
Vern Ehlers 18%
Terry Everett 18%
Thomas Ewing 18%
Tillie Fowler 18%
Paul Gillmor 18%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 18%
Jesse Helms 18%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
Asa Hutchinson 18%
Henry Hyde 18%
Jerry Lewis 18%
John Linder 18%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
Don Manzullo 18%
Doug Ose 18%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Bob Riley 18%
James Rogan 18%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 18%
Bob Smith 18%
Bob Stump 18%
Fred Thompson 18%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 18%
Strom Thurmond 18%
Todd Tiahrt 18%
George Voinovich 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 18%
John Warner 18%
David Weldon 18%
Gerald Weller 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
Joe Scarborough 17%
John Peterson 14%
E.G. Shuster 13%
J. Dennis Hastert 11%
Scott McInnis 11%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
Kit Bond 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Jay Dickey 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
David Lee Hobson 10%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
Connie Mack 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
George Radanovich 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 9%
Bill Archer 9%
Richard Armey 9%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 9%
Conrad Burns 9%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
Paul Coverdell 9%
Christopher Cox 9%
Larry Craig 9%
Philip Crane 9%
Randall Cunningham 9%
Thomas DeLay 9%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
John Doolittle 9%
David Dreier 9%
Jennifer Dunn 9%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Ernest Fletcher 9%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
William Frist 9%
George Gekas 9%
William Goodling 9%
Slade Gorton 9%
Porter Goss 9%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Rodney Grams 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 9%
Mark Green 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
James Hansen 9%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
Wally Herger, Jr. 9%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
John Nathan Hostettler 9%
Kay Hutchison 9%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 9%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
James Kolbe 9%
Ron Lewis 9%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
Dick Lugar 9%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
James McCrery III 9%
David McIntosh 9%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 9%
Frank Murkowski 9%
Don Nickles 9%
Anne Northup 9%
Michael Oxley 9%
Ronald Packard 9%
Edward Pease 9%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 9%
Richard Pombo 9%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
Jim Ryun 9%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 9%
Ted Stevens 9%
John Sununu 9%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 9%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 9%
Wesley Watkins 9%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 9%
Jon Kyl 0%

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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