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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Concerned Women for America

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 62%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 38%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 33%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 38%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 79%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 83%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 93%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 62%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 86%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 62%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 31%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 21%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 88%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 29%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 24%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 97%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 85%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 28%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 14%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 84%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 97%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 54%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 19%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 86%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 24%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 35%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 89%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 79%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 28%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 62%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 24%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 83%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 24%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 79%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 72%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 41%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 59%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 14%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 37%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 86%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 76%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 32%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 78%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 93%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 55%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 26%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 14%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 86%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 31%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 93%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 28%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 24%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 79%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 62%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 97%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 32%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 17%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 90%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 76%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 17%
Gary Ackerman 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 29%
Todd Akin 97%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 88%
Thomas Allen 11%
Joe Baca, Sr. 32%
Brian Baird 28%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
Cass Ballenger 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 96%
Charlie Bass 48%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Bennett 88%
Douglas Bereuter 71%
Shelley Berkley 24%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 69%
Judy Biggert 41%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 31%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 90%
Mary Bono Mack 76%
Leonard Boswell 34%
Rick Boucher 31%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
John Breaux 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 90%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 96%
Steve Buyer 90%
Robert Byrd 62%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 93%
Brad Carson 52%
Julia Carson 21%
Mike Castle 38%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Michael Collins 93%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jon Corzine 25%
Jerry Costello 72%
Christopher Cox 96%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 70%
Philip Crane 93%
Barbara Cubin 94%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 25%
James Davis 34%
Jo Ann Davis 97%
Thomas Davis III 66%
Bill Delahunt 21%
Thomas DeLay 96%
James DeMint 93%
Peter Deutsch 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 89%
Norm Dicks 21%
Chris Dodd 29%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 67%
Calvin Dooley 24%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 83%
Jennifer Dunn 82%
John Edwards 25%
Chet Edwards 48%
Vern Ehlers 79%
Jo Ann Emerson 81%
Philip English 79%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 38%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 93%
Russ Feingold 38%
Michael Ferguson 71%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Ernest Fletcher 90%
Mark Foley 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 82%
Barney Frank 14%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 24%
Elton Gallegly 86%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Jim Gibbons 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 62%
Paul Gillmor 79%
Charlie Gonzalez 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 97%
Bart Gordon 55%
Porter Goss 83%
Daniel Graham 25%
Mark Green 90%
James Greenwood 48%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
Jane Harman 28%
Melissa Hart 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 78%
Robert Hayes 93%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 97%
Joel Hefley 97%
Wally Herger, Jr. 93%
Baron Hill 52%
Maurice Hinchey 17%
David Lee Hobson 83%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 69%
Ernest Hollings 62%
Darlene Hooley 29%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 22%
Kenny Hulshof 86%
Duncan Hunter 96%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Henry Hyde 93%
Daniel Inouye 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 93%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 14%
William Jefferson 28%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
Christopher John 75%
Nancy Johnson 28%
Tim Johnson 69%
Paul Kanjorski 55%
Ric Keller 89%
Sue Kelly 52%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 25%
Mark Kennedy 90%
Patrick Kennedy 16%
Dale Kildee 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
Gerald Kleczka 24%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 38%
James Kolbe 59%
Dennis Kucinich 41%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 76%
Nicholas Lampson 36%
Tom Lantos 21%
Steve LaTourette 77%
James Leach 36%
Jerry Lewis 83%
Ron Lewis 93%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 38%
John Linder 93%
William Lipinski 77%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 75%
Don Manzullo 93%
Robert Matsui 14%
Karen McCarthy 14%
James McCrery III 90%
John McHugh 64%
Scott McInnis 92%
Michael McNulty 48%
Martin Meehan 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
Zell Bryan Miller 62%
Alan Mollohan 61%
Dennis Moore 34%
Jack Murtha 52%
Sue Myrick 93%
Ben Nelson 62%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Robert William Ney 83%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 97%
James Nussle 93%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 17%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
Thomas William Osborne 72%
Doug Ose 55%
Major Owens 19%
Michael Oxley 90%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 17%
John Peterson 89%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 93%
Todd Platts 76%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 41%
Deborah Pryce 54%
Jack Quinn 69%
George Radanovich 97%
James Ramstad 62%
Ralph Regula 79%
Denny Rehberg 79%
Silvestre Reyes 39%
Thomas Reynolds 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 17%
Mike Ross 62%
Steve Rothman 21%
Jim Ryun 93%
Martin Olav Sabo 17%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 38%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
Jim Saxton 82%
Edward Schrock 90%
John Shadegg 93%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 76%
Christopher Shays 38%
Donald Sherwood 85%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 38%
Ike Skelton 76%
Gordon Smith 88%
Nick Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 34%
Hilda Solis 17%
Mark Souder 93%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Pete Stark 19%
Cliff Stearns 97%
Charles Stenholm 72%
Ted Stevens 62%
Ted Strickland 34%
Bart Stupak 57%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 86%
John Sweeney 71%
Tom Tancredo 97%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 24%
William Tauzin 90%
Charles Taylor 96%
Gene Taylor 82%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 69%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
Ed Towns 27%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 21%
James Turner 62%
George Voinovich 88%
James Walsh 76%
Zach Wamp 86%
John Warner 88%
Diane Watson 29%
Anthony Weiner 14%
David Weldon 97%
W. Curtis Weldon 76%
Gerald Weller 90%
Robert Wexler 14%
Heather Wilson 79%
Lynn Woolsey 14%
David Wu 34%
Albert Wynn 31%

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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