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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Concerned Women for America

1995-1996 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 75%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 25%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 75%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 50%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 25%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 75%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 75%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 75%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 75%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 75%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 75%
Wayne Allard 75%
William Archer 75%
Richard Armey 75%
John Ashcroft 75%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 75%
James Barcia 75%
Robert Barr, Jr. 75%
William Barrett 75%
Herbert Bateman 67%
Bob Bennett 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 0%
Kit Bond 75%
Henry Bonilla 75%
David Edward Bonior 50%
Sonny Bono 75%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
Carol Moseley Braun 25%
John Breaux 100%
George Brown, Jr. 25%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 75%
Dale Bumpers 50%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 75%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 75%
Ben Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 25%
John Chafee 50%
Helen Chenoweth 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 75%
William Clay, Sr. 25%
Eva Clayton 25%
Robert Clement 25%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 75%
Gary Condit 25%
Paul Coverdell 75%
Christopher Cox 75%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Alfonse D'Amato 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 25%
Thomas Daschle 50%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Ronald Dellums 25%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 75%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 75%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 75%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 50%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 50%
Floyd Flake 50%
Thomas Foglietta 25%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 50%
Jon David Fox 100%
Robert Franks 25%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
John Glenn 50%
Henry Gonzalez 0%
William Goodling 75%
Bart Gordon 25%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 75%
Daniel Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 75%
Rodney Grams 75%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 25%
James Hansen 75%
Jane Harman 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 75%
W.G. Hefner 50%
Jesse Helms 75%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Stephen Horn 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Duncan Hunter 75%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 75%
Henry Hyde 75%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Sue Kelly 0%
Dirk Kempthorne 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Joseph Kennedy II 0%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 0%
Bob Kerrey 25%
Jay Kim 75%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Ronald Klink 25%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
James Kolbe 25%
John LaFalce 50%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 75%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 25%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 75%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 75%
Thomas Manton 50%
Matthew Martinez 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
Robert Matsui 25%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 75%
James McCrery III 75%
Joseph McDade 100%
Paul McHale 25%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 50%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 25%
Jack Metcalf 75%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 25%
Susan Molinari 50%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Constance Morella 25%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 50%
Frank Murkowski 75%
Jack Murtha 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Don Nickles 75%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 67%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 75%
Paul Michael Parker 75%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 25%
Owen Pickett 25%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
John Edward Porter 67%
Glenn Poshard 75%
Deborah Pryce 25%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 25%
Bill Richardson 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
William Roth, Jr. 50%
Marge Roukema 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 75%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
H. James Saxton 75%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 75%
Steven Schiff 25%
John Shadegg 75%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 25%
E.G. Shuster 75%
Norman Sisisky 25%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 75%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 67%
Louis Stokes 0%
Robert Stump 75%
Bart Stupak 75%
James Talent 75%
John Tanner 25%
William Tauzin 75%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 75%
Frank Tejeda 75%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 75%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 75%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 25%
Robert Torricelli 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Bruce Vento 25%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 75%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 75%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 75%
Paul Wellstone 25%
Rick White 75%
Robert Wise, Jr. 0%
Albert Wynn 25%
Sidney Yates 33%

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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