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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Christian Coalition of America

1995-1996 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 92%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
Bill Archer 93%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
William Baker 100%
John Baldacci 13%
Cass Ballenger 93%
James Barcia 46%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 13%
Bill Barrett 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 93%
Charlie Bass 73%
Herbert Bateman 76%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Anthony Beilenson 0%
Bob Bennett 92%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 7%
Douglas Bereuter 71%
Howard Berman 0%
Tom Bevill 71%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
Brian Bilbray 66%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 7%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 93%
Peter Blute 79%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 77%
Henry Bonilla 93%
David Edward Bonior 20%
Sonny Bono 92%
Robert Borski, Jr. 20%
Rick Boucher 7%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
Bill Bradley 20%
John Breaux 46%
Bill Brewster 86%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Hank Brown 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 13%
Richard Bryan 15%
Ed Bryant 100%
John Bryant 8%
Dale Bumpers 8%
Jim Bunn 91%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 93%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 30%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
Ben Campbell 75%
Thomas Campbell 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 86%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
Mike Castle 66%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 23%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Jim Chapman 50%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 93%
Dick Chrysler 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Robert Clement 33%
William Clinger 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
William Cohen 50%
Ronald Coleman 7%
Barbara-Rose Collins 0%
Cardiss Collins 0%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 15%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Wes Cooley 100%
Jerry Costello 40%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 100%
Barbara Cubin 93%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 74%
Patsy Ann Danner 53%
Thomas Daschle 7%
Thomas Davis III 66%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 7%
E. Kika de la Garza 58%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
Thomas DeLay 93%
Ronald Dellums 0%
Peter Deutsch 20%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 7%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 13%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 7%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
Robert Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 84%
Calvin Dooley 14%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 15%
Robert Dornan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
David Dreier 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 84%
Chet Edwards 13%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 73%
Bill Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Jim Exon 90%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Harris Fawell 60%
Victor Fazio 7%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 7%
Cleo Fields 0%
Jack Fields, Jr. 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
Floyd Flake 13%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 82%
Thomas Foglietta 7%
Mark Foley 73%
Michael Patrick Forbes 93%
Wendell Ford 38%
Tillie Fowler 73%
Jon David Fox 86%
Barney Frank 0%
Gary Franks 93%
Robert Franks 66%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
Dan Frisa 100%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 14%
David Funderburk 100%
Elizabeth Furse 13%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 86%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 86%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 14%
Pete Geren 79%
Sam Gibbons 8%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 86%
Benjamin Gilman 53%
Newt Gingrich 91%
John Glenn 0%
Henry Gonzalez 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
William Goodling 93%
Bart Gordon 40%
Slade Gorton 69%
Porter Goss 93%
Daniel Graham 15%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 13%
Enid Greene 100%
James Greenwood 57%
Judd Gregg 100%
Steven Gunderson 79%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Tony Hall 23%
Lee Hamilton 26%
Melton Hancock 100%
James Hansen 93%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
Jane Harman 21%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 92%
Mark Hatfield 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 87%
W.G. Hefner 20%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 7%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Martin Hoke 92%
Thomas Holden 42%
Ernest Hollings 7%
Stephen Horn 53%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 13%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 93%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 7%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 50%
William Jefferson 14%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
Nancy Johnson 40%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Harry Johnston 8%
J. Bennett Johnston 44%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 20%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 80%
Sue Kelly 60%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 7%
Patrick Kennedy 7%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 7%
Bob Kerrey 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
Dale Kildee 33%
Jay Kim 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 26%
Ronald Klink 20%
Scott Klug 73%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 15%
James Kolbe 67%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 28%
Ray LaHood 73%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 93%
Steve LaTourette 73%
Greg Laughlin 69%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 7%
Rick Lazio 66%
James Leach 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
Jerry Lewis 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 7%
Jim Lightfoot 100%
Blanche Lincoln 36%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 53%
Robert Livingston 86%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
James Longley, Jr. 82%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 82%
William Luther 20%
Connie Mack 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
Thomas Manton 28%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 7%
Matthew Martinez 7%
Bill Martini 73%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 93%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 80%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
Paul McHale 20%
John McHugh 86%
Scott McInnis 86%
David McIntosh 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 40%
Martin Meehan 21%
Carrie Meek 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Jan Meyers 92%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 7%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 93%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 26%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 20%
Susan Molinari 80%
Alan Mollohan 33%
G.V. Montgomery 92%
Carlos Moorhead 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
Constance Morella 20%
Carol Moseley Braun 7%
Patrick Moynihan 7%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 26%
John Myers 92%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 86%
Mark Neumann 100%
Robert William Ney 93%
Don Nickles 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
Sam Nunn 56%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 26%
Dave Obey 21%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Bill Orton 57%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 86%
Ronald Packard 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
Mike Parker 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 50%
Claiborne Pell 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
Pete Peterson 46%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
Owen Pickett 13%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
John Edward Porter 60%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
Glenn Poshard 46%
Larry Pressler 100%
Deborah Pryce 73%
David Pryor 33%
James Quillen 93%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
James Ramstad 66%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 73%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 23%
Bill Richardson 13%
Frank Duncan Riggs 86%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 7%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
Timothy Roemer 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
Charles Rose III 38%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 86%
Toby Roth 100%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Marge Roukema 46%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 92%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
Rick Santorum 92%
Paul Sarbanes 7%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
Jim Saxton 86%
Joe Scarborough 86%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
Steven Schiff 66%
Patricia Schroeder 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
Andrea Seastrand 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 46%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Paul Simon 10%
Alan Simpson 60%
Norman Sisisky 28%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 86%
Ike Skelton 69%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 93%
Arlen Specter 38%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 66%
Ted Stevens 69%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 100%
Louis Stokes 0%
Gerry Studds 0%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 33%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 46%
Randy Tate 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 78%
Frank Tejeda 46%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 66%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Ray Thornton 36%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Peter Torkildsen 57%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 46%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 66%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
Bruce Vento 7%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 26%
Harold Volkmer 57%
Barbara Vucanovich 100%
Robert Walker 100%
James Walsh 80%
Zach Wamp 100%
Michael Ward 0%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 86%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Rick White 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
Pat Williams 8%
Charles Wilson 43%
Bob Wise, Jr. 7%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 93%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
Albert Wynn 7%
Sidney Yates 15%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
Bill Zeliff 100%
Richard Zimmer 79%

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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