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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Organization for Women

2005-2006 Positions

Issues: Women
State Office District Name Party Rating
Howard Berman 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 96%
Hillary Clinton 96%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 96%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 96%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 96%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 96%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 96%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Thomas Allen 95%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
Julia Carson 95%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
Bill Delahunt 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
Barney Frank 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 95%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Dennis Kucinich 95%
Tom Lantos 95%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
John Olver 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
Donald Payne 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 95%
Hilda Solis 95%
Pete Stark 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
Anthony Weiner 95%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 94%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 91%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
Russ Carnahan 91%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 91%
Russ Feingold 91%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 91%
Darlene Hooley 91%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 91%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 91%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 91%
Brad Miller 91%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 91%
Dave Obey 91%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 91%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 91%
Ellen Tauscher 91%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 91%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 91%
Brian Baird 90%
Shelley Berkley 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
Norm Dicks 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
Diane Watson 90%
Evan Bayh 87%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 87%
Byron Dorgan 87%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 86%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 86%
Dennis Cardoza 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
Charlie Gonzalez 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
Daniel Inouye 86%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 86%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
David Wu 86%
Albert Wynn 86%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
Jane Harman 84%
Steve Rothman 84%
Ed Towns 84%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
Chris Dodd 82%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 82%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 82%
Michael McNulty 82%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 82%
Paul Kanjorski 81%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
Bob Etheridge 77%
Joe Lieberman 77%
Jim Oberstar 77%
Ken Salazar 77%
Vic Snyder 77%
John Spratt, Jr. 77%
Artur Davis 76%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
William Jefferson 75%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
Blanche Lincoln 74%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 74%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 74%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
Rick Boucher 73%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 73%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 73%
Dale Kildee 73%
Jack Murtha 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
Bart Stupak 73%
Leonard Boswell 72%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 70%
Kent Conrad 70%
Herb Kohl 70%
Melissa Bean 68%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 67%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 65%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 64%
Ben Chandler III 64%
Jerry Costello 64%
Chet Edwards 64%
Alan Mollohan 64%
Dennis Moore 64%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 62%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 62%
Robert Byrd 61%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 61%
Bart Gordon 59%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 59%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 59%
Mike Ross 59%
John Tanner 59%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Christopher Shays 57%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Mike Castle 55%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 55%
Arlen Specter 55%
Thomas Holden 52%
Ike Skelton 52%
Marion Berry 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Ron Paul 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 45%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
Gene Taylor 43%
Judy Biggert 41%
Dan Boren 41%
Lincoln Davis 41%
James Ramstad 41%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 38%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Heather Wilson 35%
Mary Bono Mack 32%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 32%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
Ben Nelson 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 24%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 24%
Tim Johnson 23%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 23%
Connie Mack IV 23%
Todd Platts 23%
Deborah Pryce 23%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 23%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 23%
Gordon Smith 22%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Brian Bilbray 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 19%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 18%
Richard Renzi 18%
Jim Saxton 18%
Norm Coleman 17%
Ray LaHood 16%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 15%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 14%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
Ginny Brown-Waite 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
Thomas Davis III 14%
David Dreier 14%
Vern Ehlers 14%
Jo Ann Emerson 14%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 14%
David Lee Hobson 14%
Joseph Knollenberg 14%
Steve LaTourette 14%
Jerry Lewis 14%
Thaddeus McCotter 14%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 14%
John McHugh 14%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 14%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 14%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 14%
Ralph Regula 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 14%
John Sununu 14%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 14%
Gerald Weller 14%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 13%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
Judd Gregg 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 13%
Kay Hutchison 13%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 13%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 13%
Ted Stevens 13%
John Warner 13%
J. Gresham Barrett 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 10%
Tom Feeney 10%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
George Radanovich 10%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
John Shadegg 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
James Walsh 10%
Wayne Allard 9%
Bob Bennett 9%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 9%
Kit Bond 9%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 9%
Jim Bunning 9%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 9%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 9%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 9%
Barbara Cubin 9%
James DeMint 9%
Elizabeth Dole 9%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 9%
Philip English 9%
John Ensign 9%
Michael Ferguson 9%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 9%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 9%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 9%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 9%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 9%
John Kuhl, Jr. 9%
Jon Kyl 9%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 9%
Dick Lugar 9%
Dan Lungren 9%
Don Manzullo 9%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 9%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 9%
Jon Porter, Sr. 9%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 9%
Denny Rehberg 9%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 9%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 9%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 9%
Mark Souder 9%
Cliff Stearns 9%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 9%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 9%
Todd Tiahrt 9%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 9%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
George Voinovich 9%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 9%
Jean Schmidt 7%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Todd Akin 5%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
Geoff Davis 5%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Thelma Drake 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
Terry Everett 5%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
Paul Gillmor 5%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
Ric Keller 5%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
Ron Lewis 5%
John Linder 5%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 5%
James McCrery III 5%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 5%
Marilyn Musgrave 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
John Peterson 5%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
John Sullivan 5%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
Zach Wamp 5%
David Weldon 5%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 4%
Larry Craig 4%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 4%
Melquiades Martinez 4%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 4%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 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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