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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Planned Parenthood

1993-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 2%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 24%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 2%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 98%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 2%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 2%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 38%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 97%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 98%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 98%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 2%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 4%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 96%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 4%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 98%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 98%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 16%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 6%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 2%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 98%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 22%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 19%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 6%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 92%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 2%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 98%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 96%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 98%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 98%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 91%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 97%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 27%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 37%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 98%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 16%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 3%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 98%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 97%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 66%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 6%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 2%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 98%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 66%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 44%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 98%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 6%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 2%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 98%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 65%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 94%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 66%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 2%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 98%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 94%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 2%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 2%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 74%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 3%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 98%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 97%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 41%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 21%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 96%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 98%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 6%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 16%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 97%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 97%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 98%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 98%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 2%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 97%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 98%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 98%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 6%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 4%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 94%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 97%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 9%
Wayne Allard 4%
William Archer 2%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 97%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 20%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 2%
Herbert Bateman 3%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 94%
Douglas Bereuter 15%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 2%
Sherwood Boehlert 82%
Kit Bond 19%
Henry Bonilla 8%
David Edward Bonior 65%
Sonny Bono 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 46%
Rick Boucher 98%
Carol Moseley Braun 100%
John Breaux 32%
George Brown, Jr. 98%
Richard Bryan 88%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 97%
Jim Bunning 2%
Conrad Burns 6%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 84%
Herbert Callahan 2%
Ben Campbell 91%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 55%
John Chafee 90%
Helen Chenoweth 3%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 98%
Eva Clayton 98%
Robert Clement 72%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 4%
Gary Condit 76%
Paul Coverdell 6%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 98%
Larry Craig 3%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 4%
Alfonse D'Amato 9%
Patsy Ann Danner 65%
Thomas Daschle 94%
Thomas Davis III 36%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 98%
Peter Deutsch 98%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 6%
Jay Dickey 4%
Julian Dixon 98%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 31%
Calvin Dooley 98%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Jennifer Dunn 35%
Chet Edwards 84%
Vern Ehlers 5%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 44%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 3%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 4%
Thomas Ewing 2%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 51%
Victor Fazio 98%
Russ Feingold 100%
Floyd Flake 89%
Thomas Foglietta 91%
Mark Foley 35%
Michael Patrick Forbes 3%
Wendell Ford 38%
Tillie Fowler 36%
Jon David Fox 9%
Robert Franks 50%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 94%
Elizabeth Furse 98%
John Ganske 21%
Sam Gejdenson 98%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Wayne Gilchrest 49%
Paul Gillmor 4%
Benjamin Gilman 78%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 98%
William Goodling 6%
Bart Gordon 78%
Slade Gorton 34%
Porter Goss 4%
Daniel Graham 88%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 67%
Judd Gregg 11%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 31%
Lee Hamilton 55%
James Hansen 6%
Jane Harman 98%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 88%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 65%
Duncan Hunter 2%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 4%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 96%
James Merrill Jeffords 88%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Paul Kanjorski 38%
Sue Kelly 62%
Dirk Kempthorne 3%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 98%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 96%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 64%
Ronald Klink 31%
Scott Klug 61%
Joseph Knollenberg 2%
James Kolbe 66%
John LaFalce 27%
Tom Lantos 98%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 43%
James Leach 55%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 18%
Robert Livingston 2%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 91%
Connie Mack 7%
Thomas Manton 22%
Matthew Martinez 94%
Frank Mascara 38%
Robert Matsui 98%
Karen McCarthy 97%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 2%
Joseph McDade 7%
Paul McHale 82%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 31%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 98%
Michael McNulty 41%
Martin Meehan 98%
Carrie Meek 98%
Jack Metcalf 6%
Dan Miller 8%
David Minge 87%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 98%
John Moakley 81%
Susan Molinari 56%
Alan Mollohan 23%
Constance Morella 89%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 96%
Frank Murkowski 7%
Jack Murtha 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 6%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 19%
Major Owens 98%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 2%
Paul Michael Parker 8%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 98%
Owen Pickett 88%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 90%
John Edward Porter 57%
Glenn Poshard 16%
Deborah Pryce 53%
Jack Quinn 2%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 14%
Bill Richardson 96%
Frank Duncan Riggs 12%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 97%
Charles Robb 100%
Timothy Roemer 47%
William Roth, Jr. 34%
Marge Roukema 72%
Martin Olav Sabo 98%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 4%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 37%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 82%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 83%
David Skaggs 98%
Joseph Skeen 7%
Ike Skelton 17%
Linda Smith 0%
Nick Smith 2%
Bob Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 97%
Floyd Spence 2%
John Spratt, Jr. 81%
Charles Stenholm 18%
Ted Stevens 54%
Louis Stokes 98%
Robert Stump 6%
Bart Stupak 29%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 57%
William Tauzin 5%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 18%
Frank Tejeda 21%
Craig Thomas 18%
William Thomas 41%
Fred Thompson 5%
Karen Thurman 89%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 3%
Esteban Edward Torres 98%
Robert Torricelli 96%
James Traficant, Jr. 73%
Bruce Vento 98%
James Walsh 2%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 13%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 2%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 50%
Robert Wise, Jr. 96%
Albert Wynn 98%
Sidney Yates 98%

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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