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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2000 Conservative on Social Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 6%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 90%
Thomas Allen 6%
Richard Armey 79%
Joe Baca, Sr. 43%
Brian Baird 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 74%
John Baldacci 29%
Cass Ballenger 65%
James Barcia 62%
Robert Barr, Jr. 79%
Roscoe Bartlett 78%
Charlie Bass 47%
Evan Bayh 21%
Bob Bennett 55%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 26%
Douglas Bereuter 55%
Shelley Berkley 24%
Howard Berman 17%
Marion Berry 57%
Judy Biggert 46%
Michael Bilirakis 74%
Jeff Bingaman 21%
Rod Blagojevich 28%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 73%
Henry Bonilla 59%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Mary Bono Mack 55%
Robert Borski, Jr. 45%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
John Breaux 46%
Ed Bryant 79%
Jim Bunning 90%
Conrad Burns 64%
Dan Burton 79%
Steve Buyer 79%
Robert Byrd 39%
Herbert Callahan 79%
Ben Campbell 66%
Chris Cannon 79%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 38%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 36%
Robert Clement 48%
Michael Collins 79%
Larry Combest 79%
Gary Condit 37%
Kent Conrad 39%
John Cooksey 64%
Jerry Costello 57%
Christopher Cox 79%
William Coyne 9%
Larry Craig 81%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 79%
Barbara Cubin 79%
Randall Cunningham 71%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 34%
Thomas Davis III 51%
Bill Delahunt 15%
Thomas DeLay 79%
James DeMint 79%
Peter Deutsch 26%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Norm Dicks 22%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 62%
Calvin Dooley 17%
John Doolittle 79%
Byron Dorgan 39%
David Dreier 79%
Jennifer Dunn 52%
John Edwards 21%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 51%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 52%
Jo Ann Emerson 79%
Philip English 62%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 26%
Terry Everett 79%
Russ Feingold 21%
Peter Fitzgerald 54%
Ernest Fletcher 79%
Mark Foley 39%
Harold Ford, Jr. 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 61%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 68%
Jonas Frost III 24%
Elton Gallegly 55%
John Ganske 52%
George Gekas 77%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 32%
Jim Gibbons 57%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 54%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 22%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 79%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 79%
Daniel Graham 21%
William Phillip Gramm 90%
Mark Green 79%
James Greenwood 35%
Judd Gregg 81%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
Tony Hall 50%
James Hansen 63%
Robert Hayes 79%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 79%
Joel Hefley 79%
Jesse Helms 90%
Wally Herger, Jr. 79%
Baron Hill 40%
Van Hilleary 79%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 29%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 60%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 17%
Pete Hoekstra 66%
Thomas Holden 59%
Ernest Hollings 21%
Darlene Hooley 23%
Stephen Horn 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 41%
Kenny Hulshof 79%
Duncan Hunter 79%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 90%
Kay Hutchison 73%
Henry Hyde 60%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 74%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 32%
James Merrill Jeffords 44%
William Lewis Jenkins 71%
Christopher John 74%
Nancy Johnson 34%
Paul Kanjorski 48%
Sue Kelly 42%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Dale Kildee 43%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Gerald Kleczka 35%
Joseph Knollenberg 74%
Herb Kohl 35%
James Kolbe 45%
Dennis Kucinich 43%
Jon Kyl 73%
John LaFalce 41%
Ray LaHood 55%
Nicholas Lampson 42%
Tom Lantos 17%
Stephen Largent 79%
Steve LaTourette 58%
James Leach 44%
Jerry Lewis 71%
Ron Lewis 79%
Joe Lieberman 21%
Blanche Lincoln 36%
John Linder 79%
William Lipinski 57%
Trent Lott, Sr. 81%
Dick Lugar 52%
William Luther 26%
James Maloney 32%
Don Manzullo 71%
Frank Mascara 55%
Robert Matsui 15%
Karen McCarthy 12%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 55%
Scott McInnis 64%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 17%
Michael McNulty 43%
Martin Meehan 17%
Carrie Meek 6%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 53%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 12%
Alan Mollohan 54%
Dennis Moore 35%
Constance Morella 21%
Frank Murkowski 81%
Jack Murtha 54%
Sue Myrick 79%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 62%
Robert William Ney 79%
Don Nickles 78%
Anne Northup 55%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 79%
James Nussle 79%
Jim Oberstar 37%
Dave Obey 26%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Doug Ose 50%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 67%
Ron Paul 59%
Donald Payne 15%
John Peterson 68%
David Phelps 68%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 79%
Richard Pombo 79%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
Deborah Pryce 47%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 79%
James Ramstad 45%
Ralph Regula 55%
Silvestre Reyes 36%
Thomas Reynolds 71%
Bob Riley 79%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Ciro Rodriguez 28%
Timothy Roemer 49%
Steve Rothman 28%
Marge Roukema 42%
Jim Ryun 79%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 41%
Rick Santorum 68%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 52%
John Shadegg 79%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 52%
Christopher Shays 37%
Donald Sherwood 64%
Ronnie Shows 71%
Joseph Skeen 74%
Ike Skelton 60%
Gordon Smith 51%
Nick Smith 64%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 29%
Mark Souder 66%
Arlen Specter 46%
John Spratt, Jr. 41%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 79%
Charles Stenholm 68%
Ted Stevens 53%
Ted Strickland 37%
Bob Stump 79%
Bart Stupak 43%
John Sununu 79%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 68%
John Tanner 49%
Ellen Tauscher 24%
William Tauzin 79%
Charles Taylor 79%
Gene Taylor 71%
Craig Thomas 81%
William Thomas 48%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 29%
Strom Thurmond 70%
Todd Tiahrt 79%
Robert Torricelli 0%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 66%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 23%
James Turner 47%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 51%
Zach Wamp 74%
John Warner 57%
Wesley Watkins 79%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 79%
Anthony Weiner 17%
David Weldon 79%
W. Curtis Weldon 68%
Gerald Weller 55%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 14%
Heather Wilson 55%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 26%
Albert Wynn 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 29%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 24%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 31%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 16%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 37%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 24%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 26%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 48%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 16%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 21%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 39%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 11%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 6%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 31%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 39%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 34%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 21%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 36%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 34%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 6%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 6%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 6%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 26%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 6%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 26%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 26%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 29%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 49%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 44%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 34%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 31%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 24%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 21%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 21%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 68%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 79%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 79%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 79%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 79%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 79%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 79%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 81%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 46%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 81%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 71%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 65%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 65%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 38%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 79%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 81%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 79%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 79%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 56%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 80%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 79%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 79%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 52%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 79%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 74%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 79%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 71%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 74%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 59%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 74%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 79%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 74%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 79%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 78%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 70%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 62%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 68%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 79%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 66%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 46%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 79%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 61%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 74%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 62%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 74%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%

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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