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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Home School Legal Defense Association

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Philip Crane 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Ron Paul 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
Wayne Allard 80%
John Ashcroft 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
Charlie Bass 80%
Bob Bennett 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 80%
Kit Bond 80%
Conrad Burns 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Chris Cannon 80%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
Michael Collins 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
Merrill Cook 80%
Larry Craig 80%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
Randall Cunningham 80%
Thomas DeLay 80%
James DeMint 80%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
William Frist 80%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 80%
Slade Gorton 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
Mark Green 80%
Judd Gregg 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Kay Hutchison 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80%
James Kolbe 80%
Steven Kuykendall 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
Joe Lieberman 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
Connie Mack 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
Frank Murkowski 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
George Radanovich 80%
Bob Riley 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
William Roth, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 80%
Jim Ryun 80%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 80%
Rick Santorum 80%
Daniel Schaefer 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Arlen Specter 80%
Cliff Stearns 80%
Ted Stevens 80%
John Sununu 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
Strom Thurmond 80%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80%
John Warner 80%
David Weldon 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
Bill Archer 60%
Richard Armey 60%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
Cass Ballenger 60%
Bill Barrett 60%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
Henry Bonilla 60%
Mary Bono Mack 60%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 60%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Paul Coverdell 60%
Christopher Cox 60%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Thomas Daschle 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Jay Dickey 60%
Chris Dodd 60%
John Doolittle 60%
David Dreier 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 60%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 60%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Robert Franks 60%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
Elton Gallegly 60%
George Gekas 60%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 60%
William Goodling 60%
Porter Goss 60%
James Greenwood 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 60%
Robert Hayes 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Asa Hutchinson 60%
Henry Hyde 60%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Stephen Largent 60%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 60%
Rick Lazio 60%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 60%
Ron Lewis 60%
John Linder 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
Bill McCollum 60%
James McCrery III 60%
Scott McInnis 60%
David McIntosh 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 60%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 60%
Dan Miller 60%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 60%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
Sue Myrick 60%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Anne Northup 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 60%
James Nussle 60%
Doug Ose 60%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ronald Packard 60%
Edward Pease 60%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
Deborah Pryce 60%
James Ramstad 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 60%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Charles Robb 60%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
James Rogan 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Paul Sarbanes 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 60%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
Donald Sherwood 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
Joseph Skeen 60%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
Gordon Smith 60%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 60%
Mark Souder 60%
Floyd Spence 60%
Bob Stump 60%
James Talent 60%
William Tauzin 60%
Charles Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 60%
William Thomas 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
George Voinovich 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 60%
Wesley Watkins 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 60%
Heather Wilson 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 60%
Brian Baird 40%
Herbert Bateman 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
Evan Bayh 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Kent Conrad 40%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 40%
Byron Dorgan 40%
John Edwards 40%
Philip English 40%
Russ Feingold 40%
Barney Frank 40%
John Ganske 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Daniel Graham 40%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
Ernest Hollings 40%
Daniel Inouye 40%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
John McHugh 40%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 40%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
Patrick Moynihan 40%
Robert William Ney 40%
John Peterson 40%
Owen Pickett 40%
Ronnie Shows 40%
E.G. Shuster 40%
Pete Stark 40%
John Sweeney 40%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
David Wu 40%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 40%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 20%
Gary Ackerman 20%
James Barcia 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
Shelley Berkley 20%
Howard Berman 20%
Rod Blagojevich 20%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
Julia Carson 20%
William Clay, Sr. 20%
Robert Clement 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
Jerry Costello 20%
William Coyne 20%
Robert Cramer 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
Bill Delahunt 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
Julian Dixon 20%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
Sam Gejdenson 20%
Bart Gordon 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 20%
Maurice Hinchey 20%
Thomas Holden 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 20%
Christopher John 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
Tom Lantos 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
James Maloney 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
Matthew Martinez 20%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
Martin Meehan 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 20%
David Minge 20%
John Moakley 20%
Dennis Moore 20%
Constance Morella 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
Jim Oberstar 20%
John Olver 20%
Major Owens 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 20%
Donald Payne 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
Jack Quinn 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
Timothy Roemer 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
Norman Sisisky 20%
Ike Skelton 20%
Vic Snyder 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
Bart Stupak 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
Karen Thurman 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 20%
Ed Towns 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
Bruce Vento 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 20%
Bob Weygand 20%
Bob Wise, Jr. 20%
Lynn Woolsey 20%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
John Baldacci 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Marion Berry 0%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
Norm Dicks 0%
Calvin Dooley 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
Tony Hall 0%
Baron Hill 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Ronald Klink 0%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
William Luther 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Steve Rothman 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Strickland 0%
John Tanner 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
James Turner 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Albert Wynn 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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