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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Right to Life Committee

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 94%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 95%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 31%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 88%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 94%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 11%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 35%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 22%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 95%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 66%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 44%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 89%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 70%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 94%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 10%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 16%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 94%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 11%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 94%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 5%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 95%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 6%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 95%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Brian Baird 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 5%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 95%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Evan Bayh 11%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 90%
Marion Berry 90%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 5%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 90%
David Edward Bonior 45%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 77%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 11%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 66%
Thomas Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 20%
Helen Chenoweth 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 45%
Mac Collins 94%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 15%
Merrill Cook 93%
John Cooksey 77%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 85%
Thomas Daschle 11%
James Davis 25%
Thomas Davis III 57%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 22%
Jennifer Dunn 85%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 45%
Philip English 100%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 94%
Harold Ford, Jr. 6%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 72%
Robert Franks 47%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 5%
John Ganske 78%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 5%
Jim Gibbons 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 11%
Paul Gillmor 95%
Benjamin Gilman 5%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 31%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 5%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 94%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 42%
Rick Hill 95%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 5%
David Lee Hobson 85%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 11%
Darlene Hooley 0%
Stephen Horn 5%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 94%
Duncan Hunter 100%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 88%
Henry Hyde 100%
Jay Inslee 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 18%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Ronald Klink 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 35%
Steven Kuykendall 15%
John LaFalce 95%
Nicholas Lampson 30%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 52%
James Leach 55%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 11%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 94%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 5%
James Maloney 10%
Matthew Martinez 43%
Frank Mascara 94%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 95%
Scott McInnis 94%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 65%
David Minge 15%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 73%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 15%
Constance Morella 0%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 85%
Dave Obey 26%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94%
Doug Ose 35%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 15%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
John Edward Porter 5%
Deborah Pryce 44%
Jack Quinn 94%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 90%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 94%
James Rogan 100%
Marge Roukema 35%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 95%
Joe Scarborough 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 73%
Christopher Shays 5%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 95%
E.G. Shuster 88%
Norman Sisisky 10%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 94%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 90%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 22%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 26%
Charles Stenholm 95%
Ted Stevens 55%
Ted Strickland 15%
Robert Stump 95%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 60%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 26%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 94%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 52%
Fred Thompson 77%
Karen Thurman 10%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 47%
Bruce Vento 7%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 95%
Zach Wamp 95%
John Warner 66%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 95%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Robert Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 85%
Robert Wise, Jr. 5%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 5%

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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