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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Right to Life Committee

1997 Positions

Issues: Abortion
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 42%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 25%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 42%
Herbert Bateman 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 92%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 42%
Brian Bilbray 58%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 17%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 67%
Robert Borski, Jr. 91%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
John Breaux 67%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
George Brown, Jr. 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 8%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 8%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 25%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 67%
Thomas Campbell 8%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 42%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 18%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 10%
Eva Clayton 8%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 17%
Robert Clement 42%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 33%
Kent Conrad 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
Merrill Cook 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 8%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 58%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 92%
Patsy Ann Danner 75%
Thomas Daschle 17%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 17%
James Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 58%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 9%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 8%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 42%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
Harris Fawell 33%
Victor Fazio 8%
Russ Feingold 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 17%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Mark Foley 58%
Michael Patrick Forbes 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 8%
Wendell Ford 58%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 58%
Jon David Fox 92%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 8%
Elizabeth Furse 8%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 92%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 92%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
Jim Gibbons 73%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 8%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 8%
Henry Gonzalez 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 42%
Slade Gorton 92%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 9%
James Greenwood 8%
Judd Gregg 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Tony Hall 91%
Lee Hamilton 75%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 9%
Jane Harman 9%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 36%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
David Lee Hobson 58%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 25%
Darlene Hooley 8%
Stephen Horn 8%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 8%
William Jefferson 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
Jay Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 8%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 82%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 25%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 9%
Joseph Kennedy II 8%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 8%
Bob Kerrey 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 9%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Jay Kim 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Ronald Klink 92%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 17%
James Kolbe 25%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 92%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 42%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
Tom Lantos 10%
Stephen Largent 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 8%
Rick Lazio 58%
James Leach 42%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
Jerry Lewis 83%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 8%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 100%
Robert Livingston 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 92%
William Luther 8%
Connie Mack 91%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
James Maloney 25%
Thomas Manton 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
Matthew Martinez 33%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 9%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
Karen McCarthy 8%
Bill McCollum 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
Paul McHale 42%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 91%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 58%
Martin Meehan 8%
Carrie Meek 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
Jack Metcalf 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Dan Miller 75%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 42%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 73%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 27%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Constance Morella 8%
Carol Moseley Braun 8%
Patrick Moynihan 25%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 8%
Jack Murtha 91%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 50%
John Olver 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
Michael Pappas 100%
Mike Parker 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 42%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
Ron Paul 100%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 10%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
John Edward Porter 27%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Glenn Poshard 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 100%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 42%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 17%
Bill Redmond 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
Ralph Regula 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 42%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 8%
Charles Robb 8%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 9%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 100%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
William Roth, Jr. 75%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 25%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 25%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 8%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 8%
Jim Saxton 100%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
Steven Schiff 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 58%
Christopher Shays 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 25%
David Skaggs 8%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 83%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Vic Snyder 25%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 25%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 42%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 58%
Louis Stokes 8%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 45%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
Fred Thompson 83%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Karen Thurman 25%
Strom Thurmond 92%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
Esteban Edward Torres 9%
Robert Torricelli 17%
Ed Towns 8%
James Traficant, Jr. 92%
James Turner 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 58%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
Bruce Vento 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 83%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 8%
Robert Wexler 8%
Bob Weygand 100%
Rick White 55%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 9%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
Albert Wynn 8%
Sidney Yates 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%

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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