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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Right to Life Committee

1997 Positions

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