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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Right to Life Committee

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Abortion
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 5%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 7%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 6%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
Henry Scott Baesler 45%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 5%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 90%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 20%
Bill Barrett 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 30%
Herbert Bateman 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 5%
Douglas Bereuter 85%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 13%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
Rod Blagojevich 5%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 5%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 89%
David Edward Bonior 65%
Mary Bono Mack 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 84%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 11%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 67%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
George Brown, Jr. 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 7%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 7%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 27%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 73%
Thomas Campbell 5%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 5%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 35%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 6%
Eva Clayton 5%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 13%
Robert Clement 45%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 5%
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 93%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 27%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 40%
Kent Conrad 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 95%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 93%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Thomas Daschle 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 10%
James Davis 32%
Thomas Davis III 65%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 6%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 29%
Julian Dixon 5%
Chris Dodd 7%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 5%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 89%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
Jennifer Dunn 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 7%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 5%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
Harris Fawell 45%
Victor Fazio 5%
Russ Feingold 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 13%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Mark Foley 55%
Michael Patrick Forbes 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 6%
Wendell Ford 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 70%
Jon David Fox 85%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 35%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 5%
Elizabeth Furse 5%
Elton Gallegly 90%
John Ganske 80%
Sam Gejdenson 5%
George Gekas 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 24%
Jim Gibbons 84%
Wayne Gilchrest 35%
Paul Gillmor 90%
Benjamin Gilman 5%
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 87%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 13%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 5%
James Greenwood 5%
Judd Gregg 93%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Tony Hall 84%
Lee Hamilton 74%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 7%
Jane Harman 6%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
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 26%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 94%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
David Lee Hobson 70%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 90%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 5%
Stephen Horn 5%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 5%
Kenny Hulshof 95%
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 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 5%
William Jefferson 28%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 5%
Jay Johnson 30%
Nancy Johnson 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 85%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 68%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 25%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 7%
Joseph Kennedy II 5%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 5%
Bob Kerrey 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Jay Kim 95%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 65%
Ronald Klink 85%
Scott Klug 45%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 13%
James Kolbe 35%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 85%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 27%
Tom Lantos 6%
Stephen Largent 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 90%
Frank Lautenberg 7%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
Jerry Lewis 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 6%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 7%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 89%
Robert Livingston 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 93%
William Luther 5%
Connie Mack 93%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 5%
James Maloney 20%
Thomas Manton 89%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 6%
Matthew Martinez 32%
Frank Mascara 90%
Robert Matsui 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 15%
Karen McCarthy 5%
Bill McCollum 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 93%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
Paul McHale 45%
John McHugh 95%
Scott McInnis 95%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 59%
Martin Meehan 5%
Carrie Meek 5%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 5%
Jack Metcalf 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 7%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Dan Miller 70%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 35%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 10%
John Moakley 67%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Constance Morella 5%
Carol Moseley Braun 7%
Patrick Moynihan 27%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 7%
Jack Murtha 95%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 55%
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 94%
Dave Obey 44%
John Olver 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 5%
Michael Pappas 100%
Mike Parker 89%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 40%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
Ron Paul 95%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 6%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 35%
John Edward Porter 28%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Glenn Poshard 95%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 5%
Deborah Pryce 56%
Jack Quinn 90%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 40%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
Bill Redmond 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 7%
Ralph Regula 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 53%
Silvestre Reyes 30%
Frank Duncan Riggs 95%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 5%
Charles Robb 7%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 8%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 90%
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. 79%
Steve Rothman 5%
Marge Roukema 30%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 5%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 25%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 90%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 7%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 5%
Jim Saxton 90%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 5%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
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. 70%
Christopher Shays 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 20%
David Skaggs 5%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Ike Skelton 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 87%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Linda Smith 90%
Nick Smith 89%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Vic Snyder 25%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 29%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 35%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 5%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 90%
Ted Stevens 60%
Louis Stokes 5%
Ted Strickland 30%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 5%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 90%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 58%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
Fred Thompson 87%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 93%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
Esteban Edward Torres 5%
Robert Torricelli 13%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 95%
James Turner 56%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
Bruce Vento 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
James Walsh 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
John Warner 87%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 90%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 7%
Robert Wexler 5%
Bob Weygand 90%
Rick White 53%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 5%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 7%
Albert Wynn 5%
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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