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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Population Connection

2001 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 25%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 80%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 11%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 70%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 70%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 30%
Judy Biggert 40%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 90%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 80%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
Robert Borski, Jr. 60%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
John Breaux 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 13%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Jean Carnahan 100%
Brad Carson 50%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 60%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 60%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 11%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 90%
Kent Conrad 75%
John Cooksey 10%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 30%
Christopher Cox 11%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 44%
Philip Crane 10%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 90%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
Chris Dodd 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 75%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 70%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 75%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 78%
Elton Gallegly 10%
John Ganske 40%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 11%
Benjamin Gilman 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 80%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 10%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 25%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Tony Hall 60%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 90%
Melissa Hart 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 10%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 70%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Thomas Holden 30%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 90%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 30%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 60%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 89%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 30%
Dennis Kucinich 70%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 70%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 70%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 20%
James Leach 89%
Jerry Lewis 11%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 14%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 80%
Don Manzullo 10%
Frank Mascara 30%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
James McCrery III 11%
John McHugh 13%
Scott McInnis 29%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 25%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 80%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 30%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 11%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 70%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Doug Ose 30%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ron Paul 30%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 22%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 70%
Deborah Pryce 40%
Jack Quinn 22%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 80%
Ralph Regula 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 90%
Timothy Roemer 60%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 70%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 70%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 20%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Vic Snyder 70%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 25%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sununu 22%
John Sweeney 20%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 10%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 30%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 75%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 50%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 25%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 10%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 90%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 70%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 78%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 78%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 40%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%

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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