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

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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