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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Population Connection

1999 Positions

Issues: Social Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 80%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 33%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 78%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 11%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 67%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 22%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 44%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 44%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 13%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 11%
James Barcia 11%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 22%
Evan Bayh 60%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 56%
Marion Berry 44%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 78%
Robert Borski, Jr. 56%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 89%
John Breaux 0%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 11%
Ben Campbell 40%
Thomas Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 89%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 89%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 100%
Merrill Cook 11%
John Cooksey 50%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 11%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 89%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Jennifer Dunn 56%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 89%
Vern Ehlers 11%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 89%
Philip English 0%
Bob Etheridge 89%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 11%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 20%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 78%
Michael Patrick Forbes 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 78%
Robert Franks 78%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 88%
John Ganske 56%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Benjamin Gilman 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 0%
Bart Gordon 88%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 11%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 11%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 89%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 67%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 100%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Duncan Hunter 0%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 11%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 44%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 89%
Ronald Klink 44%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
James Kolbe 89%
Steven Kuykendall 100%
John LaFalce 11%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 78%
James Leach 78%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 60%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 11%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 11%
Scott McInnis 11%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 63%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 67%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 67%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 89%
Constance Morella 100%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 22%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 89%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 13%
Doug Ose 89%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 11%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 0%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 89%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
John Edward Porter 100%
Deborah Pryce 89%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 89%
Ralph Regula 44%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 33%
James Rogan 0%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Marge Roukema 89%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 89%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Ronnie Shows 0%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 100%
Joseph Skeen 33%
Ike Skelton 17%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 22%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 89%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 100%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 11%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 11%
John Sununu 11%
John Sweeney 56%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 89%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 11%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 67%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 78%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 25%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 11%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 44%
Heather Wilson 56%
Robert Wise, Jr. 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 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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