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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Association of Social Workers

1999-2000 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
Richard Armey 10%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 10%
John Baldacci 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 10%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
Evan Bayh 80%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 90%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Judy Biggert 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 70%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 80%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 11%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 10%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
Ben Campbell 20%
Chris Cannon 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 30%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 67%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 70%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 40%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Norm Dicks 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
David Dreier 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 80%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 89%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
Ernest Fletcher 10%
Mark Foley 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Elton Gallegly 40%
John Ganske 40%
George Gekas 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 70%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 50%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 11%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
Mark Green 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 30%
Tony Hall 67%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
David Lee Hobson 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 80%
Ernest Hollings 89%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
Kenny Hulshof 22%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 11%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 63%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 20%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 70%
Ray LaHood 30%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
Steve LaTourette 38%
James Leach 50%
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 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
Jerry Lewis 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
Dick Lugar 30%
William Luther 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 80%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 78%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
James McCrery III 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Dennis Moore 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 90%
Sue Myrick 0%
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 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 30%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 70%
Dave Obey 80%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Doug Ose 30%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
Ron Paul 10%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
David Phelps 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 90%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
Deborah Pryce 10%
Jack Quinn 75%
George Radanovich 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
James Ramstad 30%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Thomas Reynolds 22%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 40%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 78%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 30%
Joe Scarborough 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 30%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 56%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
Donald Sherwood 30%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
Ronnie Shows 30%
E.G. Shuster 13%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
Norman Sisisky 70%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 60%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 30%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 13%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 80%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 80%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 40%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
William Tauzin 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 40%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 10%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 13%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 13%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 70%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
Robert Anacletus Underwood 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 70%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
George Voinovich 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
Heather Wilson 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 22%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%

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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