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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Association of Social Workers

1996 Positions

Issues: Social Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
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 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 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 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
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 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 60%
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 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 29%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 88%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
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 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 30%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
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 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 70%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 70%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
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 70%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
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 70%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
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 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 90%
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 90%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 90%
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 50%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 20%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 10%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 33%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
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 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Wayne Allard 10%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 80%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 10%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
John Breaux 50%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 30%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 10%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Mike Castle 20%
John Chafee 50%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 40%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 30%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 30%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 70%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 11%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 20%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 10%
Harris Fawell 30%
Victor Fazio 90%
Russ Feingold 80%
Thomas Foglietta 90%
Mark Foley 20%
Michael Patrick Forbes 22%
Wendell Ford 60%
Tillie Fowler 10%
Jon David Fox 30%
Robert Franks 20%
William Frist 10%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elizabeth Furse 80%
John Ganske 20%
Sam Gejdenson 89%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
William Goodling 10%
Bart Gordon 40%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 90%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 10%
James Greenwood 30%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Tony Hall 60%
Lee Hamilton 30%
James Hansen 10%
Jane Harman 80%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 60%
Jesse Helms 30%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Stephen Horn 30%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 70%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Sue Kelly 20%
Dirk Kempthorne 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 90%
Bob Kerrey 90%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 70%
Ronald Klink 50%
Scott Klug 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 30%
John LaFalce 90%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 20%
James Leach 50%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 40%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 40%
William Luther 80%
Connie Mack 13%
Thomas Manton 70%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Frank Mascara 40%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 10%
Joseph McDade 33%
Paul McHale 40%
John McHugh 10%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 78%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 11%
David Minge 60%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 88%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Constance Morella 60%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 80%
Frank Murkowski 11%
Jack Murtha 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 10%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Owen Pickett 40%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
John Edward Porter 22%
Glenn Poshard 40%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 40%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Frank Duncan Riggs 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Charles Robb 80%
Timothy Roemer 40%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 44%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
H. James Saxton 30%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 56%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 11%
Christopher Shays 40%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Norman Sisisky 20%
David Skaggs 90%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 30%
Linda Smith 11%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 10%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 30%
Louis Stokes 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 60%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 44%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 10%
Craig Thomas 22%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 56%
James Traficant, Jr. 40%
Bruce Vento 90%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 40%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 10%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 20%
Robert Wise, Jr. 80%
Albert Wynn 90%
Sidney Yates 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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