Rating Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation
1995-1996 Peace and Justice Score
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | Other | 8% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| John Ashcroft | Other | 0% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 23% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 100% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 8% | ||
| Bill Bradley | Other | 64% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 54% | ||
| Hank Brown | Other | 15% | ||
| Richard Bryan | Other | 54% | ||
| Dale Bumpers | Other | 100% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 77% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 8% | ||
| John Chafee | Other | 46% | ||
| William Cohen | Other | 23% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 77% | ||
| Paul Coverdell | Other | 0% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 0% | ||
| Alfonse D'Amato | Other | 8% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 92% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 85% | ||
| Robert Dole | Other | 8% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 8% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 77% | ||
| Jim Exon | Other | 38% | ||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | Other | 0% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 100% | ||
| Wendell Ford | Other | 46% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 8% | ||
| John Glenn | Other | 77% | ||
| Slade Gorton | Other | 8% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 62% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 0% | ||
| Rodney Grams | Other | 0% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 15% | ||
| Mark Hatfield | Other | 58% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 0% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 54% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 91% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 77% | ||
| J. Bennett Johnston | Other | 46% | ||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Other | 31% | ||
| Dirk Kempthorne | Other | 0% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Kerrey | Other | 77% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 92% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 0% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 46% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 8% | ||
| Connie Mack | Other | 17% | ||
| Carol Moseley Braun | Other | 100% | ||
| Patrick Moynihan | Other | 100% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 0% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 0% | ||
| Sam Nunn | Other | 31% | ||
| Claiborne Pell | Other | 77% | ||
| Larry Pressler | Other | 15% | ||
| David Pryor | Other | 50% | ||
| Charles Robb | Other | 62% | ||
| William Roth, Jr. | Other | 8% | ||
| Rick Santorum | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 92% | ||
| Paul Simon | Other | 92% | ||
| Alan Simpson | Other | 15% | ||
| Bob Smith | Other | 0% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 23% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 38% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 8% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| Fred Thompson | Other | 17% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 0% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Wellstone | Other | 100% | ||
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 62% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 85% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 62% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 100% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 92% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 92% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 92% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 62% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 69% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 83% |
| IN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Daniel Coats | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 0% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 15% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 15% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 8% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 8% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 8% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 0% |
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