Rating Group: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
1991-1992 Positions
Issues:
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 15% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 9% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 89% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 8% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 92% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 15% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 15% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 100% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 78% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 77% |
| IN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Daniel Coats | R | 0% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 69% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 8% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 23% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 69% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 92% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 80% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 92% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 73% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 15% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 15% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 85% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 85% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 38% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 18% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 45% |
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 64% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 91% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 82% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 92% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 15% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 69% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 18% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 92% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 92% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 92% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-3 | Sam Johnson | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 8% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 20% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 92% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 15% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 91% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 0% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 73% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 42% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 100% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Wayne Allard | Other | 15% | ||
| Bill Archer | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Armey | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 0% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 15% | ||
| Bill Barrett | Other | 23% | ||
| Herbert Bateman | Other | 15% | ||
| Anthony Beilenson | Other | 92% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 31% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Bevill | Other | 46% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 23% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 64% | ||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | Other | 15% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 85% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 9% | ||
| David Edward Bonior | Other | 91% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 58% | ||
| Bill Bradley | Other | 73% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 30% | ||
| George Brown, Jr. | Other | 92% | ||
| Hank Brown | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Bryan | Other | 18% | ||
| John Bryant | Other | 54% | ||
| Dale Bumpers | Other | 18% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 0% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 18% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 9% | ||
| Herbert Callahan | Other | 0% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 75% | ||
| John Chafee | Other | 91% | ||
| William Clay, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| William Cohen | Other | 64% | ||
| Ronald Coleman | Other | 62% | ||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | Other | 100% | ||
| Cardiss Collins | Other | 92% | ||
| Larry Combest | Other | 8% | ||
| Gary Condit | Other | 15% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 20% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 31% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 0% | ||
| Larry Craig | Other | 9% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 38% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 0% | ||
| Randall Cunningham | Other | 8% | ||
| Alfonse D'Amato | Other | 27% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 27% | ||
| E. Kika de la Garza | Other | 64% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 0% | ||
| Ronald Dellums | Other | 100% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 69% | ||
| Julian Dixon | Other | 92% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 64% | ||
| Robert Dole | Other | 0% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 18% | ||
| Calvin Dooley | Other | 62% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Dornan | Other | 0% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 0% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 38% | ||
| Bill Emerson | Other | 8% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Ewing | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Exon | Other | 27% | ||
| Harris Fawell | Other | 15% | ||
| Victor Fazio | Other | 92% | ||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Floyd Flake | Other | 85% | ||
| Wendell Ford | Other | 9% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 100% | ||
| Gary Franks | Other | 15% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 54% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 8% | ||
| Sam Gejdenson | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | Other | 73% | ||
| Pete Geren | Other | 46% | ||
| Sam Gibbons | Other | 38% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 23% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 31% | ||
| Benjamin Gilman | Other | 85% | ||
| Newt Gingrich | Other | 0% | ||
| John Glenn | Other | 55% | ||
| Henry Gonzalez | Other | 100% | ||
| Albert Gore, Jr. | Other | 78% | ||
| Slade Gorton | Other | 36% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 15% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 27% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 0% | ||
| Steven Gunderson | Other | 38% | ||
| Tony Hall | Other | 38% | ||
| Lee Hamilton | Other | 38% | ||
| Melton Hancock | Other | 0% | ||
| James Hansen | Other | 8% | ||
| J. Dennis Hastert | Other | 8% | ||
| Mark Hatfield | Other | 64% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 8% | ||
| W.G. Hefner | Other | 27% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 0% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 15% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 0% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 77% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 0% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 82% | ||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | Other | 38% | ||
| William Jefferson | Other | 92% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 70% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 58% | ||
| Harry Johnston | Other | 92% | ||
| J. Bennett Johnston | Other | 27% | ||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Other | 45% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Kennedy II | Other | 85% | ||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | Other | 77% | ||
| Bob Kerrey | Other | 55% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 85% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 62% | ||
| Scott Klug | Other | 46% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 55% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 62% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 8% | ||
| John LaFalce | Other | 85% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 85% | ||
| Greg Laughlin | Other | 15% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 77% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 36% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 64% | ||
| Jim Lightfoot | Other | 8% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 38% | ||
| Robert Livingston | Other | 0% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 30% | ||
| Connie Mack | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Manton | Other | 77% | ||
| Matthew Martinez | Other | 92% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill McCollum | Other | 15% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 18% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 54% | ||
| Jan Meyers | Other | 31% | ||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | Other | 92% | ||
| John Moakley | Other | 75% | ||
| Susan Molinari | Other | 38% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 33% | ||
| G.V. Montgomery | Other | 23% | ||
| Carlos Moorhead | Other | 0% | ||
| Constance Morella | Other | 100% | ||
| Patrick Moynihan | Other | 82% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 9% | ||
| John Myers | Other | 23% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 0% | ||
| Sam Nunn | Other | 36% | ||
| James Nussle | Other | 38% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 85% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 83% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 100% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 31% | ||
| Bill Orton | Other | 18% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 8% | ||
| Ronald Packard | Other | 0% | ||
| Mike Parker | Other | 15% | ||
| William Paxon | Other | 15% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 92% | ||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | Other | 38% | ||
| Claiborne Pell | Other | 80% | ||
| Pete Peterson | Other | 42% | ||
| Owen Pickett | Other | 42% | ||
| John Edward Porter | Other | 23% | ||
| Glenn Poshard | Other | 31% | ||
| Larry Pressler | Other | 9% | ||
| David Pryor | Other | 22% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 15% | ||
| Bill Richardson | Other | 92% | ||
| Charles Robb | Other | 55% | ||
| Timothy Roemer | Other | 46% | ||
| Charles Rose III | Other | 54% | ||
| Toby Roth | Other | 0% | ||
| William Roth, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Marge Roukema | Other | 15% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 73% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 15% | ||
| Daniel Schaefer | Other | 15% | ||
| Steven Schiff | Other | 31% | ||
| Patricia Schroeder | Other | 100% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 17% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 69% | ||
| Paul Simon | Other | 73% | ||
| Alan Simpson | Other | 18% | ||
| Norman Sisisky | Other | 38% | ||
| David Skaggs | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Skeen | Other | 31% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 15% | ||
| Bob Smith | Other | 0% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 23% | ||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | Other | 0% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 27% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 15% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 9% | ||
| Gerry Studds | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Stump | Other | 0% | ||
| William Tauzin | Other | 23% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 8% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 0% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 23% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 15% | ||
| Ray Thornton | Other | 58% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 0% | ||
| Esteban Edward Torres | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Torricelli | Other | 77% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 100% | ||
| Bruce Vento | Other | 100% | ||
| Harold Volkmer | Other | 23% | ||
| Barbara Vucanovich | Other | 8% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 15% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 27% | ||
| Paul Wellstone | Other | 100% | ||
| Pat Williams | Other | 85% | ||
| Charles Wilson | Other | 33% | ||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | Other | 62% | ||
| Sidney Yates | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Zeliff | Other | 23% | ||
| Richard Zimmer | Other | 23% |
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