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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Family Research Council

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Larry Craig 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
James Nussle 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
George Radanovich 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
James Talent 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 92%
Ginny Brown-Waite 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 92%
Barbara Cubin 92%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 92%
Lincoln Davis 92%
Thomas Davis III 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Vern Ehlers 92%
Michael Ferguson 92%
Elton Gallegly 92%
Paul Gillmor 92%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
Mark Green 92%
Katherine Harris 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
Tim Johnson 92%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
Steve LaTourette 92%
John Linder 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 92%
Ralph Regula 92%
Denny Rehberg 92%
Richard Renzi 92%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
Donald Sherwood 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
Tom Tancredo 92%
Gene Taylor 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
James Walsh 92%
David Weldon 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
Heather Wilson 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 83%
Kit Bond 83%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 83%
Conrad Burns 83%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 83%
Christopher Cox 83%
James DeMint 83%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 83%
David Dreier 83%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 83%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 83%
John Nathan Hostettler 83%
Duncan Hunter 83%
Kay Hutchison 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 83%
Joseph Knollenberg 83%
Jerry Lewis 83%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 83%
Jim Marshall 83%
James McCrery III 83%
John McHugh 83%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 83%
Anne Northup 83%
Todd Platts 83%
Jon Porter, Sr. 83%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 83%
James Ramstad 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 83%
Jim Saxton 83%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
Craig Thomas 83%
W. Curtis Weldon 83%
Gerald Weller 83%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 75%
Steve Buyer 75%
Chris Cannon 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 75%
Philip English 75%
Jim Gibbons 75%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Ray LaHood 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
John Sweeney 75%
William Thomas 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 67%
George Allen 67%
Bob Bennett 67%
Marion Berry 67%
Norm Coleman 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
Robert Cramer 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 67%
John Ensign 67%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
Thomas Holden 67%
Dick Lugar 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
Ben Nelson 67%
Deborah Pryce 67%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
Gordon Smith 67%
Ted Stevens 67%
John Sununu 67%
George Voinovich 67%
Ben Chandler III 64%
Mark Foley 58%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 58%
Bart Gordon 58%
Sue Kelly 58%
Ron Paul 58%
Mike Ross 58%
John Tanner 58%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Warner 50%
Charlie Bass 42%
Mary Bono Mack 42%
Rick Boucher 42%
Chet Edwards 42%
Dale Kildee 42%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 42%
James Leach 42%
Michael McNulty 42%
Jim Oberstar 42%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 42%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
Judy Biggert 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
James Kolbe 25%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
Albert Wynn 25%
Thomas Allen 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 17%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 17%
Robert Byrd 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 17%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
Kent Conrad 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
Artur Davis 17%
James Davis 17%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
Bill Delahunt 17%
Norm Dicks 17%
Byron Dorgan 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 17%
Darlene Hooley 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 17%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Blanche Lincoln 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 17%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
Brad Miller 17%
Dennis Moore 17%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 17%
Dave Obey 17%
Major Owens 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 17%
Steve Rothman 17%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 17%
Christopher Shays 17%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 17%
Vic Snyder 17%
Ted Strickland 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 17%
David Wu 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 8%
Brian Baird 8%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
Julia Carson 8%
Edward Case 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
Lane Evans 8%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
Barney Frank 8%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Tom Lantos 8%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
Robert Matsui 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
Martin Meehan 8%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 8%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
John Olver 8%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
Donald Payne 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
Hilda Solis 8%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
Ed Towns 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 8%
Diane Watson 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
Anthony Weiner 8%
Robert Wexler 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
Evan Bayh 0%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jon Corzine 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
Jane Harman 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Daniel Inouye 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Herb Kohl 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
Olympia Snowe 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%

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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