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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Family Research Council

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 11%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 89%
Thomas Allen 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
Joe Baca, Sr. 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Brian Baird 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
Cass Ballenger 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 22%
Evan Bayh 22%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
Bob Bennett 89%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 60%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 11%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 78%
Henry Bonilla 90%
Mary Bono Mack 70%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 11%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
John Breaux 33%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
Henry Brown, Jr. 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 89%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 90%
Robert Byrd 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 90%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 90%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 22%
Brad Carson 50%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 11%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 20%
Hillary Clinton 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 67%
Michael Collins 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
Larry Combest 60%
Kent Conrad 22%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jon Corzine 11%
Jerry Costello 70%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 89%
Robert Cramer 70%
Philip Crane 90%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 56%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
Barbara Cubin 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 22%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 10%
James Davis 40%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
Thomas Davis III 90%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 78%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Norm Dicks 10%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 20%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 78%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 22%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 70%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 11%
John Edwards 11%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 90%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
Philip English 80%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 10%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
Russ Feingold 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 11%
Michael Ferguson 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 10%
Peter Fitzgerald 78%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
Ernest Fletcher 90%
Mark Foley 60%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
Barney Frank 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 20%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 50%
Porter Goss 90%
Daniel Graham 11%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 10%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 11%
Jane Harman 30%
Melissa Hart 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 89%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 30%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
David Lee Hobson 90%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 10%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 70%
Ernest Hollings 22%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
Darlene Hooley 30%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 78%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
Daniel Inouye 11%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 11%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
Christopher John 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
Nancy Johnson 40%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Tim Johnson 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 22%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 11%
Mark Kennedy 90%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 11%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
Gerald Kleczka 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 70%
Herb Kohl 11%
James Kolbe 60%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 90%
Nicholas Lampson 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 50%
Tom Lantos 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 90%
Steve LaTourette 80%
James Leach 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
Jerry Lewis 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 22%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 90%
Dick Lugar 78%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 40%
Robert Matsui 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 30%
Karen McCarthy 10%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
John McHugh 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 10%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 20%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
Jack Murtha 50%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
Ben Nelson 44%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 80%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 90%
Jim Oberstar 50%
Dave Obey 30%
John Olver 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Thomas William Osborne 90%
Doug Ose 60%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Major Owens 10%
Michael Oxley 90%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 40%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 10%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 10%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
John Peterson 90%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 80%
Richard Pombo 90%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 10%
Deborah Pryce 70%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 70%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
Ralph Regula 90%
Denny Rehberg 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 22%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
Mike Ross 70%
Steve Rothman 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 89%
Paul Sarbanes 11%
Jim Saxton 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
Edward Schrock 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 40%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
Ike Skelton 80%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 90%
Gordon Smith 67%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
Nick Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 40%
Hilda Solis 10%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 44%
John Spratt, Jr. 30%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 11%
Pete Stark 10%
Cliff Stearns 80%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 56%
Ted Strickland 30%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 90%
John Sweeney 90%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
Craig Thomas 78%
William Thomas 70%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 90%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 10%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Ed Towns 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 30%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 89%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80%
James Walsh 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 78%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
Diane Watson 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
David Wu 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 22%
Albert Wynn 30%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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