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Rating Group: Vietnam Veterans of America

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Veterans
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State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 17%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 33%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 67%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 60%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 40%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 60%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 33%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40%
Wayne Allard 17%
Thomas Allen 33%
Bill Archer 20%
Richard Armey 17%
John Ashcroft 17%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 33%
John Baldacci 33%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Bill Barrett 33%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 17%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Bob Bennett 17%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 33%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Rod Blagojevich 17%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 67%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 50%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 50%
George Brown, Jr. 17%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Dale Bumpers 60%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 25%
Steve Buyer 33%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 17%
Julia Carson 33%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 50%
Eva Clayton 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 17%
Robert Clement 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Larry Combest 17%
Gary Condit 17%
Kent Conrad 50%
Merrill Cook 33%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Paul Coverdell 17%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 50%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Alfonse D'Amato 33%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Jay Dickey 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Julian Dixon 25%
Chris Dodd 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 33%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 33%
Terry Everett 33%
Thomas Ewing 17%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 50%
Harris Fawell 0%
Victor Fazio 40%
Russ Feingold 50%
Mark Foley 20%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Wendell Ford 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 40%
Tillie Fowler 17%
Jon David Fox 33%
Barney Frank 50%
Robert Franks 33%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
Elton Gallegly 33%
John Ganske 33%
Sam Gejdenson 33%
George Gekas 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Jim Gibbons 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
William Goodling 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
Slade Gorton 17%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 33%
William Phillip Gramm 17%
Rodney Grams 17%
James Greenwood 17%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tony Hall 33%
Lee Hamilton 40%
James Hansen 33%
Jane Harman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
W.G. Hefner 33%
Jesse Helms 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 33%
Rick Hill 33%
Van Hilleary 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 50%
Ernest Hollings 67%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 17%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Asa Hutchinson 40%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 40%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Daniel Inouye 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 33%
Jay Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Joseph Kennedy II 20%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 33%
Bob Kerrey 33%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Jay Kim 17%
Gerald Kleczka 33%
Ronald Klink 33%
Scott Klug 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 17%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
Jon Kyl 25%
John LaFalce 0%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 40%
Tom Lantos 33%
Stephen Largent 50%
Steve LaTourette 17%
Rick Lazio 17%
James Leach 17%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 33%
Joe Lieberman 33%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 17%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 33%
Thomas Manton 33%
Don Manzullo 20%
Matthew Martinez 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 50%
Karen McCarthy 33%
Bill McCollum 50%
James McCrery III 20%
Joseph McDade 0%
Paul McHale 33%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 50%
Carrie Meek 17%
Jack Metcalf 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Dan Miller 50%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
John Moakley 50%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 50%
Patrick Moynihan 33%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Mark Neumann 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 60%
John Olver 17%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Major Owens 33%
Michael Oxley 17%
Ronald Packard 40%
Michael Pappas 33%
Mike Parker 20%
Ron Paul 80%
William Paxon 17%
Donald Payne 33%
Edward Pease 17%
John Peterson 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
Owen Pickett 33%
Richard Pombo 50%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 50%
Glenn Poshard 33%
Deborah Pryce 17%
Jack Quinn 60%
George Radanovich 33%
James Ramstad 17%
Bill Redmond 17%
Ralph Regula 33%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Frank Duncan Riggs 25%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Charles Robb 17%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Timothy Roemer 33%
James Rogan 17%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Steve Rothman 33%
Marge Roukema 33%
Jim Ryun 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 40%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Daniel Schaefer 50%
John Shadegg 67%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 33%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 33%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 0%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 33%
Robert Smith 20%
Bob Smith 17%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 17%
Vic Snyder 33%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 33%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 50%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 0%
Louis Stokes 33%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bob Stump 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sununu 17%
James Talent 33%
John Tanner 20%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 17%
Fred Thompson 17%
Karen Thurman 50%
Strom Thurmond 17%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
Esteban Edward Torres 40%
Robert Torricelli 40%
Ed Towns 75%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 60%
Bruce Vento 33%
James Walsh 17%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 17%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
David Weldon 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 17%
Gerald Weller 17%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 40%
Bob Weygand 33%
Rick White 33%
Bob Wise, Jr. 33%
Albert Wynn 33%
Sidney Yates 100%

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