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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Bread for the World

1996 Positions on Addressing World Hunger

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
William Baker 10%
John Baldacci 87%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Bill Barrett 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 17%
Herbert Bateman 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
Anthony Beilenson 100%
Bob Bennett 29%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Howard Berman 100%
Tom Bevill 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 43%
Brian Bilbray 17%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
Peter Blute 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 17%
Robert Borski, Jr. 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Bill Bradley 83%
John Breaux 57%
Bill Brewster 60%
Glen Browder 80%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 43%
Ed Bryant 17%
John Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunn 40%
Jim Bunning 17%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 71%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 0%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
John Chafee 43%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
Jim Chapman 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 17%
Dick Chrysler 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 67%
William Clinger 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
William Cohen 33%
Ronald Coleman 100%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 71%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Wes Cooley 10%
Jerry Costello 83%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 20%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 83%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Alfonse D'Amato 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Thomas Davis III 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
E. Kika de la Garza 89%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 83%
Peter Deutsch 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 83%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 83%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
Robert Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 83%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Robert Dornan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
David Dreier 17%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 83%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 17%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Bill Emerson 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Philip English 17%
John Ensign 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 17%
Thomas Ewing 17%
Jim Exon 67%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 17%
Victor Fazio 83%
Russ Feingold 71%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
Floyd Flake 100%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 10%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 17%
Michael Patrick Forbes 17%
Harold Ford, Sr. 100%
Wendell Ford 71%
Tillie Fowler 17%
Jon David Fox 33%
Barney Frank 100%
Gary Franks 40%
Robert Franks 17%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
Dan Frisa 20%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 83%
David Funderburk 0%
Elizabeth Furse 50%
Elton Gallegly 17%
John Ganske 17%
Sam Gejdenson 83%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Pete Geren 60%
Sam Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 83%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
William Goodling 17%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 17%
Daniel Graham 43%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 14%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Enid Greene 33%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 14%
Steven Gunderson 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 50%
Melton Hancock 10%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 57%
Jane Harman 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Mark Hatfield 60%
James Hayes 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 17%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 83%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 30%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 83%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Martin Hoke 10%
Thomas Holden 50%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Stephen Horn 17%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 17%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 83%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
Harry Johnston 100%
J. Bennett Johnston 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 17%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 33%
Sue Kelly 17%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 83%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 71%
Dale Kildee 83%
Jay Kim 17%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Ronald Klink 83%
Scott Klug 17%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Herb Kohl 57%
James Kolbe 17%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 17%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
Steve LaTourette 17%
Greg Laughlin 38%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 17%
James Leach 17%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 83%
Jerry Lewis 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 17%
Joe Lieberman 71%
Jim Lightfoot 10%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 17%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
James Longley, Jr. 30%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 29%
William Luther 83%
Connie Mack 14%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
Thomas Manton 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Bill Martini 30%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
James McCrery III 17%
Joseph McDade 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 50%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
Jack Metcalf 17%
Jan Meyers 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 83%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 83%
John Moakley 100%
Susan Molinari 20%
Alan Mollohan 100%
G.V. Montgomery 62%
Carlos Moorhead 10%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
Constance Morella 67%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 83%
John Myers 12%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Mark Neumann 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
Sam Nunn 67%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 83%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Bill Orton 80%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 17%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 83%
Mike Parker 17%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
William Paxon 17%
Donald Payne 83%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 90%
Claiborne Pell 67%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Pete Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Owen Pickett 67%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
John Edward Porter 17%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
Glenn Poshard 50%
Larry Pressler 17%
Deborah Pryce 17%
David Pryor 67%
James Quillen 12%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
James Ramstad 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 83%
Ralph Regula 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 57%
Bill Richardson 50%
Frank Duncan Riggs 17%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Charles Robb 57%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Timothy Roemer 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
Charles Rose III 89%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
Toby Roth 0%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 83%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 83%
Jim Saxton 17%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 17%
Patricia Schroeder 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
Andrea Seastrand 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 83%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Paul Simon 100%
Alan Simpson 0%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 83%
Joseph Skeen 17%
Ike Skelton 50%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 17%
Linda Smith 17%
Nick Smith 17%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 17%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 29%
Floyd Spence 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 83%
Pete Stark 83%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 83%
Ted Stevens 14%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 0%
Louis Stokes 83%
Gerry Studds 100%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 83%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 83%
Randy Tate 10%
William Tauzin 17%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 50%
Frank Tejeda 90%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
Fred Thompson 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Ray Thornton 100%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Peter Torkildsen 20%
Esteban Edward Torres 83%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 83%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 83%
Bruce Vento 83%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
Harold Volkmer 100%
Barbara Vucanovich 10%
Robert Walker 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
Michael Ward 100%
John Warner 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 17%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 17%
Pat Williams 89%
Charles Wilson 90%
Bob Wise, Jr. 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 57%
Albert Wynn 83%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 17%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Richard Zimmer 11%

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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