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