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National Special Interest Groups

Project Vote Smart reports on performance evaluations from all special interest groups who provide them, regardless of issue or bias. If you know of a group that provides ratings not included here, please contact us at ratings@votesmart.org.

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State

Issue

Abortion

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 2014 Campaign for Working Families
2014 N/A CitizenLink
2004 2014 Democrats for Life of America
N/A 2016 Emily's List
2014 2014 NARAL Pro-Choice America
2014 2015 National Right to Life Committee
N/A 2012 Republican National Coalition for Life PAC
2012 2014 Susan B. Anthony List

Abortion and Reproductive

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
2008 2014 National Organization for Women
2014 2014 Planned Parenthood Action Fund
2008 N/A Population Action International
2014 2014 Population Connection
2005 N/A The Population Institute
N/A 2015 Women's Campaign Fund

Agriculture and Food

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Coalition for Ethanol
2014 N/A American Farm Bureau Federation
2007 2014 Associated Equipment Distributors
2014 N/A Food Policy Action
2008 N/A Grassroots Netroots Alliance
2008 N/A National Association of Wheat Growers
2007 N/A National Council of Agricultural Employers
1992 N/A National Farmers Organization
2012 2010 National Farmers Union
N/A 2014 United Farm Workers of America
2007 2014 United Fresh Produce Association
2012 N/A Vote Hemp

Animals and Wildlife

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 N/A American Humane Association
2004 N/A American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
2014 2014 American Veterinary Medical Association
2006 N/A American Wilderness Coalition
2014 N/A Animal Welfare Institute
2010 N/A Big Cat Rescue
2004 N/A Born Free USA
2013 2012 Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
2003 N/A Doris Day Animal League
2014 N/A Food Policy Action
N/A 2012 Humane USA PAC
2006 N/A National Animal Interest Alliance Trust
N/A 2014 Ocean Champions
2012 2014 Sierra Club
2014 2014 Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance
2008 N/A The Humane Society of the United States
2008 N/A Western Organization of Resource Councils

Arts, Entertainment, and History

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A American Library Association
2014 N/A Americans for the Arts Action Fund
2002 N/A California Park & Recreation Society
2013 N/A National Journal
2005 N/A National Trust for Historic Preservation

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 2014 American Council of Engineering Companies
2014 N/A American Forest and Paper Association
2012 2012 Associated Builders & Contractors
2014 N/A Associated General Contractors of America
2010 2014 Business-Industry Political Action Committee
2007 N/A CompTIA
2006 N/A Consumer Action
2000 N/A Consumer Federation of America
2012 2012 Independent Electrical Contractors
2005 N/A International Sleep Products Association
2014 N/A International Warehouse Logistics Association
2005 N/A Maryland Business for Responsive Government
2014 N/A Metals Service Center Institute
2010 N/A National Association for the Self-Employed
2006 N/A National Association of Government Contractors
2014 N/A National Association of Manufacturers
2014 N/A National Electrical Contractors Association
2014 2014 National Federation of Independent Business
2006 N/A National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
2008 N/A National Restaurant Association
2014 N/A National Retail Federation
2014 N/A National Small Business Association
2012 N/A National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
2012 N/A Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
2006 N/A Public Citizen's Congress Watch
2014 N/A Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
2006 N/A State PIRGs Working Together
2014 N/A The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
2004 N/A United States Business and Industry Council
2014 2014 United States Chamber of Commerce
2006 N/A United States Public Interest Research Group

Campaign Finance and Elections

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2001 N/A Common Cause
N/A N/A MoveOn.org Political Action
N/A N/A Move to Amend
1990 2014 National Women's Political Caucus
2006 N/A Public Citizen's Congress Watch
N/A 2012 Right March
N/A 2012 Term Limits America Political Action Committee

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A American Civil Liberties Union
N/A 2014 Asian American Action Fund
1998 N/A Campaign for a Color Blind America
2004 N/A Center for International Policy
2001 N/A Common Cause
2012 N/A Drum Major Institute
2013 N/A EarthRights International
2014 N/A Friends Committee on National Legislation
2012 N/A Global Exchange
2014 N/A Hispanic Federation, LCLAA, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota, NCLR, and Voto Latino
2014 2014 Human Rights Campaign
2014 N/A Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
2004 N/A League of United Latin American Citizens
2007 N/A League of Women Voters
2014 N/A Liberty for All
2014 N/A Liberty Guard
N/A N/A Move to Amend
2014 N/A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
2014 N/A National Council of La Raza
1992 N/A National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
2008 2014 National Organization for Women
2012 N/A National Religious Campaign Against Torture Action Fund
2002 2014 People for the American Way
2007 N/A PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
2008 N/A Race Forward (formerly known as Applied Research Center)
2014 N/A Stand Against Spying
2008 N/A The Arc
2007 N/A United To End Genocide (formerly known as the Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network)
2013 N/A Venn Institute

Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 2014 60 Plus Association
2015 2014 American Conservative Union
2015 N/A Americans for Prosperity
2014 2014 Campaign for Working Families
N/A 2012 Can Do Conservatives
2004 N/A Christian Action Network
N/A 2015 Citizens United Political Victory Fund
2013 2012 Concerned Women for America
2009 2012 ConservAmerica
N/A 2010 Conservative Congress
2016 N/A Conservative Review
N/A 2014 Conservative Strike Force
N/A 2010 DC Works For US
2014 2015 Eagle Forum
2014 N/A Faith and Freedom Coalition
N/A 2013 GOPAC
N/A 2012 GOProud
2007 N/A GOPUSA
2014 N/A Heritage Action for America
N/A 2014 House Conservatives Fund (Republican Study Committee)
2010 N/A Keep America Safe
2000 N/A Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc. (formerly Liberty Lobby)
2010 N/A Liberty Central
N/A 2010 LibertySlate
N/A 2010 Republican Majority Campaign PAC
N/A 2012 Right March
2014 N/A The John Birch Society
2014 N/A The New American
N/A 2013 The Tea Party Leadership Fund
2007 N/A Traditional Values Coalition
N/A 2014 Voices of Conservative Women

Constitution

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress
2002 2014 People for the American Way

Crime

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
2014 N/A National Association of Police Organizations
2005 N/A National Criminal Justice Association

Defense

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A Center for Security Policy
2014 2014 Council for a Livable World
2010 N/A Keep America Safe
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
N/A 2012 One Nation PAC
2014 2012 Peace Action West
2012 N/A PeacePAC
N/A 2016 Senate Conservatives Fund
2008 N/A Voices for Creative Nonviolence
2011 2013 Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) and WILL

Drugs

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Drug Policy Alliance Network
2016 N/A Marijuana Policy Project
2008 N/A National Association for Addiction Professionals (formerly National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors)

Economy and Fiscal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A Concord Coalition
2012 N/A Drum Major Institute
2002 N/A Emergency Committee for American Trade
2006 N/A Partnership for America
2006 2016 United States Women's Chamber of Commerce

Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A N/A American Association for the Advancement of Science
2009 N/A American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
2012 2016 American Federation of Teachers
2013 N/A American Library Association
2012 N/A American Security Council Foundation
2007 N/A Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
2000 2012 Home School Legal Defense Association
2010 N/A Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
2012 N/A The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
2012 N/A The Center for Education Reform
N/A 2013 The Network for Public Education

Employment and Affirmative Action

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Benefits Council
2006 2006 Business and Professional Women USA
2008 N/A Center for Worker Freedom (formerly known as Alliance for Worker Freedom)
2014 N/A Federally Employed Women
2014 N/A National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
2010 N/A National Association for the Self-Employed
2007 N/A National Employment Lawyers Association
2009 N/A Women Employed
N/A 2016 Working Families
2004 N/A Workplace Fairness

Energy

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Coalition for Ethanol
2006 N/A American Wind Energy Association
2007 2014 Associated Equipment Distributors
2007 N/A Consumer Alliance for Energy Security
2008 N/A Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
2016 N/A Solar Tribune
2012 2008 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund
N/A 2014 United Mine Workers of America

Entitlements and the Safety Net

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 2014 60 Plus Association
2014 2014 Alliance for Retired Americans
N/A N/A American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
2002 N/A American Benefits Council
2002 2012 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
2000 N/A National Council of Senior Citizens
2014 N/A Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
2012 2016 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2006 N/A The Retired Enlisted Association
2000 N/A United Seniors Association

Environment

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A American Forest and Paper Association
2006 N/A American Lands Alliance
2007 N/A American Society of Landscape Architects
2006 N/A American Wilderness Coalition
2007 2014 Associated Equipment Distributors
2002 N/A Californians for Population Stabilization
2004 N/A Center for International Policy
2014 2014 Citizens for Global Solutions
2014 2014 Clean Water Action
2009 2012 ConservAmerica
2013 2012 Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
2013 N/A EarthRights International
2014 2014 Environment America
2014 N/A Food Policy Action
N/A 2016 Friends of the Earth Action
2012 N/A Global Exchange
2015 2016 League of Conservation Voters
2012 N/A National Parks Conservation Association
N/A 2014 Ocean Champions
2006 N/A Partnership for America
2012 2014 Sierra Club
2012 2008 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund
2008 N/A Western Organization of Resource Councils
2011 2013 Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) and WILL

Federal, State and Local Relations

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A National Association of Counties

Finance and Banking

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 N/A American Shareholders Association
2014 N/A Financial Executives International
2014 2014 League of Southeastern Credit Unions
2014 N/A National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Fiscally Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2015 N/A Americans for Prosperity
N/A 2014 Blue Dog Coalition
N/A 2014 Combat Veterans for Congress
2014 N/A Competitive Enterprise Institute
2007 N/A GOPUSA
2014 N/A Heritage Action for America
N/A 2014 Huck PAC
N/A 2010 Independence Caucus
2000 N/A Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc. (formerly Liberty Lobby)
N/A 2014 Maggie's List PAC
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
2014 N/A National Tax Limitation Committee
2013 N/A National Taxpayers Union
N/A 2012 One Nation PAC
2006 N/A Partnership for America
2013 2014 Republican Liberty Caucus
N/A 2016 Senate Conservatives Fund
N/A 2012 Tea Party Express
2014 N/A The Cato Institute
2014 2014 The Club for Growth
1995 N/A The Libertarian Party

Fiscally Liberal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Freedom Democrats
2002 2014 People for the American Way
N/A 2012 Progressive Change Campaign Committee
2008 2016 Progressive Democrats of America
2014 N/A Progressive Punch
N/A 2016 Working Families

Food Processing and Sales

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A Food Policy Action
2013 N/A International Foodservice Distributors Association
2014 2015 United Food & Commercial Workers
N/A N/A United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400

Foreign Affairs

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A ACT! for America
2002 N/A American Foreign Service Association
N/A N/A American Israel Education Foundation
N/A N/A American Israel Public Affairs Committee
2004 N/A American Muslims for Jerusalem
2012 N/A American Security Council Foundation
2013 N/A Arab American Institute
2012 2014 Armenian National Committee of America
2004 N/A Center for International Policy
2012 N/A Christian and Jews United for Israel
2014 2014 Citizens for Global Solutions
2014 2014 Council for a Livable World
2005 N/A Council on American-Islamic Relations
2014 N/A Friends Committee on National Legislation
2012 N/A Global Exchange
N/A 2012 J Street
N/A 2014 J Street PAC
2010 N/A Latin America Working Group
2008 N/A National Foreign Trade Council
2009 N/A NewPolicy.org
2008 N/A Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
2012 N/A Peace Action
2014 2012 Peace Action West
2012 N/A PeacePAC
2009 N/A Resolve Uganda
2014 N/A United States Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
2007 N/A United To End Genocide (formerly known as the Save Darfur Coalition and Genocide Intervention Network)
2012 N/A USA Engage
2008 N/A Voices for Creative Nonviolence
2013 N/A Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA)

Foreign Aid

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A Bread for the World
2006 N/A Church World Service
2014 2014 Citizens for Global Solutions
2008 N/A Population Action International

Gambling and Gaming

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A The Poker Players Alliance

Government Budget and Spending

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A Citizens Against Government Waste
2014 2014 Independence Hall Tea Party PAC
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
2013 N/A National Taxpayers Union
N/A 2014 New Democrat Coalition
2005 N/A Taxpayers for Common Sense
2014 2014 The Club for Growth

Government Operations

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A Citizens Against Government Waste
2001 N/A Common Cause
2014 2014 FreedomWorks
2013 N/A Jewish Women International
N/A N/A Move to Amend
N/A 2014 Republican Main Street Partnership
N/A 2014 Right Now Women PAC
N/A 2015 Women Under Forty Political Action Committee

Guns

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2014 Americans for the Protection of Children
2014 2014 Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
2003 N/A Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
2014 2014 Gun Owners of America
N/A 2014 Gun Sense
2015 2015 National Rifle Association

Health and Health Care

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Academy of General Dentistry
2012 N/A AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Advocacy Association
2008 N/A AIDS United
2007 N/A Alliance For Headache Disorders Advocacy
2014 N/A Alzheimer's Impact Movement
2006 N/A American Academy of Emergency Medicine
2007 N/A American Academy of Family Physicians
N/A N/A American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
2004 N/A American College of Emergency Physicians
N/A N/A American College of Surgeons
2014 N/A American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2010 N/A American Hospital Association
2001 N/A American Medical Association
2011 2014 American Nurses Association
2013 N/A American Public Health Association
2010 N/A American Society for Radiation Oncology
2003 N/A American Society of Anesthesiologists
2014 2014 American Veterinary Medical Association
2011 N/A Association of University Centers on Disabilities
2004 N/A Citizens for Health
2004 N/A Citizens for Health - Whole Person Health Rating
2007 N/A Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
2014 N/A Food Policy Action
2003 N/A Global AIDS Alliance
2008 N/A National Association for Addiction Professionals (formerly National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors)
2010 2014 National Association of Social Workers
2014 N/A National Breast Cancer Coalition
2010 N/A National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
N/A 2016 National Nurses United
2006 N/A National Rural Health Association
2006 N/A Parkinsons Action Network
2014 2014 Planned Parenthood Action Fund
2006 N/A Protect Patients Now!
1996 N/A Smokefree Action
2010 N/A St. Joseph Health System
2005 N/A The American College of Physicians
2008 N/A The American Counseling Association
2008 N/A The American Geriatrics Society
2011 N/A The Children's Health Fund
2008 N/A The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Health Insurance

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 2012 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
2000 N/A National Council of Senior Citizens
2006 N/A Partnership for America
2012 2016 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Higher Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2009 N/A American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
N/A N/A American Association of University Professors
2014 N/A American Association of University Women
N/A N/A American College of Surgeons
2014 N/A National Association for College Admission Counseling
2014 2016 National Education Association
1996 N/A United States Student Association

Housing and Property

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A American Land Rights Association (formerly League of Private Property Voters)
2003 N/A Leading Age
N/A 2013 National Association of Realtors
1992 N/A National Housing Institute

Immigration

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A American Immigration Lawyers Association
2005 N/A Americans for Immigration Control
N/A 2014 Americans for Legal Immigration
2014 N/A America's Voice
2013 N/A Arab American Institute
2012 2014 Armenian National Committee of America
2002 N/A Californians for Population Stabilization
2008 N/A English First
2014 N/A Federation for American Immigration Reform
2014 N/A Hispanic Federation, LCLAA, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota, NCLR, and Voto Latino
N/A 2014 Huck PAC
2007 N/A National Council of Agricultural Employers
2014 N/A National Council of La Raza
2014 N/A National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
2014 N/A National Iranian American Council
2010 N/A National Latino Congreso/William C. Velásquez Institute
2016 N/A NumbersUSA
2012 N/A ProEnglish
N/A 2012 Team America
2012 N/A The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
2014 2014 The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans
2012 N/A United States Border Control
2010 N/A United States English

Infrastructure

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 2016 American Postal Workers Union
2000 N/A International Association of Fire Fighters
2013 2014 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
N/A 2016 New England Police Benevolent Association

K-12 Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A National Association of Elementary School Principals
2014 2016 National Education Association
2004 N/A National Parent Teacher Association
2004 N/A National School Boards Association
2010 N/A School Nutrition Association
2012 N/A The Center for Education Reform

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 2016 American Federation of Government Employees
2014 2012 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
2013 2016 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
2012 2016 American Federation of Teachers
2004 2016 American Postal Workers Union
2006 N/A American Road and Transportation Builders Association
2007 N/A Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers
2008 N/A Center for Worker Freedom (formerly known as Alliance for Worker Freedom)
2010 2016 Communications Workers of America
N/A 2016 International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union
2010 2014 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
2013 2014 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
2014 N/A International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
2010 2012 International Brotherhood of Teamsters
2005 N/A International Sleep Products Association
N/A 2016 Laborers' Union International of North America
2012 2010 National Farmers Union
1990 N/A National Federation of Federal Employees
N/A 2016 New England Police Benevolent Association
N/A 2016 North America's Building Trades Unions
2012 2016 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2006 N/A Transportation Communications Union
2009 2014 United Auto Workers
2008 N/A United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
N/A 2014 United Farm Workers of America
2014 2015 United Food & Commercial Workers
N/A N/A United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400
N/A 2014 United Mine Workers of America
N/A 2014 United Steelworkers
2008 N/A Utility Workers Union of America
2014 N/A Workplace Choice

Legal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Bar Association
2014 N/A American Immigration Lawyers Association
2000 2012 Home School Legal Defense Association
2005 N/A National Criminal Justice Association
2007 N/A National Employment Lawyers Association

Legislative Branch

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Iraq Veterans for Congress
2005 N/A National Committee for an Effective Congress
N/A 2012 Term Limits America Political Action Committee

Liberal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A Americans for Democratic Action
2012 N/A Campaign for America's Future
N/A 2014 DAPAC
N/A 2016 Democracy For America
2006 N/A Freedom Democrats
2005 N/A Hope for Peace and Justice
2005 N/A National Committee for an Effective Congress
N/A 2014 Progressive Action PAC (Congressional Progressive Caucus)
2004 N/A Radical Middle
N/A 2014 Students for a New American Politics (SNAP)

Marijuana Legalization

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2014 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

Marriage

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 2014 Human Rights Campaign
N/A 2014 Log Cabin Republicans
2012 2016 National Organization for Marriage

Marriage, Family, and Children

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A American Academy of Family Physicians
2014 N/A American Family Association
2002 N/A American Family Voices
2014 2014 Campaign for Working Families
N/A 2010 Catholic Families USA
2014 N/A Christian Coalition of America
2014 N/A CitizenLink
2014 2015 Eagle Forum
2013 2014 Family Research Council
2014 2014 FRC Action
2000 2012 Home School Legal Defense Association
2004 N/A National Parent Teacher Association
N/A 2012 One Nation PAC
2007 N/A PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
2008 N/A Population Action International
2014 2014 Population Connection
2010 2014 Vote Kids

Military Personnel

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A Center for Security Policy
2013 N/A Fleet Reserve Association
2009 N/A Military Officers Association of America
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
2003 N/A Non Commissioned Officers Association
2006 N/A The Retired Enlisted Association
N/A 2014 Veterans and Military Families for Progress

Minors and Children

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 N/A American Humane Association
2011 N/A Children's Defense Fund
2003 N/A National Network for Youth
2001 N/A National Youth Advocacy Coalition
2011 N/A The Children's Health Fund

National Security

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A ACT! for America
2012 N/A American Security Council Foundation
2014 N/A Center for Security Policy
2014 2014 Council for a Livable World
2010 N/A Keep America Safe
2014 N/A National Association of Police Organizations
2014 N/A National Iranian American Council
2014 2012 Peace Action West
2012 N/A PeacePAC

Natural Resources and Energy

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2009 2012 ConservAmerica
2008 N/A The National Mining Association

Oil and Gas

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A Consumer Alliance for Energy Security
2010 2014 Independent Petroleum Association of America

Religion

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A ACT! for America
2014 N/A American Family Association
2004 N/A American Muslims for Jerusalem
2014 N/A Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
2016 N/A Bill Stamp
2013 N/A Bread for the World
2012 N/A Catholic Advocate
N/A 2010 Catholic Families USA
2003 N/A Center for Reclaiming America
2004 N/A Christian Action Network
2012 N/A Christian and Jews United for Israel
2014 N/A Christian Coalition of America
1992 N/A Christian Voice
2006 N/A Church World Service
2014 N/A CitizenLink
2013 2012 Concerned Women for America
N/A 2014 Concerned Women PAC
2005 N/A Council on American-Islamic Relations
2013 2014 Family Research Council
2014 N/A Friends Committee on National Legislation
N/A N/A GodVoter.org
N/A 2013 Government is Not God Political Action Committee (GING-PAC)
2005 N/A Hope for Peace and Justice
2013 N/A Jewish Women International
N/A 2012 J Street
2014 N/A Muslim Public Affairs Council
2012 N/A National Religious Campaign Against Torture Action Fund
2012 N/A NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
2012 N/A Open Doors USA
2014 N/A Secular Coalition for America
2010 N/A St. Joseph Health System
2014 N/A The John Birch Society
2007 N/A Traditional Values Coalition
2013 N/A Venn Institute
2013 N/A Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

Science

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A N/A American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003 N/A American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2010 N/A American Society for Radiation Oncology
2003 N/A American Society of Anesthesiologists
2006 N/A Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
2006 N/A Parkinsons Action Network
2005 N/A The American College of Physicians
2016 N/A The Evolution Institute

Senior Citizens

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 2014 60 Plus Association
2014 2014 Alliance for Retired Americans
2014 N/A Alzheimer's Impact Movement
N/A N/A American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
2003 N/A Leading Age
2014 N/A National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
2002 2012 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
2000 N/A National Council of Senior Citizens
2004 N/A Retire Safe
2012 2016 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2008 N/A The American Geriatrics Society
2000 N/A United Seniors Association

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2014 Gay & Lesbian Political Victory Fund
N/A 2012 GOProud
2014 2014 Human Rights Campaign
N/A 2014 Log Cabin Republicans
N/A N/A Marriage Equality USA
1992 N/A National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
2012 2016 National Organization for Marriage
2001 N/A National Youth Advocacy Coalition
2007 N/A PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Social

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A Drum Major Institute
2005 N/A Mennonite Central Committee

Socially Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A American Family Association
2014 2014 Campaign for Working Families
N/A 2010 Catholic Families USA
2014 N/A Christian Coalition of America
1992 N/A Christian Voice
N/A 2014 Combat Veterans for Congress
2013 2012 Concerned Women for America
N/A 2014 Concerned Women PAC
2007 N/A GOPUSA
N/A 2013 Government is Not God Political Action Committee (GING-PAC)
2014 N/A Heritage Action for America
N/A 2014 Huck PAC
N/A 2014 Maggie's List PAC
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
N/A 2012 One Nation PAC
2006 N/A Partnership for America
2013 2014 Republican Liberty Caucus
N/A 2016 Senate Conservatives Fund
N/A 2012 Tea Party Express
2014 N/A The John Birch Society
2007 N/A Traditional Values Coalition

Socially Liberal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A Americans for Democratic Action
2012 N/A Campaign for America's Future
2006 N/A Freedom Democrats
2005 N/A National Committee for an Effective Congress
2002 2014 People for the American Way
N/A 2012 Progressive Change Campaign Committee
2008 2016 Progressive Democrats of America
2014 N/A Progressive Punch

Taxes

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 2014 60 Plus Association
2007 N/A Americans for Tax Reform
2006 N/A Citizens for Tax Justice
2014 2014 FreedomWorks
N/A 2014 Huck PAC
2014 2014 Independence Hall Tea Party PAC
2014 N/A National Tax Limitation Committee
2013 N/A National Taxpayers Union
N/A 2012 One Nation PAC
2013 2014 Republican Liberty Caucus
2014 2014 The Club for Growth

Technology and Communication

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A CNET News
2010 2016 Communications Workers of America
2007 N/A CompTIA
2007 N/A Computer & Communications Industry Association
2008 N/A Information Technology Industry Council
2010 2014 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
2014 N/A National Electrical Contractors Association
N/A N/A Social Media Today
2012 N/A TechCrunch/CrunchGov

Trade

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 2014 Associated Equipment Distributors
2007 N/A CompTIA
2002 N/A Emergency Committee for American Trade
2014 N/A Metals Service Center Institute
2008 N/A National Foreign Trade Council
2007 2014 United Fresh Produce Association
2012 N/A USA Engage

Transportation

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2016 Air Line Pilots Association, International
2006 N/A American Road and Transportation Builders Association
2006 N/A Transportation Communications Union
2009 2014 United Auto Workers

Unemployed and Low-Income

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Alliance to Stop the War on the Poor
2002 N/A American Family Voices
2008 N/A Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN)
2013 N/A Bread for the World
2014 N/A RESULTS
2014 N/A Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Veterans

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A American Veterans
N/A 2014 Combat Veterans for Congress
2014 N/A Disabled American Veterans
2010 N/A Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
N/A 2012 Iraq Veterans for Congress
2009 N/A Military Officers Association of America
N/A 2014 National Defense PAC
2003 N/A The American Legion
2006 N/A The Retired Enlisted Association
N/A 2014 Veterans and Military Families for Progress
N/A 2010 Vets for Freedom PAC
2011 N/A Vietnam Veterans of America

Women

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A American Association of University Women
2014 N/A American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2006 2006 Business and Professional Women USA
2013 2012 Concerned Women for America
N/A 2014 Concerned Women PAC
N/A 2016 Emily's List
2014 N/A Federally Employed Women
N/A 2014 Feminist Majority Political Action Committee
2013 N/A Jewish Women International
2007 N/A League of Women Voters
N/A 2014 Maggie's List PAC
2008 2014 National Organization for Women
1990 2014 National Women's Political Caucus
N/A 2014 Right Now Women PAC
2012 2014 Susan B. Anthony List
1995 N/A The Woman Activist
2006 2016 United States Women's Chamber of Commerce
N/A 2014 Voices of Conservative Women
2009 N/A Women Employed
2011 2013 Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) and WILL
N/A 2015 Women's Campaign Fund
N/A 2015 Women Under Forty Political Action Committee
2013 N/A Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
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