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A final note: The clearest way to read these percentages is, "In [year], the XYZ organization gave Senator/Representative X an 80% rating. That means that on votes they identified as key in their issue area during that time period, he/she voted with the group's preferred position 80% of the time." The exception to this is the evaluation done by the National Taxpayers Union, which represents how often a representative or senator voted to decrease, or not increase, spending.
Issue Area Year Percentage Evaluating Organization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abortion/FamPln 1991 0 Justlife Education Fund (Abortion) Abortion/FamPln 1993-1996 98 Planned Parenthood Abortion/FamPln 1995 10 National Right to Life Committee Abortion/FamPln 1996 100 National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action Aids 1995-1996 100 AIDS Action Council Business 1995-1996 16 National Federation of Independent Business Business 1996 0 Business-Industry Political Action Committee Business 1996 19 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Children 1995 100 Children's Defense Fund Chr.Fam. Issues 1991-1992 8 Christian Voice Chr.Fam. Issues 1995-1996 0 Christian Coalition Civil Rts/Lib 1991-1992 100 National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Civil Rts/Lib 1993-1994 100 Human Rights Campaign Fund Civil Rts/Lib 1995 92 American Civil Liberties Union Civil Rts/Lib 1995-1996 90 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Civil Rts/Lib 1995-1996 100 National Association for the Advancement of C Conservative 1995-1996 34 Conservative Index Conservative 1996 6 American Conservative Union Consumers 1995 88 Consumer Federation of America Contractors 1995 17 Associated Builders & Contractors Crime 1995-1996 100 Citizens United for Rehabilition of Errants Defense/Foreign 1991 67 Professional's Coalition for Nuclear Arms Con Defense/Foreign 1991 100 JustLife Education Fund (Arms Reduction) Defense/Foreign 1993-1994 20 American Security Council Defense/Foreign 1995 90 Campaign for U.N. Reform Defense/Foreign 1995 92 Peace Action Defense/Foreign 1996 100 PeacePAC Economic Policy 1991 100 JustLife Education Fund (Economic Policy) Economic Policy 1995 80 The Libertarian Party - Economic Freedom Education 1993-1994 82 American Federation of Teachers Education 1995 91 National Education Association Education 1995-1996 82 U.S. Student Association Env./consumer 1995-1996 95 U.S. Public Interest Research Group Environment 1993-1994 100 Fund For Animals Environment 1994 5 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Environment Environment 1995-1996 96 League of Conservation Voters Farm 1991-1992 70 National Farmers Organization Farm 1993 44 National Farmers Union Farm 1993-1994 0 American Farm Bureau Federation Farm 1994 100 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Agriculture Free-Market 1994 12 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Totals) Gun Issues 1993-1994 50 National Rifle Association Gun Issues 1993-1994 100 Handgun Control, Inc Health 1996 78 American Public Health Association Housing 1990-1992 100 National Housing Institute Labor 1989 100 Machinists Non-Partisan Political League Labor 1989-1990 77 National Federation of Federal Employees Labor 1991 100 American Postal Workers Union Labor 1994 100 United Food & Commercial Workers Labor 1995 100 AFL-CIO Labor 1995 100 Communications Workers of America Labor 1995 100 The Teamsters Labor 1995 100 Transportation Communications Union Labor 1995 100 United Auto Workers Labor 1996 100 American Federation of Government Employees Labor 1996 100 American Federation of State, County & Munici Liberal 1995-1996 84 Public Citizen's Congress Watch Liberal 1995-1996 100 National Committee for an Effective Congress Liberal 1996 80 Americans for Democratic Action Libertarian 1995 45 The Libertarian Party - Combined Score Populist 1995 20 Liberty Lobby Poverty 1995 100 Bread for the World Property 1995-1996 0 League of Private Property Voters Regulation 1994 50 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Deregulatio Seniors 1995 100 National Council of Senior Citizens Seniors 1995-1996 0 The 60 Plus Association Seniors 1995-1996 80 National Association of Retired Federal Emplo Seniors 1995-1996 100 National Committee to Preserve Social Securit Social Policy 1991 100 National Association of Social Workers Social Policy 1995 10 The Libertarian Party - Personal Freedom Social Policy 1995 100 Network Social Policy 1995-1996 100 Friends Comm. on Nat'l Leg. (House) Social Policy 1996 100 Zero Population Growth Taxes/Spending 1991-1992 0 National Tax-Limitation Committee Taxes/Spending 1994 0 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Budget) Taxes/Spending 1994 0 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Taxes) Taxes/Spending 1994 17 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Spending) Taxes/Spending 1995 9 Citizens Against Government Waste Taxes/Spending 1995 16 National Taxpayers Union Taxes/Spending 1995 27 Concord Coalition Trade 1994 50 Competitive Enterprise Institute (Trade) Veterans 1989-1990 80 Vietnam Veterans of America Women 1989-1990 96 National Women's Political Caucus Women 1993 100 The Woman Activist (House) Women 1995-1996 25 Concerned Women for America Women 1995-1996 100 American Association of University Women
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