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Rating Group: Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)

1999-2000 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Fred Thompson 80%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Pat Toomey 80%
David Vitter 80%
John Warner 80%
David Weldon 80%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
Bill Archer 60%
Richard Armey 60%
Spencer Bachus 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
Cass Ballenger 60%
Bill Barrett 60%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 60%
John Boehner 60%
Henry Bonilla 60%
Mary Bono Mack 60%
Kevin Brady 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 60%
Richard Burr 60%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 60%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
Lincoln Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 60%
Howard Coble 60%
Thomas Coburn 60%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Paul Coverdell 60%
Christopher Cox 60%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Thomas Daschle 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Jay Dickey 60%
Chris Dodd 60%
John Doolittle 60%
David Dreier 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 60%
Mike Enzi 60%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Robert Franks 60%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 60%
Elton Gallegly 60%
George Gekas 60%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 60%
William Goodling 60%
Porter Goss 60%
James Greenwood 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Charles Hagel 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
Doc Hastings 60%
Robert Hayes 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Asa Hutchinson 60%
Henry Hyde 60%
Jim Inhofe 60%
Johnny Isakson 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Timothy Johnson 60%
John Kasich 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
John Kerry 60%
Pete King 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
State Office Name Party Rating
Fred Thompson 80%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Pat Toomey 80%
David Vitter 80%
John Warner 80%
David Weldon 80%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
Bill Archer 60%
Richard Armey 60%
Spencer Bachus 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
Cass Ballenger 60%
Bill Barrett 60%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 60%
John Boehner 60%
Henry Bonilla 60%
Mary Bono Mack 60%
Kevin Brady 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 60%
Richard Burr 60%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 60%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 60%
Lincoln Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 60%
Howard Coble 60%
Thomas Coburn 60%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Cooksey 60%
Paul Coverdell 60%
Christopher Cox 60%
Barbara Cubin 60%
Thomas Daschle 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Jay Dickey 60%
Chris Dodd 60%
John Doolittle 60%
David Dreier 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Jo Ann Emerson 60%
Mike Enzi 60%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Robert Franks 60%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 60%
Elton Gallegly 60%
George Gekas 60%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Paul Gillmor 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 60%
William Goodling 60%
Porter Goss 60%
James Greenwood 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Charles Hagel 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 60%
Doc Hastings 60%
Robert Hayes 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 60%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Asa Hutchinson 60%
Henry Hyde 60%
Jim Inhofe 60%
Johnny Isakson 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 60%
Timothy Johnson 60%
John Kasich 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
John Kerry 60%
Pete King 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
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