How They Voted
Catholic Members of Congress Career Pro-Life Voting Record
There are 161 Catholics currently serving in Congress. Thirty-four have a 100% voting record on all life issue votes and thirty-seven have never taken a pro-life position earning a 0% voting record.
Twenty-three new Catholic lawmakers make up the freshmen class. Eight are solidly pro-life having a 100% voting record thus far. They are Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE), and Reps. Tom Rooney (R-FL), Joseph Cao (R-LA), John Fleming (R-LA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Steve Austria (R-OH), and the only Democrat lawmaker - Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA).
Thirty-four Catholic lawmakers co-sposored the Freedom of Choice Act of 2007. Seventy-five Catholic members of Congress accept campaign donations from groups that advocate for unrestricted abortion rights.
State |
Office/District | Catholic Member of Congress |
Money from Lobby Groups that Advocate for Abortion |
Career Pro-life Record |
Total Votes |
Pro-Life Position |
Anti-Life Position |
Co-sponsored Freedom of Choice Act of (FOCA) 2007 |
Assumed Office |
| Alaska | Senator | Lisa Murkowski (R) |
$ 24,435.00 |
64% |
25 |
16 |
9 |
2002 | |
| Alaska | Senator | Mark Begich (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | ||
| Arizona | Rep District 1 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | 33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | ||
| Arizona | Rep District 4 | Ed Pastor (D) |
$ 13,760.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
1991 | |
| Arizona | Rep District 5 | Harry Mitchell (D) |
$ 23,300.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
X |
2007 |
| Arizona | Rep District 7 | Raúl M. Grijalva (D) |
$ 12,250.00 |
0% |
27 |
0 |
27 |
X |
2003 |
| California | Rep District 1 | Mike Thompson (D) |
$7,935.00 |
0% |
64 |
0 |
64 |
X |
1999 |
| California | Rep District 3 | Dan Lungren ® | 100% |
17 |
17 |
2005 | |||
| California | Rep District 7 | George Miller (D) |
$ 11,175.00 |
0% |
81 |
0 |
81 |
X |
1975 |
| California | Rep District 8 | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
244,113.00 |
1% |
81 |
1 |
80 |
1987 | |
| California | Rep District 10 | Ellen Tauscher (D) |
$ 264,366.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1997 |
| California | Rep District 11 | Jerry McNerney (D) |
$ 9,250.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
X |
2007 |
| California | Rep District 12 | Jackie Speier (D) |
$ 57,955.00 |
0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2008 | |
| California | Rep District 14 | Anna Eshoo (D) |
$ 226,821.00 |
1% |
81 |
1 |
80 |
X |
1993 |
| California | Rep District 18 | Dennis Cardoza (D) |
$ 22,750.00 |
15% |
27 |
4 |
23 |
2003 | |
| California | Rep District 19 | George Radanovich (R) | 100% |
79 |
79 |
0 |
1995 | ||
| California | Rep District 20 | Jim Costa (D) |
$ 7,000.00 |
12% |
17 |
2 |
15 |
2005 | |
| California | Rep District 21 | Devin Nunes (R) | 100% |
28 |
28 |
0 |
2003 | ||
| California | Rep District 31 | Xavier Becerra (D) |
$ 8,453.00 |
0% |
81 |
0 |
81 |
1993 | |
| California | Rep District 33 | Diane Watson (D) |
$ 95,671.00 |
0% |
38 |
0 |
38 |
X |
2001 |
| California | Rep District 34 | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) |
$ 45,068.00 |
1% |
78 |
1 |
77 |
1993 | |
| California | Rep District 38 | Grace Napolitano (D) |
$ 58,766.00 |
0% |
64 |
0 |
64 |
X |
1999 |
| California | Rep District 39 | Linda Sánchez (D) |
$ 129,592.00 |
0% |
28 |
0 |
28 |
X |
2003 |
| California | Rep District 40 | Edward R. Royce (R) | 100% |
84 |
84 |
0 |
1993 | ||
| California | Rep District 43 | Joe Baca (D) |
$ 5,750.00 |
6% |
49 |
3 |
46 |
1999 | |
| California | Rep District 47 | Loretta Sanchez (D) |
$ 357,686.00 |
1% |
86 |
1 |
85 |
X |
1997 |
| California | Rep District 50 | Brian Bilbray (R) | 57% |
49 |
28 |
21 |
2001 | ||
| Colorado | Rep District 3 | John Salazar (D) | 35% |
17 |
6 |
11 |
2005 | ||
| Colorado | Rep District 4 | Betsy Markey (D) |
$ 13,549.00 |
33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | |
| Connecticut | Senator | Christopher Dodd (D) | 2% |
49 |
1 |
48 |
1981 | ||
| Connecticut | Rep District 1 | John Larson (D) |
1,585.00 |
0% |
63 |
0 |
63 |
1999 | |
| Connecticut | Rep District 2 | Joe Courtney (D) |
$ 8,600.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
2007 | |
| Connecticut | Rep District 3 | Rosa DeLauro (D) |
$ 231,535.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1991 |
| Delaware | Senator | Ted Kaufman (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 |
||
| Delaware | Rep: At Large | Michael N. Castle (R) |
$ 12,800.00 |
23% |
84 |
19 |
65 |
1993 |
|
| Florida | Senator | George LeMieux* Mel Martinez (Rep) |
100% |
14 |
14 |
0 |
2009 2005 |
||
| Florida | Rep District 5 | Ginny Brown-Waite ® |
$ 3,855.00 |
75% |
28 |
21 |
7 |
2003 |
|
| Florida | Rep District 14 | Connie Mack IV (R) | 72% |
18 |
13 |
5 |
2005 |
||
| Florida | Rep District 16 | Tom Rooney ® | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 |
||
| Florida | Rep District 21 | Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) | 100% |
81 |
81 |
0 |
1993 |
||
| Florida | Rep District 25 | Mario Diaz-Balart (R) | 100% |
29 |
29 |
0 |
2003 |
||
| Georgia | Rep District 8 | Jim Marshall (D) | 93% |
28 |
26 |
2 |
2003 |
||
| Georgia | Rep District 11 | Phil Gingrey (R) | 100% |
29 |
29 |
0 |
2003 |
||
| Idaho | Senator | Jim Risch (Rep) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Illinois | Senator | Dick Durbin (D) |
$ 77,216.00 |
2% |
52 |
1 |
51 |
1997 | |
| Illinois | Rep District 3 | Dan Lipinski (D) | 89% |
18 |
16 |
2 |
2005 |
||
| Illinois | Rep District 3 | Luis Gutierrez (D) |
$ 5,650.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1993 |
| Illinois | Rep District 12 | Jerry Costello (D) | 93% |
85 |
79 |
6 |
1988 |
||
| Illinois | Rep District 17 | Philip Hare (D) |
$ 3,250.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
2007 |
|
| Indiana | Rep District 1 | Pete Visclosky (D) | 19% |
83 |
16 |
67 |
1985 |
||
| Indiana | Rep District 2 | Joe Donnelly (D) | 71% |
7 |
5 |
2 |
2007 |
||
| Indiana | Rep District 8 | Brad Ellsworth (D) | 86% |
7 |
6 |
1 |
2007 |
||
| Iowa | Rep District 5 | Steve King (R) | 100% |
29 |
29 |
0 |
2003 |
||
| Iowa | Senator | Tom Harkin (D) |
$ 191,057.00 |
2% |
51 |
1 |
50 |
1985 | |
| Kansas | Senator | Sam Brownback (Rep) | 98% |
50 |
49 |
1 |
1996 | ||
| Kentucky | Senator | Jim Bunning (Rep) | 100% |
37 |
37 |
0 |
1999 | ||
| Louisiana | Senator | Mary Landrieu (D) |
$ 326,996.00 |
34% |
50 |
17 |
33 |
1997 | |
| Louisiana | Senator | David Vitter (Rep) | 100% |
60 |
60 |
2005/1992 | |||
| Louisiana | Rep District 1 | Steve Scalise (R) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2007 | ||
| Louisiana | Rep District 2 | Joseph Cao (Rep) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Louisiana | Rep District 3 | Charlie Melancon (D) | 67% |
18 |
12 |
6 |
2005 | ||
| Louisiana | Rep District 4 | John Fleming (Rep) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Maine | Rep District 2 | Mike Michaud (D) | 38% |
29 |
11 |
18 |
2003 | ||
| Maine | Senator | Susan Collins (Rep) |
$ 244,360.00 |
19% |
52 |
10 |
42 |
1997 | |
| Maryland | Senator | Barbara Mikulski (D) |
$ 367,491.00 |
2% |
51 |
1 |
50 |
X |
1987 |
| Massachusetts | Senator | John Kerry (D) |
$ 205,768.00 |
4% |
45 |
2 |
43 |
X |
1985 |
| Massachusetts | Senator | Ted Kennedy (D) |
$ 211,643.00 |
4% |
46 |
2 |
44 |
1962 | |
| Massachusetts | Rep District 2 | Richard Neal (D) | 33% |
84 |
28 |
56 |
1989 | ||
| Massachusetts | Rep District 3 | Jim McGovern (D) |
$ 48,738.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1997 |
| Massachusetts | Rep District 6 | John Tierney (D) |
$ 29,868.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1997 |
| Massachusetts | Rep District 7 | Ed Markey (D) |
$ 2,812.00 |
1% |
81 |
1 |
80 |
1976 | |
| Massachusetts | Rep District 8 | Mike Capuano (D) |
$ 1,027.00 |
0% |
65 |
0 |
65 |
X |
1999 |
| Massachusetts | Rep District 9 | Stephen Lynch (D) | 46% |
37 |
17 |
20 |
2001 | ||
| Massachusetts | Rep District 10 | Bill Delahunt (D) |
$ 10,312.00 |
4% |
77 |
3 |
74 |
1997 | |
| Michigan | Rep District 1 | Bart Stupak (D) | 95% |
84 |
80 |
4 |
1993 | ||
| Michigan | Rep District 4 | David Lee Camp (R) | 100% |
83 |
83 |
0 |
1991 | ||
| Michigan | Rep District 5 | Dale E. Kildee (D) | 88% |
85 |
75 |
10 |
1977 | ||
| Michigan | Rep District 11 | Thaddeus McCotter (R) | 100% |
29 |
29 |
0 |
2003 | ||
| Michigan | Rep District 15 | John Dingell (D) | 22% |
79 |
17 |
62 |
1955 | ||
| Missouri | Senator | Claire McCaskill (D) |
$ 986,619.00 |
0% |
10 |
0 |
10 |
2007 | |
| Missouri | Rep District 9 | Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Minnesota | Rep District 4 | Betty McCollum (D) |
$ 266,695.00 |
0% |
44 |
0 |
44 |
X |
2001 |
| Minnesota | Rep District 8 | Jim Oberstar (D) | 90% |
81 |
73 |
8 |
1975 | ||
| Mississippi | Rep District 4 | Gene Taylor (D) | 93% |
82 |
76 |
6 |
1989 | ||
| Nebraska | Senator | Mike Johanns (Rep) | 100% |
2 |
2 |
2009 | |||
| Nebraska | Rep District 1 | Jeff Fortenberry (R) | 100% |
18 |
18 |
0 |
2005 | ||
| New Hampshire | Rep District 1 | Carol Shea-Porter (D) |
$ 79,350.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
X |
2007 |
| New Jersey | Senator | Bob Menendez (D) |
$ 44,585.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
2006/1993 |
| New Jersey | Rep District 2 | Frank LoBiondo (R) | 94% |
85 |
80 |
5 |
1995 | ||
| New Jersey | Rep District 4 | Chris Smith (R) | 99% |
85 |
84 |
1 |
1981 | ||
| New Jersey | Rep District 6 | Frank Pallone (D) |
$ 34,991.00 |
1% |
84 |
1 |
83 |
X |
1993 |
| New Jersey | Rep District 7 | Leonard Lance (R) | 33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | ||
| New Jersey | Rep District 8 | Bill Pascrell Jr. (D) |
$ 2,750.00 |
29% |
85 |
25 |
60 |
1997 | |
| New Jersey | Rep District 13 | Albio Sires (D) | 0% |
8 |
0 |
8 |
2006 | ||
| New York | Rep District 1 | Tim Bishop (D) |
$ 70,450.00 |
0% |
28 |
0 |
28 |
2003 | |
| New York | Rep District 3 | Peter T. King (R) | 100% |
84 |
84 |
0 |
1993 | ||
| New York | Rep District 4 | Carolyn McCarthy (D) |
$ 417,929.00 |
7% |
83 |
6 |
77 |
X |
1997 |
| New York | Rep District 7 | Joseph Crowley (D) |
$ 4,000.00 |
27% |
64 |
17 |
47 |
X |
1999 |
| New York | Rep District 12 | Nydia Velázquez (D) |
$ 41,875.00 |
1% |
82 |
1 |
81 |
X |
1993 |
| New York | Rep District 13 | Michael McMahon (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | ||
| New York | Rep District 15 | Charles B. Rangel (D) |
$ 15,685.00 |
4% |
82 |
3 |
79 |
X |
1971 |
| New York | Rep District 16 | José Serrano (D) |
$ 6,585.00 |
2% |
81 |
2 |
79 |
1990 | |
| New York | Rep District 19 | John Hall (D) |
$ 15,750.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
2007 | |
| New York | Senator | Kirsten Gillibrand* (D) |
$ 489,081.00 |
0% |
10 |
0 |
10 |
2007 | |
| New York | Rep District 21 | Paul Tonko (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | ||
| New York | Rep District 22 | Maurice Hinchey (D) |
$ 99,559.00 |
1% |
81 |
1 |
80 |
1993 | |
| New York | Rep District 23 | John M. McHugh (R) | 95% |
82 |
78 |
4 |
1993 | ||
| New York | Rep District 24 | Michael Arcuri (D) |
$ 36,250.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
X |
2007 |
| New York | Rep District 25 | Dan Maffei (D) |
$ 33,250.00 |
0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | |
| New York | Rep District 27 | Brian Higgins (D) |
$ 14,500.00 |
6% |
18 |
1 |
17 |
2005 | |
| New York | Rep District 29 | Eric Massa (D) |
$ 33,750.00 |
33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | |
| New Mexico | Rep District 3 | Ben R. Luján (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | ||
| North Carolina | Rep District 3 | Walter B. Jones (R) | 98% |
84 |
82 |
2 |
1995 | ||
| North Carolina | Rep District 5 | Virginia Foxx (R) | 100% |
18 |
18 |
0 |
2005 | ||
| North Carolina | Rep District 10 | Patrick McHenry (R) | 100% |
18 |
18 |
0 |
2005 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 1 | Steve Driehaus (D) | 33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 2 | Jean Schmidt (R) | 100% |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2005 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 5 | Bob Latta (R) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2007 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 6 | Charlie Wilson (D) | 71% |
7 |
5 |
2 |
2007 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 7 | Steve Austria (R) | 100% |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 8 | John A. Boehner (R) | 100% |
84 |
84 |
0 |
1991 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 9 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 49% |
81 |
40 |
41 |
1983 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 10 | Dennis J. Kucinich (D)* |
$ 1,500.00 |
61% |
80 |
49 |
31 |
X |
1997 |
| Ohio | Rep District 12 | Pat Tiberi (R) | 100% |
45 |
45 |
0 |
2001 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 16 | John Boccieri (D) | 33% |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2009 | ||
| Ohio | Rep District 15 | Mary Jo Kilroy |
$ 568,517.00 |
0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | |
| Ohio | Rep District 17 | Tim Ryan (D) | 62% |
26 |
16 |
10 |
2003 | ||
| Oklahoma | Rep District 1 | John Sullivan (R) | 100% |
35 |
35 |
2002 | |||
| Oregon | Rep District 4 | Peter DeFazio (D) |
$ 10,850.00 |
2% |
82 |
2 |
80 |
X |
1987 |
| Pennsylvania | Senator | Bob Casey (D) |
$ 327,914.00 |
60% |
10 |
6 |
4 |
2007 | |
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 1 | Bob Brady (D) |
$ 5,137.00 |
3% |
72 |
2 |
70 |
1998 | |
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 3 | Kathy Dahlkemper (D) | 100% |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2009 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 4 | Jason Altmire (D) | 29% |
7 |
2 |
5 |
2007 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 7 | Joe Sestak (D) |
$ 27,000.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
2007 | |
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 8 | Patrick Murphy (D) |
$ 31,602.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
2007 | |
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 10 | Chris Carney (D) | 14% |
7 |
1 |
6 |
2007 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 11 | Paul E. Kanjorski (D) | 81% |
85 |
69 |
16 |
1985 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 12 | John Murtha (D) | 87% |
83 |
72 |
11 |
1974 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 14 | Michael F. Doyle (D) | 78% |
87 |
68 |
19 |
1995 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 17 | Tim Holden (D) | 90% |
82 |
74 |
8 |
1993 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Rep District 18 | Tim Murphy (R) | 97% |
29 |
28 |
1 |
2003 | ||
| Rhode Island | Senator | Jack Reed (D) |
$ 17,400.00 |
2% |
52 |
1 |
51 |
1997 | |
| Rhode Island | Rep District 1 | Patrick J. Kennedy (D) |
$ 9,850.00 |
10% |
82 |
8 |
74 |
X |
1995 |
| Rhode Island | Rep District 2 | James Langevin (D) | 67% |
45 |
30 |
15 |
2001 | ||
| Texas | Rep District 8 | Kevin Brady (R) | 100% |
80 |
80 |
1997 | |||
| Texas | Rep District 10 | Michael McCaul (R) | 100% |
18 |
18 |
0 |
2005 | ||
| Texas | Rep District 15 | Rubén Hinojosa (D) | 15% |
79 |
12 |
67 |
1997 | ||
| Texas | Rep District 16 | Silvestre Reyes (D) | 28% |
81 |
23 |
58 |
1997 | ||
| Texas | Rep District 20 | Charlie Gonzalez (D) |
$ 8,610.00 |
0% |
64 |
0 |
64 |
1999 | |
| Texas | Rep District 23 | Ciro Rodriguez (D) |
$ 32,610.00 |
0% |
71 |
0 |
71 |
1997 | |
| Texas | Rep District 25 | Henry Cuellar (D) | 53% |
17 |
9 |
8 |
2005 | ||
| Vermont | Rep - At Large | Peter Welch (D) |
$ 14,750.00 |
0% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
X |
2007 |
| Vermont | Senator | Patrick Leahy (D) | 12% |
52 |
6 |
46 |
1975 | ||
| Virginia | Rep District 5 | Tom Perriello (D) | 0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | ||
| Virginia | Rep District 8 | Jim Moran (D) |
$ 44,721.00 |
7% |
84 |
6 |
78 |
X |
1991 |
| Virginia | Rep District 11 | Gerry Connolly (D) |
$ 6,000.00 |
0% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2009 | |
| Washington | Senator | Patty Murray (D) |
$ 1,043,301.00 |
2% |
52 |
1 |
51 |
X |
1993 |
| Washington | Senator | Maria Cantwell (D) |
$ 303,014.00 |
0% |
28 |
0 |
28 |
X |
2001 |
| Washington | Rep District 4 | Doc Hastings (R) | 100% |
82 |
82 |
0 |
1995 | ||
| Wisconsin | Rep District 1 | Paul Ryan (R) | 100% |
62 |
62 |
0 |
1999 | ||
| Wisconsin | Rep District 7 | Dave Obey (D) | 31% |
80 |
25 |
55 |
1969 |
*Seantor George LeMieux was appointed September 10, 2009 to fill the seat Senator Martinez vacated.
*Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's senate seat by Governor David Paterson until a special election in 2010. She was a U.S. Representaitve from New York's 20th district prior to the appointment.
*Congressman Kucinich's voting record is misleading. He has not cast a pro-life vote since 2003 and was a co-sponsor of FOCA.
Scorecard information from National Right to Life on life issue votes since 1997. Campaign donations reported to FEC and made available at opensecrets.org