The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is "a 150,000-member organization with more than 1,500 branches nationwide that lobbies and advocates for education and equity." This group lobbies in favor of the right of women to safe and legal abortions, it is against vouchers, in favor of increases in education spending, against the big 2001 tax cuts that endanger education and welfare spending and that might endanger the Social Security Trust Fund, and against the erosion of civil rights and liberties. For example, in 2001 AAUW was strongly against the nomination of Senator Ashcroft as Attorney General because of his history of opposing abortion and not strenuously protecting the civil rights of women and minorities

Business and Professional Women/USA has the following mission: "To achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education, and information." This group, founded in 1919, has 30,000 members in more than 1,600 Local Organizations.
Concerned Women for America (CWA), with 500,000 members, states that its mission is "to protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society—thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation." It is pro-life, pro prayer in schools, pro vouchers, pro decreased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, and pro religious organizations being allowed to engage in political speech. This group is against internet gambling, in favor of displaying the Ten Commandments in government buildings, and against most favored nation trade status for China because of its poor human rights record. In 2001 CWA was in favor of withholding $244 million from the U.N until the U.S. is allowed back into the UN Human Rights Commission. It is against the International Criminal Court , supports the Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act, opposes Campaign Finance Reform and supported the nomination of John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General.

Although the National Organization for Women (NOW) has not put out a scorecard for Congress since 1998 we are including it here because it has half a million contributing members and hundreds of chapters and because it is very politically active. NOW works for legislation that aims to lessen violence against women. It strongly supports laws requiring employers to provide family and medical leave and laws that strengthen enforcement of child support awards. It is for affirmative action, for a safety net for poor women and children and is a proponent for basic civil rights including fair treatment for lesbians and gay men.