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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Freedom Democrats

2005-2006 Positions on Economic Issues

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 18%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 18%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 5%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 88%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 15%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 3 Dan Lungren Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Jim Costa Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 15%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 15%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 28%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 14 Connie Mack IV Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 20 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 13%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 23%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 13%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 63%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 15%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 78%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 35%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 35%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 48%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 4 Geoff Davis Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 15%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 15%
LA U.S. House 7 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 13%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 68%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 60%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 18%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 45%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 18%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 15%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 68%
MO U.S. House 3 Russ Carnahan Democratic 13%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 30%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 18%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 13%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 18%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 78%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 63%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 5%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 13%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 55%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 80%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 28%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 18%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 27 Brian Higgins Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 15%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 38%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 13%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 65%
OK U.S. House 2 Dan Boren Democratic 15%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 15%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 35%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 10%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 38%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 68%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 68%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 43%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 15%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 23%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
Thomas Allen 13%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
J. Gresham Barrett 85%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 70%
Marion Berry 15%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Henry Bonilla 15%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 13%
Henry Brown, Jr. 23%
Ginny Brown-Waite 38%
Steve Buyer 38%
Chris Cannon 40%
Julia Carson 20%
Edward Case 8%
Mike Castle 33%
Chris Chocola 85%
Robert Cramer 8%
Barbara Cubin 45%
Artur Davis 10%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Lincoln Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 18%
Bill Delahunt 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
John Doolittle 15%
Thelma Drake 20%
Chet Edwards 10%
Vern Ehlers 35%
Philip English 18%
Bob Etheridge 8%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 45%
Tom Feeney 85%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 43%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 68%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 13%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 23%
Bart Gordon 15%
Mark Green 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
Jane Harman 13%
Katherine Harris 75%
Melissa Hart 25%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 85%
Joel Hefley 88%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 13%
David Lee Hobson 13%
Pete Hoekstra 23%
Darlene Hooley 13%
John Nathan Hostettler 40%
Kenny Hulshof 18%
Duncan Hunter 18%
Henry Hyde 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 88%
Jay Inslee 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
William Jefferson 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Paul Kanjorski 13%
Ric Keller 58%
Sue Kelly 23%
Mark Kennedy 65%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 15%
James Kolbe 23%
John Kuhl, Jr. 13%
Tom Lantos 10%
James Leach 30%
Ron Lewis 38%
John Linder 75%
Jim Marshall 18%
James McCrery III 15%
John McHugh 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 18%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 18%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 3%
Marilyn Musgrave 70%
Robert William Ney 20%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 15%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 3%
Thomas William Osborne 13%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 13%
Donald Payne 10%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Richard Pombo 20%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. 30%
Deborah Pryce 20%
George Radanovich 30%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 10%
Richard Renzi 18%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Jim Ryun 38%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
H. James Saxton 20%
John Schwarz 5%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 18%
Christopher Shays 23%
Donald Sherwood 13%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 18%
Ike Skelton 13%
Vic Snyder 13%
Mike Sodrel 20%
Mark Souder 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 8%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sweeney 18%
Tom Tancredo 85%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
Charles Taylor 23%
Gene Taylor 40%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 20%
Diane Watson 15%
Anthony Weiner 15%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 18%
Gerald Weller 13%
Robert Wexler 8%
Heather Wilson 15%
David Wu 8%
Albert Wynn 10%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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