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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: International Association of Fire Fighters

1995-1996 Positions on Workplace Rights

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 22%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 78%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 20%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 22%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 89%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 33%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 78%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 63%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 89%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 17%
Wayne Allard 0%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 17%
Henry Scott Baesler 56%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 89%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 78%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 89%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Marion Berry 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
Carol Moseley Braun 83%
John Breaux 50%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 83%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 0%
John Chafee 33%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 75%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 44%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 17%
Patsy Ann Danner 56%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 56%
Vern Ehlers 22%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 22%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 22%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 11%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 11%
Victor Fazio 89%
Russ Feingold 100%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 0%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Jon David Fox 44%
Robert Franks 44%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
John Ganske 11%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Benjamin Gilman 44%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
William Goodling 11%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 17%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 83%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 17%
James Greenwood 44%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 67%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 78%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 88%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Stephen Horn 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 44%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 89%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 78%
Ronald Klink 100%
Scott Klug 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 33%
James Leach 33%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 78%
Robert Livingston 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 89%
Connie Mack 0%
Thomas Manton 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 89%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 22%
Paul McHale 78%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 56%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 78%
Constance Morella 56%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 17%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 22%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 0%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Owen Pickett 67%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
John Edward Porter 22%
Glenn Poshard 56%
Deborah Pryce 13%
Jack Quinn 56%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 33%
Ralph Regula 22%
Frank Duncan Riggs 22%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 83%
Timothy Roemer 56%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Marge Roukema 56%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 11%
Rick Santorum 17%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 44%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
Norman Sisisky 56%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 56%
Linda Smith 13%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 22%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 78%
Charles Stenholm 33%
Ted Stevens 17%
Louis Stokes 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 89%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 11%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 44%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 78%
James Traficant, Jr. 78%
Bruce Vento 89%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 17%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 22%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
Rick White 11%
Robert Wise, Jr. 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%

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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