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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: International Association of Fire Fighters

1995-1996 Positions on Workplace Rights

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 17%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 17%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 56%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 89%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 78%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 89%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 11%
Herbert Bateman 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 89%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
Brian Bilbray 44%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Sonny Bono 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 86%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 83%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 22%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
John Chafee 33%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 75%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jerry Costello 78%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 17%
Patsy Ann Danner 56%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 89%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 78%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 56%
Vern Ehlers 22%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 22%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 22%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 11%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 11%
Victor Fazio 89%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 0%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Jon David Fox 44%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 44%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 0%
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%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Goodling 11%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 17%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 83%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 44%
Judd Gregg 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 67%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
Jane Harman 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 78%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 88%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 78%
Ernest Hollings 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Stephen Horn 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
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%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Jay Kim 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 78%
Ronald Klink 100%
Scott Klug 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 83%
James Kolbe 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 22%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 33%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 33%
James Leach 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 78%
Robert Livingston 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 89%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Thomas Manton 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
Karen McCarthy 89%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 22%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 78%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
Jack Metcalf 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
David Minge 56%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 78%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
Constance Morella 56%
Carol Moseley Braun 83%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
Mike Parker 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Owen Pickett 67%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
John Edward Porter 22%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Glenn Poshard 56%
Deborah Pryce 13%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 56%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 33%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 22%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Frank Duncan Riggs 22%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Timothy Roemer 56%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Mike Ross 0%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Marge Roukema 56%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 11%
Rick Santorum 17%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 0%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
Steven Schiff 44%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
Norman Sisisky 56%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 56%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Linda Smith 13%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 22%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 78%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 33%
Ted Stevens 17%
Louis Stokes 100%
Bob 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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 78%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 78%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 89%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 22%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
Rick White 11%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%

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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