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