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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: International Association of Fire Fighters

1999-2000 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 56%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 22%
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 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 22%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 22%
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 89%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 22%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 22%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 33%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 22%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 22%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 38%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 22%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 22%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 86%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 22%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 22%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 22%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley 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 89%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 89%
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 89%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 89%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 44%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 22%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 22%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 22%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 89%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 22%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 22%
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%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 33%
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 22%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 89%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 22%
Cass Ballenger 22%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 22%
Marion Berry 67%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 78%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 11%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
John Breaux 67%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 25%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 22%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 44%
Mac Collins 11%
Christopher Cox 11%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 78%
Philip Crane 13%
Barbara Cubin 22%
Randall Cunningham 22%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 78%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 89%
Thomas DeLay 11%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 78%
John Doolittle 22%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 22%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 78%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Philip English 56%
Bob Etheridge 78%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 22%
Mark Foley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 22%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Jim Gibbons 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 22%
Bart Gordon 89%
Porter Goss 22%
Daniel Graham 100%
Mark Green 33%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 11%
Charles Hagel 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 20%
Robert Hayes 22%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 22%
Joel Hefley 22%
Baron Hill 78%
David Lee Hobson 22%
Pete Hoekstra 22%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Henry Hyde 50%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 44%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 22%
James Kolbe 25%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
James Leach 44%
Ron Lewis 22%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Robert Matsui 89%
Karen McCarthy 89%
James McCrery III 22%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 22%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Alan Mollohan 89%
Dennis Moore 67%
Jack Murtha 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 22%
Robert William Ney 44%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 22%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 22%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Doug Ose 22%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 22%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 22%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
Deborah Pryce 22%
Jack Quinn 75%
George Radanovich 22%
James Ramstad 22%
Ralph Regula 33%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Jim Ryun 22%
Martin Olav Sabo 88%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 67%
John Shadegg 11%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 67%
Donald Sherwood 56%
Ike Skelton 78%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 25%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 22%
Arlen Specter 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
Charles Stenholm 44%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 11%
John Sweeney 44%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
William Tauzin 22%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gene Taylor 56%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 22%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 89%
James Turner 78%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 44%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 56%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 44%
David Wu 89%
Albert Wynn 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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