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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 19%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 8%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 25%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 27%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 6%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 92%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 94%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 83%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 8%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 93%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 93%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 13%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 92%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 8%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 19%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
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 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 17%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 9%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 25%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 19%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 8%
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 92%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch 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 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 17%
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 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 81%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
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 94%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 81%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 17%
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 42%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
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 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 92%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
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 91%
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 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 92%
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 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 36%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 8%
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 30%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 18%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 63%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 94%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
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 9%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
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. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 8%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 33%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
Wayne Allard 6%
George Allen 13%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 8%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 9%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 9%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 13%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Marion Berry 92%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 19%
Henry Bonilla 8%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
John Breaux 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 8%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 19%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 8%
Ben Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 8%
Jean Carnahan 93%
Brad Carson 67%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 25%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 88%
Robert Clement 73%
Mac Collins 17%
Larry Combest 17%
Gary Condit 75%
John Cooksey 8%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 8%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 83%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Thomas Davis III 17%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
Chris Dodd 94%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 21%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 17%
Byron Dorgan 94%
Jennifer Dunn 8%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 8%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 25%
John Ensign 19%
Bob Etheridge 92%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 8%
Russ Feingold 94%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 38%
Ernest Fletcher 8%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 91%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 92%
John Ganske 42%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Bart Gordon 83%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 94%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 17%
James Greenwood 8%
Judd Gregg 13%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Charles Hagel 25%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 8%
Jane Harman 83%
Melissa Hart 17%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 8%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Joel Hefley 18%
Jesse Helms 6%
Baron Hill 82%
Van Hilleary 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Ernest Hollings 88%
Darlene Hooley 83%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 19%
Henry Hyde 17%
Jay Inslee 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 91%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Christopher John 45%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 9%
Sue Kelly 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 17%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
James Kolbe 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
James Leach 42%
Ron Lewis 8%
Blanche Lincoln 88%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 91%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 91%
Karen McCarthy 91%
James McCrery III 8%
John McHugh 42%
Scott McInnis 8%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 56%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 92%
Dennis Moore 75%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 7%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 8%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 13%
Anne Northup 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 17%
Doug Ose 17%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 8%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 92%
Deborah Pryce 17%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 17%
Ralph Regula 25%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 83%
Marge Roukema 36%
Jim Ryun 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 83%
Rick Santorum 13%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 33%
Edward Schrock 8%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 8%
Christopher Shays 17%
Donald Sherwood 17%
Ronnie Shows 82%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Joseph Skeen 8%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 44%
Nick Smith 8%
Bob Smith 13%
Vic Snyder 83%
Mark Souder 9%
Arlen Specter 63%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 25%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 9%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 18%
Tom Tancredo 8%
John Tanner 64%
Ellen Tauscher 83%
William Tauzin 17%
Charles Taylor 8%
Gene Taylor 64%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 8%
Fred Thompson 13%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 6%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 94%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 75%
George Voinovich 13%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 25%
Wesley Watkins 8%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 8%
W. Curtis Weldon 42%
Gerald Weller 17%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 17%
David Wu 92%
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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