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Special Interest Groups

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

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 6%
George Allen 13%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Richard Armey 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 8%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 9%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 9%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 81%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 13%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Shelley Berkley 92%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 92%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 17%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 8%
Kit Bond 19%
Henry Bonilla 8%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 17%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 92%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 8%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 75%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 19%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 19%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
Dan Burton 9%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Ben Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 8%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 8%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Jean Carnahan 93%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 93%
Brad Carson 67%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 63%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 88%
Robert Clement 73%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
Michael Collins 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 17%
Gary Condit 75%
Kent Conrad 94%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 8%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 8%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 19%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 83%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 83%
Thomas Davis III 17%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
Norm Dicks 82%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 94%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 21%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 17%
Byron Dorgan 94%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 8%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
Jennifer Dunn 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 8%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 25%
John Ensign 19%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 92%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 8%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 94%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 94%
Michael Ferguson 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 38%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 8%
Mark Foley 25%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 13%
Harold Ford, Jr. 91%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 92%
Elton Gallegly 17%
John Ganske 42%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
Bart Gordon 83%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 94%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 13%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 17%
Mark Green 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 8%
Judd Gregg 13%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 8%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 83%
Melissa Hart 17%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
Robert Hayes 8%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Joel Hefley 18%
Jesse Helms 6%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 82%
Van Hilleary 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 75%
David Lee Hobson 17%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 88%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 83%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 19%
Kay Hutchison 19%
Henry Hyde 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 9%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 91%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Christopher John 45%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 18%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 9%
Sue Kelly 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 17%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
Herb Kohl 88%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 6%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 88%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 8%
Steve LaTourette 36%
James Leach 42%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 8%
Joe Lieberman 93%
Blanche Lincoln 88%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
Dick Lugar 13%
William Luther 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
James Maloney 91%
Don Manzullo 17%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
Robert Matsui 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
Karen McCarthy 91%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
James McCrery III 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 42%
Scott McInnis 8%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 8%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
Zell Bryan Miller 56%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 92%
Dennis Moore 75%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 25%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 7%
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 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
Ben Nelson 81%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 17%
Doug Ose 17%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 8%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 92%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
John Peterson 8%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 18%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 17%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 18%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 25%
Denny Rehberg 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 83%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
Mike Ross 92%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 36%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 17%
Jim Ryun 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 92%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 83%
Rick Santorum 13%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 83%
Edward Schrock 8%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 8%
Christopher Shays 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
Donald Sherwood 17%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
Ronnie Shows 82%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
Joseph Skeen 8%
Ike Skelton 67%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 44%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
Nick Smith 8%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 83%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 9%
Arlen Specter 63%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 18%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 25%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob 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%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 13%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 8%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 6%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 8%
Robert Torricelli 94%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 8%
George Voinovich 13%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 8%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 8%
W. Curtis Weldon 42%
Gerald Weller 17%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
Heather Wilson 17%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 92%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%

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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