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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
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Howard Berman 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
William Coyne 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
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%
Peter Deutsch 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Tony Hall 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John LaFalce 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
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%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
William Luther 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
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%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
David Phelps 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 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%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Kent Conrad 94%
Chris Dodd 94%
Byron Dorgan 94%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
Russ Feingold 94%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 94%
Daniel Graham 94%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 94%
Robert Torricelli 94%
Jean Carnahan 93%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 93%
Joe Lieberman 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
Shelley Berkley 92%
Marion Berry 92%
Leonard Boswell 92%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
Bob Etheridge 92%
Jonas Frost III 92%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
Alan Mollohan 92%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 92%
Earl Pomeroy 92%
Mike Ross 92%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
David Wu 92%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
Harold Ford, Jr. 91%
William Jefferson 91%
James Maloney 91%
Robert Matsui 91%
Karen McCarthy 91%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 88%
Ernest Hollings 88%
Herb Kohl 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 88%
Blanche Lincoln 88%
Brian Baird 83%
James Barcia 83%
James Davis 83%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 83%
Bart Gordon 83%
Jane Harman 83%
Darlene Hooley 83%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Timothy Roemer 83%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 83%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
Vic Snyder 83%
Ellen Tauscher 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Norm Dicks 82%
Baron Hill 82%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
Ronnie Shows 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 81%
Ben Nelson 81%
William Lipinski 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
John Breaux 75%
Robert Byrd 75%
Gary Condit 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
Dennis Moore 75%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
James Turner 75%
Robert Clement 73%
Brad Carson 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
John Tanner 64%
Gene Taylor 64%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 63%
Arlen Specter 63%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
Zell Bryan Miller 56%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Christopher John 45%
Gordon Smith 44%
John Ganske 42%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
James Leach 42%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
John McHugh 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
W. Curtis Weldon 42%
Ben Campbell 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 38%
Steve LaTourette 36%
Marge Roukema 36%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
Tim Johnson 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 27%
Ron Paul 27%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 25%
Mike Castle 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
Philip English 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
Sue Kelly 25%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
Richard Pombo 25%
Ralph Regula 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ted Stevens 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
John Warner 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 21%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
Kit Bond 19%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 19%
Conrad Burns 19%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 19%
John Ensign 19%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 19%
Kay Hutchison 19%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 19%
Steve Buyer 18%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Joel Hefley 18%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 18%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 18%
Todd Platts 18%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 18%
Cliff Stearns 18%
John Sweeney 18%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
Charlie Bass 17%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Judy Biggert 17%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 17%
Mary Bono Mack 17%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 17%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 17%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Thomas Davis III 17%
John Doolittle 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
George Gekas 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 17%
Mark Green 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Melissa Hart 17%
Van Hilleary 17%
David Lee Hobson 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Mark Kennedy 17%
Don Manzullo 17%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
James Nussle 17%
Thomas William Osborne 17%
Doug Ose 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
Deborah Pryce 17%
James Ramstad 17%
Denny Rehberg 17%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 17%
Christopher Shays 17%
Donald Sherwood 17%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
William Tauzin 17%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
Gerald Weller 17%
Heather Wilson 17%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17%
George Allen 13%
Bob Bennett 13%
Jim Bunning 13%
Larry Craig 13%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 13%
William Frist 13%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 13%
Judd Gregg 13%
Dick Lugar 13%
Don Nickles 13%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
Rick Santorum 13%
Bob Smith 13%
Craig Thomas 13%
Fred Thompson 13%
George Voinovich 13%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Michael Oxley 10%
James Walsh 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 9%
Robert Barr, Jr. 9%
Dan Burton 9%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 9%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 9%
Ric Keller 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
Mark Souder 9%
Bob Stump 9%
Zach Wamp 9%
Richard Armey 8%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 8%
Henry Bonilla 8%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 8%
Henry Brown, Jr. 8%
Ed Bryant 8%
Herbert Callahan 8%
Chris Cannon 8%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 8%
John Cooksey 8%
Philip Crane 8%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 8%
David Dreier 8%
Jennifer Dunn 8%
Vern Ehlers 8%
Terry Everett 8%
Ernest Fletcher 8%
Porter Goss 8%
James Greenwood 8%
James Hansen 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
Robert Hayes 8%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Brian Kerns 8%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 8%
Jerry Lewis 8%
Ron Lewis 8%
John Linder 8%
James McCrery III 8%
Scott McInnis 8%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 8%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 8%
Anne Northup 8%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 8%
John Peterson 8%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 8%
Jim Ryun 8%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 8%
Edward Schrock 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 8%
Joseph Skeen 8%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
Nick Smith 8%
Tom Tancredo 8%
Charles Taylor 8%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
William Thomas 8%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 8%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 8%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 8%
Wesley Watkins 8%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
David Weldon 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
Frank Murkowski 7%
Wayne Allard 6%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
Jesse Helms 6%
Jon Kyl 6%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
Strom Thurmond 6%
Todd Akin 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dan Miller 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Bob Riley 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
John Sununu 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi 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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