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Special Interest Groups

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

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 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%
Robert Byrd 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 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%
Bill Delahunt 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda 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%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy 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%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 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%
Michael McNulty 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano 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%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Brian Baird 93%
Marion Berry 93%
Rick Boucher 93%
Dennis Cardoza 93%
Julia Carson 93%
Jerry Costello 93%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
Thomas Holden 93%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
Mike Ross 93%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 93%
Martin Olav Sabo 93%
Byron Dorgan 92%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
James Merrill Jeffords 92%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 92%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 87%
Howard Berman 87%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 87%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 87%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 87%
Artur Davis 87%
James Davis 87%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 87%
Norm Dicks 87%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 87%
Bob Etheridge 87%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 87%
Darlene Hooley 87%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 87%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 87%
William Jefferson 87%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 87%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 87%
Jim Marshall 87%
Robert Matsui 87%
Martin Meehan 87%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 87%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 87%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 87%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 87%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 87%
Silvestre Reyes 87%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 87%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 87%
Gene Taylor 87%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 87%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 87%
Diane Watson 87%
Anthony Weiner 87%
Edward Case 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 86%
Evan Bayh 85%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 85%
Hillary Clinton 85%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 85%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 83%
Leonard Boswell 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 80%
Dennis Moore 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
David Wu 80%
Lincoln Davis 79%
Vic Snyder 79%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 77%
Kent Conrad 77%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 77%
Blanche Lincoln 77%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 77%
Jane Harman 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 73%
Anne Northup 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
John McHugh 67%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
Ben Nelson 62%
Robert Cramer 58%
James Leach 53%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 53%
Sherwood Boehlert 47%
Tim Johnson 47%
Ron Paul 47%
John Sweeney 47%
Arlen Specter 46%
John Nathan Hostettler 40%
Jim Saxton 38%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 31%
Jo Ann Emerson 31%
Olympia Snowe 31%
Todd Akin 29%
Ray LaHood 29%
Jo Ann Davis 27%
Joel Hefley 27%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 27%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 27%
Todd Platts 27%
Christopher Shays 27%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 27%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 27%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 27%
Pete Hoekstra 23%
Philip English 21%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
Charles Taylor 21%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 21%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 21%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
J. Gresham Barrett 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Mike Castle 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Robert Hayes 20%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
James Nussle 20%
James Ramstad 20%
Richard Renzi 20%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 20%
Tom Tancredo 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
Larry Craig 15%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 15%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
Ted Stevens 15%
George Voinovich 15%
Todd Tiahrt 14%
James Walsh 14%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
Judy Biggert 13%
Dan Burton 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
Terry Everett 13%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 13%
Mark Foley 13%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 13%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
Mark Green 13%
Melissa Hart 13%
Nancy Johnson 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 13%
Ron Lewis 13%
Don Manzullo 13%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 13%
Thomas William Osborne 13%
John Peterson 13%
Jon Porter, Sr. 13%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 13%
Heather Wilson 13%
Kit Bond 8%
Elizabeth Dole 8%
Tom Feeney 8%
William Frist 8%
Jim Gibbons 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 8%
Henry Hyde 8%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
Charlie Bass 7%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
Henry Bonilla 7%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 7%
Mary Bono Mack 7%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 7%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 7%
Henry Brown, Jr. 7%
Ginny Brown-Waite 7%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 7%
Steve Buyer 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 7%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 7%
Randall Cunningham 7%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 7%
John Doolittle 7%
David Dreier 7%
Vern Ehlers 7%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 7%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 7%
Elton Gallegly 7%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 7%
Wayne Gilchrest 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 7%
Katherine Harris 7%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 7%
David Lee Hobson 7%
Kenny Hulshof 7%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 7%
William Lewis Jenkins 7%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 7%
Joseph Knollenberg 7%
James Kolbe 7%
Jerry Lewis 7%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 7%
Thaddeus McCotter 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 7%
Marilyn Musgrave 7%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 7%
Michael Oxley 7%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 7%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 7%
Deborah Pryce 7%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 7%
Ralph Regula 7%
Denny Rehberg 7%
Thomas Reynolds 7%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 7%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 7%
Jim Ryun 7%
John Shadegg 7%
Donald Sherwood 7%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 7%
Mark Souder 7%
Cliff Stearns 7%
William Thomas 7%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 7%
Zach Wamp 7%
David Weldon 7%
Gerald Weller 7%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 7%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Chris Chocola 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Norm Coleman 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Mark Kennedy 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
George Radanovich 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
John Warner 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker 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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