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Special Interest Groups

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

2006 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
Gary Ackerman 93%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 21%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 93%
Todd Akin 14%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 21%
Wayne Allard 13%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 86%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 21%
Brian Baird 86%
Richard Hugh Baker 8%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 7%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 64%
Roscoe Bartlett 14%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
Evan Bayh 100%
Melissa Bean 64%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 92%
Marion Berry 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 93%
Judy Biggert 21%
Brian Bilbray 11%
Michael Bilirakis 38%
Jeff Bingaman 93%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 14%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
Kit Bond 7%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 7%
Mary Bono Mack 17%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 21%
Dan Boren 57%
Leonard Boswell 86%
Rick Boucher 93%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 21%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 7%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 7%
Ginny Brown-Waite 29%
Jim Bunning 13%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 21%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
Dan Burton 21%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 93%
Steve Buyer 33%
Robert Byrd 80%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 7%
Chris Cannon 14%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 7%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Dennis Cardoza 85%
Russ Carnahan 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 87%
Julia Carson 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 15%
Mike Castle 36%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 13%
Ben Chandler III 86%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 93%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 21%
Norm Coleman 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 47%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 7%
Kent Conrad 93%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 93%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 79%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 86%
Jerry Costello 93%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 79%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 7%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 93%
Barbara Cubin 15%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 14%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
Geoff Davis 29%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Lincoln Davis 79%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 86%
Thomas Davis III 29%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 93%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 93%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
James DeMint 13%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 43%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 21%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 14%
Norm Dicks 93%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 92%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
John Doolittle 14%
Byron Dorgan 93%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
Thelma Drake 21%
David Dreier 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 71%
Vern Ehlers 21%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 93%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 43%
John Ensign 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 93%
Bob Etheridge 93%
Terry Everett 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Tom Feeney 21%
Russ Feingold 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Michael Ferguson 43%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 29%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 21%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 29%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 14%
Barney Frank 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 7%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 29%
Elton Gallegly 14%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 57%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 21%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 18%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 14%
Bart Gordon 79%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Judd Gregg 7%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 21%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 93%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 7%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Robert Hayes 43%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. 14%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 86%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 21%
Thomas Holden 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
Darlene Hooley 93%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 21%
Duncan Hunter 15%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 7%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 93%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 21%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 85%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 17%
Tim Johnson 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 62%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 87%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 87%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 36%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 21%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 7%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 36%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 14%
Joseph Knollenberg 14%
Herb Kohl 87%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
John Kuhl, Jr. 43%
Jon Kyl 13%
Ray LaHood 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 73%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 93%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 21%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Frank Lautenberg 93%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 21%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 85%
Ron Lewis 29%
Joe Lieberman 77%
Blanche Lincoln 73%
John Linder 8%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 7%
Dick Lugar 20%
Dan Lungren 21%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Connie Mack IV 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 93%
Don Manzullo 9%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 7%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Jim Marshall 64%
Melquiades Martinez 7%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 7%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 21%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 13%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
James McCrery III 14%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 7%
John McHugh 57%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 15%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 86%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 93%
Dennis Moore 92%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 93%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 43%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 93%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 29%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 43%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 7%
Sue Myrick 14%
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 100%
Ben Nelson 47%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 8%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 93%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 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 93%
Ron Paul 31%
Donald Payne 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 79%
John Peterson 14%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 8%
Todd Platts 50%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 21%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 36%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 7%
Deborah Pryce 36%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 73%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 7%
George Radanovich 7%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 93%
James Ramstad 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 38%
Denny Rehberg 29%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 23%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 93%
Richard Renzi 36%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 29%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 27%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 29%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
Mike Ross 86%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 7%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 92%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 77%
Ken Salazar 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Jim Saxton 43%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 86%
Jean Schmidt 14%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
John Shadegg 7%
Christopher Shays 58%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 14%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 21%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0%
Ike Skelton 86%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 13%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 7%
Olympia Snowe 47%
Vic Snyder 93%
Hilda Solis 93%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 92%
Cliff Stearns 21%
Ted Stevens 13%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 15%
John Sununu 13%
Tom Tancredo 21%
John Tanner 71%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
Gene Taylor 71%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
Craig Thomas 13%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 7%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 36%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 29%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
George Voinovich 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 31%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 27%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 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%
David Weldon 14%
Gerald Weller 36%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 14%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 7%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 7%
Heather Wilson 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
Lynn Woolsey 93%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 86%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 43%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 36%

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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