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