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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

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

2004 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 92%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 13%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 87%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 13%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 93%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 93%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 93%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 13%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 69%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 7%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 86%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 7%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 87%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 20%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 8%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 7%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 14%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 43%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 21%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 17%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 21%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 14%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 7%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 80%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 67%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 7%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 7%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 87%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 7%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 20%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 87%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 92%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 13%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 87%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 82%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 29%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 27%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 7%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 93%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 13%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 93%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 47%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 7%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 20%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 36%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 33%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 93%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 58%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 8%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 86%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 79%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 7%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 8%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 14%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 7%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 87%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 13%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 27%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 47%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Wayne Allard 8%
George Allen 17%
Thomas Allen 93%
Brian Baird 92%
Richard Hugh Baker 13%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Beauprez 20%
Bob Bennett 8%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 53%
Kit Bond 42%
Henry Bonilla 13%
Rick Boucher 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. 20%
Ginny Brown-Waite 14%
Jim Bunning 17%
Conrad Burns 8%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 100%
Chris Cannon 18%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 80%
Mike Castle 33%
Chris Chocola 13%
Norm Coleman 25%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 7%
Larry Craig 8%
Robert Cramer 60%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Artur Davis 73%
James Davis 87%
Jo Ann Davis 33%
Lincoln Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 93%
Thomas DeLay 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 7%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 27%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 9%
Bob Etheridge 87%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Tom Feeney 7%
Russ Feingold 92%
Michael Ferguson 36%
Mark Foley 13%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 43%
William Frist 17%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
Paul Gillmor 27%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 87%
Mark Green 27%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
Charles Hagel 9%
Jane Harman 87%
Katherine Harris 13%
Melissa Hart 14%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 14%
Joel Hefley 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 63%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 15%
Darlene Hooley 87%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Kenny Hulshof 8%
Duncan Hunter 7%
Henry Hyde 27%
Jay Inslee 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 83%
William Lewis Jenkins 14%
Nancy Johnson 27%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 13%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
James Kolbe 13%
Tom Lantos 93%
James Leach 42%
Ron Lewis 27%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 7%
Trent Lott, Sr. 17%
Jim Marshall 80%
James McCrery III 8%
John McHugh 50%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 93%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 93%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 92%
Alan Mollohan 92%
Dennis Moore 87%
Jack Murtha 93%
Marilyn Musgrave 7%
Robert William Ney 27%
Anne Northup 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 7%
James Nussle 27%
Jim Oberstar 93%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 93%
Thomas William Osborne 20%
Major Owens 93%
Michael Oxley 13%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Richard Pombo 27%
Earl Pomeroy 93%
Jon Porter, Sr. 27%
Deborah Pryce 14%
George Radanovich 7%
James Ramstad 7%
Ralph Regula 20%
Richard Renzi 20%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Jim Ryun 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 50%
John Shadegg 7%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 20%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 53%
Ike Skelton 93%
Gordon Smith 33%
Vic Snyder 80%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 64%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
Ted Stevens 8%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 93%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 53%
James Talent 33%
Tom Tancredo 21%
John Tanner 69%
Ellen Tauscher 93%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 8%
William Thomas 20%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
George Voinovich 42%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 17%
Diane Watson 92%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 20%
Robert Wexler 85%
Heather Wilson 33%
David Wu 87%
Albert Wynn 80%

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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