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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Evan Bayh 92%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
Judy Biggert 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Kit Bond 8%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 89%
John Breaux 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 8%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 75%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 70%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 10%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 0%
Kent Conrad 92%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 90%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 89%
Chris Dodd 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 70%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 92%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 92%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 10%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 11%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 70%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 8%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 90%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 89%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 90%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 11%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 58%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 44%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Tim Johnson 20%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 92%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 30%
James Leach 30%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 92%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 63%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 10%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 30%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 42%
Alan Mollohan 90%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Doug Ose 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 44%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Deborah Pryce 10%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 20%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Mike Ross 90%
Steve Rothman 100%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 90%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 20%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 25%
Nick Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Vic Snyder 90%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 42%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 80%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 78%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 89%
Craig Thomas 8%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 80%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 8%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer 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%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
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 92%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
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 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
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 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green 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%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
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 92%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 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%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
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%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
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 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%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 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%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
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%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
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 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 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%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 42%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 36%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 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%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 14%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young 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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