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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 42%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 9%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 92%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 92%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 58%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 58%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 42%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 18%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 9%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 92%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 82%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 36%
Brian Baird 8%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 83%
Charlie Bass 83%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 92%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 18%
Douglas Bereuter 83%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 33%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 58%
Kit Bond 92%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
John Breaux 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 92%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 8%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 91%
Chris Cannon 100%
Jean Carnahan 17%
Brad Carson 58%
Julia Carson 8%
Mike Castle 75%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 42%
Robert Clement 42%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 42%
Kent Conrad 0%
John Cooksey 100%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 17%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 83%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 92%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 78%
Calvin Dooley 58%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 92%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 83%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
Philip English 92%
John Ensign 92%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Michael Ferguson 75%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 83%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 8%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 73%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 8%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Paul Gillmor 91%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
Bart Gordon 42%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 91%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 83%
Judd Gregg 100%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 10%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 25%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 92%
Jesse Helms 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 18%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 17%
Ernest Hollings 8%
Darlene Hooley 17%
Stephen Horn 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Kay Hutchison 92%
Henry Hyde 92%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 42%
James Merrill Jeffords 36%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Christopher John 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Tim Johnson 67%
Paul Kanjorski 17%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 92%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 100%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 9%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 92%
John LaFalce 0%
Ray LaHood 75%
Nicholas Lampson 17%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 67%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 17%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 29%
Trent Lott, Sr. 91%
Dick Lugar 92%
William Luther 0%
James Maloney 25%
Don Manzullo 100%
Frank Mascara 42%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 9%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 82%
Scott McInnis 92%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 64%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 33%
Constance Morella 33%
Frank Murkowski 90%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 42%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 92%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 91%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 82%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 42%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 92%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 8%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 83%
Ralph Regula 92%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 8%
Ciro Rodriguez 9%
Timothy Roemer 25%
Mike Ross 42%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 82%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 92%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 67%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 92%
Christopher Shays 75%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 83%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 92%
Nick Smith 92%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 58%
Vic Snyder 8%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 18%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 8%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 92%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 17%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 92%
William Thomas 92%
Fred Thompson 92%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 92%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 42%
Ed Towns 27%
James Traficant, Jr. 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
James Turner 42%
George Voinovich 83%
James Walsh 82%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 92%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 9%

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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