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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

2001 Positions

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