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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 87%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 85%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 13%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 7%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 13%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 7%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 73%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 93%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 93%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 93%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 93%
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 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 53%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 7%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 93%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 93%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
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 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 87%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 57%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 93%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
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 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 13%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 64%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 13%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 93%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 87%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
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 7%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 21%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 93%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 7%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 60%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 47%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 87%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 87%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 27%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 93%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 87%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 7%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 93%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 29%
Brian Baird 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
Cass Ballenger 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 87%
Charlie Bass 80%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 93%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Shelley Berkley 33%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 33%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 87%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 87%
Henry Bonilla 93%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 27%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 21%
John Breaux 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 93%
Jim Bunning 93%
Conrad Burns 87%
Dan Burton 93%
Steve Buyer 93%
Robert Byrd 13%
Ben Campbell 86%
Chris Cannon 100%
Brad Carson 67%
Julia Carson 7%
Mike Castle 80%
Hillary Clinton 7%
Michael Collins 93%
Larry Combest 92%
Kent Conrad 7%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 27%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 93%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 93%
Thomas Daschle 13%
James Davis 13%
Jo Ann Davis 87%
Thomas Davis III 93%
Bill Delahunt 7%
Thomas DeLay 93%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 87%
Norm Dicks 7%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 83%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 7%
David Dreier 93%
Jennifer Dunn 93%
John Edwards 7%
Chet Edwards 27%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Jo Ann Emerson 86%
Philip English 87%
John Ensign 87%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 93%
Russ Feingold 7%
Michael Ferguson 73%
Peter Fitzgerald 73%
Ernest Fletcher 93%
Mark Foley 87%
Harold Ford, Jr. 29%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 93%
Barney Frank 7%
William Frist 93%
Jonas Frost III 7%
Elton Gallegly 93%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 7%
Jim Gibbons 93%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Paul Gillmor 86%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 93%
Bart Gordon 47%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 7%
Mark Green 93%
James Greenwood 80%
Judd Gregg 93%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
Jane Harman 40%
Melissa Hart 93%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 87%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 93%
Wally Herger, Jr. 93%
Baron Hill 14%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Thomas Holden 13%
Ernest Hollings 7%
Darlene Hooley 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 54%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
Duncan Hunter 87%
Kay Hutchison 93%
Henry Hyde 87%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 87%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 36%
William Lewis Jenkins 87%
Christopher John 53%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Tim Johnson 67%
Paul Kanjorski 13%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 80%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 87%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 7%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 13%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 13%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 7%
Jon Kyl 93%
Ray LaHood 73%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 73%
James Leach 67%
Jerry Lewis 93%
Ron Lewis 93%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 47%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 93%
Dick Lugar 93%
Don Manzullo 93%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 14%
James McCrery III 93%
John McHugh 80%
Scott McInnis 93%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 7%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 71%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 40%
Jack Murtha 27%
Sue Myrick 93%
Ben Nelson 53%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 93%
Robert William Ney 93%
Don Nickles 93%
Anne Northup 93%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 86%
James Nussle 93%
Jim Oberstar 14%
Dave Obey 7%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 27%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 93%
Major Owens 14%
Michael Oxley 92%
Ron Paul 86%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 93%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 13%
Deborah Pryce 93%
Jack Quinn 69%
George Radanovich 93%
James Ramstad 87%
Ralph Regula 93%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 14%
Thomas Reynolds 87%
Ciro Rodriguez 7%
Mike Ross 53%
Steve Rothman 7%
Jim Ryun 93%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 53%
Rick Santorum 93%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 67%
Edward Schrock 93%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 86%
Christopher Shays 80%
Donald Sherwood 93%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 93%
Nick Smith 87%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 7%
Hilda Solis 7%
Mark Souder 93%
Arlen Specter 67%
John Spratt, Jr. 14%
Pete Stark 8%
Cliff Stearns 87%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bart Stupak 15%
John Sullivan 75%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 87%
Tom Tancredo 93%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
William Tauzin 93%
Charles Taylor 87%
Gene Taylor 27%
Craig Thomas 93%
William Thomas 87%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
Ed Towns 21%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 7%
James Turner 33%
George Voinovich 87%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 93%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 93%
W. Curtis Weldon 73%
Gerald Weller 93%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 7%
David Wu 7%
Albert Wynn 7%

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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