Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
2005 Positions
Issues:
Business and Consumers
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | U.S. House-4 | Robert Aderholt | R | 100% |
| Todd Akin | Other | 100% | ||
| LA | U.S. House-5 | Rodney Alexander | R | 100% |
| Wayne Allard | Other | 100% | ||
| George Allen | Other | 100% | ||
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 100% |
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 100% |
| Bob Beauprez | Other | 100% | ||
| TN | U.S. House-7 | Marsha Blackburn | R | 100% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roy Blunt | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 100% |
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 100% | ||
| AL | U.S. House-1 | Jo Bonner, Jr. | R | 100% |
| Mary Bono Mack | Other | 100% | ||
| AR | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Boozman | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-8 | Kevin Brady | R | 100% |
| Henry Brown, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 100% |
| Ginny Brown-Waite | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-26 | Michael Burgess | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-45 | John Campbell III | R | 100% |
| Chris Cannon | Other | 100% | ||
| VA | U.S. House-7 | Eric Cantor | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-31 | John Carter | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 100% |
| Chris Chocola | Other | 100% | ||
| OK | U.S. House-4 | Tom Cole | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-11 | Mike Conaway | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. Senate-Sr | John Cornyn | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-4 | Ander Crenshaw | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-7 | John Culberson | R | 100% |
| Geoff Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 100% |
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 100% | ||
| PA | U.S. House-15 | Charlie Dent | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-25 | Mario Diaz-Balart | R | 100% |
| Elizabeth Dole | Other | 100% | ||
| Thelma Drake | Other | 100% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 100% | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Other | 100% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Feeney | Other | 100% | ||
| VA | U.S. House-4 | Randy Forbes | R | 100% |
| NE | U.S. House-1 | Jeff Fortenberry | R | 100% |
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| AZ | U.S. House-8 | Trent Franks | R | 100% |
| William Frist | Other | 100% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Gibbons | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 100% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-11 | Phil Gingrey | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-1 | Louie Gohmert | R | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-6 | Bob Goodlatte | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-12 | Kay Granger | R | 100% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House-6 | Sam Graves | R | 100% |
| Mark Green | Other | 100% | ||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 100% |
| Melissa Hart | Other | 100% | ||
| J. Dennis Hastert | Other | 100% | ||
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 100% |
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-5 | Jeb Hensarling | R | 100% |
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 100% | ||
| Kenny Hulshof | Other | 100% | ||
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 100% | ||
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-49 | Darrell Issa | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-3 | Sam Johnson | R | 100% |
| Ric Keller | Other | 100% | ||
| IA | U.S. House-4 | Steve King | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-2 | John Kline | R | 100% |
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 100% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 100% | ||
| John Kuhl, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 100% | ||
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 100% |
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 100% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 100% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 100% | ||
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 100% |
| Dan Lungren | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-24 | Kenny Marchant | R | 100% |
| Melquiades Martinez | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-10 | Michael McCaul | R | 100% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 100% |
| James McCrery III | Other | 100% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-5 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-31 | Gary Miller | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-1 | Jefferson Miller | R | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jerry Moran | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-18 | Tim Murphy | R | 100% |
| Marilyn Musgrave | Other | 100% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-19 | Randy Neugebauer | R | 100% |
| Anne Northup | Other | 100% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-22 | Devin Nunes | R | 100% |
| James Nussle | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas William Osborne | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 100% | ||
| NM | U.S. House-2 | Steve Pearce | R | 100% |
| IN | Governor | Mike Pence | R | 100% |
| John Peterson | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| PA | U.S. House-16 | Joe Pitts | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-2 | Ted Poe | R | 100% |
| Richard Pombo | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Porter, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-6 | Tom Price | R | 100% |
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 100% | ||
| FL | Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Adam Putnam | R | 100% |
| George Radanovich | Other | 100% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Renzi | Other | 100% | ||
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-8 | Mike Rogers | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-1 | Paul Ryan | R | 100% |
| Jim Ryun | Other | 100% | ||
| Jean Schmidt | Other | 100% | ||
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-32 | Pete Sessions | R | 100% |
| John Shadegg | Other | 100% | ||
| Donald Sherwood | Other | 100% | ||
| IL | U.S. House-15 | John Shimkus | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-9 | Bill Shuster | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 100% |
| Mike Sodrel | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 100% | ||
| John Sullivan | Other | 100% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 100% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-13 | Mac Thornberry | R | 100% |
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 100% | ||
| OR | U.S. House-2 | Greg Walden | R | 100% |
| Zach Wamp | Other | 100% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 100% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-3 | Lynn Westmoreland | R | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 100% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House-2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | R | 100% |
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 100% |
| J. Gresham Barrett | Other | 96% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 96% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 96% | ||
| UT | U.S. House-1 | Rob Bishop | R | 96% |
| Kit Bond | Other | 96% | ||
| LA | U.S. House-3 | Charles Boustany, Jr. | R | 96% |
| Conrad Burns | Other | 96% | ||
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 96% |
| Dan Burton | Other | 96% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 96% | ||
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 96% |
| Larry Craig | Other | 96% | ||
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 96% |
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 96% | ||
| Jo Ann Davis | Other | 96% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 96% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 96% | ||
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 96% |
| Philip English | Other | 96% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 96% | ||
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Flake | R | 96% |
| NC | U.S. House-5 | Virginia Foxx | R | 96% |
| NJ | U.S. House-5 | Scott Garrett | R | 96% |
| Katherine Harris | Other | 96% | ||
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 96% |
| Robert Hayes | Other | 96% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 96% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 96% | ||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | Other | 96% | ||
| William Lewis Jenkins | Other | 96% | ||
| LA | Governor | Bobby Jindal | R | 96% |
| Mark Kennedy | Other | 96% | ||
| Connie Mack IV | Other | 96% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 96% | ||
| Thaddeus McCotter | Other | 96% | ||
| NC | U.S. House-10 | Patrick McHenry | R | 96% |
| MI | U.S. House-10 | Candice Miller | R | 96% |
| WV | U.S. House-2 | Shelley Moore Capito | R | 96% |
| AK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lisa Murkowski | R | 96% |
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 96% | ||
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | R | 96% |
| Denny Rehberg | Other | 96% | ||
| Thomas Reynolds | Other | 96% | ||
| AL | U.S. House-3 | Mike Rogers | R | 96% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 96% |
| ID | U.S. House-2 | Mike Simpson | R | 96% |
| Tom Tancredo | Other | 96% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 96% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 96% | ||
| OH | U.S. House-12 | Pat Tiberi | R | 96% |
| OH | U.S. House-10 | Mike Turner | R | 96% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 96% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 96% |
| Sue Kelly | Other | 95% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 95% | ||
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 95% |
| Rick Santorum | Other | 95% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 92% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 92% | ||
| Judy Biggert | Other | 92% | ||
| NH | State Senate-3 | Jeb Bradley | R | 92% |
| John Doolittle | Other | 92% | ||
| Michael Ferguson | Other | 92% | ||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | Other | 92% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 92% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 92% | ||
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 92% |
| Todd Platts | Other | 92% | ||
| John Schwarz | Other | 92% | ||
| NE | U.S. House-2 | Lee Terry | R | 92% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 92% |
| James Walsh | Other | 92% | ||
| TN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lamar Alexander | R | 91% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Thomas Coburn | R | 91% |
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 91% |
| Mark Foley | Other | 91% | ||
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 91% |
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 91% | ||
| WA | U.S. House-8 | Dave Reichert | R | 91% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 91% |
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 91% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 91% | ||
| James Talent | Other | 91% | ||
| SD | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Thune | R | 91% |
| John Warner | Other | 91% | ||
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 91% |
| John Sununu | Other | 90% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 88% | ||
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 88% |
| Robert Cramer | Other | 88% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-28 | Henry Cuellar | D | 88% |
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 88% | ||
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 88% |
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 88% | ||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | Other | 88% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 88% | ||
| Heather Wilson | Other | 88% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 87% | ||
| John Sweeney | Other | 87% | ||
| Dan Boren | Other | 83% | ||
| PA | U.S. House-6 | Jim Gerlach | R | 83% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 83% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 83% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Kirk | R | 83% |
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 83% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 83% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 83% | ||
| Gordon Smith | Other | 82% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 79% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 79% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 79% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 79% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 77% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 75% | ||
| Lincoln Davis | Other | 75% | ||
| PA | U.S. House-8 | Mike Fitzpatrick | R | 75% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 75% |
| UT | U.S. House-4 | Jim Matheson | D | 75% |
| Judd Gregg | Other | 74% | ||
| Robert Ruhl Simmons | Other | 74% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 74% | ||
| Norm Coleman | Other | 73% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 71% | ||
| Tim Johnson | Other | 70% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 68% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 67% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 67% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 67% | ||
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 65% |
| Ron Paul | Other | 64% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 63% | ||
| Jim Marshall | Other | 63% | ||
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 63% |
| John Tanner | Other | 63% | ||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | Other | 61% | ||
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 61% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 61% |
| Ben Nelson | Other | 61% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-15 | Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | D | 55% |
| Melissa Bean | Other | 54% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 54% |
| Ike Skelton | Other | 54% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-16 | Jim Costa | D | 50% |
| Charlie Melancon, Sr. | Other | 50% | ||
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 50% |
| GA | U.S. House-13 | David Scott | D | 48% |
| Ed Towns | Other | 47% | ||
| Dennis Cardoza | Other | 46% | ||
| Edward Case | Other | 46% | ||
| TN | U.S. House-5 | Jim Cooper | D | 46% |
| Artur Davis | Other | 46% | ||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Other | 46% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 46% | ||
| NC | U.S. House-7 | Mike McIntyre | D | 46% |
| CO | Commissioner of Agriculture | John Salazar | N/A | 46% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 45% |
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 45% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 45% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-12 | John Barrow | D | 42% |
| Marion Berry | Other | 42% | ||
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 42% |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Other | 42% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 42% | ||
| Mike Ross | Other | 42% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 42% | ||
| Charlie Gonzalez | Other | 39% | ||
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 39% | ||
| Ken Salazar | Other | 39% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 39% | ||
| Brian Baird | Other | 38% | ||
| Ben Chandler III | Other | 38% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 38% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 38% | ||
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 38% |
| Silvestre Reyes | Other | 38% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-46 | Loretta Sanchez | D | 38% |
| Jane Harman | Other | 36% | ||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | Other | 35% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 35% | ||
| AR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Pryor | D | 35% |
| William Jefferson | Other | 33% | ||
| WA | U.S. House-2 | Rick Larsen | D | 33% |
| IL | U.S. House-3 | Daniel Lipinski | D | 33% |
| Dennis Moore | Other | 33% | ||
| MD | U.S. House-2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | D | 33% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 33% |
| Rick Boucher | Other | 30% | ||
| Shelley Berkley | Other | 29% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 29% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 29% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 29% |
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 29% | ||
| WI | U.S. House-3 | Ron Kind | D | 29% |
| VA | U.S. House-8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | D | 29% |
| Vic Snyder | Other | 29% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 28% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 26% | ||
| WA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 26% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Tom Carper | D | 26% |
| RI | Governor | Linc Chafee | I | 26% |
| NY | U.S. House-5 | Gregory Meeks | D | 26% |
| Bart Stupak | Other | 26% | ||
| Ellen Tauscher | Other | 26% | ||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Other | 26% | ||
| David Wu | Other | 26% | ||
| Leonard Boswell | Other | 25% | ||
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 25% |
| NC | U.S. House-1 | G.K. Butterfield, Jr. | D | 25% |
| IL | U.S. House-7 | Danny Davis | D | 25% |
| Norm Dicks | Other | 25% | ||
| NY | U.S. House-26 | Brian Higgins | D | 25% |
| Darlene Hooley | Other | 25% | ||
| NY | U.S. House-3 | Steve Israel | D | 25% |
| Kendrick Meek, Sr. | Other | 25% | ||
| ME | U.S. House-2 | Mike Michaud | D | 25% |
| OH | U.S. House-13 | Tim Ryan | D | 25% |
| WA | U.S. House-9 | Adam Smith | D | 25% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 25% |
| CA | U.S. House-5 | Mike Thompson | D | 25% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 25% |
| FL | U.S. House-23 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | D | 25% |
| MO | U.S. House-1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | D | 24% |
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 24% | ||
| IL | Mayor-At-Large | Rahm Emanuel | D | 24% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 22% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 22% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 22% |
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 22% | ||
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 22% |
| Herb Kohl | Other | 22% | ||
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 22% |
| FL | U.S. Senate-Sr | William Nelson, Sr. | D | 22% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 21% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 21% |
| MD | U.S. House-7 | Elijah Cummings | D | 21% |
| PA | U.S. House-14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | D | 21% |
| TX | U.S. House-9 | Al Green | D | 21% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 21% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 21% |
| RI | U.S. House-2 | Jim Langevin | D | 21% |
| CT | U.S. House-1 | John Larson | D | 21% |
| NY | U.S. House-4 | Carolyn McCarthy | D | 21% |
| Michael McNulty | Other | 21% | ||
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 21% |
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 21% | ||
| Ted Strickland | Other | 21% | ||
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 20% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 18% |
| Thomas Allen | Other | 17% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 17% |
| Howard Berman | Other | 17% | ||
| NY | U.S. House-1 | Tim Bishop | D | 17% |
| CA | U.S. House-24 | Lois Capps | D | 17% |
| MO | U.S. House-5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 17% |
| NY | U.S. House-14 | Joe Crowley | D | 17% |
| CA | U.S. House-53 | Susan Davis | D | 17% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 17% |
| Bill Delahunt | Other | 17% | ||
| TX | U.S. House-35 | Lloyd Doggett | D | 17% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 17% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 17% |
| Bob Etheridge | Other | 17% | ||
| Russ Feingold | Other | 17% | ||
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 17% |
| Barney Frank | Other | 17% | ||
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 17% |
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 17% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 17% | ||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | Other | 17% | ||
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 17% |
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 17% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 17% |
| MA | U.S. House-8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 17% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 17% |
| CA | U.S. House-6 | Doris Matsui | D | 17% |
| Martin Meehan | Other | 17% | ||
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Bob Menendez | D | 17% |
| WI | U.S. House-4 | Gwen Moore | D | 17% |
| NC | U.S. House-4 | David Price | D | 17% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 17% |
| Steve Rothman | Other | 17% | ||
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 17% |
| CA | U.S. House-30 | Brad Sherman | D | 17% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 17% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 17% |
| MD | U.S. House-8 | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | D | 17% |
| Diane Watson | Other | 17% | ||
| Anthony Weiner | Other | 17% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 16% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 14% |
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 14% | ||
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 14% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 13% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 13% | ||
| WI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 13% |
| Evan Bayh | Other | 13% | ||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 13% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 13% |
| PA | U.S. House-1 | Bob Brady | D | 13% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 13% |
| Russ Carnahan | Other | 13% | ||
| Julia Carson | Other | 13% | ||
| CO | U.S. House-1 | Diana DeGette | D | 13% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 13% |
| Chris Dodd | Other | 13% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 13% | ||
| AZ | U.S. House-3 | Raúl Grijalva | D | 13% |
| NJ | U.S. House-12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | D | 13% |
| CA | U.S. House-17 | Mike Honda | D | 13% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 13% |
| Dennis Kucinich | Other | 13% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 13% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-13 | Barbara Lee | D | 13% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 13% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 13% |
| MN | U.S. House-4 | Betty McCollum | DFL | 13% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 13% |
| MA | U.S. House-2 | Jim McGovern | D | 13% |
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | Other | 13% | ||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Other | 13% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 13% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 13% |
| CA | U.S. House-32 | Grace Napolitano | D | 13% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 13% |
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 13% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 13% | ||
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 13% |
| NJ | U.S. House-9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | D | 13% |
| Donald Payne | Other | 13% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-38 | Linda Sánchez | D | 13% |
| CA | U.S. House-28 | Adam Schiff | D | 13% |
| PA | U.S. House-13 | Allyson Schwartz | D | 13% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 13% |
| Hilda Solis | Other | 13% | ||
| MA | U.S. House-6 | John Tierney | D | 13% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 13% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 13% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 13% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 11% |
| James Davis | Other | 11% | ||
| Robert Wexler | Other | 10% | ||
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 9% |
| Hillary Clinton | Other | 9% | ||
| MN | Governor | Mark Dayton | DFL | 9% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 9% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 9% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 9% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 9% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 9% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 9% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 9% |
| NY | U.S. House-10 | Jerry Nadler | D | 9% |
| NA | President | Barack Obama II | D | 9% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 9% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 9% |
| IL | U.S. House-9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 9% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 9% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Debbie Stabenow | D | 9% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 9% |
| MA | U.S. House-7 | Mike Capuano | D | 8% |
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 8% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 8% | ||
| Brad Miller | Other | 8% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 8% | ||
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 8% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 8% |
| Pete Stark | Other | 8% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 8% | ||
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 5% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 5% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 4% |
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 4% | ||
| Frank Lautenberg | Other | 4% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 4% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 4% |
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.