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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 65%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 95%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 30%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 15%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 15%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 85%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 15%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 95%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 20%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 65%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 95%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 20%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 85%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 15%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 95%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 95%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 90%
Thomas Allen 10%
William Archer 95%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
John Baldacci 15%
Cass Ballenger 90%
James Barcia 30%
Robert Barr, Jr. 85%
William Barrett 85%
Herbert Bateman 85%
Bob Bennett 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Marion Berry 30%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Rod Blagojevich 15%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 75%
Henry Bonilla 85%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Robert Borski, Jr. 15%
Rick Boucher 10%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 15%
Richard Bryan 20%
Ed Bryant 95%
Conrad Burns 95%
Steve Buyer 90%
Robert Byrd 10%
Herbert Callahan 95%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 65%
Chris Cannon 65%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 60%
Helen Chenoweth 80%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 25%
Mac Collins 95%
Larry Combest 90%
Gary Condit 35%
Merrill Cook 85%
John Cooksey 80%
Paul Coverdell 95%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 15%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 95%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Patsy Ann Danner 35%
Thomas Daschle 15%
James Davis 30%
Thomas Davis III 85%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 65%
Jay Dickey 95%
Julian Dixon 10%
Chris Dodd 20%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 25%
John Doolittle 90%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Jennifer Dunn 95%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
Philip English 80%
Bob Etheridge 30%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 90%
Thomas Ewing 85%
Russ Feingold 25%
Mark Foley 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 80%
Robert Franks 65%
William Frist 85%
Jonas Frost III 20%
John Ganske 65%
Sam Gejdenson 10%
George Gekas 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Jim Gibbons 85%
Wayne Gilchrest 65%
Paul Gillmor 75%
Benjamin Gilman 45%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 70%
William Goodling 85%
Bart Gordon 25%
Slade Gorton 65%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 25%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Rodney Grams 90%
James Greenwood 65%
Judd Gregg 85%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Charles Hagel 85%
Tony Hall 20%
James Hansen 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 95%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 90%
Jesse Helms 70%
Rick Hill 85%
Van Hilleary 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
David Lee Hobson 95%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Ernest Hollings 30%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 90%
Duncan Hunter 80%
William Hutchinson 75%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 90%
Henry Hyde 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
Christopher John 35%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Sue Kelly 55%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 20%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
Bob Kerrey 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
Ronald Klink 25%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
James Kolbe 95%
John LaFalce 10%
Nicholas Lampson 5%
Tom Lantos 10%
Stephen Largent 95%
Rick Lazio 60%
James Leach 55%
Ron Lewis 95%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
William Luther 20%
Connie Mack 85%
James Maloney 35%
Matthew Martinez 5%
Frank Mascara 15%
Robert Matsui 15%
Karen McCarthy 10%
Bill McCollum 90%
James McCrery III 90%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 90%
David McIntosh 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 15%
Carrie Meek 5%
Jack Metcalf 65%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 5%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Constance Morella 40%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 90%
Jack Murtha 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Robert William Ney 75%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
James Nussle 90%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 95%
Ronald Packard 95%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 85%
John Peterson 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Owen Pickett 40%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 70%
Deborah Pryce 75%
Jack Quinn 55%
George Radanovich 80%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 75%
Bob Riley 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 10%
Charles Robb 25%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Timothy Roemer 40%
James Rogan 95%
William Roth, Jr. 70%
Marge Roukema 70%
Jim Ryun 95%
Martin Olav Sabo 15%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
H. James Saxton 70%
Joe Scarborough 90%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Christopher Shays 50%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Norman Sisisky 35%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 85%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 95%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 45%
Floyd Spence 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 85%
Ted Strickland 10%
Robert Stump 90%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 95%
James Talent 95%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
William Tauzin 90%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 65%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 95%
Fred Thompson 85%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
Robert Torricelli 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 25%
Bruce Vento 15%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 90%
Wesley Watkins 85%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
David Weldon 95%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 75%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 5%
Robert Weygand 20%
Heather Wilson 88%
Robert Wise, Jr. 10%
Albert Wynn 10%

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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