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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 7%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 93%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 7%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 79%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 7%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 7%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 7%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 87%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 7%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 7%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 7%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 53%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 87%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 79%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 7%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 7%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 73%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 7%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 7%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 7%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 93%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 13%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 13%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 93%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 7%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 18%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 7%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 87%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 7%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 93%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 7%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 7%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 13%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 93%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 20%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 7%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 93%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 93%
Robert Barr, Jr. 7%
Roscoe Bartlett 7%
Charlie Bass 7%
Evan Bayh 87%
Bob Bennett 7%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 87%
Douglas Bereuter 14%
Shelley Berkley 87%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 87%
Judy Biggert 7%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 93%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Kit Bond 13%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 7%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 87%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 93%
John Breaux 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 7%
Conrad Burns 13%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 7%
Robert Byrd 73%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 21%
Chris Cannon 0%
Jean Carnahan 86%
Brad Carson 80%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 20%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 87%
Robert Clement 80%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 7%
Larry Combest 7%
Gary Condit 73%
Kent Conrad 93%
John Cooksey 0%
Jon Corzine 93%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 7%
Robert Cramer 47%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 7%
Thomas Daschle 93%
James Davis 93%
Jo Ann Davis 7%
Thomas Davis III 7%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 93%
Chris Dodd 87%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 7%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 93%
David Dreier 7%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 13%
Philip English 13%
John Ensign 7%
Bob Etheridge 87%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 80%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Peter Fitzgerald 27%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 13%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 7%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 93%
Elton Gallegly 7%
John Ganske 33%
George Gekas 7%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 7%
Wayne Gilchrest 7%
Paul Gillmor 14%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 93%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
Bart Gordon 79%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 87%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 7%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 7%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 7%
Tony Hall 93%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 87%
Melissa Hart 7%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 14%
Jesse Helms 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 7%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 7%
Pete Hoekstra 13%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 87%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 20%
John Nathan Hostettler 14%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 7%
Duncan Hunter 7%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 13%
Kay Hutchison 7%
Henry Hyde 13%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 93%
James Merrill Jeffords 53%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 71%
Nancy Johnson 27%
Tim Johnson 13%
Paul Kanjorski 93%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 13%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 93%
Mark Kennedy 7%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 87%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 93%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 21%
James Leach 33%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 7%
Joe Lieberman 87%
Blanche Lincoln 73%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 7%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 93%
Don Manzullo 13%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 93%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 87%
Dennis Moore 86%
Constance Morella 53%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Jack Murtha 87%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 67%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 13%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 7%
Jim Oberstar 93%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Thomas William Osborne 7%
Doug Ose 7%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 31%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 87%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 7%
Todd Platts 7%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Deborah Pryce 7%
Jack Quinn 29%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 13%
Ralph Regula 13%
Denny Rehberg 7%
Silvestre Reyes 93%
Thomas Reynolds 7%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 93%
Mike Ross 93%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 29%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 87%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 93%
Rick Santorum 7%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 20%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 7%
Christopher Shays 13%
Donald Sherwood 7%
Ronnie Shows 77%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 64%
Gordon Smith 27%
Nick Smith 7%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 93%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 7%
Charles Stenholm 73%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 7%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 7%
Tom Tancredo 7%
John Tanner 79%
Ellen Tauscher 93%
William Tauzin 7%
Charles Taylor 7%
Gene Taylor 73%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 7%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 87%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 87%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 7%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 13%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 27%
Gerald Weller 7%
Paul Wellstone 93%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 7%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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