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