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

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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