Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Evan Bayh Other 89%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 89%
Kent Conrad Other 89%
Chris Dodd Other 89%
Byron Dorgan Other 89%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 89%
Daniel Inouye Other 89%
Herb Kohl Other 89%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 89%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 89%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 78%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 78%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 78%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 78%
Blanche Lincoln Other 78%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 77%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 77%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 77%
Bill Delahunt Other 77%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 77%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 77%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 77%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 77%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 77%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 77%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 77%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 77%
Michael McNulty Other 77%
Dave Obey Other 77%
Major Owens Other 77%
Donald Payne Other 77%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 77%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 77%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 77%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 77%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 69%
Thomas Allen Other 69%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 69%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 69%
Howard Berman Other 69%
Marion Berry Other 69%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 69%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 69%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 69%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 69%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 69%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 69%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 69%
Jerry Costello Other 69%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 69%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 69%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 69%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 69%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 69%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 69%
Lane Evans Other 69%
Barney Frank Other 69%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 69%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 69%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 69%
Maurice Hinchey Other 69%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 69%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 69%
Patrick Kennedy Other 69%
Dale Kildee Other 69%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 69%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 69%
Tom Lantos Other 69%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 69%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 69%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 69%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 69%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 69%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 69%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 69%
Martin Meehan Other 69%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 69%
Brad Miller Other 69%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 69%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 69%
Jim Oberstar Other 69%
John Olver Other 69%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 69%
Mike Ross Other 69%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 69%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 69%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 69%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 69%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 69%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 69%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 69%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 69%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 69%
Hilda Solis Other 69%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 69%
Pete Stark Other 69%
Bart Stupak Other 69%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 69%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 69%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 69%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 69%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 69%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 69%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 69%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 69%
Anthony Weiner Other 69%
Robert Wexler Other 69%
Joe Lieberman Other 67%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 67%
Gary Ackerman Other 62%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 62%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 62%
Brian Baird Other 62%
Shelley Berkley Other 62%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 62%
Leonard Boswell Other 62%
Dennis Cardoza Other 62%
Julia Carson Other 62%
Edward Case Other 62%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 62%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 62%
Artur Davis Other 62%
James Davis Other 62%
Norm Dicks Other 62%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 62%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 62%
Bob Etheridge Other 62%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 62%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 62%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 62%
Thomas Holden Other 62%
Darlene Hooley Other 62%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 62%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 62%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 62%
William Jefferson Other 62%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 62%
Paul Kanjorski Other 62%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 62%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 62%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 62%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 62%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 62%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 62%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 62%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 62%
Alan Mollohan Other 62%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 62%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 62%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 62%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 62%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 62%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 62%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 62%
Silvestre Reyes Other 62%
Ike Skelton Other 62%
Ted Strickland Other 62%
Ellen Tauscher Other 62%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 62%
Diane Watson Other 62%
Albert Wynn Other 62%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 56%
Ben Nelson Other 56%
Olympia Snowe Other 56%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 54%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 54%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 54%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 54%
Chet Edwards Other 54%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 54%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 54%
Jane Harman Other 54%
Dennis Kucinich Other 54%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 54%
Jim Marshall Other 54%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 54%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 54%
Dennis Moore Other 54%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 54%
Steve Rothman Other 54%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 54%
Vic Snyder Other 54%
John Tanner Other 54%
Gene Taylor Other 54%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 54%
Lynn Woolsey Other 54%
David Wu Other 54%
Rick Boucher Other 46%
Bart Gordon Other 46%
Jack Murtha Other 46%
Earl Pomeroy Other 46%
Ed Towns Other 46%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 46%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 44%
Arlen Specter Other 44%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 38%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 38%
Lincoln Davis Other 38%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 38%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 38%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 38%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 38%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 38%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 31%
Robert Cramer Other 23%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 23%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 23%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 23%
John McHugh Other 23%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 23%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 23%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 22%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 22%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 22%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 15%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 15%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 15%
John Doolittle Other 15%
Philip English Other 15%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 15%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 15%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 15%
Tim Johnson Other 15%
James Leach Other 15%
Ron Lewis Other 15%
Ron Paul Other 15%
Jim Saxton Other 15%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 15%
John Sweeney Other 15%
Tom Tancredo Other 15%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 15%
John Ensign Other 11%
Judd Gregg Other 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 11%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 11%
Ted Stevens Other 11%
John Sununu Other 11%
Todd Akin Other 8%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 8%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 8%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 8%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 8%
Dan Burton Other 8%
Mike Castle Other 8%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 8%
Jo Ann Davis Other 8%
James DeMint Other 8%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 8%
Tom Feeney Other 8%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 8%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 8%
Mark Green Other 8%
Joel Hefley Other 8%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 8%
Duncan Hunter Other 8%
Henry Hyde Other 8%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 8%
Sue Kelly Other 8%
Ray LaHood Other 8%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 8%
Steve LaTourette Other 8%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 8%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 8%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 8%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 8%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 8%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 8%
John Peterson Other 8%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 8%
James Ramstad Other 8%
Richard Renzi Other 8%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 8%
Jim Ryun Other 8%
John Shadegg Other 8%
Donald Sherwood Other 8%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 8%
Charles Taylor Other 8%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 8%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 8%
Zach Wamp Other 8%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
George Allen Other 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Charlie Bass Other 0%
Bob Beauprez Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Michael Bilirakis Other 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Henry Bonilla Other 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
Chris Chocola Other 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
Norm Coleman Other 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
Larry Craig Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Thomas Davis III Other 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 0%
Mark Foley Other 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
William Frist Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 0%
Paul Gillmor Other 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
Katherine Harris Other 0%
Melissa Hart Other 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
Nancy Johnson Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 0%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
James Kolbe Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
Robert William Ney Other 0%
Anne Northup Other 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
James Nussle Other 0%
Thomas William Osborne Other 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 0%
Michael Oxley Other 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
Todd Platts Other 0%
Richard Pombo Other 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 0%
Deborah Pryce Other 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Ralph Regula Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
Rick Santorum Other 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
John Sullivan Other 0%
James Talent Other 0%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
George Voinovich Other 0%
James Walsh Other 0%
John Warner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 0%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
Heather Wilson Other 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 0%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%

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