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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

1996 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
Bill Archer 5%
Richard Armey 5%
John Ashcroft 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
Henry Scott Baesler 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
William Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 95%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Bill Barrett 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
Charlie Bass 10%
Herbert Bateman 11%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Anthony Beilenson 95%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 15%
Howard Berman 100%
Tom Bevill 89%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Brian Bilbray 15%
Michael Bilirakis 015%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 95%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
Peter Blute 37%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 95%
Sonny Bono 10%
Robert Borski, Jr. 95%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Bill Bradley 95%
John Breaux 80%
Bill Brewster 60%
Glen Browder 97%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Hank Brown 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 85%
Ed Bryant 10%
John Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 89%
Jim Bunn 20%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 95%
Herbert Callahan 5%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
Ben Campbell 47%
Thomas Campbell 20%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 15%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 6%
John Chafee 25%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
Jim Chapman 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 15%
Jon Lynn Christensen 5%
Dick Chrysler 5%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 95%
William Clinger 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
William Cohen 22%
Ronald Coleman 100%
Barbara-Rose Collins 100%
Cardiss Collins 100%
Michael Collins 5%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 75%
Kent Conrad 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Wes Cooley 015%
Jerry Costello 95%
Paul Coverdell 5%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 90%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 10%
Barbara Cubin 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Alfonse D'Amato 35%
Patsy Ann Danner 85%
Thomas Daschle 95%
Thomas Davis III 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
E. Kika de la Garza 94%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Ronald Dellums 100%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 42%
Jay Dickey 5%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Julian Dixon 95%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
Robert Dole 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Calvin Dooley 79%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Robert Dornan 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 16%
Jennifer Dunn 6%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 95%
Vern Ehlers 16%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Bill Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 5%
Thomas Ewing 5%
Jim Exon 90%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Harris Fawell 10%
Victor Fazio 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Floyd Flake 100%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 35%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 15%
Michael Patrick Forbes 37%
Harold Ford, Sr. 94%
Wendell Ford 85%
Tillie Fowler 6%
Jon David Fox 35%
Sheila Frahm 0%
Barney Frank 100%
Gary Franks 25%
Robert Franks 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 16%
Dan Frisa 37%
William Frist 5%
Jonas Frost III 100%
David Funderburk 5%
Elizabeth Furse 95%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 10%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Pete Geren 25%
Sam Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 58%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
William Goodling 5%
Bart Gordon 85%
Slade Gorton 25%
Porter Goss 5%
Daniel Graham 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
Rodney Grams 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 94%
Enid Greene 5%
James Greenwood 21%
Judd Gregg 5%
Steven Gunderson 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 25%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 85%
Melton Hancock 5%
James Hansen 10%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
Jane Harman 85%
J. Dennis Hastert 5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 5%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 5%
Mark Hatfield 40%
James Hayes 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 17%
Jesse Helms 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Martin Hoke 21%
Thomas Holden 90%
Ernest Hollings 79%
Stephen Horn 32%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
Daniel Inouye 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 79%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 37%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Harry Johnston 100%
J. Bennett Johnston 85%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
Paul Kanjorski 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 21%
Sue Kelly 20%
Dirk Kempthorne 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 100%
Bob Kerrey 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 95%
Jay Kim 5%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Ronald Klink 95%
Scott Klug 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 85%
James Kolbe 11%
Jon Kyl 5%
John LaFalce 95%
Ray LaHood 20%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
Steve LaTourette 16%
Greg Laughlin 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 32%
James Leach 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 11%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 95%
Jim Lightfoot 11%
Blanche Lincoln 77%
John Linder 5%
William Lipinski 95%
Robert Livingston 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
James Longley, Jr. 22%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 95%
Connie Mack 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Thomas Manton 94%
Don Manzullo 5%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Bill Martini 60%
Frank Mascara 95%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 5%
Karen McCarthy 95%
Bill McCollum 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
James McCrery III 5%
Joseph McDade 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
Paul McHale 95%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 94%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Jan Meyers 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 11%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 94%
Susan Molinari 18%
Alan Mollohan 95%
G.V. Montgomery 30%
Carlos Moorhead 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 95%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 95%
Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 95%
John Myers 11%
Sue Myrick 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Mark Neumann 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Sam Nunn 45%
James Nussle 5%
Jim Oberstar 95%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 89%
Bill Orton 85%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 6%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
Mike Parker 5%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
William Paxon 5%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 85%
Claiborne Pell 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
Pete Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
Owen Pickett 75%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 15%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Glenn Poshard 95%
Larry Pressler 10%
Deborah Pryce 11%
David Pryor 88%
James Quillen 6%
Jack Quinn 55%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
James Ramstad 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Bill Richardson 100%
Frank Duncan Riggs 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 85%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
Charles Rose III 88%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 39%
Toby Roth 0%
William Roth, Jr. 21%
Marge Roukema 37%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 10%
Rick Santorum 25%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 5%
Joe Scarborough 15%
Daniel Schaefer 5%
Steven Schiff 15%
Patricia Schroeder 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
Andrea Seastrand 5%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 11%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Paul Simon 90%
Alan Simpson 15%
Norman Sisisky 84%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 85%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
Linda Smith 18%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 21%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 55%
Floyd Spence 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 95%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 25%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 31%
Louis Stokes 100%
Gerry Studds 100%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 95%
James Talent 5%
John Tanner 89%
Randy Tate 5%
William Tauzin 10%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 45%
Frank Tejeda 85%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
Ray Thornton 100%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Peter Torkildsen 53%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
Harold Volkmer 95%
Barbara Vucanovich 5%
Robert Walker 5%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 10%
Michael Ward 94%
John Warner 10%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Rick White 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
Pat Williams 95%
Charles Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 95%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 26%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Richard Zimmer 28%

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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