Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 93%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 20%
Gary Ackerman Other 93%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 10%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 80%
Bill Archer Other 7%
Richard Armey Other 7%
John Ashcroft Other 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 13%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 7%
John Baldacci Other 100%
Cass Ballenger Other 0%
James Barcia Other 67%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 14%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 100%
Bill Barrett Other 13%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 7%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Charlie Bass Other 33%
Herbert Bateman Other 8%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Bob Bennett Other 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 80%
Douglas Bereuter Other 29%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 90%
Brian Bilbray Other 40%
Michael Bilirakis Other 7%
Jeff Bingaman Other 90%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 73%
Rod Blagojevich Other 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 14%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 7%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 73%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 7%
Kit Bond Other 30%
Henry Bonilla Other 21%
David Edward Bonior Other 93%
Mary Bono Mack Other 31%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 87%
Leonard Boswell Other 57%
Rick Boucher Other 93%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 79%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
John Breaux Other 90%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 93%
George Brown, Jr. Other 93%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 10%
Richard Bryan Other 90%
Ed Bryant Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 7%
Conrad Burns Other 20%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 7%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
Herbert Callahan Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 7%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Ben Campbell Other 50%
Thomas Campbell Other 60%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 7%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 80%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 92%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 53%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
John Chafee Other 40%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 20%
William Clay, Sr. Other 100%
Eva Clayton Other 92%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 100%
Robert Clement Other 80%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 8%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 21%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 10%
Michael Collins Other 7%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 60%
Larry Combest Other 0%
Gary Condit Other 60%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
Merrill Cook Other 13%
John Cooksey Other 8%
Jerry Costello Other 87%
Paul Coverdell Other 10%
Christopher Cox Other 13%
William Coyne Other 93%
Larry Craig Other 20%
Robert Cramer Other 67%
Philip Crane Other 7%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 21%
Barbara Cubin Other 7%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 93%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Patsy Ann Danner Other 62%
Thomas Daschle Other 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
James Davis Other 80%
Thomas Davis III Other 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 7%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 7%
Peter Deutsch Other 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 30%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 47%
Jay Dickey Other 0%
Norm Dicks Other 92%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
Julian Dixon Other 92%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 87%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 40%
Calvin Dooley Other 80%
John Doolittle Other 13%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 80%
David Dreier Other 13%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 7%
Jennifer Dunn Other 7%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
Chet Edwards Other 80%
Vern Ehlers Other 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 29%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 7%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
Philip English Other 40%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 87%
Bob Etheridge Other 79%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 7%
Thomas Ewing Other 7%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 93%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
Russ Feingold Other 90%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 90%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Mark Foley Other 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 47%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Tillie Fowler Other 15%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Robert Franks Other 40%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 33%
William Frist Other 10%
Jonas Frost III Other 93%
Elton Gallegly Other 27%
John Ganske Other 43%
Sam Gejdenson Other 100%
George Gekas Other 7%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 93%
Jim Gibbons Other 13%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 27%
Paul Gillmor Other 20%
Benjamin Gilman Other 50%
Newt Gingrich Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 13%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 7%
William Goodling Other 8%
Bart Gordon Other 73%
Slade Gorton Other 20%
Porter Goss Other 8%
Daniel Graham Other 90%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 7%
William Phillip Gramm Other 0%
Rodney Grams Other 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 13%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 30%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 93%
James Greenwood Other 43%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 40%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 20%
Tony Hall Other 73%
James Hansen Other 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 89%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 7%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 7%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 30%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Joel Hefley Other 7%
Jesse Helms Other 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Rick Hill Other 31%
Van Hilleary Other 7%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 86%
David Lee Hobson Other 27%
Pete Hoekstra Other 13%
Thomas Holden Other 73%
Ernest Hollings Other 78%
Darlene Hooley Other 80%
Stephen Horn Other 43%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 50%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 7%
Duncan Hunter Other 14%
Asa Hutchinson Other 14%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 20%
Henry Hyde Other 13%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 10%
Daniel Inouye Other 88%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 93%
William Jefferson Other 91%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 70%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 7%
Christopher John Other 55%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 92%
Nancy Johnson Other 60%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 7%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 90%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 7%
Paul Kanjorski Other 87%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 87%
OH Governor John Kasich R 7%
Sue Kelly Other 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 90%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Bob Kerrey Other 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 90%
Dale Kildee Other 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 87%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 27%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 7%
Gerald Kleczka Other 87%
Ronald Klink Other 80%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 13%
Herb Kohl Other 90%
James Kolbe Other 27%
Dennis Kucinich Other 87%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
John LaFalce Other 79%
Ray LaHood Other 27%
Nicholas Lampson Other 87%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 93%
Stephen Largent Other 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 47%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
Rick Lazio Other 47%
James Leach Other 40%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 90%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 90%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 93%
Jerry Lewis Other 14%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
Ron Lewis Other 7%
Joe Lieberman Other 90%
John Linder Other 7%
William Lipinski Other 64%
Robert Livingston Other 7%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 27%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 87%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 10%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 93%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 7%
Dick Lugar Other 20%
William Luther Other 87%
Connie Mack Other 20%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 93%
James Maloney Other 73%
Don Manzullo Other 7%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Matthew Martinez Other 100%
Frank Mascara Other 80%
Robert Matsui Other 93%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 10%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 73%
Karen McCarthy Other 86%
Bill McCollum Other 7%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 10%
James McCrery III Other 20%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 93%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
John McHugh Other 27%
Scott McInnis Other 0%
David McIntosh Other 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 53%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 7%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 93%
Carrie Meek Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 93%
Jack Metcalf Other 27%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 7%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 92%
Dan Miller Other 13%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
David Minge Other 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 93%
John Moakley Other 92%
Alan Mollohan Other 86%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 80%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 13%
Constance Morella Other 73%
Patrick Moynihan Other 90%
Frank Murkowski Other 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
Jack Murtha Other 87%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 93%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 7%
Robert William Ney Other 27%
Don Nickles Other 10%
Anne Northup Other 13%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 14%
James Nussle Other 0%
Jim Oberstar Other 93%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 92%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 20%
Ronald Packard Other 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 87%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 93%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
Ron Paul Other 36%
Donald Payne Other 100%
Edward Pease Other 13%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 73%
John Peterson Other 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
Owen Pickett Other 80%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 7%
Richard Pombo Other 13%
Earl Pomeroy Other 93%
John Edward Porter Other 40%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 7%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 80%
Deborah Pryce Other 25%
Jack Quinn Other 33%
George Radanovich Other 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 80%
James Ramstad Other 27%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 92%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 90%
Ralph Regula Other 33%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 90%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Bob Riley Other 7%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 87%
Charles Robb Other 80%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 10%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Timothy Roemer Other 67%
James Rogan Other 7%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 14%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 13%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 46%
William Roth, Jr. Other 0%
Steve Rothman Other 93%
Marge Roukema Other 33%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 15%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 87%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 73%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 20%
Rick Santorum Other 20%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 93%
Jim Saxton Other 31%
Joe Scarborough Other 7%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 7%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 10%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 20%
Christopher Shays Other 40%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 10%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 73%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 27%
E.G. Shuster Other 14%
Norman Sisisky Other 87%
Joseph Skeen Other 7%
Ike Skelton Other 67%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 93%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 33%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Nick Smith Other 20%
Bob Smith Other 10%
Olympia Snowe Other 60%
Vic Snyder Other 87%
Mark Souder Other 7%
Arlen Specter Other 86%
Floyd Spence Other 7%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 87%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 87%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 7%
Charles Stenholm Other 47%
Ted Stevens Other 40%
Ted Strickland Other 93%
Bob Stump Other 0%
Bart Stupak Other 80%
John Sununu Other 7%
James Talent Other 0%
John Tanner Other 62%
Ellen Tauscher Other 73%
William Tauzin Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 13%
Gene Taylor Other 29%
Craig Thomas Other 10%
William Thomas Other 27%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
Fred Thompson Other 10%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 7%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
Karen Thurman Other 87%
Strom Thurmond Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Robert Torricelli Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 50%
James Turner Other 60%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 13%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Bruce Vento Other 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
James Walsh Other 27%
Zach Wamp Other 13%
John Warner Other 20%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Wesley Watkins Other 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 7%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 93%
David Weldon Other 0%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 36%
Gerald Weller Other 33%
Paul Wellstone Other 90%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Bob Weygand Other 87%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 20%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 7%
Heather Wilson Other 44%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 93%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 13%
Lynn Woolsey Other 93%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
Albert Wynn Other 93%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 7%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%

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