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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 28%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 81%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 90%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 10%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 9%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 72%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 12%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 81%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 63%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 36%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 81%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 81%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 30%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 18%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 81%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 90%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 90%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 20%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 81%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 36%
Wayne Allard 9%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 9%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 90%
Robert Barr, Jr. 20%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 10%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Marion Berry 77%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 90%
John Breaux 63%
Richard Bryan 81%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 9%
Conrad Burns 27%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 81%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Ben Campbell 36%
Thomas Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 20%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 40%
Helen Chenoweth 22%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 90%
Mac Collins 10%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 20%
John Cooksey 22%
Paul Coverdell 9%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 9%
Robert Cramer 90%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 44%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 88%
Thomas Davis III 30%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 10%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 90%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Philip English 20%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 10%
Thomas Ewing 10%
Russ Feingold 90%
Peter Fitzgerald 36%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 20%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Robert Franks 30%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
William Goodling 10%
Bart Gordon 100%
Slade Gorton 18%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 90%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 90%
James Hansen 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 30%
Jesse Helms 18%
Baron Hill 90%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 20%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 18%
Henry Hyde 10%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 36%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 70%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 81%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 72%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Ronald Klink 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Steven Kuykendall 10%
John LaFalce 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 20%
Rick Lazio 30%
James Leach 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 9%
James Maloney 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 88%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 11%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 10%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 90%
Alan Mollohan 87%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 60%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 81%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 9%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
Doug Ose 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 10%
John Peterson 16%
David Phelps 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 80%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 20%
Deborah Pryce 11%
Jack Quinn 66%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 10%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Bob Riley 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 81%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 90%
James Rogan 10%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 30%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Rick Santorum 36%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 10%
Joe Scarborough 14%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
Ronnie Shows 80%
E.G. Shuster 11%
Norman Sisisky 90%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 88%
Gordon Smith 9%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 27%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 72%
Floyd Spence 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 36%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 50%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 90%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 70%
Craig Thomas 18%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 18%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 80%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 36%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 18%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 20%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 10%
Robert Wise, Jr. 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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