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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 36%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Wayne Allard 9%
Thomas Allen 100%
Bill 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%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Herbert Bateman 10%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 77%
Judy Biggert 10%
Brian Bilbray 12%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 10%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Robert Borski, Jr. 90%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 90%
John Breaux 63%
Richard Bryan 81%
Ed Bryant 10%
Jim Bunning 9%
Conrad Burns 27%
Dan Burton 11%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 81%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Ben Campbell 36%
Thomas Campbell 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 20%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 40%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 22%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 90%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 90%
Merrill Cook 20%
John Cooksey 22%
Jerry Costello 90%
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%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 10%
Norm Dicks 90%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 90%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 90%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
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%
Barney Frank 90%
Robert Franks 30%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 20%
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%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
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%
Tony Hall 90%
James Hansen 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 30%
Jesse Helms 18%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 90%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 90%
Ernest Hollings 90%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 18%
Kay Hutchison 18%
Henry Hyde 10%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
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%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Ronald Klink 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 81%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Steven Kuykendall 10%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 90%
Ray LaHood 10%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 20%
Steve LaTourette 30%
Rick Lazio 30%
James Leach 10%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 10%
Joe Lieberman 81%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 9%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 9%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
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%
Patrick Moynihan 81%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 90%
Sue Myrick 0%
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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
Doug Ose 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 11%
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%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
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%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 30%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 36%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim 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%
Olympia Snowe 63%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 72%
Floyd Spence 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 36%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob 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%
Ed Towns 100%
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%
Bob Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 10%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 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%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
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%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 81%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 72%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
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 90%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 81%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 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 15 José Serrano Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 81%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 9%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 28%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 10%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 27%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 12%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%

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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