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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Foreign Service Association

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
George Allen 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
John Breaux 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
William Frist 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
James Leach 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Ben Nelson 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Arlen Specter 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Gary Ackerman 94%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 94%
Rick Boucher 94%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 94%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 94%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 94%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 94%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 94%
Thomas Davis III 94%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 94%
John Edwards 94%
Philip English 94%
Jonas Frost III 94%
Wayne Gilchrest 94%
Charlie Gonzalez 94%
Judd Gregg 94%
Kay Hutchison 94%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 94%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 94%
Herb Kohl 94%
James Kolbe 94%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 94%
Joe Lieberman 94%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 94%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 94%
Dick Lugar 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 94%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 94%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 94%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 94%
Jim Oberstar 94%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94%
Deborah Pryce 94%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 94%
Christopher Shays 94%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 94%
Anthony Weiner 94%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 94%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 94%
Wayne Allard 93%
Kit Bond 93%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 93%
Peter Fitzgerald 93%
Daniel Graham 93%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 93%
Don Nickles 93%
Rick Santorum 93%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 92%
James Davis 90%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
William Jefferson 90%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Thomas Allen 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
Charlie Bass 88%
Douglas Bereuter 88%
Howard Berman 88%
Judy Biggert 88%
Sherwood Boehlert 88%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
Mike Castle 88%
Robert Cramer 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 88%
Peter Deutsch 88%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 88%
David Dreier 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 88%
Michael Ferguson 88%
Ernest Fletcher 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
Porter Goss 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 88%
James Greenwood 88%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 88%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 88%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
Daniel Inouye 88%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 88%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
Jerry Lewis 88%
John Linder 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
James McCrery III 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 88%
Anne Northup 88%
James Nussle 88%
John Olver 88%
Michael Oxley 88%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88%
Ike Skelton 88%
Charles Stenholm 88%
John Sweeney 88%
William Tauzin 88%
Ed Towns 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
James Walsh 88%
John Warner 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
Robert Wexler 88%
David Wu 88%
Albert Wynn 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 88%
Evan Bayh 87%
Jeff Bingaman 87%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 87%
Jim Bunning 87%
Larry Craig 87%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 87%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 87%
James Merrill Jeffords 87%
Trent Lott, Sr. 87%
George Voinovich 87%
Jon Kyl 86%
Craig Thomas 86%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 84%
Calvin Dooley 84%
Bob Etheridge 84%
Harold Ford, Jr. 84%
Baron Hill 84%
Darlene Hooley 84%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 84%
Christopher John 84%
Nancy Johnson 84%
Sue Kelly 84%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 84%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 84%
Karen McCarthy 84%
Michael McNulty 84%
Martin Meehan 84%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 84%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 84%
Ciro Rodriguez 84%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 84%
William Thomas 84%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 81%
Steve Buyer 81%
Julia Carson 81%
Hillary Clinton 81%
Kent Conrad 81%
Jon Corzine 81%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 81%
Byron Dorgan 81%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 81%
Paul Gillmor 81%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 81%
David Lee Hobson 81%
Pete Hoekstra 81%
Ernest Hollings 81%
Henry Hyde 81%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 81%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 81%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 81%
Dale Kildee 81%
Joseph Knollenberg 81%
Dennis Kucinich 81%
Ray LaHood 81%
Tom Lantos 81%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 81%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 81%
Jack Murtha 81%
Dave Obey 81%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 81%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 81%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 81%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 81%
Steve Rothman 81%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 81%
Paul Sarbanes 81%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 81%
Edward Schrock 81%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 81%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 81%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 81%
Vic Snyder 81%
John Spratt, Jr. 81%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 81%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 81%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 81%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 81%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 81%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Daschle 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
John Ensign 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 79%
Brian Baird 78%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 78%
Shelley Berkley 78%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 78%
Henry Bonilla 78%
Mary Bono Mack 78%
Leonard Boswell 78%
Henry Brown, Jr. 78%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 78%
Brad Carson 78%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 78%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 78%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 78%
Bill Delahunt 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 78%
Jennifer Dunn 78%
Chet Edwards 78%
Lane Evans 78%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 78%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 78%
Elton Gallegly 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Bart Gordon 78%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 78%
Mark Green 78%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 78%
Wally Herger, Jr. 78%
Tim Johnson 78%
Mark Kennedy 78%
Nicholas Lampson 78%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
Thomas William Osborne 78%
Doug Ose 78%
Major Owens 78%
John Peterson 78%
Todd Platts 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
James Ramstad 78%
Denny Rehberg 78%
Thomas Reynolds 78%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 78%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 78%
John Shadegg 78%
Donald Sherwood 78%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78%
Nick Smith 78%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
Todd Tiahrt 78%
James Turner 78%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 78%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 78%
Gerald Weller 78%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
Christopher Cox 75%
Barney Frank 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Donald Payne 75%
Ralph Regula 75%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 75%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 75%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 74%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 74%
Joe Baca, Sr. 71%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 71%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 71%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 71%
Jerry Costello 71%
Jane Harman 71%
Melissa Hart 71%
Robert Hayes 71%
Thomas Holden 71%
Duncan Hunter 71%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 71%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 71%
Robert Matsui 71%
John McHugh 71%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 71%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 71%
Jack Quinn 71%
Martin Olav Sabo 71%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 71%
Mark Souder 71%
Ted Strickland 71%
Bart Stupak 71%
John Sununu 71%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 71%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 71%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Heather Wilson 71%
Lynn Woolsey 71%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 69%
Robert Byrd 68%
Philip Crane 68%
Randall Cunningham 68%
James DeMint 68%
Chris Dodd 68%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 68%
Kenny Hulshof 68%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 68%
Ric Keller 68%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 68%
Ron Lewis 68%
Sue Myrick 68%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 68%
John Tanner 68%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 68%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 68%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 67%
Cass Ballenger 65%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 65%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 65%
Jo Ann Emerson 65%
Steve LaTourette 65%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 65%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 65%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 65%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 65%
Mike Ross 65%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 65%
Jim Saxton 65%
Marion Berry 61%
Michael Bilirakis 61%
Mark Foley 61%
Gilbert Gutknecht 61%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 61%
Maurice Hinchey 61%
William Lewis Jenkins 61%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 61%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 61%
Silvestre Reyes 61%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 61%
Hilda Solis 61%
Zach Wamp 61%
Diane Watson 61%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 59%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 59%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 59%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 58%
John Doolittle 58%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 58%
Robert William Ney 58%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 55%
Jo Ann Davis 55%
Thomas DeLay 55%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 55%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 55%
Scott McInnis 55%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 55%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 55%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 55%
Pete Stark 55%
David Weldon 55%
Russ Feingold 54%
William Lipinski 53%
Chris Cannon 51%
Larry Combest 51%
Don Manzullo 51%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 51%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 50%
Todd Akin 49%
Roscoe Bartlett 49%
Dan Burton 49%
Michael Collins 49%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 49%
Jim Ryun 48%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 48%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 45%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 45%
Cliff Stearns 45%
Charles Taylor 45%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 45%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 41%
George Radanovich 41%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 39%
J. Dennis Hastert 35%
Joel Hefley 35%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 35%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
Terry Everett 33%
Barbara Cubin 29%
Richard Pombo 29%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 29%
Tom Tancredo 29%
Gene Taylor 29%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 26%
Ron Paul 23%
John Nathan Hostettler 19%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 19%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 16%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%

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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