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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

2002 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 50%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 67%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 67%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 33%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 33%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 33%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 67%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 67%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 33%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 67%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 67%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 67%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 33%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 50%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 50%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 67%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 67%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 100%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 67%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 67%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 67%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 67%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 67%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 33%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 67%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 67%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 33%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 67%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 67%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
Wayne Allard 50%
George Allen 50%
Thomas Allen 33%
Brian Baird 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 67%
Cass Ballenger 67%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 50%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Marion Berry 33%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Kit Bond 50%
Henry Bonilla 67%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
John Breaux 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 67%
Jim Bunning 50%
Conrad Burns 50%
Steve Buyer 67%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 33%
Brad Carson 33%
Julia Carson 33%
Mike Castle 67%
Mac Collins 67%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 67%
Larry Craig 50%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 67%
Barbara Cubin 67%
Randall Cunningham 67%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 0%
Jo Ann Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Bill Delahunt 33%
Thomas DeLay 67%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 67%
Philip English 67%
John Ensign 50%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 33%
Terry Everett 67%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 67%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Mark Foley 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 67%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 67%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 67%
Bart Gordon 33%
Porter Goss 67%
Daniel Graham 100%
Mark Green 67%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
Charles Hagel 50%
Jane Harman 67%
Melissa Hart 67%
Robert Hayes 67%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 67%
Joel Hefley 67%
Baron Hill 33%
David Lee Hobson 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 67%
Henry Hyde 67%
Jay Inslee 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 67%
Christopher John 33%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 67%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 67%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Gerald Kleczka 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 67%
James Kolbe 67%
Nicholas Lampson 33%
Tom Lantos 33%
James Leach 67%
Ron Lewis 67%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 67%
William Lipinski 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
Robert Matsui 33%
Karen McCarthy 33%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 67%
Michael McNulty 33%
Martin Meehan 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 67%
Robert William Ney 67%
Don Nickles 50%
Anne Northup 67%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 67%
James Nussle 67%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 67%
Doug Ose 67%
Major Owens 33%
Michael Oxley 67%
Donald Payne 33%
John Peterson 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 67%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 67%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 67%
James Ramstad 67%
Ralph Regula 67%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Jim Ryun 67%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Rick Santorum 50%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 67%
Edward Schrock 67%
John Shadegg 67%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 67%
Donald Sherwood 67%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 67%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 67%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 67%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 50%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
John Sununu 67%
John Sweeney 67%
Tom Tancredo 67%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 67%
Charles Taylor 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 50%
William Thomas 67%
Todd Tiahrt 67%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
James Turner 33%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 67%
John Warner 50%
Diane Watson 33%
Anthony Weiner 33%
David Weldon 67%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 67%
Robert Wexler 33%
Heather Wilson 67%
David Wu 33%
Albert Wynn 33%

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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