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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Retail Federation

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Max Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Philip Crane 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Mark Foley 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Porter Goss 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Janklow 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Edward Schrock 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
William Tauzin 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
Douglas Bereuter 92%
Mike Castle 92%
Robert Cramer 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Philip English 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Michael Ferguson 92%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Mark Green 92%
Thaddeus McCotter 92%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 92%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
George Radanovich 92%
Jim Saxton 92%
Christopher Shays 92%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 92%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Ben Campbell 88%
Elizabeth Dole 88%
Zell Bryan Miller 88%
Ben Nelson 88%
Todd Akin 85%
J. Gresham Barrett 85%
Sherwood Boehlert 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
Jo Ann Davis 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 85%
Robert Hayes 85%
John Nathan Hostettler 85%
Duncan Hunter 85%
Tim Johnson 85%
Sue Kelly 85%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 85%
James Nussle 85%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85%
Tom Tancredo 85%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 85%
Calvin Dooley 83%
Pete Hoekstra 83%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 83%
Nancy Johnson 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 77%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 77%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 77%
Joel Hefley 77%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 77%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77%
Steve LaTourette 77%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 77%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 77%
Charles Stenholm 77%
Charles Taylor 77%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 77%
Evan Bayh 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
Larry Craig 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 75%
Arlen Specter 75%
Ted Stevens 75%
John Sweeney 75%
Lincoln Davis 69%
Christopher John 69%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 69%
Ron Paul 69%
Jack Quinn 69%
Chet Edwards 67%
John McHugh 67%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 62%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 62%
Brad Carson 62%
Edward Case 62%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 62%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 62%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 62%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 62%
James Leach 62%
Blanche Lincoln 62%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 62%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 62%
Ike Skelton 62%
Olympia Snowe 62%
John Tanner 62%
James Turner 62%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
Leonard Boswell 54%
Artur Davis 54%
Charlie Gonzalez 54%
Baron Hill 54%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 54%
Dennis Moore 54%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 54%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 54%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 54%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
John Breaux 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
Jane Harman 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
Chris Bell 46%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 46%
Rick Boucher 46%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 46%
James Davis 46%
Norm Dicks 46%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 46%
Darlene Hooley 46%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 46%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 46%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 46%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 46%
Earl Pomeroy 46%
Silvestre Reyes 46%
Albert Wynn 46%
Bart Gordon 42%
Brian Baird 38%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 38%
Marion Berry 38%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 38%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 38%
Dennis Cardoza 38%
Hillary Clinton 38%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 38%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 38%
Bob Etheridge 38%
Daniel Graham 38%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 38%
William Jefferson 38%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 38%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 38%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 38%
Denise Majette 38%
Jim Marshall 38%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 38%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 38%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 38%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 38%
Mike Ross 38%
Ellen Tauscher 38%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 38%
David Wu 38%
Shelley Berkley 36%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 36%
Jerry Costello 33%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 31%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 31%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 31%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 31%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 31%
Peter Deutsch 31%
Jonas Frost III 31%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 31%
Nicholas Lampson 31%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 31%
Robert Matsui 31%
Martin Meehan 31%
Alan Mollohan 31%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 31%
Steve Rothman 31%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 31%
Ted Strickland 31%
Gene Taylor 31%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 31%
Ed Towns 31%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 31%
Anthony Weiner 31%
Julia Carson 30%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
Chris Dodd 25%
Byron Dorgan 25%
Daniel Inouye 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
Herb Kohl 25%
Joe Lieberman 25%
William Lipinski 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
Diane Watson 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 23%
Thomas Allen 23%
Joe Baca, Sr. 23%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 23%
Howard Berman 23%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 23%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 23%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 23%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 23%
Maurice Hinchey 23%
Thomas Holden 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 23%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 23%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
Karen McCarthy 23%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 23%
Brad Miller 23%
Jack Murtha 23%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 23%
Robert Wexler 23%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 20%
Gary Ackerman 17%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 17%
Lane Evans 17%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 17%
Michael McNulty 17%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
Donald Payne 17%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 15%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
Barney Frank 15%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 15%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
Paul Kanjorski 15%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 15%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
Dale Kildee 15%
Gerald Kleczka 15%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
Jim Oberstar 15%
Ciro Rodriguez 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
Robert Byrd 12%
Jon Corzine 12%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
Russ Feingold 12%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 12%
Ernest Hollings 12%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 12%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 12%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 12%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Tom Lantos 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 8%
Major Owens 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
Hilda Solis 8%
Pete Stark 8%
Bart Stupak 8%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
John Edwards 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%

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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