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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Cato Institute

1999-2000 Trade Barrier Votes Score

Issues: Trade
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 47%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 78%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 47%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 89%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 44%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 44%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 44%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 56%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 56%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 67%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 22%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 89%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 73%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 56%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 44%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 89%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 53%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 44%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 87%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 78%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 22%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 73%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 87%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 56%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 44%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 63%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 56%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 53%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 78%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 44%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 56%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 53%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 43%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 78%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 87%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 22%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 56%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 44%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 38%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 13%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 89%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 78%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 47%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 78%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 78%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 78%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 53%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 56%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 53%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 89%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 22%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 78%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 44%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 40%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 78%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 73%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 67%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 22%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 87%
Gary Ackerman 67%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 54%
Wayne Allard 80%
Thomas Allen 89%
Richard Armey 78%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 78%
John Baldacci 56%
Cass Ballenger 67%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 11%
Roscoe Bartlett 11%
Charlie Bass 89%
Evan Bayh 60%
Bob Bennett 73%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 78%
Douglas Bereuter 89%
Shelley Berkley 56%
Howard Berman 86%
Marion Berry 89%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Jeff Bingaman 79%
Rod Blagojevich 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 89%
Kit Bond 87%
Henry Bonilla 78%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Mary Bono Mack 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 44%
Leonard Boswell 88%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
John Breaux 80%
Ed Bryant 67%
Jim Bunning 29%
Conrad Burns 60%
Dan Burton 29%
Steve Buyer 44%
Robert Byrd 33%
Herbert Callahan 67%
Ben Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 75%
Julia Carson 75%
Mike Castle 89%
Eva Clayton 78%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 53%
Robert Clement 78%
Michael Collins 33%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 60%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 44%
Christopher Cox 56%
William Coyne 44%
Larry Craig 67%
Robert Cramer 89%
Philip Crane 78%
Barbara Cubin 67%
Randall Cunningham 78%
Thomas Daschle 73%
James Davis 78%
Thomas Davis III 78%
Bill Delahunt 29%
Thomas DeLay 75%
James DeMint 78%
Peter Deutsch 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 77%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 56%
Byron Dorgan 47%
David Dreier 78%
Jennifer Dunn 78%
John Edwards 40%
Chet Edwards 89%
Vern Ehlers 89%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 67%
Philip English 89%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 44%
Terry Everett 38%
Russ Feingold 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 93%
Ernest Fletcher 67%
Mark Foley 78%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 78%
Barney Frank 44%
William Frist 93%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elton Gallegly 67%
John Ganske 67%
George Gekas 67%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 22%
Jim Gibbons 22%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
Bart Gordon 67%
Porter Goss 78%
Daniel Graham 73%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Mark Green 67%
James Greenwood 78%
Judd Gregg 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
Tony Hall 56%
James Hansen 67%
Robert Hayes 22%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 43%
Joel Hefley 33%
Jesse Helms 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 89%
Van Hilleary 33%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 56%
Maurice Hinchey 63%
David Lee Hobson 56%
Pete Hoekstra 78%
Thomas Holden 56%
Ernest Hollings 13%
Darlene Hooley 89%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 11%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 78%
Kenny Hulshof 78%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 78%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 73%
Kay Hutchison 73%
Henry Hyde 67%
Daniel Inouye 69%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 67%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
William Jefferson 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 64%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 67%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Dale Kildee 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 56%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Joseph Knollenberg 78%
Herb Kohl 64%
James Kolbe 78%
Dennis Kucinich 33%
Jon Kyl 73%
John LaFalce 89%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 78%
Tom Lantos 44%
Stephen Largent 89%
Steve LaTourette 78%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 78%
Ron Lewis 67%
Joe Lieberman 67%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 11%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 78%
James Maloney 56%
Don Manzullo 89%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 89%
Karen McCarthy 78%
James McCrery III 78%
John McHugh 63%
Scott McInnis 86%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Michael McNulty 78%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 78%
Dan Miller 78%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 33%
John Moakley 67%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 89%
Constance Morella 89%
Frank Murkowski 73%
Jack Murtha 44%
Sue Myrick 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 78%
Robert William Ney 22%
Don Nickles 93%
Anne Northup 78%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 11%
James Nussle 89%
Jim Oberstar 50%
Dave Obey 38%
John Olver 56%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Doug Ose 78%
Major Owens 56%
Michael Oxley 89%
Ron Paul 67%
Donald Payne 44%
John Peterson 75%
David Phelps 56%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 78%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
Deborah Pryce 78%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 89%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 78%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Timothy Roemer 86%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 67%
Jim Ryun 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 56%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Rick Santorum 73%
Paul Sarbanes 47%
Jim Saxton 56%
Joe Scarborough 38%
John Shadegg 78%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 78%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 78%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Joseph Skeen 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 80%
Nick Smith 78%
Bob Smith 33%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Vic Snyder 89%
Mark Souder 22%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 44%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 89%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob Stump 78%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 56%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Tanner 89%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin 78%
Charles Taylor 22%
Gene Taylor 22%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 78%
Fred Thompson 73%
Karen Thurman 89%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 78%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Ed Towns 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 56%
James Turner 89%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 22%
John Warner 87%
Wesley Watkins 78%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 78%
Anthony Weiner 89%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 86%
Paul Wellstone 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Heather Wilson 78%
Lynn Woolsey 44%
David Wu 44%
Albert Wynn 50%

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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