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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Cato Institute

2001-2002 Trade Subsidy Votes Score

Issues: Trade
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 57%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 29%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 43%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 43%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 29%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 43%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 29%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 14%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 14%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 14%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 29%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 43%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 29%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 43%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 43%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 14%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 43%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 14%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 57%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 14%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 29%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 14%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 43%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 29%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 29%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 14%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 43%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 57%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 67%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 71%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 43%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 43%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 43%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 57%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 71%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 29%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 29%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 43%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 57%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 57%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 57%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 71%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 14%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 43%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 29%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 43%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 43%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 29%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 43%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 71%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 86%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 14%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
Gary Ackerman 43%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 57%
Wayne Allard 50%
George Allen 25%
Thomas Allen 43%
Joe Baca, Sr. 14%
Brian Baird 29%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 57%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Bennett 67%
Douglas Bereuter 14%
Shelley Berkley 29%
Howard Berman 71%
Marion Berry 0%
Judy Biggert 71%
Michael Bilirakis 57%
Jeff Bingaman 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 29%
Kit Bond 25%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 14%
Leonard Boswell 29%
Rick Boucher 14%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
John Breaux 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 29%
Jim Bunning 75%
Conrad Burns 25%
Dan Burton 75%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 25%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 57%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Michael Collins 29%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 25%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 14%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 50%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 14%
Randall Cunningham 14%
Thomas Daschle 25%
James Davis 29%
Jo Ann Davis 43%
Thomas Davis III 71%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Thomas DeLay 86%
James DeMint 71%
Peter Deutsch 57%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 17%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 29%
John Doolittle 57%
Byron Dorgan 25%
David Dreier 57%
Jennifer Dunn 43%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 29%
Vern Ehlers 43%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 29%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 0%
Lane Evans 14%
Terry Everett 14%
Russ Feingold 75%
Michael Ferguson 71%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 71%
Barney Frank 71%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elton Gallegly 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 29%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 43%
Bart Gordon 14%
Porter Goss 57%
Mark Green 43%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 43%
Melissa Hart 29%
Robert Hayes 14%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 71%
Joel Hefley 71%
Wally Herger, Jr. 17%
Baron Hill 0%
Maurice Hinchey 43%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 86%
Thomas Holden 14%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 14%
John Nathan Hostettler 71%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 29%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Henry Hyde 14%
Daniel Inouye 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 43%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 0%
Nancy Johnson 71%
Tim Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 43%
Ric Keller 43%
Sue Kelly 43%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 29%
Dale Kildee 14%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 43%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 43%
Dennis Kucinich 57%
Jon Kyl 75%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 57%
Steve LaTourette 29%
James Leach 14%
Jerry Lewis 17%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
John Linder 71%
William Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 25%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 29%
Robert Matsui 14%
Karen McCarthy 33%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 86%
Michael McNulty 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 43%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 43%
Ben Nelson 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 43%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 43%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 14%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 29%
Dave Obey 43%
John Olver 17%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 86%
Michael Oxley 14%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 43%
John Peterson 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 57%
Richard Pombo 14%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
Deborah Pryce 43%
Jack Quinn 29%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 71%
Ralph Regula 14%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Thomas Reynolds 14%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Mike Ross 0%
Steve Rothman 43%
Jim Ryun 14%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 100%
Jim Saxton 43%
Edward Schrock 57%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Christopher Shays 71%
Donald Sherwood 43%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
Ike Skelton 0%
Gordon Smith 50%
Nick Smith 43%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 14%
Hilda Solis 29%
Mark Souder 29%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 71%
Cliff Stearns 71%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 50%
Ted Strickland 29%
Bart Stupak 43%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 86%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 57%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 14%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 14%
Todd Tiahrt 14%
Ed Towns 29%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Turner 0%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 50%
Diane Watson 14%
Anthony Weiner 71%
David Weldon 14%
W. Curtis Weldon 17%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 14%
David Wu 14%
Albert Wynn 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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