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