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