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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Cato Institute

2001-2002 Trade Barrier Votes Score

Issues: Trade
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 50%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 43%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 45%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 64%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 55%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 43%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 45%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 36%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 45%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 40%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 30%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 55%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 73%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 36%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 36%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 91%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 73%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 91%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 13%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 55%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 73%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 73%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 82%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 73%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 45%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 63%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 73%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 55%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 55%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 36%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 36%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 36%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 63%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 13%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 73%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 55%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 44%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 70%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 45%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 91%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 88%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 55%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 88%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 38%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 38%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 45%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 9%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 45%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 36%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 27%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 45%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 73%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 82%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 64%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 38%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 64%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 64%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 45%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 13%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 36%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 88%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 18%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 45%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 13%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 73%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 55%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 55%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 73%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 36%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 27%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 64%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 64%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 64%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 82%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 13%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 27%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 36%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
Gary Ackerman 36%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 14%
Todd Akin 64%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 88%
Thomas Allen 55%
Joe Baca, Sr. 36%
Brian Baird 45%
Richard Hugh Baker 73%
Cass Ballenger 55%
J. Gresham Barrett 45%
Roscoe Bartlett 36%
Charlie Bass 82%
Evan Bayh 38%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 82%
Shelley Berkley 27%
Howard Berman 55%
Marion Berry 36%
Judy Biggert 91%
Brian Bilbray 36%
Michael Bilirakis 36%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 64%
Mary Bono Mack 70%
Leonard Boswell 55%
Rick Boucher 45%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 45%
John Breaux 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. 64%
Jim Bunning 75%
Conrad Burns 71%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 0%
Ben Campbell 38%
Chris Cannon 73%
Brad Carson 73%
Mike Castle 64%
Hillary Clinton 13%
Michael Collins 45%
Larry Combest 70%
Kent Conrad 13%
Jon Corzine 13%
Jerry Costello 36%
Christopher Cox 55%
Larry Craig 88%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 73%
Barbara Cubin 56%
Randall Cunningham 45%
Thomas Daschle 38%
James Davis 55%
Jo Ann Davis 18%
Bill Delahunt 45%
Thomas DeLay 67%
James DeMint 73%
Peter Deutsch 27%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Norm Dicks 73%
Chris Dodd 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 91%
John Doolittle 55%
Byron Dorgan 13%
David Dreier 82%
Jennifer Dunn 73%
John Edwards 25%
Chet Edwards 64%
Vern Ehlers 73%
Jo Ann Emerson 82%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 88%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 36%
Terry Everett 40%
Russ Feingold 0%
Michael Ferguson 55%
Peter Fitzgerald 88%
Ernest Fletcher 73%
Mark Foley 45%
Harold Ford, Jr. 55%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
Barney Frank 36%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 45%
Elton Gallegly 64%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 18%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 64%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 64%
Mark Green 55%
James Greenwood 82%
Judd Gregg 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 55%
Jane Harman 55%
Melissa Hart 45%
Robert Hayes 36%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Joel Hefley 27%
Wally Herger, Jr. 82%
Baron Hill 64%
Maurice Hinchey 36%
David Lee Hobson 55%
Pete Hoekstra 36%
Thomas Holden 27%
Ernest Hollings 13%
Darlene Hooley 45%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 70%
Kenny Hulshof 73%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Henry Hyde 45%
Daniel Inouye 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 64%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 36%
William Jefferson 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 38%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Christopher John 73%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Tim Johnson 82%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Ric Keller 73%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 13%
Mark Kennedy 73%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 36%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 40%
Gerald Kleczka 45%
Joseph Knollenberg 73%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 91%
Dennis Kucinich 27%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 73%
Nicholas Lampson 55%
Tom Lantos 40%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 82%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Ron Lewis 73%
Joe Lieberman 57%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 64%
William Lipinski 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 88%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 82%
Robert Matsui 55%
James McCrery III 73%
John McHugh 27%
Scott McInnis 64%
Michael McNulty 36%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 64%
Ben Nelson 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 82%
Robert William Ney 64%
Don Nickles 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 82%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Dave Obey 27%
John Olver 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Thomas William Osborne 91%
Doug Ose 73%
Major Owens 36%
Ron Paul 64%
Donald Payne 36%
John Peterson 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 36%
Todd Platts 70%
Richard Pombo 45%
Earl Pomeroy 55%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 55%
James Ramstad 91%
Ralph Regula 36%
Denny Rehberg 82%
Silvestre Reyes 45%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
Ciro Rodriguez 55%
Mike Ross 27%
Steve Rothman 9%
Jim Ryun 73%
Martin Olav Sabo 45%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 36%
Rick Santorum 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
Edward Schrock 73%
John Shadegg 64%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 64%
Christopher Shays 73%
Donald Sherwood 64%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 63%
Nick Smith 82%
Olympia Snowe 63%
Vic Snyder 73%
Hilda Solis 36%
Mark Souder 45%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Pete Stark 36%
Cliff Stearns 25%
Charles Stenholm 82%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 27%
Bart Stupak 36%
John Sullivan 60%
John Sununu 82%
John Sweeney 67%
Tom Tancredo 36%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 64%
William Tauzin 55%
Charles Taylor 18%
Gene Taylor 27%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 64%
Todd Tiahrt 82%
Ed Towns 36%
James Turner 45%
James Walsh 55%
Zach Wamp 45%
John Warner 71%
Diane Watson 27%
Anthony Weiner 45%
David Weldon 36%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 64%
Robert Wexler 30%
Heather Wilson 82%
Lynn Woolsey 36%
David Wu 27%
Albert Wynn 45%

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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