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