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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: The Cato Institute

2003-2004 Trade Barrier Votes Score

Issues: Trade Issues
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 45%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 55%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 27%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 64%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 80%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 82%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 64%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 80%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 60%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 56%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 45%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Doris Matsui Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 91%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 40%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 60%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 27%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 73%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 64%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 45%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 30%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 91%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 91%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 64%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 55%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 70%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 55%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 91%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 82%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 91%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 82%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 78%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 55%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 45%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 64%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 73%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 73%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 64%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 45%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 55%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 64%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 55%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 64%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 91%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 55%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 73%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 64%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 70%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 70%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 45%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 78%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 63%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 64%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 45%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 73%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 45%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 56%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 91%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
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 91%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 73%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 50%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 64%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 60%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 55%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 55%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 63%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 36%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 73%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 73%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 36%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 80%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 55%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 64%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 64%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 30%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 73%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 36%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 70%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 91%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 64%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 78%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 44%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 73%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 73%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 64%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 33%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 27%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 70%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 73%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 82%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 82%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 45%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 55%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 40%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 89%
Wayne Allard 90%
Thomas Allen 64%
Brian Baird 73%
J. Gresham Barrett 36%
Evan Bayh 70%
Bob Bennett 90%
Marion Berry 45%
Kit Bond 78%
Rick Boucher 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Henry Brown, Jr. 73%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Jim Bunning 70%
Steve Buyer 64%
Robert Byrd 10%
Chris Cannon 67%
Mike Castle 91%
Norm Coleman 60%
Larry Craig 70%
Robert Cramer 82%
Barbara Cubin 78%
Artur Davis 91%
Lincoln Davis 82%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Bill Delahunt 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Chris Dodd 40%
Elizabeth Dole 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
John Doolittle 86%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 60%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Terry Everett 64%
Tom Feeney 64%
Russ Feingold 10%
Michael Ferguson 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 89%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
Bart Gordon 70%
Judd Gregg 70%
Charles Hagel 80%
Jane Harman 90%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
Baron Hill 91%
David Lee Hobson 64%
Pete Hoekstra 56%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Kenny Hulshof 73%
Duncan Hunter 36%
Jay Inslee 91%
William Jefferson 90%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Ric Keller 78%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Patrick Kennedy 45%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 89%
Nicholas Lampson 73%
Ron Lewis 64%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 73%
Jim Marshall 45%
James McCrery III 73%
John McHugh 45%
Michael McNulty 45%
Alan Mollohan 45%
Dennis Moore 91%
Jack Murtha 40%
Marilyn Musgrave 60%
Jim Oberstar 36%
Dave Obey 36%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Donald Payne 36%
John Peterson 82%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
Jon Porter, Sr. 64%
George Radanovich 73%
James Ramstad 91%
Ralph Regula 64%
Richard Renzi 64%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
Ciro Rodriguez 64%
H. James Saxton 64%
John Shadegg 64%
Christopher Shays 91%
Ike Skelton 64%
Gordon Smith 60%
Vic Snyder 90%
Mark Souder 64%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Ted Stevens 70%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sununu 100%
Tom Tancredo 45%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 91%
Gene Taylor 36%
Todd Tiahrt 64%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 73%
Zach Wamp 55%
John Warner 80%
Diane Watson 82%
Anthony Weiner 91%
David Weldon 64%
Gerald Weller 73%
Robert Wexler 45%
David Wu 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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