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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Cato Institute

2003-2004 Trade Barrier Votes Score

Issues: Trade
State Office District Name Party Rating
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
John Sununu 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
Judy Biggert 91%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
Mary Bono Mack 91%
Leonard Boswell 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
Mike Castle 91%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
Artur Davis 91%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 91%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Charlie Gonzalez 91%
Baron Hill 91%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 91%
Ray LaHood 91%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 91%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
Dennis Moore 91%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 91%
James Ramstad 91%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 91%
Christopher Shays 91%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 91%
Ellen Tauscher 91%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 91%
Anthony Weiner 91%
Wayne Allard 90%
Bob Bennett 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
Jane Harman 90%
William Jefferson 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
Don Manzullo 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 89%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 89%
Joseph Knollenberg 89%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
John Doolittle 86%
Howard Berman 82%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 82%
Robert Cramer 82%
Lincoln Davis 82%
Norm Dicks 82%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 82%
Elton Gallegly 82%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 82%
Darlene Hooley 82%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 82%
Tim Johnson 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 82%
John Peterson 82%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 82%
John Tanner 82%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 82%
Diane Watson 82%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
John Warner 80%
Kit Bond 78%
Barbara Cubin 78%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 78%
Kay Hutchison 78%
Ric Keller 78%
Dick Lugar 78%
Brian Baird 73%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 73%
Henry Brown, Jr. 73%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 73%
James DeMint 73%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 73%
David Dreier 73%
Chet Edwards 73%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 73%
Kenny Hulshof 73%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 73%
Nicholas Lampson 73%
Steve LaTourette 73%
John Linder 73%
James McCrery III 73%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 73%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 73%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 73%
George Radanovich 73%
Denny Rehberg 73%
Silvestre Reyes 73%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 73%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
James Walsh 73%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 73%
Gerald Weller 73%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 70%
Evan Bayh 70%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 70%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Jim Bunning 70%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 70%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 70%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
Larry Craig 70%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
Judd Gregg 70%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 70%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 70%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 70%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 70%
Ted Stevens 70%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
Chris Cannon 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
Joe Lieberman 67%
Sue Myrick 67%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 67%
John Sullivan 67%
Ed Towns 67%
Thomas Allen 64%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 64%
Roscoe Bartlett 64%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 64%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 64%
Steve Buyer 64%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 64%
Philip English 64%
Terry Everett 64%
Tom Feeney 64%
Michael Ferguson 64%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 64%
David Lee Hobson 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 64%
Jerry Lewis 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 64%
Ron Lewis 64%
Thaddeus McCotter 64%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 64%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 64%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 64%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 64%
Todd Platts 64%
Jon Porter, Sr. 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
Ralph Regula 64%
Richard Renzi 64%
Ciro Rodriguez 64%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 64%
Mike Ross 64%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 64%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 64%
Jim Saxton 64%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
John Shadegg 64%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
Ike Skelton 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
Mark Souder 64%
Todd Tiahrt 64%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 64%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 64%
David Weldon 64%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 64%
Shelley Berkley 63%
Jo Ann Emerson 63%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 60%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
Norm Coleman 60%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 60%
John Ensign 60%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60%
Marilyn Musgrave 60%
Ben Nelson 60%
Ron Paul 60%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
Gordon Smith 60%
Arlen Specter 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 60%
Cliff Stearns 60%
George Voinovich 60%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 60%
Hillary Clinton 56%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 56%
Pete Hoekstra 56%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 56%
Gary Ackerman 55%
Rick Boucher 55%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 55%
Dennis Cardoza 55%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 55%
Thomas Holden 55%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 55%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 55%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 55%
John Olver 55%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 55%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 55%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 55%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 55%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 55%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 55%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 55%
Zach Wamp 55%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 50%
Elizabeth Dole 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Barney Frank 50%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
Todd Akin 45%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 45%
Joe Baca, Sr. 45%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 45%
Marion Berry 45%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 45%
Dan Burton 45%
Jerry Costello 45%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 45%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 45%
Bill Delahunt 45%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 45%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 45%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 45%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Patrick Kennedy 45%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 45%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 45%
Jim Marshall 45%
John McHugh 45%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
Michael McNulty 45%
Alan Mollohan 45%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 45%
Hilda Solis 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Tom Tancredo 45%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 45%
Robert Wexler 45%
David Wu 45%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 45%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 44%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 44%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
Chris Dodd 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 40%
Jack Murtha 40%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 40%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
Dennis Kucinich 38%
J. Gresham Barrett 36%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 36%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 36%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 36%
Maurice Hinchey 36%
Duncan Hunter 36%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
Dale Kildee 36%
Jim Oberstar 36%
Dave Obey 36%
Donald Payne 36%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 36%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 36%
Gene Taylor 36%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 30%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 30%
Daniel Inouye 30%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
Pete Stark 30%
Lynn Woolsey 30%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 27%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Herb Kohl 20%
Steve Rothman 20%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
Robert Byrd 10%
Russ Feingold 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%

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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