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2001 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Gary Ackerman 77%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 22%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 87%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 12%
George Allen 25%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Richard Armey 11%
Joe Baca, Sr. 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 88%
Robert Barr, Jr. 11%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 22%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 22%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 77%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 77%
Douglas Bereuter 11%
Shelley Berkley 88%
Howard Berman 88%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 87%
Judy Biggert 11%
Michael Bilirakis 22%
Jeff Bingaman 87%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 88%
Rod Blagojevich 77%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
Kit Bond 12%
Henry Bonilla 11%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 22%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 87%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 77%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 62%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 25%
Ed Bryant 11%
Jim Bunning 25%
Conrad Burns 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
Dan Burton 11%
Steve Buyer 22%
Robert Byrd 87%
Herbert Callahan 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 22%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Jean Carnahan 87%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 87%
Brad Carson 66%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 22%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 22%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 77%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 37%
Michael Collins 22%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 22%
Gary Condit 77%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 11%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 25%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 11%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 88%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 22%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 88%
Jo Ann Davis 22%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 88%
Thomas Davis III 11%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 37%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
Norm Dicks 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 37%
Calvin Dooley 44%
John Doolittle 22%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
Jennifer Dunn 11%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 87%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 11%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 22%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 22%
John Ensign 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 88%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 11%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 87%
Michael Ferguson 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 11%
Mark Foley 33%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 16%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 25%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 22%
John Ganske 55%
George Gekas 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 88%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 11%
Paul Gillmor 11%
Benjamin Gilman 44%
Charlie Gonzalez 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 22%
Bart Gordon 88%
Porter Goss 11%
Daniel Graham 87%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 22%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
Mark Green 22%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 11%
Judd Gregg 12%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 37%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
Tony Hall 88%
James Hansen 11%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 87%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 22%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 12%
Robert Hayes 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 11%
Joel Hefley 22%
Jesse Helms 12%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 77%
Van Hilleary 22%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 77%
David Lee Hobson 11%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 88%
Pete Hoekstra 22%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 87%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 11%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Duncan Hunter 22%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 37%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Henry Hyde 22%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 37%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 77%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Christopher John 55%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 22%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
Ric Keller 11%
Sue Kelly 22%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 11%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 87%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 11%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 22%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Herb Kohl 75%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 12%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 33%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
Steve LaTourette 22%
James Leach 55%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 11%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 11%
Joe Lieberman 87%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 11%
William Lipinski 77%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 22%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 44%
Dick Lugar 25%
William Luther 88%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 88%
Don Manzullo 22%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 77%
Robert Matsui 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
Karen McCarthy 88%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 12%
James McCrery III 11%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 44%
Scott McInnis 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 77%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 25%
Zell Bryan Miller 62%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 77%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
Constance Morella 55%
Frank Murkowski 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 87%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Ben Nelson 75%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 11%
Robert William Ney 22%
Don Nickles 25%
Anne Northup 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
James Nussle 22%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 66%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Doug Ose 11%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 11%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
Ron Paul 22%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 77%
John Peterson 11%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 22%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 11%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 11%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 22%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
James Ramstad 22%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 22%
Denny Rehberg 11%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Timothy Roemer 88%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 22%
Mike Ross 88%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 44%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
Jim Ryun 11%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 88%
Rick Santorum 12%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 33%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
Edward Schrock 11%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 11%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 11%
Christopher Shays 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 22%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 22%
Ronnie Shows 77%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 28%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 22%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
Joseph Skeen 11%
Ike Skelton 77%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 66%
Gordon Smith 37%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 12%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 88%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 62%
John Spratt, Jr. 88%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 22%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 25%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 11%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 11%
Tom Tancredo 11%
John Tanner 77%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
William Tauzin 22%
Charles Taylor 11%
Gene Taylor 77%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
Craig Thomas 12%
William Thomas 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 12%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 11%
Robert Torricelli 87%
Ed Towns 88%
James Traficant, Jr. 44%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 77%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
George Voinovich 12%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 37%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
Wesley Watkins 11%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 11%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 11%
W. Curtis Weldon 44%
Gerald Weller 22%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 11%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
Heather Wilson 11%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 11%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%

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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