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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 91%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 89%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 94%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 5%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 94%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 15%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 16%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 66%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 94%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 47%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 9%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 8%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 16%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 31%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 89%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 5%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 94%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 94%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 78%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 91%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 91%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 94%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 91%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 94%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 78%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 94%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 94%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 18%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 94%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 5%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 8%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 21%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 52%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 94%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 11%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 5%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 84%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 5%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 89%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 5%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 31%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 5%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 89%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 94%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 42%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 84%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 22%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 5%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 22%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 46%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 22%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 16%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 84%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 91%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 5%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 16%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 5%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 57%
Robert Barr, Jr. 94%
William Barrett 100%
Herbert Bateman 89%
Evan Bayh 16%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 10%
Douglas Bereuter 84%
Marion Berry 42%
Michael Bilirakis 89%
Rod Blagojevich 10%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 42%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Robert Borski, Jr. 5%
Rick Boucher 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 68%
John Breaux 33%
Richard Bryan 16%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 94%
Robert Byrd 22%
Herbert Callahan 94%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Chris Cannon 94%
Julia Carson 5%
Mike Castle 73%
Helen Chenoweth 100%
William Clay, Sr. 6%
Eva Clayton 10%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 16%
Robert Clement 47%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 63%
Merrill Cook 88%
John Cooksey 93%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 68%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Thomas Daschle 9%
James Davis 21%
Thomas Davis III 94%
Bill Delahunt 15%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 5%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 63%
John Doolittle 89%
Byron Dorgan 16%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 8%
Chet Edwards 22%
Vern Ehlers 84%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 94%
Philip English 68%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 94%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 11%
Peter Fitzgerald 66%
Ernest Fletcher 94%
Mark Foley 89%
Michael Patrick Forbes 52%
Harold Ford, Jr. 21%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Robert Franks 78%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 10%
John Ganske 57%
Sam Gejdenson 5%
George Gekas 94%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 5%
Jim Gibbons 73%
Wayne Gilchrest 73%
Paul Gillmor 94%
Benjamin Gilman 52%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 94%
Bart Gordon 52%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 16%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 94%
James Greenwood 72%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 94%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 26%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 94%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 94%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 26%
Rick Hill 94%
Van Hilleary 94%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 5%
David Lee Hobson 94%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 18%
Darlene Hooley 21%
Stephen Horn 61%
John Nathan Hostettler 94%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 77%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 84%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 76%
Jay Inslee 15%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 16%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Christopher John 68%
Nancy Johnson 73%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Sue Kelly 84%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
Patrick Kennedy 5%
Bob Kerrey 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 5%
Ronald Klink 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Steven Kuykendall 100%
John LaFalce 5%
Nicholas Lampson 10%
Tom Lantos 12%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 68%
James Leach 78%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
John Linder 94%
William Lipinski 21%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 15%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 36%
Matthew Martinez 23%
Frank Mascara 5%
Robert Matsui 5%
Karen McCarthy 15%
Bill McCollum 93%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 5%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 5%
Carrie Meek 5%
Jack Metcalf 83%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 26%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 10%
John Moakley 5%
Alan Mollohan 23%
Dennis Moore 26%
Constance Morella 36%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 25%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 21%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 94%
Robert William Ney 89%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 88%
James Nussle 94%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 5%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 6%
Edward Pease 94%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 52%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 15%
John Edward Porter 84%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 94%
Ralph Regula 94%
Thomas Reynolds 94%
Bob Riley 94%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 21%
Charles Robb 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Timothy Roemer 52%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Marge Roukema 84%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 38%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 8%
H. James Saxton 68%
Joe Scarborough 92%
John Shadegg 94%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 84%
Christopher Shays 63%
Donald Sherwood 84%
Ronnie Shows 52%
E.G. Shuster 94%
Norman Sisisky 63%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 93%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 11%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 25%
Floyd Spence 93%
John Spratt, Jr. 6%
Charles Stenholm 63%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 16%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 5%
John Sununu 94%
John Sweeney 89%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 52%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 57%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 94%
Fred Thompson 91%
Karen Thurman 10%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 25%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 42%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 83%
James Walsh 73%
Zach Wamp 94%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 5%
David Weldon 94%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Gerald Weller 78%
Paul Wellstone 8%
Robert Wexler 5%
Robert Weygand 15%
Heather Wilson 84%
Robert Wise, Jr. 21%
David Wu 15%
Albert Wynn 10%

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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