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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 80%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 60%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
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 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 60%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 40%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 40%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 60%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 40%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 40%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 40%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
Wayne Allard 80%
Thomas Allen 40%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 80%
Henry Scott Baesler 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 40%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Herbert Bateman 80%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Howard Berman 40%
Marion Berry 60%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Rod Blagojevich 40%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 40%
Sonny Bono 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 80%
George Brown, Jr. 20%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 20%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 40%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 40%
Mike Castle 100%
John Chafee 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 40%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 60%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 60%
Merrill Cook 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 80%
William Coyne 20%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 60%
James Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Ronald Dellums 0%
Peter Deutsch 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 60%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 60%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 80%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 80%
Harris Fawell 100%
Victor Fazio 40%
Russ Feingold 40%
Thomas Foglietta 40%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 40%
Wendell Ford 60%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Jon David Fox 100%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 100%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 40%
Elizabeth Furse 40%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 80%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 80%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 40%
Henry Gonzalez 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 80%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 40%
Lee Hamilton 40%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 40%
Jesse Helms 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 20%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 40%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 80%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 80%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
Jay Johnson 40%
Nancy Johnson 80%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
Sue Kelly 100%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Joseph Kennedy II 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 40%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Dale Kildee 40%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Jay Kim 100%
Gerald Kleczka 40%
Ronald Klink 40%
Scott Klug 80%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 80%
John LaFalce 40%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 40%
Tom Lantos 40%
Stephen Largent 80%
Steve LaTourette 100%
Rick Lazio 100%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 60%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 40%
Robert Livingston 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 40%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 80%
Thomas Manton 50%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 40%
Frank Mascara 40%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 40%
Bill McCollum 80%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 80%
Paul McHale 40%
John McHugh 80%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 80%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 40%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 50%
Carrie Meek 20%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 60%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 20%
John Moakley 20%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Constance Morella 80%
Carol Moseley Braun 75%
Patrick Moynihan 40%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Michael Pappas 100%
Mike Parker 100%
Ron Paul 80%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
John Edward Porter 80%
Glenn Poshard 40%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Bill Redmond 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 40%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 67%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Steve Rothman 40%
Marge Roukema 80%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 40%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 20%
Jim Saxton 100%
Joe Scarborough 80%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
Steven Schiff 0%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 100%
E.G. Shuster 80%
Norman Sisisky 60%
David Skaggs 40%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 80%
Gordon Smith 100%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 80%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 40%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 100%
Louis Stokes 0%
Ted Strickland 40%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 40%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 40%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 40%
Robert Torricelli 60%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
James Turner 60%
Bruce Vento 40%
James Walsh 80%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 80%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 80%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 40%
Bob Weygand 20%
Rick White 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 40%
Lynn Woolsey 40%
Albert Wynn 40%
Sidney Yates 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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