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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

1997 Positions

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