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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 17%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 11%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 17%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 83%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 11%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 83%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 17%
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 89%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 11%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 11%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 83%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 11%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 17%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 22%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 11%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 22%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 11%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 11%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 22%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 11%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 11%
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 13%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 13%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 11%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
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 22%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 13%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 44%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 89%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 44%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 83%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 11%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 17%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 78%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 11%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 11%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 14%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 20%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 11%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
Brian Baird 22%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 11%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 56%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 17%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 13%
Douglas Bereuter 78%
Shelley Berkley 44%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 33%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
Rod Blagojevich 11%
Sherwood Boehlert 78%
Kit Bond 83%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 11%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 11%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 22%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
John Breaux 67%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 0%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
Jean Carnahan 50%
Brad Carson 44%
Julia Carson 11%
Mike Castle 78%
Eva Clayton 11%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Robert Clement 56%
Hillary Clinton 17%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 17%
John Cooksey 100%
Jon Corzine 17%
Jerry Costello 22%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 13%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 89%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 17%
James Davis 11%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 11%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 89%
Norm Dicks 11%
Chris Dodd 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 56%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 17%
David Dreier 89%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 17%
Chet Edwards 11%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 78%
Jo Ann Emerson 89%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 83%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 17%
Michael Ferguson 89%
Peter Fitzgerald 50%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 22%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 11%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 88%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 11%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 88%
Benjamin Gilman 78%
Charlie Gonzalez 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 67%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 78%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 14%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 44%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 11%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 22%
Maurice Hinchey 11%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 11%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Stephen Horn 89%
John Nathan Hostettler 89%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 75%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 83%
Henry Hyde 89%
Daniel Inouye 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 22%
William Jefferson 22%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 89%
Tim Johnson 89%
Paul Kanjorski 22%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 17%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 14%
Brian Kerns 100%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 11%
Gerald Kleczka 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 33%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 11%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 11%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 22%
Tom Lantos 11%
Steve LaTourette 89%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 17%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 11%
James Maloney 44%
Don Manzullo 100%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 11%
Karen McCarthy 11%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 88%
Scott McInnis 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 11%
Michael McNulty 11%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 13%
Dan Miller 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 67%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 11%
Alan Mollohan 11%
Dennis Moore 33%
Constance Morella 44%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 13%
Dave Obey 11%
John Olver 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 11%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 11%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 11%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 88%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 11%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 13%
Timothy Roemer 33%
Mike Ross 33%
Steve Rothman 11%
Marge Roukema 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 44%
Rick Santorum 83%
Paul Sarbanes 17%
Jim Saxton 89%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 89%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 83%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Vic Snyder 11%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 67%
John Spratt, Jr. 22%
Pete Stark 11%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 44%
Ted Stevens 83%
Ted Strickland 11%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 14%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 89%
Fred Thompson 83%
Karen Thurman 11%
Strom Thurmond 83%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Ed Towns 25%
James Traficant, Jr. 89%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 11%
James Turner 33%
George Voinovich 83%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 83%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 11%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 89%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 17%
Robert Wexler 11%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 11%
David Wu 11%
Albert Wynn 25%

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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