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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
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 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 38%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 93%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 21%
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 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 7%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 14%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 14%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
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 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
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 38%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 43%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 13%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 8%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 88%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 88%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 79%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
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 7%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 14%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 93%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 14%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
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 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 54%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 29%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 21%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 7%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 14%
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 8%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 63%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 38%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 7%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 7%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 79%
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 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
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 23%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 36%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 17%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 15%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 38%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 71%
Shelley Berkley 36%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 29%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 86%
Kit Bond 88%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Leonard Boswell 29%
Rick Boucher 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
John Breaux 63%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 92%
Robert Byrd 13%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
Brad Carson 43%
Julia Carson 7%
Mike Castle 79%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Kent Conrad 25%
Jon Corzine 25%
Jerry Costello 21%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 86%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 25%
James Davis 14%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 85%
Norm Dicks 7%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 57%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 25%
David Dreier 93%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 25%
Chet Edwards 21%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 86%
Bob Etheridge 21%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 13%
Michael Ferguson 93%
Peter Fitzgerald 63%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 23%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 7%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 7%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Charlie Gonzalez 7%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 57%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 13%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Jane Harman 43%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 14%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 14%
Ernest Hollings 38%
Darlene Hooley 29%
John Nathan Hostettler 93%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 77%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Henry Hyde 93%
Daniel Inouye 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 14%
William Jefferson 21%
James Merrill Jeffords 63%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
Christopher John 50%
Nancy Johnson 93%
Tim Johnson 86%
Paul Kanjorski 14%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 25%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 7%
Dale Kildee 7%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Gerald Kleczka 7%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 38%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 14%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 21%
Tom Lantos 7%
Steve LaTourette 93%
James Leach 86%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 86%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
Robert Matsui 7%
Karen McCarthy 7%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 93%
Scott McInnis 100%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
Zell Bryan Miller 75%
Alan Mollohan 14%
Dennis Moore 36%
Jack Murtha 36%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 93%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 14%
John Olver 14%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 14%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 92%
Donald Payne 7%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 92%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 7%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 8%
Mike Ross 36%
Steve Rothman 7%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 43%
Rick Santorum 88%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
Jim Saxton 93%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 93%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Ike Skelton 38%
Gordon Smith 88%
Nick Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 14%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 14%
Pete Stark 14%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 88%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 36%
Ellen Tauscher 21%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 29%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 93%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Ed Towns 15%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
James Turner 29%
George Voinovich 88%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 88%
Diane Watson 14%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 93%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 7%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 7%
David Wu 7%
Albert Wynn 15%

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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