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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Todd Akin 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 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%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Max Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Mark Foley 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Porter Goss 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 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%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
William Janklow 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 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%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Edward Schrock 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%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
Douglas Bereuter 86%
Mike Castle 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 86%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
John Doolittle 86%
Michael Ferguson 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 86%
William Lewis Jenkins 86%
Nancy Johnson 86%
Thaddeus McCotter 86%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 86%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 86%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 86%
Ron Paul 86%
Christopher Shays 86%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 86%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
Robert Cramer 83%
Jim Saxton 83%
Todd Tiahrt 83%
Ben Campbell 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 75%
Ted Stevens 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 71%
Sue Kelly 71%
Steve LaTourette 71%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 71%
John McHugh 71%
James Nussle 71%
Jack Quinn 71%
John Sweeney 71%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 71%
Calvin Dooley 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Tim Johnson 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 57%
Charles Stenholm 57%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 43%
Lincoln Davis 43%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 43%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 43%
Chris Bell 29%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 29%
Dennis Cardoza 29%
Brad Carson 29%
Chet Edwards 29%
Bart Gordon 29%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 29%
Christopher John 29%
James Leach 29%
Jim Marshall 29%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
Ike Skelton 29%
Gene Taylor 29%
Albert Wynn 29%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
John Breaux 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 25%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 17%
Jerry Costello 17%
Jane Harman 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
Vic Snyder 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 14%
Shelley Berkley 14%
Marion Berry 14%
Leonard Boswell 14%
Rick Boucher 14%
Edward Case 14%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 14%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 14%
Artur Davis 14%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 14%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Charlie Gonzalez 14%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 14%
Thomas Holden 14%
Darlene Hooley 14%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 14%
Nicholas Lampson 14%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 14%
William Lipinski 14%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 14%
Karen McCarthy 14%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 14%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 14%
Jack Murtha 14%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
Mike Ross 14%
Steve Rothman 14%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 14%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 14%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 14%
John Tanner 14%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
James Turner 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
Brian Baird 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 0%
Evan Bayh 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Howard Berman 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
Robert Byrd 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Jon Corzine 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 0%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 0%
Lane Evans 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Daniel Graham 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
Baron Hill 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Ernest Hollings 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Herb Kohl 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
Denise Majette 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Brad Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Major Owens 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Ted Strickland 0%
Bart Stupak 0%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 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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