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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Todd Akin 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Brian Bilbray 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%
Dan Boren 100%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 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%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Thelma Drake 100%
David Dreier 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 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%
Judd Gregg 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Katherine Harris 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%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 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%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson 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%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Connie Mack IV 100%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
James McCrery III 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
James Nussle 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 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%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Mike Sodrel 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 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%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 93%
Judy Biggert 93%
Steve Buyer 93%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 93%
Geoff Davis 93%
Jo Ann Davis 93%
Thomas Davis III 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
Jo Ann Emerson 93%
Philip English 93%
Mark Green 93%
Melissa Hart 93%
Robert Hayes 93%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 93%
Wally Herger, Jr. 93%
Henry Hyde 93%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 93%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
John Kuhl, Jr. 93%
Jerry Lewis 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
Dan Lungren 93%
Don Manzullo 93%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 93%
Anne Northup 93%
John Peterson 93%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 93%
Ralph Regula 93%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 93%
Donald Sherwood 93%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 93%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 93%
John Sullivan 93%
Charles Taylor 93%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 93%
Gerald Weller 93%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 93%
Ginny Brown-Waite 92%
Robert Cramer 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 89%
Norm Coleman 89%
Larry Craig 89%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 89%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 89%
Rick Santorum 88%
Jean Schmidt 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 88%
Charlie Bass 86%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 86%
Mike Castle 86%
John Doolittle 86%
Chet Edwards 86%
Vern Ehlers 86%
Michael Ferguson 86%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 86%
Nancy Johnson 86%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 86%
Sue Kelly 86%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 86%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 86%
Ray LaHood 86%
Steve LaTourette 86%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 86%
John McHugh 86%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 86%
Todd Platts 86%
James Ramstad 86%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 86%
John Schwarz 86%
Arlen Specter 86%
John Sweeney 86%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 86%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
Mark Foley 85%
Wayne Gilchrest 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Ron Paul 83%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 80%
Bart Gordon 79%
Tim Johnson 79%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 79%
Jim Marshall 79%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 79%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 79%
James Walsh 79%
W. Curtis Weldon 79%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 78%
George Voinovich 78%
James Leach 77%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 77%
Christopher Shays 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 71%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 71%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
Jim Saxton 71%
John Tanner 71%
Albert Wynn 71%
Ben Nelson 67%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 64%
Melissa Bean 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
Dennis Cardoza 64%
Harold Ford, Jr. 64%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 64%
Gene Taylor 64%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 57%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 57%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 57%
Ike Skelton 57%
Edward Case 54%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50%
Mike Ross 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 46%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 44%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 44%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 44%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
Blanche Lincoln 44%
Brian Baird 43%
Marion Berry 43%
Jerry Costello 43%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 43%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
Jane Harman 38%
Rick Boucher 36%
Ben Chandler III 36%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 36%
Artur Davis 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 36%
Thomas Holden 36%
Darlene Hooley 36%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 36%
Alan Mollohan 36%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 36%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 36%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
Shelley Berkley 33%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
Ken Salazar 33%
Ed Towns 33%
William Jefferson 31%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Joe Baca, Sr. 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 29%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 29%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 29%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 29%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 23%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
Bart Stupak 23%
Ellen Tauscher 23%
David Wu 23%
Evan Bayh 22%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 22%
James Davis 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 22%
Herb Kohl 22%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 21%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 21%
Bill Delahunt 21%
Norm Dicks 21%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 21%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 21%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 21%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 21%
Michael McNulty 21%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 21%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 21%
Dennis Moore 21%
Jack Murtha 21%
Steve Rothman 21%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 21%
Vic Snyder 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 21%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 21%
Lane Evans 18%
Dave Obey 18%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 17%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 15%
Howard Berman 15%
Julia Carson 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 15%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 15%
Major Owens 15%
Silvestre Reyes 15%
Ted Strickland 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
Robert Wexler 15%
Gary Ackerman 14%
Thomas Allen 14%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 14%
Russ Carnahan 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 14%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
Bob Etheridge 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 14%
Barney Frank 14%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 14%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 14%
Maurice Hinchey 14%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 14%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 14%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 14%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 14%
Dale Kildee 14%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 14%
Dennis Kucinich 14%
Tom Lantos 14%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 14%
Martin Meehan 14%
Brad Miller 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 14%
John Olver 14%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 14%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 14%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 14%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 14%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 14%
Hilda Solis 14%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 14%
Diane Watson 14%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 14%
Anthony Weiner 14%
Lynn Woolsey 14%
Hillary Clinton 12%
Daniel Inouye 12%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 12%
Robert Byrd 11%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
Chris Dodd 11%
Joe Lieberman 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
Donald Payne 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
Pete Stark 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 7%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 7%
Paul Kanjorski 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 7%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 7%
Jim Oberstar 7%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Paul Sarbanes 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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