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Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

2007-2008 Positions

Issues: Business and Consumers
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State Office District Name Party Rating
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100
Bob Bennett 100
Kit Bond 100
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100
Jim Bunning 100
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100
Norm Coleman 100
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100
Elizabeth Dole 100
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 100
Tom Feeney 100
Wayne Gilchrest 100
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100
Kay Hutchison 100
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100
Dick Lugar 100
Connie Mack IV 100
Melquiades Martinez 100
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100
John Peterson 100
George Radanovich 100
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 100
Gordon Smith 100
Olympia Snowe 100
Ted Stevens 100
John Sununu 100
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100
John Warner 100
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100
Heather Wilson 100
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 91
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 91
Larry Craig 91
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 91
James DeMint 91
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 91
Judd Gregg 91
Jon Kyl 91
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 91
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 91
Arlen Specter 91
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90
Todd Akin 90
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 90
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90
Roscoe Bartlett 90
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90
Judy Biggert 90
Brian Bilbray 90
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 90
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 90
Mary Bono Mack 90
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 90
Dan Boren 90
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 90
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90
Henry Brown, Jr. 90
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 90
Dan Burton 90
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 90
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 90
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 90
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 90
Mike Castle 90
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 90
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90
David Davis 90
Geoff Davis 90
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 90
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 90
Thelma Drake 90
David Dreier 90
Vern Ehlers 90
Jo Ann Emerson 90
John Ensign 90
Terry Everett 90
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 90
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 90
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 90
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 90
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 90
Wally Herger, Jr. 90
David Lee Hobson 90
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 90
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 90
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 90
Joseph Knollenberg 90
John Kuhl, Jr. 90
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 90
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 90
Jerry Lewis 90
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90
Dan Lungren 90
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 90
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 90
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 90
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 90
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 90
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 90
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 90
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 90
Denny Rehberg 90
Thomas Reynolds 90
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 90
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90
William Sali 90
Jean Schmidt 90
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 90
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 90
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 90
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 90
George Voinovich 90
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 90
Zach Wamp 90
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 90
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 89
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 89
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 89
Ginny Brown-Waite 89
Steve Buyer 89
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 89
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 89
Elton Gallegly 89
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 89
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 89
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 89
Pete Hoekstra 89
Bob Inglis, Sr. 89
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 89
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89
Ray LaHood 89
Ron Lewis 89
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 89
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 89
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 89
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 89
Marilyn Musgrave 89
Sue Myrick 89
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 89
Ralph Regula 89
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 89
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 89
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 89
Mark Souder 89
Todd Tiahrt 89
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 89
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 89
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 89
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 89
John Doolittle 88
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 88
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 88
James McCrery III 88
Deborah Pryce 88
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 88
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88
John Sullivan 88
David Weldon 88
Kenny Hulshof 86
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 83
Wayne Allard 82
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 82
J. Gresham Barrett 80
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 80
Chris Cannon 80
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80
Thomas Davis III 80
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 80
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 80
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 80
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 80
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 80
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 80
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 80
Ric Keller 80
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 80
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 80
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 80
John Linder 80
Don Manzullo 80
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 80
Thaddeus McCotter 80
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 80
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 80
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 80
Ben Nelson 80
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 80
Todd Platts 80
Jon Porter, Sr. 80
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 80
James Ramstad 80
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 80
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80
Cliff Stearns 80
James Walsh 80
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 80
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 80
Robert Cramer 78
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78
Philip English 78
Duncan Hunter 78
Richard Renzi 78
Heath Shuler 78
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 75
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 75
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 75
Nicholas Lampson 75
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 75
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 73
Evan Bayh 73
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 73
Joe Lieberman 73
Blanche Lincoln 73
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 73
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71
Gerald Weller 71
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70
Nancy Boyda 70
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 70
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 70
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 70
Michael Ferguson 70
Robert Hayes 70
Baron Hill 70
Tim Mahoney 70
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 70
John Shadegg 70
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 70
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 67
Rick Boucher 67
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 67
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 67
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 67
Lincoln Davis 67
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 67
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 67
Steve LaTourette 67
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 67
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 67
John McHugh 67
Ron Paul 67
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 67
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 67
Jim Saxton 67
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 67
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 67
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 67
Robert Byrd 64
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 64
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 64
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 64
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 64
Ken Salazar 64
Jim Webb, Jr. 64
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 64
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 63
Tim Johnson 63
Tom Tancredo 63
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 63
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 63
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 60
Gary Ackerman 60
Jason Altmire 60
Michael Arcuri 60
Joe Baca, Sr. 60
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60
Melissa Bean 60
Shelley Berkley 60
Howard Berman 60
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 60
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60
Leonard Boswell 60
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 60
Dennis Cardoza 60
Russ Carnahan 60
Christopher Carney 60
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 60
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 60
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 60
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 60
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 60
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 60
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 60
Barbara Cubin 60
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 60
Artur Davis 60
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 60
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 60
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 60
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 60
Norm Dicks 60
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 60
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 60
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 60
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 60
Chet Edwards 60
Brad Ellsworth 60
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60
Bob Etheridge 60
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 60
Barney Frank 60
Gabrielle Giffords 60
Charlie Gonzalez 60
Bart Gordon 60
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 60
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 60
John Hall 60
Phil Hare 60
Jane Harman 60
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 60
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 60
Maurice Hinchey 60
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 60
Paul Hodes 60
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60
Darlene Hooley 60
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 60
Daniel Inouye 60
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 60
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 60
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 60
Paul Kanjorski 60
Patrick Kennedy 60
Dale Kildee 60
Carolyn Kilpatrick 60
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 60
Ron Klein 60
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 60
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 60
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 60
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 60
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 60
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 60
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 60
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 60
Michael McNulty 60
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 60
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 60
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 60
Brad Miller 60
Harry Mitchell 60
Alan Mollohan 60
Dennis Moore 60
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 60
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 60
Patrick Murphy 60
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 60
Jim Oberstar 60
Dave Obey 60
John Olver 60
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 60
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 60
Earl Pomeroy 60
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 60
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 60
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 60
Laura Richardson 60
Ciro Rodriguez 60
Mike Ross 60
Steve Rothman 60
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 60
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 60
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 60
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 60
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 60
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 60
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 60
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 60
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 60
Joe Sestak, Jr. 60
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 60
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 60
Ike Skelton 60
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 60
Vic Snyder 60
Zack Space 60
John Spratt, Jr. 60
Pete Stark 60
Bart Stupak 60
John Tanner 60
Ellen Tauscher 60
Gene Taylor 60
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 60
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 60
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 60
Ed Towns 60
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 60
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 60
Diane Watson 60
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 60
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 60
Lynn Woolsey 60
David Wu 60
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 57
William Jefferson 57
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 56
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 56
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 56
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 56
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 56
Ben Chandler III 56
Jerry Costello 56
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 56
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 56
Thomas Holden 56
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 56
Steve Kagen 56
Dennis Kucinich 56
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 56
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 56
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 56
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 56
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 56
Jack Murtha 56
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 56
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 56
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 56
Donald Payne 56
Silvestre Reyes 56
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 56
Christopher Shays 56
Hilda Solis 56
Betty Sutton 56
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 56
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 56
Anthony Weiner 56
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 56
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 55
Jeff Bingaman 55
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 55
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 55
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 55
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 55
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 55
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 55
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55
Herb Kohl 55
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 55
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 55
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 55
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 55
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 55
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 55
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 55
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 55
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 55
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 55
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 55
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 55
Thomas Allen 50
Brian Baird 50
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50
Marion Berry 50
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. 50
Travis Childers 50
Hillary Clinton 50
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50
Bill Delahunt 50
Chris Dodd 50
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 50
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 50
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 50
Jim Marshall 50
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 50
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 50
Robert Wexler 50
Kent Conrad 45
Byron Dorgan 45
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 45
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 44
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 43
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 43
Russ Feingold 36
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33

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.

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