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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Michael Bilirakis 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%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad 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%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Merrill Cook 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Jay Dickey 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
George Gekas 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
William Goodling 100%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 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%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 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%
Connie Mack 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 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%
Dan Miller 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 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%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Bob Riley 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 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%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Floyd Spence 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Bob Stump 100%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 92%
Ed Bryant 92%
Herbert Callahan 92%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 92%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 92%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
Christopher Cox 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Philip English 92%
Mark Foley 92%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
James Hansen 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Stephen Largent 92%
David McIntosh 92%
James Ramstad 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 92%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 92%
John Shadegg 92%
William Thomas 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
Zach Wamp 92%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 92%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
Philip Crane 91%
Robert Livingston 91%
E.G. Shuster 91%
Wayne Allard 86%
John Ashcroft 86%
John Chafee 86%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
Bob Smith 86%
Olympia Snowe 86%
Ted Stevens 86%
Craig Thomas 86%
Fred Thompson 86%
Mike Castle 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
Thomas Davis III 85%
Robert Franks 85%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 85%
Rick Hill 85%
Duncan Hunter 85%
Steve LaTourette 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 85%
John McHugh 85%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 85%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Edward Pease 85%
Richard Pombo 85%
John Edward Porter 85%
Jack Quinn 85%
George Radanovich 85%
Jim Saxton 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85%
Gene Taylor 85%
Gerald Weller 85%
David Dreier 83%
Jesse Helms 83%
Jon Kyl 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 83%
James Rogan 83%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83%
Herbert Bateman 82%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 77%
Brian Bilbray 77%
Robert Cramer 77%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 77%
Stephen Horn 77%
Henry Hyde 77%
Christopher John 77%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 77%
Rick Lazio 77%
Bill McCollum 77%
Ron Paul 77%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 77%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Joe Scarborough 77%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 77%
James Walsh 77%
Wayne Gilchrest 75%
William Roth, Jr. 71%
Arlen Specter 71%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Gary Condit 70%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Nancy Johnson 70%
Sue Kelly 70%
Ray LaHood 70%
James Leach 70%
Marge Roukema 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
John Ganske 64%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 62%
James Maloney 62%
Owen Pickett 62%
Timothy Roemer 62%
Ike Skelton 62%
Charles Stenholm 62%
James Turner 62%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
John Breaux 57%
Richard Bryan 57%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Daniel Graham 57%
Herb Kohl 57%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 57%
Marion Berry 54%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 54%
David Minge 54%
Christopher Shays 54%
Norman Sisisky 54%
James Barcia 46%
Sherwood Boehlert 46%
Leonard Boswell 46%
James Davis 46%
Calvin Dooley 46%
Chet Edwards 46%
Bob Etheridge 46%
Michael Patrick Forbes 46%
Bart Gordon 46%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 46%
Earl Pomeroy 46%
Vic Snyder 46%
Ted Strickland 46%
John Tanner 46%
Ciro Rodriguez 45%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 43%
Jeff Bingaman 43%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 43%
Kent Conrad 43%
Thomas Daschle 43%
Chris Dodd 43%
Byron Dorgan 43%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 43%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 43%
Daniel Inouye 43%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
Bob Kerrey 43%
Frank Lautenberg 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 43%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 43%
Joe Lieberman 43%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 43%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 43%
Charles Robb 43%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 43%
Robert Torricelli 43%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 43%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 42%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 38%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 38%
Norm Dicks 38%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 38%
Thomas Holden 38%
Darlene Hooley 38%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 38%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 38%
Constance Morella 38%
Jack Murtha 38%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 38%
Silvestre Reyes 38%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 38%
John Spratt, Jr. 38%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 38%
Jerry Costello 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 31%
Rod Blagojevich 31%
Eva Clayton 31%
Robert Clement 31%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 31%
Jonas Frost III 31%
Tony Hall 31%
Ronald Klink 31%
William Lipinski 31%
Frank Mascara 31%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 31%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 31%
Karen Thurman 31%
Bob Weygand 31%
Albert Wynn 31%
Robert Byrd 29%
Russ Feingold 29%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 29%
Patrick Moynihan 29%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 29%
Gerald Kleczka 27%
Michael McNulty 25%
Bob Wise, Jr. 25%
John Baldacci 23%
Julia Carson 23%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 23%
William Coyne 23%
Paul Kanjorski 23%
Dale Kildee 23%
John LaFalce 23%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 23%
William Luther 23%
Karen McCarthy 23%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 23%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 23%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 23%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 23%
Ellen Tauscher 23%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 23%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 23%
Lynn Woolsey 23%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 18%
Steve Rothman 18%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 17%
Martin Meehan 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
Gary Ackerman 15%
Thomas Allen 15%
Howard Berman 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
David Edward Bonior 15%
Rick Boucher 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 15%
Peter Deutsch 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
Lane Evans 15%
Sam Gejdenson 15%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
Nicholas Lampson 15%
Tom Lantos 15%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
Matthew Martinez 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 15%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
Bart Stupak 15%
Bruce Vento 15%
Robert Wexler 15%
Ernest Hollings 14%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
Paul Wellstone 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
William Jefferson 11%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Robert Borski, Jr. 8%
George Brown, Jr. 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
Julian Dixon 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
Robert Matsui 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
Carrie Meek 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 8%
Major Owens 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Donald Payne 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Ed Towns 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman 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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