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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Benefits Council

2001 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 57%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 71%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 71%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 67%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 33%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 33%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 57%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 71%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 29%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 57%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 0%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 29%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
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 33%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 43%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 14%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
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 14 Ron Paul Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 71%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
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 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 29%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 57%
Wayne Allard 71%
George Allen 71%
Thomas Allen 33%
Brian Baird 67%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 71%
Marion Berry 67%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Jim Bunning 71%
Conrad Burns 71%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 0%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 33%
Mike Castle 100%
Jon Corzine 0%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 57%
Robert Cramer 100%
Barbara Cubin 67%
Randall Cunningham 100%
James Davis 67%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
Bill Delahunt 33%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 71%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 33%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Michael Ferguson 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
William Frist 71%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
Mark Green 100%
Judd Gregg 71%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Charles Hagel 71%
Jane Harman 67%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Darlene Hooley 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
Jay Inslee 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Tom Lantos 33%
James Leach 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 43%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Michael McNulty 33%
Martin Meehan 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 100%
Jack Murtha 33%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Rick Santorum 71%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 57%
Vic Snyder 67%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 29%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Ted Stevens 71%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 71%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
George Voinovich 71%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 57%
Anthony Weiner 33%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 33%
Heather Wilson 100%
David Wu 67%
Albert Wynn 67%

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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