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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Benefits Council

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 57%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 71%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 33%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 67%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 57%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 29%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 57%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 71%
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%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 57%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
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%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush 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 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
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 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
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 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter 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 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
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%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
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 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
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%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
UT U.S. House 4 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%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
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. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 14%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 33%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Gary Ackerman 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 71%
George Allen 71%
Thomas Allen 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
Brian Baird 67%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 71%
Shelley Berkley 67%
Howard Berman 33%
Marion Berry 67%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Jim Bunning 71%
Conrad Burns 71%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 0%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 33%
Mike Castle 100%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 33%
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%
James DeMint 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Norm Dicks 33%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 100%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 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%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 71%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
Mark Green 100%
Judd Gregg 71%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Jane Harman 67%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 33%
Darlene Hooley 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 71%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Tim Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 29%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 71%
Ray LaHood 100%
Tom Lantos 33%
Steve LaTourette 100%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 43%
Dick Lugar 71%
Don Manzullo 100%
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%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 29%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 33%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Rick Santorum 71%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim 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%
Olympia Snowe 29%
Vic Snyder 67%
Hilda Solis 33%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 29%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
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%
Ed Towns 33%
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%
Lynn Woolsey 33%
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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