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Special Interest Groups

National Special Interest Groups

Project Vote Smart reports on performance evaluations from all special interest groups who provide them, regardless of issue or bias. If you know of a group that provides ratings not included here, please contact us at ratings@votesmart.org.

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Abortion and Reproductive

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice America
2008 2012 National Organization for Women
2012 2012 Susan B. Anthony List

Arts, Entertainment, and History

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Americans for the Arts Action Fund
2012 N/A TechCrunch/CrunchGov

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A AeA
2010 N/A American Council of Engineering Companies
2008 N/A American Forest and Paper Association
2008 2012 Associated Builders & Contractors
2010 N/A Associated General Contractors of America
2006 2006 Business and Professional Women USA
2010 2010 Business-Industry Political Action Committee
2006 N/A Consumer Action
2007 N/A Consumer Alliance for Energy Security
2000 N/A Consumer Federation of America
2002 N/A Emergency Committee for American Trade
N/A 2011 Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
2004 N/A Financial Executives International
2005 N/A International Sleep Products Association
2010 N/A International Warehouse Logistics Association
2005 N/A Maryland Business for Responsive Government
2006 N/A National Association of Government Contractors
2011 N/A National Association of Manufacturers
2012 N/A National Electrical Contractors Association
2012 2012 National Federation of Independent Business
2006 N/A National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
2008 N/A National Restaurant Association
2011 N/A National Retail Federation
2011 N/A National Small Business Association
2012 N/A National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
2008 N/A Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association
2006 N/A Public Citizen's Congress Watch
2010 N/A Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
2012 N/A TechCrunch/CrunchGov
2008 N/A The Alliance for Worker Freedom
2010 N/A The Cato Institute
2011 N/A The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
2004 N/A United States Business and Industry Council
2012 2012 United States Chamber of Commerce

Campaign Finance and Elections

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Global Exchange
2007 N/A League of Women Voters

Crime

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Bar Association
2006 N/A Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
2005 N/A National Criminal Justice Association

Defense

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A American Security Council Foundation
2012 N/A Center for Security Policy
2010 N/A Keep America Safe
N/A 2012 National Defense PAC
N/A 2010 Vets for Freedom PAC

Employment and Affirmative Action

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Benefits Council
2006 2006 Business and Professional Women USA
2007 N/A National Employment Lawyers Association
2009 N/A Women Employed

Gambling and Gaming

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A The Poker Players Alliance

Housing and Property

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2003 N/A Leading Age
1992 N/A National Housing Institute

Judicial Branch

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A American Bar Association
2002 N/A American Bar Association
2006 N/A Citizens for Tax Justice

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A American Federation of Government Employees
2012 2012 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
2010 2012 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
2004 N/A American Postal Workers Union
2006 N/A American Road and Transportation Builders Association
2007 N/A Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers
2010 2012 Communications Workers of America
2012 N/A Federally Employed Women
2000 N/A International Association of Fire Fighters
2010 2012 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
2011 N/A International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
2008 N/A International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
2010 2012 International Brotherhood of Teamsters
2010 N/A International Foodservice Distributors Association
2010 N/A National Association for the Self-Employed
2006 N/A National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
1990 N/A National Federation of Federal Employees
N/A 2012 Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ
2010 2012 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2008 N/A The Alliance for Worker Freedom
2006 N/A Transportation Communications Union
2009 N/A United Auto Workers
2008 N/A United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
N/A 2012 United Farm Workers of America
2012 N/A United Food & Commercial Workers
N/A 2012 United Steelworkers
2008 N/A Utility Workers Union of America
2009 N/A Women Employed
2004 N/A Workplace Fairness

Legislative Branch

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Global Exchange
2008 N/A Grassroots Netroots Alliance
N/A 2012 Term Limits America Political Action Committee

National Security

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A ACT! for America
2012 N/A American Security Council Foundation
2012 N/A Center for Security Policy
2010 N/A Keep America Safe
N/A 2012 National Defense PAC
N/A 2010 Vets for Freedom PAC

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Gay & Lesbian Political Victory Fund
2010 2012 Human Rights Campaign
1992 N/A National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
2012 2012 National Organization for Marriage

Technology and Communication

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A AeA
2008 N/A CNET News
2011 N/A Competitive Enterprise Institute
2007 N/A Computer & Communications Industry Association
2008 N/A Information Technology Industry Council
2012 N/A Social Media Today
2012 N/A TechCrunch/CrunchGov

Transportation

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Unemployed and Low-Income

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Alliance to Stop the War on the Poor
2008 N/A Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN)
2004 N/A Bread for the World
2011 N/A RESULTS
2011 N/A Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
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