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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

2002 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 38%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 78%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 15%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 89%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 85%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 11%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 92%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 15%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 78%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 11%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 9%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 11%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 31%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 13%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 15%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 11%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 22%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 31%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 31%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 22%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 23%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 69%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 11%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 62%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 10 Donald Payne Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 22%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 23%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 13%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 11%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 46%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 22%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 11%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 22%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 13%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 23%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 56%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 92%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 1 Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 11%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 63%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
Wayne Allard 17%
George Allen 23%
Thomas Allen 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
Cass Ballenger 13%
Evan Bayh 85%
Bob Bennett 23%
Douglas Bereuter 11%
Marion Berry 78%
Michael Bilirakis 11%
Sherwood Boehlert 11%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 11%
Rick Boucher 89%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
John Breaux 77%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
Jim Bunning 31%
Conrad Burns 31%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 85%
Ben Campbell 38%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 67%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 11%
Mac Collins 22%
Larry Combest 0%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 11%
Larry Craig 8%
Robert Cramer 44%
Philip Crane 11%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Thomas Daschle 92%
James Davis 89%
Jo Ann Davis 25%
Thomas Davis III 11%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 89%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 14%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 11%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 89%
Vern Ehlers 11%
Philip English 11%
John Ensign 15%
Bob Etheridge 78%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 92%
Michael Ferguson 11%
Peter Fitzgerald 31%
Ernest Fletcher 11%
Mark Foley 11%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
William Frist 15%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 13%
Paul Gillmor 13%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 11%
Daniel Graham 85%
Mark Green 11%
James Greenwood 13%
Judd Gregg 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 22%
Charles Hagel 23%
Jane Harman 50%
Melissa Hart 11%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 22%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 11%
Joel Hefley 13%
Baron Hill 44%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Ernest Hollings 92%
Darlene Hooley 88%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 14%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Henry Hyde 13%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Jefferson 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 92%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 67%
Nancy Johnson 11%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 11%
Sue Kelly 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 11%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Tom Lantos 100%
James Leach 11%
Ron Lewis 11%
Blanche Lincoln 77%
John Linder 11%
William Lipinski 67%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 13%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 13%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 58%
Alan Mollohan 89%
Dennis Moore 78%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 11%
Robert William Ney 11%
Don Nickles 15%
Anne Northup 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 22%
James Nussle 11%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 78%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Doug Ose 11%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 13%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 11%
Richard Pombo 11%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Deborah Pryce 13%
Jack Quinn 13%
George Radanovich 11%
James Ramstad 11%
Ralph Regula 22%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Jim Ryun 11%
Martin Olav Sabo 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 13%
Edward Schrock 11%
John Shadegg 11%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 11%
Christopher Shays 11%
Donald Sherwood 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 22%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 38%
Nick Smith 22%
Vic Snyder 67%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 46%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 23%
Ted Strickland 89%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 13%
John Sweeney 11%
Tom Tancredo 11%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
William Tauzin 11%
Charles Taylor 14%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 15%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 78%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 22%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 31%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 11%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 11%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 11%
David Wu 89%
Albert Wynn 100%

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.