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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: United States Business and Industry Council

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 69%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 35%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 45%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 45%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 35%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 80%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 35%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 45%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 13%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 17%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 13%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 75%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 69%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 35%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 35%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 45%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 69%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 35%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 35%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 35%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 55%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 64%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 35%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 55%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 87%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 55%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 64%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 35%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 45%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 25%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 69%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 69%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 35%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 64%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 25%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 87%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 13%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 98%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 69%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 87%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 35%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 64%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 96%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 45%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 55%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 45%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 87%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 45%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 87%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 55%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 35%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 69%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 64%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 75%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 55%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 55%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 35%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 83%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 55%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 98%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 69%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 64%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 64%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 35%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 75%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 35%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 91%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 17%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 35%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 35%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 35%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 69%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 93%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 45%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 45%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 69%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 75%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 87%
Thomas Allen 69%
Brian Baird 45%
Richard Hugh Baker 45%
J. Gresham Barrett 91%
Bob Beauprez 45%
Marion Berry 94%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Henry Bonilla 45%
Rick Boucher 92%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 13%
Henry Brown, Jr. 45%
Ginny Brown-Waite 35%
Steve Buyer 17%
Chris Cannon 35%
Julia Carson 87%
Edward Case 45%
Mike Castle 10%
Chris Chocola 55%
Robert Cramer 94%
Barbara Cubin 35%
Artur Davis 35%
James Davis 10%
Jo Ann Davis 94%
Lincoln Davis 55%
Thomas Davis III 45%
Bill Delahunt 55%
Thomas DeLay 35%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
John Doolittle 13%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Philip English 75%
Bob Etheridge 6%
Lane Evans 87%
Terry Everett 64%
Tom Feeney 17%
Michael Ferguson 35%
Mark Foley 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 17%
Jim Gibbons 35%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 69%
Mark Green 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
Jane Harman 17%
Katherine Harris 35%
Melissa Hart 87%
Robert Hayes 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 25%
Joel Hefley 75%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 8%
David Lee Hobson 35%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Darlene Hooley 45%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Kenny Hulshof 13%
Duncan Hunter 87%
Henry Hyde 45%
Jay Inslee 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 8%
William Lewis Jenkins 17%
Nancy Johnson 13%
Paul Kanjorski 69%
Ric Keller 35%
Sue Kelly 13%
Mark Kennedy 25%
Patrick Kennedy 35%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 64%
Joseph Knollenberg 64%
James Kolbe 13%
Tom Lantos 80%
James Leach 4%
Ron Lewis 25%
John Linder 45%
Jim Marshall 55%
James McCrery III 25%
John McHugh 83%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 45%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 80%
Alan Mollohan 87%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 69%
Marilyn Musgrave 35%
Robert William Ney 87%
Anne Northup 45%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 87%
James Nussle 35%
Jim Oberstar 64%
Dave Obey 45%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Thomas William Osborne 45%
Major Owens 87%
Michael Oxley 45%
Donald Payne 64%
John Peterson 55%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 69%
Richard Pombo 55%
Earl Pomeroy 35%
Jon Porter, Sr. 69%
Deborah Pryce 45%
George Radanovich 25%
James Ramstad 10%
Ralph Regula 64%
Richard Renzi 45%
Thomas Reynolds 35%
Jim Ryun 55%
Martin Olav Sabo 55%
H. James Saxton 6%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 45%
Christopher Shays 25%
Donald Sherwood 45%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 45%
Vic Snyder 13%
Mark Souder 64%
John Spratt, Jr. 87%
Ted Strickland 93%
Bart Stupak 93%
John Sweeney 13%
Tom Tancredo 90%
John Tanner 35%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 94%
William Thomas 25%
Todd Tiahrt 45%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 75%
Zach Wamp 80%
Diane Watson 13%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 35%
W. Curtis Weldon 35%
Gerald Weller 13%
Robert Wexler 35%
Heather Wilson 80%
David Wu 25%
Albert Wynn 90%

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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