Rating Group: United Auto Workers

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
David Edward Bonior Other 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
William Clay, Sr. Other 100%
Eva Clayton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
William Coyne Other 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Sam Gejdenson Other 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 100%
Henry Gonzalez Other 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
W.G. Hefner Other 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Joseph Kennedy II Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Ronald Klink Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Frank Mascara Other 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Major Owens Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
Donald Payne Other 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
Steven Schiff Other 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Louis Stokes Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Esteban Edward Torres Other 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Bruce Vento Other 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Bob Weygand Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
Sidney Yates Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 93%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 93%
John Baldacci Other 93%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 93%
Marion Berry Other 93%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 93%
Rod Blagojevich Other 93%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 93%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 93%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 93%
Julian Dixon Other 93%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 93%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 93%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 93%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 93%
Victor Fazio Other 93%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 93%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 93%
Jonas Frost III Other 93%
Elizabeth Furse Other 93%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 93%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 93%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 93%
Paul Kanjorski Other 93%
John LaFalce Other 93%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 93%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 93%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 93%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 93%
Thomas Manton Other 93%
Robert Matsui Other 93%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 93%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 93%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 93%
John Moakley Other 93%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 93%
Dave Obey Other 93%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 93%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 93%
Glenn Poshard Other 93%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 93%
Silvestre Reyes Other 93%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 93%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 93%
David Skaggs Other 93%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 93%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 93%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 93%
Gary Ackerman Other 92%
James Barcia Other 92%
Rick Boucher Other 92%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 92%
George Brown, Jr. Other 92%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 92%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 92%
Thomas Foglietta Other 92%
Tony Hall Other 92%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 92%
William Jefferson Other 92%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 92%
Michael McNulty Other 92%
Martin Meehan Other 92%
Carrie Meek Other 92%
Jim Oberstar Other 92%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 92%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 92%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 92%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 92%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 92%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 92%
Ed Towns Other 91%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 90%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
Byron Dorgan Other 90%
Wendell Ford Other 90%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 90%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 90%
Robert Torricelli Other 90%
Ernest Hollings Other 89%
Daniel Inouye Other 89%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 86%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 86%
Gary Condit Other 86%
Patsy Ann Danner Other 86%
James Davis Other 86%
Peter Deutsch Other 86%
Norm Dicks Other 86%
Chet Edwards Other 86%
Bob Etheridge Other 86%
Bart Gordon Other 86%
Lee Hamilton Other 86%
Darlene Hooley Other 86%
Jay Johnson Other 86%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly Other 86%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 86%
Nicholas Lampson Other 86%
William Luther Other 86%
James Maloney Other 86%
Matthew Martinez Other 86%
Paul McHale Other 86%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 86%
Earl Pomeroy Other 86%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 86%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 86%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 86%
Norman Sisisky Other 86%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 86%
Vic Snyder Other 86%
Ellen Tauscher Other 86%
Karen Thurman Other 86%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 86%
Thomas Holden Other 85%
Karen McCarthy Other 83%
Jack Murtha Other 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 80%
Dale Bumpers Other 80%
Thomas Daschle Other 80%
Russ Feingold Other 80%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 80%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 80%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 80%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 80%
Henry Scott Baesler Other 79%
Leonard Boswell Other 79%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 79%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 79%
Gerald Kleczka Other 79%
William Lipinski Other 79%
David Minge Other 79%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 79%
Timothy Roemer Other 79%
Ike Skelton Other 79%
James Turner Other 79%
Robert Clement Other 77%
Owen Pickett Other 77%
Robert Cramer Other 71%
Calvin Dooley Other 71%
Jane Harman Other 71%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 71%
Jeff Bingaman Other 70%
Chris Dodd Other 70%
Carol Moseley Braun Other 70%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 70%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 70%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 67%
Benjamin Gilman Other 64%
Christopher John Other 64%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 64%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 60%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 60%
Kent Conrad Other 60%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 60%
John Glenn Other 60%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 57%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 57%
Stephen Horn Other 57%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 57%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 57%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 57%
John Tanner Other 57%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 54%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Philip English Other 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 50%
Henry Hyde Other 50%
Nancy Johnson Other 50%
James Leach Other 50%
Joseph McDade Other 50%
Constance Morella Other 50%
Jack Quinn Other 50%
Charles Robb Other 50%
Christopher Shays Other 50%
Arlen Specter Other 50%
John Edward Porter Other 46%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 46%
Marge Roukema Other 46%
Charles Stenholm Other 46%
Harris Fawell Other 43%
Jon David Fox Other 43%
Robert Franks Other 43%
Steve LaTourette Other 43%
Jerry Lewis Other 43%
Jack Metcalf Other 43%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 43%
Bob Kerrey Other 40%
Herb Kohl Other 40%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 40%
Joe Lieberman Other 40%
Olympia Snowe Other 40%
Rick Lazio Other 38%
Herbert Bateman Other 36%
Thomas Campbell Other 36%
Thomas Davis III Other 36%
George Gekas Other 36%
Ray LaHood Other 36%
Robert Livingston Other 36%
John McHugh Other 36%
Robert William Ney Other 36%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 36%
Ralph Regula Other 36%
James Walsh Other 36%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 36%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 31%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 30%
Richard Bryan Other 30%
Alfonse D'Amato Other 30%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth Other 30%
Daniel Graham Other 30%
Patrick Moynihan Other 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 29%
David Lee Hobson Other 29%
Sue Kelly Other 29%
Jay Kim Other 29%
Dan Miller Other 29%
Michael Pappas Other 29%
Jim Saxton Other 29%
Linda Smith Other 29%
Gene Taylor Other 29%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 23%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 23%
Bill Barrett Other 21%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 21%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 21%
Jay Dickey Other 21%
Vern Ehlers Other 21%
Thomas Ewing Other 21%
Mark Foley Other 21%
Paul Gillmor Other 21%
William Goodling Other 21%
James Greenwood Other 21%
Scott Klug Other 21%
Michael Oxley Other 21%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 21%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 21%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 21%
Gerald Weller Other 21%
John Breaux Other 20%
Paul Coverdell Other 20%
Rodney Grams Other 20%
Jesse Helms Other 20%
Michael Collins Other 15%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 15%
Douglas Bereuter Other 14%
Brian Bilbray Other 14%
Michael Bilirakis Other 14%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 14%
Herbert Callahan Other 14%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 14%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 14%
Tillie Fowler Other 14%
John Ganske Other 14%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 14%
Asa Hutchinson Other 14%
James McCrery III Other 14%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 14%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 14%
Anne Northup Other 14%
Mike Parker Other 14%
Edward Pease Other 14%
James Ramstad Other 14%
Frank Duncan Riggs Other 14%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 14%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 14%
Nick Smith Other 14%
Cliff Stearns Other 14%
William Tauzin Other 14%
William Thomas Other 14%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 14%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 10%
Conrad Burns Other 10%
Ben Campbell Other 10%
John Chafee Other 10%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 10%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 10%
William Phillip Gramm Other 10%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 10%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 10%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 10%
Rick Santorum Other 10%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 10%
Bob Smith Other 10%
Ted Stevens Other 10%
Strom Thurmond Other 10%
Henry Bonilla Other 8%
Chris Cannon Other 8%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 8%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 8%
Barbara Cubin Other 8%
Jim Gibbons Other 8%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 8%
Duncan Hunter Other 8%
OH Governor John Kasich R 8%
James Kolbe Other 8%
Scott McInnis Other 8%
Deborah Pryce Other 8%
Bob Riley Other 8%
James Rogan Other 8%
E.G. Shuster Other 8%
Charles Taylor Other 8%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 7%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 7%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 7%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 7%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 7%
Jim Bunning Other 7%
Dan Burton Other 7%
Merrill Cook Other 7%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 7%
Randall Cunningham Other 7%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 7%
John Doolittle Other 7%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 7%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 7%
John Ensign Other 7%
Terry Everett Other 7%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 7%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 7%
Joel Hefley Other 7%
Van Hilleary Other 7%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 7%
Kenny Hulshof Other 7%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 7%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 7%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 7%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 7%
Ron Lewis Other 7%
Bill McCollum Other 7%
David McIntosh Other 7%
Sue Myrick Other 7%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 7%
Ron Paul Other 7%
William Paxon Other 7%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 7%
Richard Pombo Other 7%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 7%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 7%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 7%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 7%
Joe Scarborough Other 7%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 7%
Joseph Skeen Other 7%
Gerald B.H. Solomon Other 7%
Mark Souder Other 7%
Floyd Spence Other 7%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 7%
Todd Tiahrt Other 7%
Zach Wamp Other 7%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 7%
David Weldon Other 7%
Rick White Other 7%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Bill Archer Other 0%
Richard Armey Other 0%
John Ashcroft Other 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
Cass Ballenger Other 0%
Charlie Bass Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
Kit Bond Other 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ed Bryant Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen Other 0%
IN U.S. Senate-Sr Daniel Coats R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
Larry Combest Other 0%
John Cooksey Other 0%
Christopher Cox Other 0%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Philip Crane Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
Jennifer Dunn Other 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
William Frist Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Newt Gingrich Other 0%
Slade Gorton Other 0%
Porter Goss Other 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
James Hansen Other 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Rick Hill Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
Dirk Kempthorne Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Stephen Largent Other 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
John Linder Other 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Connie Mack Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
Frank Murkowski Other 0%
Mark Neumann Other 0%
Don Nickles Other 0%
James Nussle Other 0%
Ronald Packard Other 0%
John Peterson Other 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 0%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Bill Redmond Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
William Roth, Jr. Other 0%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Daniel Schaefer Other 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Robert Smith Other 0%
Vincent Snowbarger Other 0%
Bob Stump Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
James Talent Other 0%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
Fred Thompson Other 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
John Warner Other 0%
Wesley Watkins Other 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%

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