Rating Group: United Auto Workers

2006 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 15%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 23%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 15%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 8%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 23%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 8%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 8%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 77%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 23%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 31%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 85%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 8%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 8%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 15%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 8%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 92%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 85%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 69%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 8%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 15%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 15%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 23%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 23%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 8%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 8%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 8%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 15%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 92%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 8%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 8%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 69%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 8%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 92%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 15%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 15%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 23%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 8%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 15%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 92%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 23%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 92%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 92%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 8%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 23%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 15%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 23%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 8%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 8%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 8%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 15%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 77%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 8%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 15%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 8%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 8%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 92%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 92%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 85%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 46%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 15%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 23%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 15%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 15%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 69%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 8%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 92%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 15%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 77%
NA President Barack Obama II D 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 85%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 15%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 38%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 8%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 77%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 8%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 15%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 92%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 31%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 46%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 15%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 23%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 15%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 92%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 92%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 23%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 85%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 92%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 92%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 85%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 92%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 15%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 15%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 15%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 15%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 92%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 15%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 8%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 8%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 92%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 15%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 92%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 62%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 31%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 15%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 92%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 8%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 8%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 85%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 8%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 15%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 8%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 8%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 8%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 8%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 15%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 15%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 8%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 8%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 8%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 8%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 15%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 8%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 8%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 8%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 15%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 69%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 8%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 92%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 15%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 8%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 69%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 15%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 8%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 8%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 92%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 23%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 85%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 85%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 92%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 8%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 31%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 85%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 92%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 15%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 23%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 8%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 54%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 23%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 92%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 8%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 92%
Todd Akin Other 8%
Wayne Allard Other 8%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 92%
Brian Baird Other 85%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 8%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 8%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 8%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Melissa Bean Other 69%
Bob Bennett Other 15%
Shelley Berkley Other 92%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 92%
Judy Biggert Other 23%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 85%
Kit Bond Other 8%
Mary Bono Mack Other 15%
Dan Boren Other 54%
Leonard Boswell Other 85%
Rick Boucher Other 92%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 92%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 8%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 8%
Steve Buyer Other 15%
Robert Byrd Other 77%
Chris Cannon Other 15%
Dennis Cardoza Other 92%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 31%
Ben Chandler III Other 92%
Hillary Clinton Other 85%
Norm Coleman Other 38%
Kent Conrad Other 77%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 8%
Robert Cramer Other 85%
Barbara Cubin Other 8%
Artur Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 23%
Jo Ann Davis Other 8%
Lincoln Davis Other 85%
Thomas Davis III Other 23%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 31%
Norm Dicks Other 92%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 23%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 15%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 92%
Thelma Drake Other 15%
David Dreier Other 8%
Chet Edwards Other 85%
Vern Ehlers Other 23%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 23%
Philip English Other 31%
John Ensign Other 8%
Bob Etheridge Other 92%
Terry Everett Other 15%
Tom Feeney Other 15%
Russ Feingold Other 92%
Michael Ferguson Other 23%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 31%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 15%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 15%
Paul Gillmor Other 8%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 15%
Bart Gordon Other 85%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 23%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 8%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 92%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 15%
Pete Hoekstra Other 8%
Thomas Holden Other 92%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 31%
Duncan Hunter Other 8%
Kay Hutchison Other 23%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 15%
Daniel Inouye Other 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 85%
Tim Johnson Other 38%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 92%
Patrick Kennedy Other 77%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 8%
Herb Kohl Other 92%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 31%
Jon Kyl Other 8%
Ray LaHood Other 23%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 38%
Frank Lautenberg Other 92%
Jerry Lewis Other 23%
Ron Lewis Other 15%
Joe Lieberman Other 85%
Blanche Lincoln Other 92%
John Linder Other 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 15%
Dick Lugar Other 23%
Dan Lungren Other 8%
Connie Mack IV Other 23%
Don Manzullo Other 8%
Jim Marshall Other 69%
Melquiades Martinez Other 8%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 31%
James McCrery III Other 23%
John McHugh Other 54%
Michael McNulty Other 85%
Martin Meehan Other 85%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 77%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 92%
Dennis Moore Other 77%
Patrick Murphy Other 15%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 38%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 46%
Donald Payne Other 92%
John Peterson Other 15%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 15%
Todd Platts Other 31%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 23%
Deborah Pryce Other 23%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 54%
Ralph Regula Other 15%
Denny Rehberg Other 15%
Richard Renzi Other 31%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 15%
Mike Ross Other 92%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 85%
Jim Saxton Other 23%
Jean Schmidt Other 15%
John Shadegg Other 23%
Christopher Shays Other 46%
Ike Skelton Other 92%
Gordon Smith Other 15%
Olympia Snowe Other 46%
Vic Snyder Other 92%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 8%
Arlen Specter Other 38%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 92%
Pete Stark Other 92%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 15%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 15%
John Tanner Other 77%
Ellen Tauscher Other 92%
Gene Taylor Other 54%
Craig Thomas Other 8%
Todd Tiahrt Other 8%
Ed Towns Other 92%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 31%
James Walsh Other 46%
Zach Wamp Other 8%
John Warner Other 31%
Diane Watson Other 85%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 8%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 54%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 85%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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