Rating Group: United Auto Workers

1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 91%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 42%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 92%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 92%
Bill Archer Other 0%
Richard Armey Other 0%
John Ashcroft Other 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 25%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
John Baldacci Other 91%
Cass Ballenger Other 0%
James Barcia Other 92%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 17%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 92%
Bill Barrett Other 25%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 17%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 8%
Charlie Bass Other 17%
Herbert Bateman Other 9%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 89%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 92%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 75%
Douglas Bereuter Other 18%
Howard Berman Other 90%
Marion Berry Other 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 90%
Brian Bilbray Other 33%
Michael Bilirakis Other 18%
Jeff Bingaman Other 90%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 83%
Rod Blagojevich Other 91%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 82%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 17%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 75%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 8%
Kit Bond Other 40%
Henry Bonilla Other 9%
David Edward Bonior Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 75%
Rick Boucher Other 91%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 75%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
John Breaux Other 80%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 91%
George Brown, Jr. Other 92%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Richard Bryan Other 100%
Ed Bryant Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 17%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 17%
Dan Burton Other 22%
Steve Buyer Other 25%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
Herbert Callahan Other 9%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Ben Campbell Other 50%
Thomas Campbell Other 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 8%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 75%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 45%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
John Chafee Other 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 17%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 42%
William Clay, Sr. Other 100%
Eva Clayton Other 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 80%
Robert Clement Other 67%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 10%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 45%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
Michael Collins Other 8%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Larry Combest Other 0%
Gary Condit Other 75%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 91%
Merrill Cook Other 17%
John Cooksey Other 0%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Paul Coverdell Other 0%
Christopher Cox Other 8%
William Coyne Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 75%
Philip Crane Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 18%
Barbara Cubin Other 8%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Patsy Ann Danner Other 82%
Thomas Daschle Other 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 92%
James Davis Other 75%
Thomas Davis III Other 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 25%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 92%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 92%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 8%
Peter Deutsch Other 91%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 58%
Jay Dickey Other 17%
Norm Dicks Other 75%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 92%
Julian Dixon Other 91%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 22%
Calvin Dooley Other 75%
John Doolittle Other 17%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 91%
David Dreier Other 8%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 25%
Jennifer Dunn Other 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
Chet Edwards Other 75%
Vern Ehlers Other 36%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 9%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 17%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
Philip English Other 33%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 75%
Bob Etheridge Other 83%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 25%
Thomas Ewing Other 8%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 92%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 92%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 90%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 92%
Mark Foley Other 17%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 8%
Tillie Fowler Other 20%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Robert Franks Other 25%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 8%
William Frist Other 0%
Jonas Frost III Other 91%
Elton Gallegly Other 25%
John Ganske Other 33%
Sam Gejdenson Other 100%
George Gekas Other 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 100%
Jim Gibbons Other 25%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 8%
Paul Gillmor Other 8%
Benjamin Gilman Other 64%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 42%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
William Goodling Other 25%
Bart Gordon Other 83%
Slade Gorton Other 0%
Porter Goss Other 0%
Daniel Graham Other 80%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 18%
William Phillip Gramm Other 0%
Rodney Grams Other 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 91%
James Greenwood Other 17%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 33%
Tony Hall Other 83%
James Hansen Other 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Joel Hefley Other 17%
Jesse Helms Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Rick Hill Other 17%
Van Hilleary Other 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 91%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 91%
David Lee Hobson Other 25%
Pete Hoekstra Other 8%
Thomas Holden Other 92%
Ernest Hollings Other 63%
Darlene Hooley Other 67%
Stephen Horn Other 42%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 25%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 45%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 27%
Asa Hutchinson Other 18%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 91%
William Jefferson Other 88%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 50%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 17%
Christopher John Other 64%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
Nancy Johnson Other 50%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 17%
Paul Kanjorski Other 92%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH Governor John Kasich R 8%
Sue Kelly Other 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Bob Kerrey Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 83%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 17%
Gerald Kleczka Other 92%
Ronald Klink Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 80%
James Kolbe Other 8%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
John LaFalce Other 91%
Ray LaHood Other 50%
Nicholas Lampson Other 91%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Stephen Largent Other 9%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
Rick Lazio Other 33%
James Leach Other 36%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 92%
Jerry Lewis Other 8%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 80%
John Linder Other 0%
William Lipinski Other 82%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 50%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 92%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
Dick Lugar Other 10%
William Luther Other 92%
Connie Mack Other 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 91%
James Maloney Other 92%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Matthew Martinez Other 80%
Frank Mascara Other 100%
Robert Matsui Other 75%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 20%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 83%
Karen McCarthy Other 90%
Bill McCollum Other 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
James McCrery III Other 8%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 82%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 92%
John McHugh Other 58%
Scott McInnis Other 0%
David McIntosh Other 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 92%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 8%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 92%
Carrie Meek Other 92%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 92%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
Jack Metcalf Other 42%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 8%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 90%
Dan Miller Other 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
David Minge Other 83%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 100%
John Moakley Other 90%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 67%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 17%
Constance Morella Other 58%
Patrick Moynihan Other 100%
Frank Murkowski Other 10%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 90%
Jack Murtha Other 90%
Sue Myrick Other 17%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 0%
Robert William Ney Other 58%
Don Nickles Other 0%
Anne Northup Other 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 20%
James Nussle Other 8%
Jim Oberstar Other 92%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 82%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 0%
Ronald Packard Other 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 92%
Ron Paul Other 45%
Donald Payne Other 100%
Edward Pease Other 25%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 83%
John Peterson Other 8%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 8%
Owen Pickett Other 75%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
Richard Pombo Other 25%
Earl Pomeroy Other 92%
John Edward Porter Other 8%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 83%
Deborah Pryce Other 13%
Jack Quinn Other 58%
George Radanovich Other 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 91%
James Ramstad Other 8%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 90%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Ralph Regula Other 42%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 92%
Bob Riley Other 17%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 100%
Charles Robb Other 90%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 92%
Timothy Roemer Other 83%
James Rogan Other 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 18%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 33%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 67%
William Roth, Jr. Other 20%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Marge Roukema Other 17%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 91%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 40%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 92%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 75%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 42%
Rick Santorum Other 10%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 83%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
Joe Scarborough Other 18%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 17%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 92%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 92%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 25%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 25%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 75%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33%
E.G. Shuster Other 9%
Norman Sisisky Other 100%
Joseph Skeen Other 17%
Ike Skelton Other 82%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 92%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 83%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
Gordon Smith Other 10%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Nick Smith Other 42%
Bob Smith Other 0%
Olympia Snowe Other 50%
Vic Snyder Other 75%
Mark Souder Other 27%
Arlen Specter Other 75%
Floyd Spence Other 25%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 92%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 25%
Charles Stenholm Other 67%
Ted Stevens Other 30%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bob Stump Other 0%
Bart Stupak Other 92%
John Sununu Other 17%
James Talent Other 0%
John Tanner Other 64%
Ellen Tauscher Other 58%
William Tauzin Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 25%
Gene Taylor Other 45%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
Fred Thompson Other 10%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
Karen Thurman Other 92%
Strom Thurmond Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 8%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Robert Torricelli Other 89%
Ed Towns Other 91%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 91%
James Turner Other 75%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 8%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Bruce Vento Other 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
James Walsh Other 42%
Zach Wamp Other 25%
John Warner Other 20%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Wesley Watkins Other 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 92%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 17%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
David Weldon Other 9%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 50%
Gerald Weller Other 33%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Bob Weygand Other 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 25%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
Heather Wilson Other 29%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 91%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 25%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 10%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 50%

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