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Rating Group: International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 80%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 80%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 40%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 80%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 80%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 80%
Howard Berman 60%
Marion Berry 60%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 0%
Brian Bilbray 0%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 86%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
Rod Blagojevich 80%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 43%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 00%
Richard Bryan 86%
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 20%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
Chris Cannon 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 40%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 60%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 40%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 80%
Merrill Cook 40%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
Barbara Cubin 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 80%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 80%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jay Dickey 40%
Norm Dicks 60%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
Julian Dixon 80%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 40%
Thomas Ewing 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 80%
Peter Fitzgerald 29%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 40%
John Ganske 60%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 20%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Goodling 40%
Bart Gordon 80%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 40%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
James Greenwood 20%
Judd Gregg 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Robert Hayes 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 40%
Jesse Helms 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 80%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 40%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
David Lee Hobson 40%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 80%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 80%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 40%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 40%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
Daniel Inouye 86%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 80%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
Nancy Johnson 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 40%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 40%
Sue Kelly 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 83%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
Gerald Kleczka 80%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Steven Kuykendall 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 80%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 86%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 60%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 86%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 80%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 80%
James Maloney 80%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 80%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 80%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 80%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 80%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 80%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 80%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Constance Morella 40%
Patrick Moynihan 86%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 80%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
John Peterson 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
David Phelps 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Owen Pickett 60%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 40%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
John Edward Porter 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 80%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 80%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 40%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 40%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 20%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 80%
Jim Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
Donald Sherwood 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
Ronnie Shows 60%
E.G. Shuster 20%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 80%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 14%
Olympia Snowe 14%
Vic Snyder 80%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 40%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 29%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 10%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 60%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
Robert Torricelli 86%
Ed Towns 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 60%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 29%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 80%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%

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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