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

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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