Rating Group: International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

2006 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 20%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 20%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 20%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 33%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 66%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 66%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 60%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 33%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 20%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 66%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 66%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 33%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 80%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 40%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 83%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 83%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 66%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 66%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 66%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 66%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 66%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 66%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 66%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 33%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 66%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 50%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 66%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 83%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 33%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 83%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 83%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 83%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 66%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 33%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 83%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 33%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 83%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 33%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 66%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 33%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 33%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 33%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 66%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 83%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 50%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 83%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 83%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 60%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 33%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 33%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 83%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 33%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 83%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 83%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 33%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 33%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 20%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 20%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 33%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 33%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 66%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 33%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 66%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 83%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 83%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 20%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 80%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 33%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 33%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 20%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 33%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 80%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 83%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 83%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 83%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 83%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 50%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 83%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 83%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 33%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 20%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 20%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 20%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 33%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 60%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 20%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 33%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 33%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 50%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 83%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 83%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 83%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 83%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 83%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 80%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 83%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 83%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 83%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 83%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 80%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 83%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 60%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 33%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 33%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 33%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 83%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 33%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 83%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 83%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 33%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 33%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 20%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 33%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 40%
NA President Barack Obama II D 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 40%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 60%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 83%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 83%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 33%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 50%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 83%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 33%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 83%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 50%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 33%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 80%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 80%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 66%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 83%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 83%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 50%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 83%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 83%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 50%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 83%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 83%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 33%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 66%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
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 66%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 83%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 83%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 83%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 83%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 66%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 83%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 83%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 66%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 83%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 33%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 33%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 50%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 83%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 20%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 60%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 50%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 33%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 83%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 83%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 83%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 83%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 33%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 83%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 83%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 50%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 33%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 80%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 83%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 20%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 33%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 80%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 20%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 20%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 33%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 83%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 33%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 20%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 16%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 16%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 16%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 16%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 16%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 16%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 16%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 83%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 16%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 16%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 33%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 16%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 83%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 83%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 16%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 33%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 33%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 16%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 83%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 83%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 16%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 33%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 66%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 20%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 83%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 33%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 50%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 33%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 50%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 50%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 40%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 83%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 40%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 40%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 50%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 33%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 33%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 66%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 83%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 83%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 33%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 66%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 33%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 33%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 20%
Gary Ackerman Other 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 80%
Todd Akin Other 33%
Wayne Allard Other 20%
Thomas Allen Other 83%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 83%
Brian Baird Other 50%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 33%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 33%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 33%
Evan Bayh Other 80%
Melissa Bean Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 20%
Shelley Berkley Other 83%
Howard Berman Other 66%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 33%
Brian Bilbray Other 16%
Jeff Bingaman Other 80%
Kit Bond Other 20%
Mary Bono Mack Other 16%
Dan Boren Other 50%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 50%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 50%
Steve Buyer Other 16%
Robert Byrd Other 60%
Chris Cannon Other 33%
Dennis Cardoza Other 83%
Russ Carnahan Other 83%
Julia Carson Other 83%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 60%
Norm Coleman Other 40%
Kent Conrad Other 80%
Jerry Costello Other 83%
Larry Craig Other 20%
Robert Cramer Other 83%
Barbara Cubin Other 33%
Artur Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 33%
Jo Ann Davis Other 33%
Lincoln Davis Other 83%
Thomas Davis III Other 50%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 33%
Norm Dicks Other 66%
Chris Dodd Other 80%
Elizabeth Dole Other 60%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 20%
John Doolittle Other 33%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
Thelma Drake Other 33%
David Dreier Other 33%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 50%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 50%
Philip English Other 50%
John Ensign Other 20%
Bob Etheridge Other 50%
Terry Everett Other 66%
Tom Feeney Other 50%
Russ Feingold Other 80%
Michael Ferguson Other 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 50%
Barney Frank Other 83%
Elton Gallegly Other 33%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 50%
Paul Gillmor Other 33%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 83%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 83%
Bart Gordon Other 66%
Judd Gregg Other 20%
Jane Harman Other 66%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 16%
Robert Hayes Other 83%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 83%
David Lee Hobson Other 33%
Pete Hoekstra Other 50%
Thomas Holden Other 83%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 33%
Duncan Hunter Other 33%
Kay Hutchison Other 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 16%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 83%
William Jefferson Other 66%
Tim Johnson Other 50%
Paul Kanjorski Other 83%
Ric Keller Other 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 80%
Patrick Kennedy Other 66%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 33%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 66%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 50%
Jon Kyl Other 20%
Ray LaHood Other 50%
Tom Lantos Other 66%
Steve LaTourette Other 83%
Jerry Lewis Other 33%
Ron Lewis Other 33%
Joe Lieberman Other 40%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 16%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 20%
Dick Lugar Other 40%
Dan Lungren Other 33%
Connie Mack IV Other 16%
Don Manzullo Other 16%
Jim Marshall Other 83%
Melquiades Martinez Other 20%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 83%
James McCrery III Other 33%
John McHugh Other 83%
Michael McNulty Other 83%
Martin Meehan Other 83%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 83%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 83%
Brad Miller Other 83%
Alan Mollohan Other 83%
Dennis Moore Other 66%
Jack Murtha Other 83%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 33%
Sue Myrick Other 33%
Ben Nelson Other 40%
Jim Oberstar Other 83%
Dave Obey Other 83%
John Olver Other 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 83%
Ron Paul Other 33%
Donald Payne Other 66%
John Peterson Other 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 50%
Todd Platts Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 83%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 50%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
George Radanovich Other 33%
James Ramstad Other 33%
Ralph Regula Other 50%
Denny Rehberg Other 50%
Richard Renzi Other 33%
Silvestre Reyes Other 66%
Thomas Reynolds Other 50%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 60%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
Jean Schmidt Other 33%
John Shadegg Other 33%
Christopher Shays Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 66%
Gordon Smith Other 20%
Olympia Snowe Other 60%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Hilda Solis Other 66%
Mark Souder Other 50%
Arlen Specter Other 40%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 83%
Pete Stark Other 66%
Cliff Stearns Other 33%
Ted Stevens Other 20%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 33%
John Sununu Other 20%
Tom Tancredo Other 66%
John Tanner Other 66%
Ellen Tauscher Other 50%
Gene Taylor Other 83%
Craig Thomas Other 20%
Todd Tiahrt Other 33%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 83%
George Voinovich Other 20%
James Walsh Other 83%
Zach Wamp Other 33%
John Warner Other 40%
Diane Watson Other 83%
Anthony Weiner Other 83%
David Weldon Other 33%
Gerald Weller Other 50%
Robert Wexler Other 83%
Heather Wilson Other 33%
Lynn Woolsey Other 66%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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