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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 83%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 83%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 17%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 17%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 67%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 83%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 83%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 83%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 83%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Bill Barrett 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Charlie Bass 33%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Howard Berman 80%
Marion Berry 67%
Brian Bilbray 17%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Rod Blagojevich 80%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
John Breaux 67%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 25%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 67%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 67%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 67%
Robert Clement 67%
Michael Collins 17%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 83%
Kent Conrad 67%
Merrill Cook 33%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 17%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 67%
James Davis 67%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 83%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 83%
Jay Dickey 17%
Norm Dicks 67%
Julian Dixon 80%
Chris Dodd 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 67%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Philip English 50%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 33%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Mark Foley 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 83%
Harold Ford, Jr. 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 25%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 50%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 33%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Benjamin Gilman 83%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
William Goodling 33%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 17%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Rick Hill 33%
Van Hilleary 33%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Thomas Holden 83%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 33%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 60%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 83%
Ray LaHood 67%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 67%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 33%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 67%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 83%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 83%
Don Manzullo 0%
Matthew Martinez 75%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 83%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 17%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 83%
Carrie Meek 83%
Jack Metcalf 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 67%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 80%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 50%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 83%
Sue Myrick 17%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 67%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 83%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 40%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 33%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
Owen Pickett 67%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
John Edward Porter 17%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 17%
Ralph Regula 50%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 83%
Timothy Roemer 67%
James Rogan 0%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 17%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 75%
Joe Scarborough 33%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 33%
E.G. Shuster 17%
Norman Sisisky 100%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 33%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 67%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 17%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 33%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 17%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 67%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 67%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 25%
Bob Wise, Jr. 83%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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