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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: United Food & Commercial Workers

1995 Positions on Workplace Rights

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 76%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 94%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 5%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
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 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 95%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 43%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
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 90%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 14%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 76%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 81%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 76%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 76%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 5%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 95%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 0%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 95%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 76%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 90%
Douglas Bereuter 14%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 95%
Rick Boucher 95%
Carol Moseley Braun 90%
John Breaux 76%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 90%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 86%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 19%
Mike Castle 14%
John Chafee 0%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 76%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 57%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 71%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 71%
Thomas Daschle 95%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 19%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 95%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 62%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 95%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 57%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 19%
John Ensign 0%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 0%
Harris Fawell 0%
Victor Fazio 95%
Russ Feingold 95%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 0%
Michael Patrick Forbes 14%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Wendell Ford 95%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Jon David Fox 14%
Robert Franks 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 75%
Elizabeth Furse 95%
John Ganske 0%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 95%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 19%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 95%
Henry Gonzalez 94%
William Goodling 5%
Bart Gordon 76%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 90%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Tony Hall 95%
Lee Hamilton 76%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
W.G. Hefner 71%
Jesse Helms 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 86%
Stephen Horn 14%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 14%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 6%
Nancy Johnson 0%
Paul Kanjorski 95%
Sue Kelly 29%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Joseph Kennedy II 90%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 95%
Bob Kerrey 81%
Jay Kim 0%
Gerald Kleczka 89%
Ronald Klink 95%
Scott Klug 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Tom Lantos 95%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 14%
James Leach 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 83%
Robert Livingston 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 0%
Thomas Manton 95%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 95%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
Joseph McDade 14%
Paul McHale 90%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 72%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 14%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 76%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 93%
Alan Mollohan 86%
Constance Morella 33%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 95%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 29%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 71%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Paul Michael Parker 0%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Owen Pickett 76%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 81%
John Edward Porter 5%
Glenn Poshard 71%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 29%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Frank Duncan Riggs 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 95%
Charles Robb 76%
Timothy Roemer 71%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 29%
Joe Scarborough 14%
Daniel Schaefer 14%
Steven Schiff 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 14%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 67%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 71%
Linda Smith 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 19%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 76%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 0%
Louis Stokes 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 81%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 57%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 14%
Karen Thurman 78%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 62%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 14%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 5%
Gerald Weller 0%
Paul Wellstone 95%
Rick White 0%
Robert Wise, Jr. 95%
Albert Wynn 95%
Sidney Yates 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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