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Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 76%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 81%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 2%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 98%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 68%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 96%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 4%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 98%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 91%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 2%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 2%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 9%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 98%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 93%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 2%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 9%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 87%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 89%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 91%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 98%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 2%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 2%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 76%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 65%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 2%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 2%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 2%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 98%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 2%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 95%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 2%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 81%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 89%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 2%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 24%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 96%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 76%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 7%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 2%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 19%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 2%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 19%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 98%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 7%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 95%
Gary Ackerman 4%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 16%
Wayne Allard 95%
Thomas Allen 4%
Bill Archer 98%
Richard Armey 98%
John Ashcroft 95%
Henry Scott Baesler 38%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 9%
Cass Ballenger 98%
James Barcia 31%
Robert Barr, Jr. 96%
Bill Barrett 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 93%
Charlie Bass 91%
Herbert Bateman 82%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 7%
Douglas Bereuter 82%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 33%
Brian Bilbray 89%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Jeff Bingaman 21%
Rod Blagojevich 4%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 98%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 98%
David Edward Bonior 2%
Sonny Bono 93%
Robert Borski, Jr. 4%
Leonard Boswell 28%
Rick Boucher 7%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 37%
John Breaux 38%
George Brown, Jr. 9%
Richard Bryan 24%
Ed Bryant 96%
Dale Bumpers 14%
Jim Bunning 93%
Conrad Burns 91%
Dan Burton 89%
Steve Buyer 98%
Robert Byrd 33%
Herbert Callahan 93%
Ben Campbell 86%
Thomas Campbell 74%
Chris Cannon 98%
Walter Holden Capps 7%
Julia Carson 2%
Mike Castle 61%
John Chafee 71%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 91%
Jon Lynn Christensen 91%
William Clay, Sr. 2%
Eva Clayton 2%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 19%
Robert Clement 19%
Michael Collins 93%
Larry Combest 98%
Gary Condit 42%
Kent Conrad 5%
Merrill Cook 93%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 2%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 91%
William Coyne 2%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 37%
Philip Crane 96%
Barbara Cubin 95%
Randall Cunningham 96%
Alfonse D'Amato 62%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Thomas Daschle 24%
James Davis 7%
Thomas Davis III 83%
Bill Delahunt 2%
Thomas DeLay 98%
Ronald Dellums 2%
Peter Deutsch 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jay Dickey 93%
Norm Dicks 11%
Julian Dixon 7%
Chris Dodd 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 31%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 10%
David Dreier 96%
Jennifer Dunn 98%
Chet Edwards 26%
Vern Ehlers 78%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 93%
Jo Ann Emerson 93%
Philip English 58%
John Ensign 84%
Bob Etheridge 9%
Lane Evans 2%
Terry Everett 96%
Thomas Ewing 78%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 81%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 9%
Russ Feingold 10%
Thomas Foglietta 2%
Mark Foley 81%
Michael Patrick Forbes 51%
Harold Ford, Jr. 9%
Wendell Ford 14%
Tillie Fowler 91%
Jon David Fox 61%
Barney Frank 2%
Robert Franks 61%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 13%
Elizabeth Furse 5%
Elton Gallegly 98%
John Ganske 83%
Sam Gejdenson 4%
George Gekas 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 5%
Jim Gibbons 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 72%
Paul Gillmor 87%
Benjamin Gilman 43%
Newt Gingrich 82%
John Glenn 15%
Henry Gonzalez 5%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 76%
William Goodling 87%
Bart Gordon 28%
Slade Gorton 95%
Porter Goss 89%
Daniel Graham 24%
William Phillip Gramm 95%
Rodney Grams 95%
James Greenwood 82%
Judd Gregg 86%
Gilbert Gutknecht 96%
Tony Hall 9%
Lee Hamilton 15%
James Hansen 98%
Jane Harman 13%
J. Dennis Hastert 96%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 96%
Joel Hefley 89%
W.G. Hefner 5%
Jesse Helms 95%
Wally Herger, Jr. 95%
Rick Hill 87%
Van Hilleary 93%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
Maurice Hinchey 2%
David Lee Hobson 87%
Pete Hoekstra 98%
Thomas Holden 26%
Ernest Hollings 19%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 93%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 59%
Kenny Hulshof 89%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Asa Hutchinson 98%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 91%
Kay Hutchison 95%
Henry Hyde 82%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 93%
Daniel Inouye 21%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 96%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 2%
William Jefferson 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 62%
William Lewis Jenkins 96%
Christopher John 37%
Jay Johnson 9%
Nancy Johnson 49%
Paul Kanjorski 9%
Sue Kelly 63%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 2%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 9%
Bob Kerrey 29%
Dale Kildee 2%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 2%
Jay Kim 93%
Gerald Kleczka 7%
Ronald Klink 18%
Scott Klug 77%
Joseph Knollenberg 91%
Herb Kohl 24%
James Kolbe 96%
Dennis Kucinich 2%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 5%
Ray LaHood 80%
Nicholas Lampson 4%
Tom Lantos 5%
Stephen Largent 91%
Steve LaTourette 68%
Rick Lazio 55%
James Leach 52%
Jerry Lewis 81%
Ron Lewis 95%
Joe Lieberman 14%
John Linder 98%
William Lipinski 15%
Robert Livingston 85%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 95%
William Luther 11%
Connie Mack 91%
James Maloney 11%
Thomas Manton 5%
Don Manzullo 98%
Matthew Martinez 14%
Frank Mascara 9%
Robert Matsui 7%
Karen McCarthy 9%
Bill McCollum 91%
James McCrery III 93%
Joseph McDade 68%
Paul McHale 13%
John McHugh 72%
Scott McInnis 88%
David McIntosh 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
Michael McNulty 2%
Martin Meehan 4%
Carrie Meek 7%
Jack Metcalf 73%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 87%
David Minge 7%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 2%
John Moakley 4%
Alan Mollohan 12%
Constance Morella 46%
Carol Moseley Braun 10%
Patrick Moynihan 19%
Frank Murkowski 95%
Jack Murtha 16%
Sue Myrick 96%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Mark Neumann 91%
Robert William Ney 82%
Don Nickles 95%
Anne Northup 96%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 96%
James Nussle 96%
Jim Oberstar 18%
Dave Obey 2%
John Olver 2%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 23%
Major Owens 4%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 96%
Michael Pappas 80%
Mike Parker 95%
Ron Paul 83%
William Paxon 96%
Donald Payne 2%
Edward Pease 91%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 96%
Owen Pickett 39%
Richard Pombo 91%
Earl Pomeroy 13%
John Edward Porter 60%
Glenn Poshard 4%
Deborah Pryce 96%
Jack Quinn 60%
George Radanovich 95%
James Ramstad 65%
Bill Redmond 97%
Ralph Regula 85%
Silvestre Reyes 5%
Frank Duncan Riggs 96%
Bob Riley 93%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 2%
Charles Robb 24%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Timothy Roemer 22%
James Rogan 93%
William Roth, Jr. 81%
Steve Rothman 7%
Marge Roukema 53%
Jim Ryun 96%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 24%
Rick Santorum 91%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
Jim Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 89%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
Steven Schiff 80%
John Shadegg 98%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 87%
Christopher Shays 53%
E.G. Shuster 95%
Norman Sisisky 35%
David Skaggs 7%
Joseph Skeen 96%
Ike Skelton 32%
Gordon Smith 100%
Linda Smith 78%
Nick Smith 89%
Robert Smith 98%
Bob Smith 86%
Vincent Snowbarger 98%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Vic Snyder 9%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 95%
Mark Souder 93%
Arlen Specter 43%
Floyd Spence 96%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 2%
Cliff Stearns 91%
Charles Stenholm 64%
Ted Stevens 86%
Louis Stokes 4%
Ted Strickland 12%
Bob Stump 96%
Bart Stupak 11%
John Sununu 93%
James Talent 91%
John Tanner 44%
Ellen Tauscher 11%
William Tauzin 93%
Charles Taylor 98%
Gene Taylor 70%
Craig Thomas 95%
William Thomas 96%
Fred Thompson 76%
Karen Thurman 4%
Strom Thurmond 86%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
Esteban Edward Torres 2%
Robert Torricelli 0%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 33%
Bruce Vento 2%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 89%
John Warner 90%
Wesley Watkins 96%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 91%
David Weldon 96%
W. Curtis Weldon 69%
Gerald Weller 76%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 9%
Bob Weygand 3%
Rick White 93%
Bob Wise, Jr. 7%
Lynn Woolsey 4%
Albert Wynn 4%
Sidney Yates 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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