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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 82%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 93%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 64%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 22%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 4%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 9%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 9%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 18%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 4%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 80%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 23%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 94%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 93%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 81%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 95%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 52%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 95%
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 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 9%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 5%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 4%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 95%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 47%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 72%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 72%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 95%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 54%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 54%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 4%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 72%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 9%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 76%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 95%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 94%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 23%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 95%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 4%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 35%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 57%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 22%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 63%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 17%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 13%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 95%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 31%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 27%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 23%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 77%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 4%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
Todd Akin 90%
Wayne Allard 94%
George Allen 88%
Thomas Allen 9%
Joe Baca, Sr. 18%
Brian Baird 9%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 72%
Charlie Bass 90%
Evan Bayh 29%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 86%
Shelley Berkley 9%
Howard Berman 9%
Marion Berry 27%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 81%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 77%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Leonard Boswell 22%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 31%
John Breaux 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 93%
Dan Burton 95%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 5%
Ben Campbell 82%
Chris Cannon 100%
Brad Carson 59%
Julia Carson 9%
Mike Castle 77%
Hillary Clinton 5%
Michael Collins 95%
Kent Conrad 11%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 13%
Christopher Cox 95%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 94%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 5%
James Davis 18%
Jo Ann Davis 86%
Thomas Davis III 90%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 95%
Peter Deutsch 9%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 76%
Norm Dicks 18%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 82%
Calvin Dooley 77%
John Doolittle 90%
Byron Dorgan 11%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 90%
John Edwards 5%
Chet Edwards 36%
Vern Ehlers 86%
Jo Ann Emerson 95%
Philip English 86%
John Ensign 88%
Bob Etheridge 27%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 95%
Russ Feingold 5%
Michael Ferguson 77%
Peter Fitzgerald 76%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 95%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 4%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 80%
Paul Gillmor 95%
Charlie Gonzalez 9%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 77%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 95%
Daniel Graham 11%
Mark Green 95%
James Greenwood 86%
Judd Gregg 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Jane Harman 40%
Melissa Hart 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 86%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 95%
Joel Hefley 81%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 27%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
David Lee Hobson 95%
Pete Hoekstra 81%
Thomas Holden 27%
Ernest Hollings 17%
Darlene Hooley 22%
John Nathan Hostettler 85%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 76%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 90%
Daniel Inouye 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 17%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
Christopher John 68%
Nancy Johnson 77%
Tim Johnson 72%
Paul Kanjorski 18%
Ric Keller 95%
Sue Kelly 81%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 90%
Patrick Kennedy 4%
Dale Kildee 9%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
Gerald Kleczka 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 86%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 4%
Steve LaTourette 77%
James Leach 68%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 11%
Blanche Lincoln 47%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 33%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 94%
Don Manzullo 90%
Robert Matsui 4%
Karen McCarthy 9%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 77%
Scott McInnis 90%
Michael McNulty 9%
Martin Meehan 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 4%
Zell Bryan Miller 76%
Alan Mollohan 18%
Dennis Moore 27%
Jack Murtha 28%
Sue Myrick 90%
Ben Nelson 64%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 95%
Robert William Ney 85%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 80%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 31%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 95%
Major Owens 4%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 63%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Todd Platts 86%
Richard Pombo 90%
Earl Pomeroy 22%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 73%
George Radanovich 95%
James Ramstad 77%
Ralph Regula 86%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Thomas Reynolds 95%
Ciro Rodriguez 13%
Mike Ross 27%
Steve Rothman 0%
Jim Ryun 95%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 36%
Rick Santorum 94%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 71%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 95%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Christopher Shays 77%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 77%
Ike Skelton 47%
Gordon Smith 76%
Nick Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 58%
Vic Snyder 27%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 70%
John Spratt, Jr. 14%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 81%
Charles Stenholm 72%
Ted Stevens 87%
Ted Strickland 4%
Bart Stupak 5%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 95%
John Sweeney 90%
Tom Tancredo 86%
John Tanner 59%
Ellen Tauscher 18%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 36%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Ed Towns 18%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 4%
James Turner 36%
George Voinovich 94%
James Walsh 81%
Zach Wamp 95%
John Warner 88%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 4%
David Weldon 86%
W. Curtis Weldon 72%
Gerald Weller 95%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 4%
Albert Wynn 9%

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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