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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

2001-2002 Positions

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

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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