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Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 4%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Todd Akin 86%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 62%
Wayne Allard 95%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
Brian Baird 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 87%
Roscoe Bartlett 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 83%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 47%
Evan Bayh 30%
Bob Beauprez 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Bob Bennett 100%
Shelley Berkley 9%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 47%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 95%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 91%
Steve Buyer 95%
Robert Byrd 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
Dennis Cardoza 29%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 34%
Julia Carson 4%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
Edward Case 22%
Mike Castle 62%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 34%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
Chris Chocola 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 4%
Hillary Clinton 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 87%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 91%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Kent Conrad 39%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 4%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 20%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 95%
Jon Corzine 4%
Jerry Costello 26%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 91%
Robert Cramer 86%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 12%
Barbara Cubin 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 95%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Artur Davis 37%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 91%
Lincoln Davis 52%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
Thomas Davis III 81%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 4%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 4%
Thomas DeLay 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 95%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Norm Dicks 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 4%
Elizabeth Dole 91%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 30%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 13%
Chet Edwards 52%
Vern Ehlers 83%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 91%
John Ensign 91%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 9%
Bob Etheridge 16%
Lane Evans 4%
Terry Everett 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Tom Feeney 95%
Russ Feingold 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 18%
Michael Ferguson 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 79%
Mark Foley 95%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 95%
Barney Frank 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 87%
William Frist 95%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 83%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
Paul Gillmor 95%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 26%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 87%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
Judd Gregg 69%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
Jane Harman 18%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 79%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 91%
Thomas Holden 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Darlene Hooley 12%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 12%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 91%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 14%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 13%
William Jefferson 26%
James Merrill Jeffords 17%
William Lewis Jenkins 95%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
Nancy Johnson 69%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Tim Johnson 69%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 4%
Mark Kennedy 95%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 69%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 8%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 95%
Ray LaHood 91%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 47%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 4%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
James Leach 54%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 12%
Jerry Lewis 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 5%
Blanche Lincoln 56%
John Linder 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 91%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 95%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Jim Marshall 33%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 95%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 78%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 8%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 91%
Brad Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 25%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 91%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 17%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 83%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 91%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
Jack Murtha 25%
Marilyn Musgrave 91%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
Ben Nelson 63%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Robert William Ney 95%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 79%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
James Nussle 91%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 4%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Major Owens 0%
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 57%
Donald Payne 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 91%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 41%
Jon Porter, Sr. 95%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
Deborah Pryce 100%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 34%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 12%
James Ramstad 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 4%
Richard Renzi 100%
Silvestre Reyes 26%
Thomas Reynolds 95%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 4%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
Mike Ross 33%
Steve Rothman 4%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 8%
Jim Ryun 91%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
Rick Santorum 95%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 63%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 79%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 62%
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 95%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 79%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Ike Skelton 37%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
Gordon Smith 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Olympia Snowe 47%
Vic Snyder 13%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 86%
John Spratt, Jr. 4%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 17%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 91%
Ted Strickland 8%
Bart Stupak 9%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 78%
John Sweeney 79%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 79%
John Tanner 41%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
Charles Taylor 91%
Gene Taylor 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 95%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Ed Towns 13%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 4%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
George Voinovich 95%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 95%
Zach Wamp 91%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 86%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 91%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 95%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
Albert Wynn 16%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 95%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%

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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