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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
George Allen 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
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%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
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%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
David Dreier 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
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%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Anne Northup 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
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%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
James Talent 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
John Warner 100%
David Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
Wayne Allard 95%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
Ginny Brown-Waite 95%
Steve Buyer 95%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 95%
Terry Everett 95%
Tom Feeney 95%
Mark Foley 95%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 95%
William Frist 95%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 95%
Paul Gillmor 95%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 95%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 95%
William Lewis Jenkins 95%
Mark Kennedy 95%
Jon Kyl 95%
Dick Lugar 95%
Thaddeus McCotter 95%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 95%
Robert William Ney 95%
Jon Porter, Sr. 95%
Thomas Reynolds 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 95%
Rick Santorum 95%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 95%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 95%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
George Voinovich 95%
James Walsh 95%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Dan Burton 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
Norm Coleman 91%
Larry Craig 91%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 91%
Jo Ann Davis 91%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
Elizabeth Dole 91%
John Doolittle 91%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
Philip English 91%
John Ensign 91%
Gilbert Gutknecht 91%
Robert Hayes 91%
Pete Hoekstra 91%
Duncan Hunter 91%
Ray LaHood 91%
Trent Lott, Sr. 91%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 91%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 91%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 91%
Marilyn Musgrave 91%
James Nussle 91%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 91%
Todd Platts 91%
Jim Ryun 91%
John Shadegg 91%
Ted Stevens 91%
Charles Taylor 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
Zach Wamp 91%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90%
Gordon Smith 90%
J. Gresham Barrett 87%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 87%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 87%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
Mark Green 87%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 87%
Todd Akin 86%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 86%
Robert Cramer 86%
Michael Ferguson 86%
Arlen Specter 86%
W. Curtis Weldon 86%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
Roscoe Bartlett 83%
Charlie Bass 83%
Vern Ehlers 83%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 83%
Steve LaTourette 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 82%
Thomas Davis III 81%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 79%
Joel Hefley 79%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 79%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 79%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 79%
John Sweeney 79%
Tom Tancredo 79%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 78%
John McHugh 78%
John Sununu 78%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
James Ramstad 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
Judd Gregg 69%
Nancy Johnson 69%
Tim Johnson 69%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 69%
Sue Kelly 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
Ben Nelson 63%
Jim Saxton 63%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 62%
Mike Castle 62%
Christopher Shays 62%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
Ron Paul 57%
Blanche Lincoln 56%
James Leach 54%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 54%
Lincoln Davis 52%
Chet Edwards 52%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 47%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 47%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 47%
Olympia Snowe 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 43%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
Earl Pomeroy 41%
John Tanner 41%
Kent Conrad 39%
Artur Davis 37%
Ike Skelton 37%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 34%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 34%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 34%
Marion Berry 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
Jim Marshall 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Mike Ross 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Evan Bayh 30%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 30%
Byron Dorgan 30%
Dennis Cardoza 29%
Jerry Costello 26%
Bart Gordon 26%
William Jefferson 26%
Silvestre Reyes 26%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
Thomas Holden 25%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 25%
Edward Case 22%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Charlie Gonzalez 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
Alan Mollohan 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 18%
Jane Harman 18%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
James Merrill Jeffords 17%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 17%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 17%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
Bob Etheridge 16%
Albert Wynn 16%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 15%
Daniel Inouye 14%
Robert Byrd 13%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 13%
Hillary Clinton 13%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 13%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 13%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 13%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
Vic Snyder 13%
Ed Towns 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
Brian Baird 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 12%
Darlene Hooley 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 12%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12%
Shelley Berkley 9%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 9%
Bart Stupak 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Howard Berman 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
James Davis 8%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
Norm Dicks 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
Russ Feingold 8%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
Herb Kohl 8%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
Martin Meehan 8%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
Jim Oberstar 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
Ted Strickland 8%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 8%
Diane Watson 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Wu 8%
Joe Lieberman 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 4%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
Julia Carson 4%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 4%
Jon Corzine 4%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 4%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 4%
Lane Evans 4%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 4%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 4%
Dale Kildee 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 4%
Dave Obey 4%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 4%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 4%
Steve Rothman 4%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 4%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
John Spratt, Jr. 4%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 4%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 4%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Barney Frank 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Brad Miller 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
John Olver 0%
Major Owens 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Pete Stark 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Lynn Woolsey 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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