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Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

2008 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 66%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 62%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 7%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 80%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 80%
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 20%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 20%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 22%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 80%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 30%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 10%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 22%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 20%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 7%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 77%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 7%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 77%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 7%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 70%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 28%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 77%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 14%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 92%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 66%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 90%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 7%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 7%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 7%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 7%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 80%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 90%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 77%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
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%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 77%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 70%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 7%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 7%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 83%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 30%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 20%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 77%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 44%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 62%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 7%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 7%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 80%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 80%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 22%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 70%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 92%
Gary Ackerman 20%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 7%
Todd Akin 77%
Jason Altmire 10%
Michael Arcuri 20%
Joe Baca, Sr. 11%
Brian Baird 20%
J. Gresham Barrett 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 80%
Evan Bayh 23%
Melissa Bean 50%
Bob Bennett 100%
Howard Berman 20%
Marion Berry 40%
Judy Biggert 80%
Brian Bilbray 70%
Jeff Bingaman 7%
Kit Bond 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Dan Boren 90%
Leonard Boswell 22%
Rick Boucher 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 71%
Jim Bunning 92%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 66%
Robert Byrd 16%
Dennis Cardoza 20%
Russ Carnahan 20%
Christopher Carney 0%
Mike Castle 50%
Ben Chandler III 0%
Travis Childers 20%
Kent Conrad 8%
Jerry Costello 0%
Artur Davis 20%
Geoff Davis 80%
Lincoln Davis 10%
Bill Delahunt 0%
James DeMint 91%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 20%
Chris Dodd 7%
Byron Dorgan 15%
David Dreier 100%
Chet Edwards 20%
Vern Ehlers 90%
Brad Ellsworth 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Russ Feingold 0%
Barney Frank 20%
Elton Gallegly 80%
Gabrielle Giffords 20%
Charlie Gonzalez 40%
Bart Gordon 20%
Judd Gregg 100%
John Hall 20%
Phil Hare 20%
Jane Harman 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 10%
Baron Hill 10%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
Paul Hodes 0%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 0%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Daniel Inouye 7%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
Tim Johnson 50%
Steve Kagen 0%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 20%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Ron Klein 30%
Herb Kohl 7%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
Steve LaTourette 70%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 7%
Blanche Lincoln 7%
John Linder 80%
Dick Lugar 100%
Dan Lungren 100%
Connie Mack IV 100%
Don Manzullo 80%
Jim Marshall 30%
Melquiades Martinez 69%
Thaddeus McCotter 80%
John McHugh 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Brad Miller 20%
Harry Mitchell 20%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 20%
Patrick Murphy 20%
Jack Murtha 20%
Sue Myrick 88%
Ben Nelson 23%
Jim Oberstar 20%
Dave Obey 20%
John Olver 22%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Ron Paul 62%
Donald Payne 0%
Todd Platts 70%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
George Radanovich 100%
Denny Rehberg 80%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Laura Richardson 20%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 0%
Jean Schmidt 90%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 20%
John Shadegg 88%
Heath Shuler 0%
Ike Skelton 20%
Olympia Snowe 15%
Vic Snyder 33%
Mark Souder 100%
Zack Space 20%
Arlen Specter 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 80%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 90%
Betty Sutton 10%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
Gene Taylor 0%
Todd Tiahrt 80%
Ed Towns 20%
George Voinovich 76%
Zach Wamp 80%
Diane Watson 11%
Jim Webb, Jr. 15%
Anthony Weiner 20%
Robert Wexler 33%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 20%
Lynn Woolsey 12%
David Wu 10%

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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