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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Business-Industry Political Action Committee

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 66%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 7%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 85%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 11%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 76%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 85%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 14%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 85%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 78%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 92%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 55%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 77%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 64%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 85%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 84%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 76%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 28%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 11%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 7%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 7%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 42%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 78%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 85%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 88%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 76%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 30%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 35%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 71%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 7%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 7%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 77%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 7%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 7%
Cass Ballenger 92%
James Barcia 28%
Robert Barr, Jr. 78%
William Barrett 92%
Herbert Bateman 85%
Evan Bayh 11%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 14%
Douglas Bereuter 85%
Marion Berry 35%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Rod Blagojevich 7%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 21%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 57%
John Breaux 12%
Richard Bryan 0%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 92%
Robert Byrd 11%
Herbert Callahan 92%
Ben Campbell 87%
Thomas Campbell 57%
Chris Cannon 92%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 64%
Helen Chenoweth 76%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 42%
Mac Collins 92%
Larry Combest 92%
Gary Condit 57%
Merrill Cook 71%
John Cooksey 85%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 90%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 57%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 14%
Thomas Davis III 85%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 92%
Julian Dixon 7%
Chris Dodd 12%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 78%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 35%
Vern Ehlers 92%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Philip English 71%
Bob Etheridge 14%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 92%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 66%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 64%
Michael Patrick Forbes 28%
Harold Ford, Jr. 7%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Robert Franks 64%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 14%
John Ganske 23%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 71%
Wayne Gilchrest 71%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Benjamin Gilman 35%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 38%
Slade Gorton 77%
Porter Goss 92%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 64%
Judd Gregg 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 7%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 21%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 92%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 85%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 76%
William Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 85%
Jay Inslee 7%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 16%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Christopher John 57%
Nancy Johnson 76%
Paul Kanjorski 7%
Sue Kelly 71%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 7%
Ronald Klink 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Steven Kuykendall 85%
John LaFalce 7%
Nicholas Lampson 7%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 92%
Rick Lazio 57%
James Leach 64%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 14%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 7%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 14%
Matthew Martinez 0%
Frank Mascara 0%
Robert Matsui 7%
Karen McCarthy 7%
Bill McCollum 84%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 78%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 7%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 14%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 7%
Alan Mollohan 16%
Dennis Moore 7%
Constance Morella 28%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 12%
Frank Murkowski 88%
Jack Murtha 15%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Robert William Ney 92%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 14%
Doug Ose 92%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
Owen Pickett 42%
Richard Pombo 92%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
John Edward Porter 76%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 78%
Ralph Regula 92%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Bob Riley 92%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 7%
Timothy Roemer 28%
James Rogan 92%
William Roth, Jr. 88%
Marge Roukema 64%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 28%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 88%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 64%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 84%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 85%
Ronnie Shows 38%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 50%
Joseph Skeen 84%
Ike Skelton 21%
Gordon Smith 77%
Nick Smith 85%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 7%
Mark Souder 85%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 78%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 88%
Ted Strickland 0%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 7%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 71%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 28%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 35%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 88%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
Robert Torricelli 11%
James Traficant, Jr. 14%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 42%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 77%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 92%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Robert Weygand 0%
Heather Wilson 85%
Robert Wise, Jr. 0%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 7%

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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