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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 42%
Gary Ackerman 41%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 71%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 46%
Wayne Allard 93%
Thomas Allen 52%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 38%
Richard Armey 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 44%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 85%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 85%
John Baldacci 40%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 23%
Cass Ballenger 94%
James Barcia 57%
Robert Barr, Jr. 71%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 38%
Roscoe Bartlett 71%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
Charlie Bass 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 46%
Evan Bayh 60%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 45%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 47%
Douglas Bereuter 90%
Shelley Berkley 57%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 76%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 71%
Jeff Bingaman 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
Rod Blagojevich 52%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 42%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 85%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 90%
David Edward Bonior 23%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 47%
Leonard Boswell 65%
Rick Boucher 55%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 41%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 42%
John Breaux 86%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ed Bryant 80%
Jim Bunning 78%
Conrad Burns 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80%
Dan Burton 89%
Steve Buyer 85%
Robert Byrd 40%
Herbert Callahan 85%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 90%
Ben Campbell 84%
Chris Cannon 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 42%
Brad Carson 63%
Julia Carson 40%
Mike Castle 80%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 76%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 66%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 46%
Eva Clayton 61%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 73%
Robert Clement 76%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 76%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Michael Collins 76%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 57%
Kent Conrad 42%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 30%
John Cooksey 87%
Jerry Costello 47%
Christopher Cox 80%
William Coyne 30%
Larry Craig 93%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 85%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 38%
Barbara Cubin 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 47%
Randall Cunningham 95%
Thomas Daschle 71%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
James Davis 57%
Thomas Davis III 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 71%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 47%
Bill Delahunt 47%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 42%
Thomas DeLay 84%
James DeMint 90%
Peter Deutsch 57%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 93%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 65%
Norm Dicks 45%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
Chris Dodd 53%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 76%
Byron Dorgan 46%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 47%
David Dreier 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 71%
Jennifer Dunn 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
John Edwards 40%
Chet Edwards 52%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 85%
Jo Ann Emerson 80%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 38%
Philip English 76%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 55%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Lane Evans 38%
Terry Everett 78%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 40%
Russ Feingold 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 54%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 27%
Peter Fitzgerald 71%
Ernest Fletcher 80%
Mark Foley 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 70%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80%
Barney Frank 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 71%
William Frist 86%
Jonas Frost III 47%
Elton Gallegly 85%
John Ganske 80%
George Gekas 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 28%
Jim Gibbons 61%
Wayne Gilchrest 80%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 57%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 66%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 85%
Bart Gordon 71%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 70%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Mark Green 85%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
James Greenwood 77%
Judd Gregg 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 38%
Gilbert Gutknecht 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
Tony Hall 52%
James Hansen 85%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 57%
J. Dennis Hastert 81%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 94%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 76%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 84%
Joel Hefley 84%
Jesse Helms 76%
Wally Herger, Jr. 85%
Baron Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 52%
Maurice Hinchey 23%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 50%
David Lee Hobson 90%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 42%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 50%
Ernest Hollings 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 47%
Darlene Hooley 61%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 76%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 47%
Kenny Hulshof 85%
Duncan Hunter 71%
Asa Hutchinson 85%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 85%
Kay Hutchison 93%
Henry Hyde 71%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 85%
Daniel Inouye 69%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 71%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 73%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
William Jefferson 66%
James Merrill Jeffords 73%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Christopher John 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 57%
Nancy Johnson 90%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 61%
Paul Kanjorski 42%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
Sue Kelly 76%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 53%
Dale Kildee 42%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 42%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 80%
Gerald Kleczka 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
Herb Kohl 60%
James Kolbe 80%
Dennis Kucinich 28%
Jon Kyl 85%
John LaFalce 42%
Ray LaHood 95%
Nicholas Lampson 57%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 73%
Tom Lantos 47%
Stephen Largent 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 63%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 57%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 95%
Steve LaTourette 80%
James Leach 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 52%
Jerry Lewis 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 42%
Ron Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 33%
Blanche Lincoln 86%
John Linder 90%
William Lipinski 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 52%
Trent Lott, Sr. 93%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 52%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 85%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 80%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 42%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 45%
James Maloney 52%
Don Manzullo 90%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 29%
Frank Mascara 47%
Robert Matsui 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 65%
Karen McCarthy 52%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
James McCrery III 95%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 42%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
John McHugh 80%
Scott McInnis 84%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 85%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 23%
Michael McNulty 57%
Martin Meehan 45%
Carrie Meek 52%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 46%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 50%
Dan Miller 75%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 38%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 52%
John Moakley 30%
Alan Mollohan 52%
Dennis Moore 66%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 66%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
Constance Morella 71%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 64%
Jack Murtha 45%
Sue Myrick 90%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 47%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 38%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 80%
Robert William Ney 61%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 95%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 95%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 38%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 45%
Doug Ose 85%
Major Owens 42%
Michael Oxley 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 35%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 52%
Ron Paul 45%
Donald Payne 33%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 42%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 84%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
John Peterson 90%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 76%
David Phelps 57%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 85%
Todd Platts 85%
Richard Pombo 76%
Earl Pomeroy 57%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 61%
Deborah Pryce 90%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 85%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 42%
James Ramstad 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 41%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 46%
Ralph Regula 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
Silvestre Reyes 52%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Bob Riley 75%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 38%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Timothy Roemer 68%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
Mike Ross 85%
Steve Rothman 38%
Marge Roukema 76%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 80%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90%
Jim Ryun 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 38%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 63%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 23%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
Rick Santorum 93%
Paul Sarbanes 40%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 47%
Jim Saxton 61%
Joe Scarborough 66%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 84%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 53%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 42%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 70%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 42%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 76%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 76%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 47%
Donald Sherwood 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
Ronnie Shows 61%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
Joseph Skeen 90%
Ike Skelton 66%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 47%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 85%
Nick Smith 84%
Bob Smith 73%
Olympia Snowe 73%
Vic Snyder 55%
Mark Souder 71%
Arlen Specter 53%
Floyd Spence 93%
John Spratt, Jr. 52%
Pete Stark 25%
Cliff Stearns 80%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 31%
Bob Stump 76%
Bart Stupak 30%
John Sununu 85%
John Sweeney 76%
Tom Tancredo 71%
John Tanner 85%
Ellen Tauscher 71%
William Tauzin 85%
Charles Taylor 72%
Gene Taylor 38%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 95%
Craig Thomas 92%
William Thomas 90%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
Fred Thompson 93%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 76%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 85%
Karen Thurman 57%
Strom Thurmond 86%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 73%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 28%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 80%
Robert Torricelli 57%
Ed Towns 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 52%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 47%
James Turner 61%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 47%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 35%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
George Voinovich 80%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 90%
James Walsh 85%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 26%
Wesley Watkins 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 45%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 90%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 45%
Anthony Weiner 40%
David Weldon 76%
W. Curtis Weldon 80%
Gerald Weller 68%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 52%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
Heather Wilson 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 71%
Lynn Woolsey 40%
David Wu 52%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
Albert Wynn 57%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 84%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 78%

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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