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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2000 Positions

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

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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