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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 39%
Gary Ackerman 35%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 87%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Todd Akin 91%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 41%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 48%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 95%
Brian Baird 41%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 26%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 30%
Cass Ballenger 95%
James Barcia 43%
Robert Barr, Jr. 87%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 35%
Roscoe Bartlett 78%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
Charlie Bass 91%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
Evan Bayh 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 40%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 52%
Douglas Bereuter 91%
Shelley Berkley 43%
Howard Berman 36%
Marion Berry 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 38%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 65%
Rod Blagojevich 35%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 95%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 93%
Henry Bonilla 96%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 35%
Leonard Boswell 48%
Rick Boucher 57%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 52%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 43%
John Breaux 71%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 43%
Henry Brown, Jr. 96%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 22%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 93%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 93%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 96%
Dan Burton 87%
Steve Buyer 96%
Robert Byrd 21%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 32%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
Jean Carnahan 57%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 58%
Brad Carson 70%
Julia Carson 35%
Mike Castle 83%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 87%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 64%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 95%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 35%
Eva Clayton 35%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 64%
Robert Clement 64%
Hillary Clinton 43%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 61%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 87%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
Michael Collins 91%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 79%
Larry Combest 96%
Gary Condit 48%
Kent Conrad 50%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 23%
John Cooksey 100%
Jon Corzine 36%
Jerry Costello 48%
Christopher Cox 91%
William Coyne 32%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 82%
Philip Crane 96%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 43%
Barbara Cubin 93%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 96%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 27%
Randall Cunningham 96%
Thomas Daschle 43%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 35%
James Davis 48%
Jo Ann Davis 83%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 48%
Thomas Davis III 90%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 39%
Bill Delahunt 26%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 35%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 96%
Peter Deutsch 43%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 79%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
Norm Dicks 50%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 41%
Chris Dodd 36%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 35%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 77%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 43%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
Jennifer Dunn 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 31%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 57%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 91%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 32%
Philip English 95%
John Ensign 93%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 39%
Bob Etheridge 57%
Lane Evans 27%
Terry Everett 87%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 43%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 27%
Russ Feingold 29%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 71%
Michael Ferguson 87%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 22%
Peter Fitzgerald 71%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 74%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 91%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 94%
Harold Ford, Jr. 55%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 22%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 91%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 86%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 30%
Jim Gibbons 96%
Wayne Gilchrest 87%
Paul Gillmor 96%
Benjamin Gilman 59%
Charlie Gonzalez 43%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 83%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 91%
Bart Gordon 65%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 36%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 78%
William Phillip Gramm 92%
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%
Mark Green 96%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 43%
James Greenwood 91%
Judd Gregg 100%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 35%
Gilbert Gutknecht 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 83%
Tony Hall 36%
James Hansen 91%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 38%
Jane Harman 52%
Melissa Hart 96%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 29%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 96%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 86%
Robert Hayes 87%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 87%
Joel Hefley 74%
Jesse Helms 93%
Wally Herger, Jr. 96%
Baron Hill 50%
Van Hilleary 86%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 48%
Maurice Hinchey 26%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 52%
David Lee Hobson 96%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 35%
Pete Hoekstra 91%
Thomas Holden 41%
Ernest Hollings 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 39%
Darlene Hooley 43%
Stephen Horn 86%
John Nathan Hostettler 85%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 43%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 91%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 93%
Kay Hutchison 85%
Henry Hyde 96%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 93%
Daniel Inouye 43%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 41%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 91%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 23%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 35%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 64%
William Lewis Jenkins 87%
Christopher John 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 48%
Nancy Johnson 87%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
Tim Johnson 74%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
Paul Kanjorski 43%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 91%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 38%
Mark Kennedy 91%
Patrick Kennedy 32%
Brian Kerns 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 38%
Dale Kildee 35%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 39%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 39%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 83%
Gerald Kleczka 43%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 54%
James Kolbe 96%
Dennis Kucinich 17%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 27%
Ray LaHood 86%
Nicholas Lampson 48%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 69%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 35%
Tom Lantos 30%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 48%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 77%
James Leach 78%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 43%
Jerry Lewis 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 26%
Ron Lewis 96%
Joe Lieberman 43%
Blanche Lincoln 79%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 35%
Trent Lott, Sr. 85%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 38%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 91%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 29%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 35%
James Maloney 57%
Don Manzullo 96%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 36%
Frank Mascara 48%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
Robert Matsui 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 48%
Karen McCarthy 48%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 39%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 93%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 29%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 35%
John McHugh 91%
Scott McInnis 83%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 27%
Michael McNulty 32%
Martin Meehan 29%
Carrie Meek 47%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 35%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 96%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 43%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 35%
Dan Miller 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 78%
Zell Bryan Miller 85%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 23%
Alan Mollohan 48%
Dennis Moore 57%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 87%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 57%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 96%
Constance Morella 70%
Frank Murkowski 85%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 64%
Jack Murtha 52%
Sue Myrick 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 35%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
Ben Nelson 71%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 96%
Robert William Ney 96%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 81%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 35%
Dave Obey 30%
John Olver 23%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 65%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Doug Ose 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 87%
Major Owens 19%
Michael Oxley 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 39%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 39%
Ron Paul 62%
Donald Payne 22%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 35%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 96%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 65%
David Phelps 57%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
Todd Platts 83%
Richard Pombo 87%
Earl Pomeroy 39%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 43%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 96%
Jack Quinn 82%
George Radanovich 95%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 39%
James Ramstad 87%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 36%
Ralph Regula 91%
Denny Rehberg 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 43%
Silvestre Reyes 43%
Thomas Reynolds 96%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 35%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 43%
Ciro Rodriguez 39%
Timothy Roemer 41%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 86%
Mike Ross 48%
Steve Rothman 26%
Marge Roukema 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 74%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 35%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 96%
Jim Ryun 96%
Martin Olav Sabo 26%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 32%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 22%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 52%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 36%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 30%
Jim Saxton 82%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 73%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 39%
Edward Schrock 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 43%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 35%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 74%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 35%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 96%
John Shadegg 96%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 39%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
Ronnie Shows 62%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 94%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 91%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 64%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 35%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 61%
Gordon Smith 79%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 87%
Bob Smith 86%
Olympia Snowe 79%
Vic Snyder 38%
Hilda Solis 30%
Mark Souder 91%
Arlen Specter 79%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 43%
Pete Stark 26%
Cliff Stearns 91%
Charles Stenholm 74%
Ted Stevens 86%
Ted Strickland 35%
Bob Stump 91%
Bart Stupak 38%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 96%
Tom Tancredo 70%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 48%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 82%
Gene Taylor 39%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 91%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 48%
Fred Thompson 93%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
Karen Thurman 35%
Strom Thurmond 86%
Todd Tiahrt 96%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 26%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
Robert Torricelli 62%
Ed Towns 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 78%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 35%
James Turner 57%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 35%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 35%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 39%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 93%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 91%
Zach Wamp 87%
John Warner 86%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 23%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Diane Watson 25%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 30%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 36%
Anthony Weiner 35%
David Weldon 87%
W. Curtis Weldon 82%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 36%
Robert Wexler 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
Lynn Woolsey 26%
David Wu 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 43%
Albert Wynn 35%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 91%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 89%

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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