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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 85%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 65%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 55%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 53%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 42%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 35%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 35%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 42%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 95%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 42%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 31%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 94%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 95%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 35%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 95%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 94%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 84%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 37%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 32%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 28%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 47%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 55%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 42%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 85%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 45%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 42%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 21%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 44%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 95%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 55%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 55%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 63%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 53%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 40%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 42%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 95%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 40%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 35%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 45%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 37%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 22%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 95%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 35%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 30%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 37%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 94%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 45%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 63%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 70%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 53%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 42%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 85%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 68%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 55%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 16%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 55%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 28%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 63%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 45%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 47%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 45%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 89%
Gary Ackerman 37%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 53%
Todd Akin 85%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 95%
Thomas Allen 53%
Joe Baca, Sr. 42%
Brian Baird 58%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
Cass Ballenger 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 80%
Charlie Bass 90%
Evan Bayh 65%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 90%
Shelley Berkley 50%
Howard Berman 37%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 89%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 90%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 95%
Mary Bono Mack 95%
Leonard Boswell 55%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
John Breaux 79%
Henry Brown, Jr. 95%
Jim Bunning 95%
Conrad Burns 90%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 94%
Robert Byrd 40%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 94%
Brad Carson 75%
Julia Carson 37%
Mike Castle 95%
Hillary Clinton 45%
Michael Collins 85%
Larry Combest 100%
Kent Conrad 45%
Jon Corzine 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Christopher Cox 89%
Larry Craig 90%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 94%
Barbara Cubin 88%
Randall Cunningham 89%
Thomas Daschle 58%
James Davis 65%
Jo Ann Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 84%
Bill Delahunt 39%
Thomas DeLay 95%
James DeMint 90%
Peter Deutsch 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 83%
Norm Dicks 60%
Chris Dodd 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 85%
John Doolittle 84%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 55%
Chet Edwards 65%
Vern Ehlers 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 95%
Philip English 95%
John Ensign 95%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 40%
Terry Everett 84%
Russ Feingold 20%
Michael Ferguson 85%
Peter Fitzgerald 90%
Ernest Fletcher 95%
Mark Foley 95%
Harold Ford, Jr. 63%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 95%
Barney Frank 26%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 35%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 94%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 45%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75%
Bart Gordon 68%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 60%
Mark Green 95%
James Greenwood 95%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 85%
Jane Harman 65%
Melissa Hart 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 85%
Joel Hefley 78%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 65%
Maurice Hinchey 30%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 85%
Thomas Holden 60%
Ernest Hollings 55%
Darlene Hooley 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 75%
Kay Hutchison 95%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 41%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 58%
James Merrill Jeffords 53%
William Lewis Jenkins 95%
Christopher John 74%
Nancy Johnson 90%
Tim Johnson 85%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 85%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 29%
Mark Kennedy 95%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Dale Kildee 40%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 42%
Gerald Kleczka 35%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 60%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Jon Kyl 90%
Ray LaHood 89%
Nicholas Lampson 55%
Tom Lantos 30%
Steve LaTourette 85%
James Leach 85%
Jerry Lewis 84%
Ron Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 53%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 95%
Don Manzullo 95%
Robert Matsui 35%
Karen McCarthy 40%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 85%
Scott McInnis 95%
Michael McNulty 30%
Martin Meehan 44%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 44%
Zell Bryan Miller 79%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 60%
Jack Murtha 61%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 95%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 68%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 26%
Dave Obey 26%
John Olver 37%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Thomas William Osborne 90%
Doug Ose 89%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 30%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Todd Platts 85%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 84%
George Radanovich 95%
James Ramstad 95%
Ralph Regula 95%
Denny Rehberg 95%
Silvestre Reyes 39%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 40%
Mike Ross 55%
Steve Rothman 42%
Jim Ryun 95%
Martin Olav Sabo 35%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Rick Santorum 95%
Paul Sarbanes 40%
Jim Saxton 90%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Christopher Shays 95%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 90%
Ike Skelton 70%
Gordon Smith 85%
Nick Smith 85%
Olympia Snowe 85%
Vic Snyder 60%
Hilda Solis 28%
Mark Souder 85%
Arlen Specter 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 55%
Pete Stark 26%
Cliff Stearns 82%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 40%
Bart Stupak 45%
John Sullivan 89%
John Sununu 90%
John Sweeney 95%
Tom Tancredo 79%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 65%
William Tauzin 95%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
Ed Towns 40%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 39%
James Turner 55%
George Voinovich 95%
James Walsh 84%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 95%
Diane Watson 26%
Anthony Weiner 32%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 79%
Gerald Weller 95%
Robert Wexler 32%
Heather Wilson 100%
Lynn Woolsey 35%
David Wu 45%
Albert Wynn 50%

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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