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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 71%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 76%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 82%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 24%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 53%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 47%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 28%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 24%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 80%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 47%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 38%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 16%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 28%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 22%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 84%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 80%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 9%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 84%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 50%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 41%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 94%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 47%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 96%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 35%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 24%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 96%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 94%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 88%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 94%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 88%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 59%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 53%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 32%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 16%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 59%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 28%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 84%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 21%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 59%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 76%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 53%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 44%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 24%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 24%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 72%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 88%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 59%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 47%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 84%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 72%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 78%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 53%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 88%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 44%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 24%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 59%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 24%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 35%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 54%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 84%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 26%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 79%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 75%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 24%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 82%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 94%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 59%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 96%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 12%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 24%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 32%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 58%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 47%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 77%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 47%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 56%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 84%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 28%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 68%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 41%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 59%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 28%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 56%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 41%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 44%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 41%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 94%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 28%
William Archer 88%
Richard Armey 92%
John Ashcroft 88%
Brian Baird 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 96%
John Baldacci 24%
Cass Ballenger 84%
James Barcia 52%
Robert Barr, Jr. 76%
William Barrett 84%
Herbert Bateman 92%
Evan Bayh 59%
Bob Bennett 94%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
Douglas Bereuter 92%
Marion Berry 58%
Michael Bilirakis 88%
Rod Blagojevich 30%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 96%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 94%
Henry Bonilla 84%
David Edward Bonior 16%
Robert Borski, Jr. 24%
Rick Boucher 48%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 68%
John Breaux 56%
Richard Bryan 53%
Ed Bryant 92%
Jim Bunning 82%
Conrad Burns 88%
Steve Buyer 88%
Robert Byrd 47%
Herbert Callahan 84%
Ben Campbell 94%
Thomas Campbell 64%
Chris Cannon 92%
Julia Carson 18%
Mike Castle 72%
Helen Chenoweth 73%
William Clay, Sr. 22%
Eva Clayton 21%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 47%
Robert Clement 68%
Mac Collins 80%
Larry Combest 92%
Gary Condit 64%
Merrill Cook 76%
John Cooksey 91%
Paul Coverdell 82%
Christopher Cox 75%
William Coyne 24%
Larry Craig 88%
Robert Cramer 72%
Philip Crane 91%
Barbara Cubin 91%
Randall Cunningham 92%
Patsy Ann Danner 64%
Thomas Daschle 56%
James Davis 44%
Thomas Davis III 88%
Bill Delahunt 24%
Thomas DeLay 92%
Peter Deutsch 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jay Dickey 83%
Julian Dixon 26%
Chris Dodd 53%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 94%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 80%
Byron Dorgan 35%
Jennifer Dunn 96%
John Edwards 41%
Chet Edwards 42%
Vern Ehlers 96%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 83%
Philip English 76%
Bob Etheridge 48%
Lane Evans 16%
Terry Everett 80%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 24%
Peter Fitzgerald 88%
Ernest Fletcher 96%
Mark Foley 72%
Michael Patrick Forbes 44%
Harold Ford, Jr. 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 91%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Robert Franks 80%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 42%
John Ganske 45%
Sam Gejdenson 28%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 24%
Jim Gibbons 68%
Wayne Gilchrest 72%
Paul Gillmor 88%
Benjamin Gilman 48%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 84%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 71%
Slade Gorton 88%
Porter Goss 92%
Daniel Graham 35%
William Phillip Gramm 94%
Rodney Grams 94%
Mark Green 92%
James Greenwood 76%
Judd Gregg 76%
Gilbert Gutknecht 96%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 25%
James Hansen 96%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 88%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 80%
Joel Hefley 79%
Jesse Helms 82%
Baron Hill 56%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 83%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 24%
David Lee Hobson 83%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Ernest Hollings 27%
Darlene Hooley 40%
Stephen Horn 72%
John Nathan Hostettler 83%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 87%
Kenny Hulshof 88%
Duncan Hunter 70%
William Hutchinson 91%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 94%
Henry Hyde 75%
Jay Inslee 32%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 76%
William Lewis Jenkins 84%
Christopher John 83%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Paul Kanjorski 24%
Sue Kelly 80%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 47%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Bob Kerrey 53%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 16%
Gerald Kleczka 24%
Ronald Klink 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
James Kolbe 91%
Steven Kuykendall 92%
John LaFalce 24%
Nicholas Lampson 32%
Tom Lantos 14%
Stephen Largent 87%
Rick Lazio 76%
James Leach 76%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 65%
John Linder 92%
William Lipinski 28%
Trent Lott, Sr. 82%
William Luther 27%
Connie Mack 88%
James Maloney 44%
Matthew Martinez 22%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 29%
Karen McCarthy 44%
Bill McCollum 87%
James McCrery III 96%
John McHugh 76%
Scott McInnis 88%
David McIntosh 84%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Michael McNulty 21%
Martin Meehan 20%
Carrie Meek 25%
Jack Metcalf 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 30%
Dan Miller 83%
David Minge 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 28%
John Moakley 24%
Alan Mollohan 36%
Dennis Moore 52%
Constance Morella 42%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 54%
Frank Murkowski 88%
Jack Murtha 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 88%
Robert William Ney 92%
Don Nickles 88%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 23%
Dave Obey 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Doug Ose 92%
Major Owens 21%
Michael Oxley 96%
Ronald Packard 92%
Donald Payne 21%
Edward Pease 96%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 28%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 88%
Owen Pickett 72%
Richard Pombo 88%
Earl Pomeroy 44%
John Edward Porter 72%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 72%
George Radanovich 96%
James Ramstad 80%
Ralph Regula 84%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Bob Riley 79%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 28%
Charles Robb 53%
Ciro Rodriguez 21%
Timothy Roemer 60%
James Rogan 83%
William Roth, Jr. 94%
Marge Roukema 72%
Jim Ryun 84%
Martin Olav Sabo 13%
Matthew Salmon 88%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 72%
Rick Santorum 81%
Paul Sarbanes 35%
H. James Saxton 68%
Joe Scarborough 74%
John Shadegg 79%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 88%
Christopher Shays 60%
Donald Sherwood 88%
Ronnie Shows 56%
E.G. Shuster 96%
Norman Sisisky 72%
Joseph Skeen 88%
Ike Skelton 52%
Gordon Smith 94%
Nick Smith 79%
Bob Smith 82%
Vic Snyder 29%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 47%
Floyd Spence 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 26%
Charles Stenholm 68%
Ted Stevens 88%
Ted Strickland 20%
Robert Stump 84%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 88%
John Sweeney 76%
James Talent 92%
Tom Tancredo 88%
John Tanner 76%
Ellen Tauscher 68%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 78%
Gene Taylor 68%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 96%
Fred Thompson 71%
Karen Thurman 29%
Strom Thurmond 76%
Todd Tiahrt 88%
Robert Torricelli 41%
James Traficant, Jr. 36%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
James Turner 60%
Bruce Vento 8%
George Voinovich 82%
James Walsh 72%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 96%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 24%
David Weldon 88%
W. Curtis Weldon 68%
Gerald Weller 88%
Paul Wellstone 24%
Robert Wexler 20%
Robert Weygand 40%
Heather Wilson 88%
Robert Wise, Jr. 32%
David Wu 24%
Albert Wynn 22%

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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