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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

2000 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Gary Ackerman 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 63%
Robert Barr, Jr. 25%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 25%
Charlie Bass 13%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Shelley Berkley 75%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 13%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Rod Blagojevich 86%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 83%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 20%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 63%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
Julia Carson 88%
Mike Castle 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 83%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 83%
Robert Clement 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 13%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 63%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 88%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 38%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
Bill Delahunt 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 38%
Norm Dicks 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 63%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 88%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 13%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 71%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 13%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elton Gallegly 13%
John Ganske 25%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 38%
Wayne Gilchrest 14%
Paul Gillmor 13%
Benjamin Gilman 38%
Charlie Gonzalez 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 63%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 88%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 13%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 83%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
Darlene Hooley 75%
Stephen Horn 38%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 13%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 13%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 75%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 13%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
William Jefferson 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
Nancy Johnson 25%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Sue Kelly 13%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 13%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 88%
Ray LaHood 25%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 83%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 83%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 38%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
James Maloney 63%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
Karen McCarthy 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 13%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 13%
Scott McInnis 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 88%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 13%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 88%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 88%
Dennis Moore 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 43%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
James Ramstad 13%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 13%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 13%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 13%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
Jim Saxton 38%
Joe Scarborough 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
Ronnie Shows 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 75%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 38%
Gordon Smith 17%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 13%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 17%
Vic Snyder 88%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 83%
Floyd Spence 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 17%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 63%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 63%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 13%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 88%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 13%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 13%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 83%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 13%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 29%

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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